The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-26

crimes and nisdetueanors a. are pun
tshsble by impeachment under the
Constitution 81 the United States.
Again, II public officer charged
neglecta To discharge them, but per
i mits his subordinatea TO perform these
Duties. and they do so in violation OF the
law, IL such public officer thereby guilty
If an jmpeaohable oifense under the
constitution Your committee, while
they have we'll formed opinions ~ their
own on these questions, yet. in view OF
the vast amount of proof taken and the
numerous legal questions involved,
have no desire TO precipitate the discus
sion and determination Of 80 grave .
question rs the impeachment OF high
officers of the Government upon the
confederation Of the House without
having a full examination OF the law
and facts which may DO involved there
In. They therefore submit to the House
the following resolution and recommend
ita adoption
Resolved. That these legal questions,
together with all the proof taken by
this committee. be referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary, with power to hear
additional testimony, aud argument II
they gee fit, and to examine and report
whether such violations OF the law rs
l
impeachable ofTenses under the con
stitution. and IL 80 then they shall re
port articles OF impeachment against
| George M. Robson, Secretary OF the
Navy, But II they shall find that under
rxisting laws such acts aud dOings OF
the said Secretary are not impeachable
| or otherwise punishable, theI they shall
report what additional legislation, IN
| their opinion. IL necessary to make said
laws sufficiently punitive to protect the
public service.
secretary Robesen's Explanation.
Secretary Robson explained before
the real estate committee this evening
that the law requiring combination OF
the fiscal agents had been abrogated,
and was not in force until revived by the
statutes of 1876 He also showed that
the Treasury draft, which was issued on
the "a of July, was paid Mt the sub
treasury, New York, July 9, and placed
to the credit OF the Navy Department
with Jay Cooke, Mccullough a. CO., on
the 7th. in London, and that the bill
which came due on the AID OF September
was merely the bill Of exchange by
which the money had been transmitted
to London.
Congressional Proceedings.
senate.
w ANHI MUM. July IL WV 'ftbotN
the Impeachment trial was resumed,
and Mr. Carpenter, of counsel for the
accused. spoke.
Mr.. Gordon introduced bin to es-
tablish competent non bipartisan rev
enue corps. Referred to the Committee
on Civil Service.
Mr. Hamilton called up House bill to
amend certain sections of the Postotlice
appropriation bill Of .une %, 1874, and
section 1854 of the Revised Statutes in
regard TO straw bids. Passed.
Impeachment resumed,
Mr.. Carpenter, by unanimous consent,
was allowed to stand at the desk occu-
pied by him when a Senator, that he
might he better heard. Mr.. Carpenter
will continue hiH argument tomorrow.
Legislation resumed.
Mr.. Wright moved TO take UP the bill
to pay the awards of the Southern Claims
Commission, but yielded to the river and
harbor bill Before reaching n vote the
Senate adjourned.
Hausc.
The bill reported last Thursday by
Mr.. Bland, OF Missouri, from the Com
mittee on Mines and Mining. to utilize
the products OF gold and silver mines.
came up for consideration In the morn
ing hour.
Mr.. kasson, of Iowa. made the point
Of order that the bill must first be con
sidered in committee of the whole
Discussion of the point Of order was
continued all through the morning hour.
that being one way Of defeating the
bill This bill Ia the one originally In
troduced by Mr.. Banks, OF Massachu-
sets, allowing the issue OF coin notes TO
be paid by the several mines and assay
officers for the net value Of gold and
Al. h,,11 hAr In, ifs,I ttph
notes to be- receivable for all dues to the
United States and to be a legal tender
for all debts. public and private.
The Speaker pro tenn, Mr. Sayler, OF
Ohio, overruled the point OF order,
stating that he could not see In what
possible sense the bill could be regarded
az either making an appropriation or
requiring an appropriation to be made,
or as being a proposition for tax on
the people. The mere fact that the bill
might involve expense to the govern
ment. or that In some way expense would
be necessarily incurred In carrying out
Its provisions, could not bring 1t within
the rule requiring bills to be considered
In committee Of the whole.
Mr.. Kasson appealed from the de-
cision.
The ruling Of the Speaker was sustain
ed by $50 to "a, but the morning hour
having expired the bill went over
The Naval Committees report was
made the special order for Friday, with
six hours debate, equally divided.
The case OF Platt VS.. Goode, of Vir-
ginia, was taken up without action.
The floor was yielded to Mr.. Lamar,
Of Mississippi. who rose to a personal
explanation, and quoted from commu-
nication in the Washington Republican,
charging him with having made
speeches at Aberdeen and Scooba to-
tally at variance with the speech he had
made at Jackson. The communication
stated that he had, in those speeches.
spoken in laudatory manner Of the
white line policy. He appealed to his
colleague, Mr.. Singleton, who had heard
his speech at Scooba, as to what was
the tone OF II.
Mr.. Singleton, of Mississippi, bore
testimony to the fact that the speech
made by Mr.. Lamar at Jackson was
directly against what was termed the
white line policy, and that there was
hto.v in II vuhioh fanHaH RI anon,,ruua