The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-13
Forty-fourth Congress.


acts winch was reau DY tllic. COnslueIa-
BILE discussion ensued as 10 whether 1t
should be referred to railroad or judiciary
committee pending which the morning
hour expired and it was laid over.
Mr.. Iamn presented the credentials OF
J. G. Blaine, appointed United States
senator, in place of Lot M. Morrill,, re-
signed read and placed on file.
Mr.. Thurman, from committee on judi.
ciary, reported back the resolution of the
senate Of January last, instructlng com
mttee to enquire into various matters re-
lating to pacific railroads and the three bills
introduced by Dorsey and West in January
and March last to amend Pacific railroad
act, together with written report and bill
to amend and alter Pacific railroad acts Of
1862 and 1864 it was ordered
that the report be printed and the
| bill be placed on the calendar
| The bill provides that I" the net earnings
shall be sscertained by deducting only the
actual operating expenses from the gross
receipts, without any allowance for inter
est payments. The other main provisions
require that companies shall pay annually
| into the United States treasury, to create a
sinking fund, such sums respectively as
will aggregate in connection with ) per
cent. payments and amounts loaned for
government transportation, % per centum
of their respective net receipts as above de-
| fined, and il this should leave them unable
to pay their entrees on prior mortgage,
the secretary Of the treasury may abate 20
per cent OF the requirement sufficiently TO
allow paramount claims to be satisfied.
The amount of these annual payments are
estimated by the bill at $4,000 each, for
Union and Central Pacific companies, and
$3.50, 600 for Kansas Pacific.
On motion of Mr.. Paddock the senate
joint resolution to authorize the president
to accept the services of volunteers to aid
10 suppressing the Sioux Indian hostilitie.
in the northwest, was taken from the table
and referred to the committee on military
affairs.
The senate then resumed the impeach
ment trial, and j. j. Fisher was called t
the stand. He testified / reside in st
Louis; was a member of the firm of j. S
Evans q Co., post traders, Fit. Sill. HI
stated the contract between Evans snC
Marsh for the payment of $4,000 at first
and then So 900, and said he never had an,
communication with the secretary of wa
OF the subject.
AMr Carpenter submitted letter O
Marsh to Cly mer, dated February %, 1876
stating that there was no agreement be
tween the secretary of war and himself.
Manager Mcmahon said the prosecution
had no further witnesses with the excep
ton of John S. Evans. He had beef
thoroughly examined by the house com
mittee Oh expenditures in the war depart
ment, and also by the house judclar.
committee. The managers, therefore, pre-
posed to furnish copy of his evidence t.
counsel for the defense with the under
standing that each side might put in sue
portions OF it as they desired.
Hester Clymer was recalled. He testi
fled that portion of Marsh's testimon
before the house committee was in his ow
handwriting. In reply to Mr.. Carpente
: the witness stated that the committee O
which he was chairman had been engage
in examining into the affairs of the wa
department from about Feb. 2 until with
: the last week or two.
Mr.. Mcmahon again announced that ii
prosecution had no other witness eXcel
, Evans, but they desired to examine hi
when he should be put on the stand by Ii
defense.
Mr. Carpenter said the defense woul
object.
Mr.. Howe said that the question could
settled hereafter.
The testimony on the part of the defen'
was then commenced.
f Major-Gen. John Pope was sworn, al
;, testified that Fort Sill was in the depar
n ment which he commanded. The witne
was Intercepted in regard to the apple
tions to sell liquor and said they we
always sent to the war department fot a
proyal. He knew Of no instance whe
y the post trader or settler did not reside
/. his post prior to the order of March 2
f. 1876. Had known Belknap since 1877
d knew of no reason why the general oilici
conduct Of that officer had not been no
orable and upright.
Mr.. Carpenter then submitted lett
from Lieut. Gen. Sheridan, dated Chlcag
~ March 80, 1871, stating that he has
q, amined the circular on the subject Of pc
If traders, issued on the 25th of March, al
g. thought very well of It, So far as troo
r. were concerned, it was especially fair.
~ Gen. Robert MacFreeley, commlssa
IN general of subsistence, testified that he
I'll been stationed on the western frontier pl
al vous to 1860. He knew of one instan
ct at Fort Boldly, where the sutler resid
away from the post previous to the orc
of March 25th, There was no REGULATE
is requiring post traders to reside at tn
post. Witness had been commissary y
eral OF subsistence since April 1875, and
o. far as he had any knowledge, the mana
H. ment of the war department under b
ID KNAPP was characterized by honesty a
lie justice.
in At this point the defense stated that
tn would be impossible to go on without
lie witness Evans and asked consent to
De- journ until he arrived. Considerable
H. cussion ensued, but before the question
AN put to the senate to adjourn, the defe
proposed to examine those witnesses II
present.
Col. NJ. II. Davis, inspector general,
tilted to the character of the defendant
INT integrity and honesty.