The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-01
Present Series: VOLUME X

was appointed to fill the vacancy in sucb cor,-
| nii'tee caused by the Withdrawal Of MIR. Uoss;ns
oN the 2ith in the Senate, the House io;nt
| fesoiutlon requesting the President to take sncb
Ups d, III MS Judgment, may be expedent TO
| o"taih tne pardon or release of Edward OF 'Meagb
Vi oohaon, now confined in an English prison.
was passed. as was also the Senate bill establish.
ing the rank of Paymaster. General as Brigadier-
neheral. Speaker Kerr resumed the chair in
the house, his health having seemingly improved
report was made in the South Carolina contest.
ru-eiectlon case, declaring the sitting member J
hainey, to have been duly elected A rcsoru
t,oh was adopted directing the Committee on
commerce to inquire into an alleged combination
'l the leading railroads of the country for the
purpose of controlling traffic
On the aath, the bill fixing the salary of the
ffeslden: at $4,000 per annum, together with the
message vetoing the same, was reported back
rom the CIVIL Service Committee in the Senate
with recommendation that the bill he possed
| Notwithstanding the objection of the President.
| placed on the calender. The impeachment ones
| uoh was further considered with closed doors
! iuthe House. the Senate amendments to t-e bill
"uthoflzihg the appointment of Receivers Of Ma
uohai Banks were non-concurred in. The report
oi the Committee or Foreign Affairs on the. EN-
ma Mine Investigation was presented After
review of the testimony, the report concludes
that the relation Of Gen. Schenck TO the ycnders
OIL the Emma Mine were OF such a charac-
.er as to cast suspicion upon his mo.
ives and subject his action to unfavora-
Die criticism, but the committee believe
that he was not guilty Of fraud or Of apv fraudu
lent intent in such connection; that his specula-
1--WE dealings in the shares Of the Company were
not compatible with his diplomatic station and
the maintenance of the position of honor and
usefulness at the Court to which he was ac-
credlted; the committee therefore offered resolu-
tion' ana unanimously recommended its passage
Dy the Aonse, condemning the action of Minister
ochenck IN becoming q director of the Emma
Mining Company, and his operations in connec-
non with the shares of said company as il,-ad-
vSed, unfortunate and incompatible with the
duties of his official position.
On the 26th in the Senate, the Senate bill to
create sinking fund for the liquidation OF Gov
ernment bonds advanced to the Central & West
ern Pacific Railroad Company, with amendments
and new bill to create like fund in relation to
the bonds advanced TO the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, and for the settlement of the claims of
the Government account of said bonds, were
reported from the Railroad Committee and placed
on the calendar. The Impeachment question was
further debated in secret session. In the
VI ID.
Tyler and L. ii. Luckett was passed over the
Presidents veto-1s1 to 14-as was also the bill
providing for recording deeds, mortgages and
o'her conveyances affecting real estate in the
District of Columbia bill was also passed for
the relief of certain settlers public lands.
resolution was passed appointing J. H. Patterson
as Doorkeeper. An appropriation was made for
the payment of claims reported allowed by the
Commissioner of Claims. An investigation was
ordered into the charges that money had been ex-
pended by the Pacific Coast to procure the pas
sage of the bill to carry into effect the treaty with
the Hawaiian Islands
On the 27th, the Impeachment question was
considered in the Senate, with closed DOORS
and an order was agreed to to proceed, on the
29th, to vote upon the pending question and any
amendment that may be proposed thereto. Mr.
Patterson announced as member the Board
of Visitors to West Point, in place of Mr. Clay
ton, excused. In the House, report was made,
from the Conference Committee on the disagree
ing votes of the two houses on the Consular and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill, that the commit
tee had been unable to agree, which report was
adopted.
On the 29th, after further consideration Of the
Impeachment question, the Senate decided that
1t had jurisdiction. by adopting resolution that
ex- Secretary Belknap Is amenable TO trial by i'm
peachment for acts done as Secretary OF War,
notwithstanding his resignation of said office be-
fore he impeached. The vote this resou- !
tion was as follows: Yeas-Bayard Bogy, Burn |
side, Cameron Pa, Caperton, Cockrell CooTor,
Davis, Dawes D1nnis Edmunds, Goldthwaite. |
Gordon, Hamilton, Hitchcock, Kelly, kenan !
Key, McCreery, Mcdonald, Ms1ey, MITCHELL
Morrill, (Vt.), Norwood, Randolph, Ran
som, Robertson, Sargent, salisbury, Sher'
man, Stevenson. Thurman, Wadleigh, Wal
lace, White, Withers, Wright-37. Nays
Allison. Booth, Boutwell,, Bruce, Cam
eron (Wis,), Christtaucy, Clayton, Conkling,
Cragfn, Dorsey, Eaton, Ferry, FreliDghuysen,
Hamlin Harvey, Howe, Iugalls, Jones Fla.),
Jones (Nev.), Logan, Mcmillan, Morrill, (Me.)
Morton, Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson. Spencer,
West. Windom-29. Messrs. Acorn and Barnum
were excused from voting and Messrs. Anthony,
Couover, Johnston and Sharon were absent. Ad-
journed to the 3lst lin the House bill was
passed providing for the sale to actual settlers OF
the Usage ceded lands in Kansas The bill to de-
vote the proceeds of the sales of public lands for
educational purposes debated in Committee
OF the Whole. Adjourned to the 3lst.