Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-05-06


: four thousand dollars worth of rail
road boEds, and will summon witnesses
r This is the story started by Harrison,
: of Indiana, one of the government
directors of the Union Pacific railroad
=. Blame will demand that the scandal
shall be probed to the uttermost The
result of the investigation will probably
be to secure his nomination at Cincin-
natl His friends claim that the yindi
: cation that is sure to follow will make
his election a foregone conclusion.
/ Olive Logan's husband, William
Writ Sykes, has been appointed United
States Consul at Florence, Italy.
In the Senate, yesterday, the COM
mittee on Indian affairs reported favor
ably on the house bill appropriating
! fifty thousand dollars for the subsist-
ence of the Apaches on reservations in
Arizona. The bill provides for the re-
moyal of the Indians from the Chirica-
hua agency to the San Carlos reserva-
ton In the Senate, on Monday, Sar-
gent spoke at length on the evils of
Chinese immigration, and made an
earnest appeal for legislation to stay
the scourge. He did not present any
particular plan of action at this time,
but urged that the subject receive i'm
mediate and careful investigation
Yesterday, Edmunds introduced reso-
luton, in this connection, directing
the committee on commerce to inquire, |
what legislation if any is necessary TO
regulate immigration from foreign
countries, so as to secure the people of
the United States against the evils Of
pauperism, crime and other forms of
injury to public morals and good order,
and to render lawful aid to the States in
the exercise of their sanitary and police
regulations.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The impeach-
ment trial was resumed in the Senate.
After a discussion on the question of
deterring arguments until after tenn
porary adjournment, the Senate re-
fused TO postpone. Mr.. Blair, of coun-
sci for the respondent then opened ar
gument on the question of Jurisdiction,
and quoted at length from the Blount
case in support of his views. He de-
MED the power of the Senate to try, on
articles of Impeachment, a private
citizen, and quoted from various Eng
lish works on the subject. He con-
tended that several United States judges
had resigned their places, and impeach-
ment proceedings against them had
been stopped. Mr. Blair concluded his
at 2.35 o'clock when the
Senate took a recess of fifteen minutes. ,
Upon Resembling, the manager re-
piled to Blair's argument, asserting
that the Senate had jurisdiction in d
the case, and or support Of his a
position cited numerous legal authori- y
lies The Senate then adjourned as
court of impeachment The House =
agreed to adjourn from the 9th to 18th
Instant to attend the opening of the r
Centennial. !
\ message from the President, de-
lining TO furnish the House imforma-
ion as to has various absences from
was read, and received
With cool disdain on the democratic q
lde and with evident enjoyment on the a
epublican side. The President claim k
d in effect that as long as he properly e.
ischarged the functions of his office,
was no business Of the House where "a
e did it. and submitted a memorandum n
f the absence of the Presidents of re
everal administrations. n
New YORK, April 2s.-The Worlds pr
Washington correspondent says, that n
ne public verdict tonight on the course e.
ursued by Belknap, is that it was
nwise, and hurts his cause. The ].
roposltion to postpone the trial till
december took every one by surprise.
lair gave three weak reasons for this, IS
nd every body was disappointed. Car
enters speech was weak in pleading II
lat his client was Republican, while \
lie accusers were Democrats and ex.
The general result of
lie day was disastrous to Belknap. al
New YORK, April 3O.-It is reported -,
/ well informed army circles, that two d
will grow out of General =,
rocks recent Powder river expedition.
is said that charges VIII be made NJ
yainst Colonel j. J. Reynolds and
aptain Alexander Moore, and that or
srs converting the court will soon be
sued Els
New YORK, May "A special dis \
itch from Washington to the World c CTl
Us: President Grant has relieved ag
eneral Custer of his command. When m,
e news of this action got to General no no
herman and Secretary of War Taft. OF
ey both went to the President and 7
sisted that it would not do. To all Mf
treaties, however, President Grant
rned a deaf ear, saying that General
lster came here as a witness in the
9lknap case, to besmirch his admins IT,
alton, and he proposed to stop it 4.
eneral Custer returns to his regiment.
! Our ODlniOn Is that that man C,star Err