The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-19
HAYS, the Hero of tho Alabama
outrage-Mlll,
stAle Department Under Cloud In the
schcnrk Business.
Campbell, ThiTd Assistant Secretary az
STATE, TeilS I'is siorS Tn" ncI.
Enap impeachment SIN IN
Doubt-DRnn's Nomination,

committee, luuHk i'"NlVl hihlntil
WAS examined to-day. He testified
that Oh his way to Alabama to make n
constructive residence, he called at the
house Of Lilly, the Washington banker,
who obtained the appointment for
him, and was there introduced TO Mr..
Charles Hays, Of Alabama, lthe mem
Der who gave the appointments that
Mr. Hays expressed the hope that he
(Beardley) would not fail to pass eX
animation, as the two boys whom he
had previously appointed had done.
1t il understood that Hays will submit
a statement to the committee.
George Campbell, Third Assistant
Secretary of State, appeared before the
War Expenditure Committee, In eX-
planatlog of n charge made against
him in the New York Herald, in rela-
ton to his securing appointments OF
post.traders. He denied every reiiec-
zion on him in the article, and said he
had in no manner been connected
with the sale Of post-traderships, nor
had any one directly or indirectly for
him.
The House judiciary Committee has
not yet made sufficient progress in OBJ
tanning evidence on impeachment to
determine whether they will succeed
or not.
Senate discussion of the bill to pro-
vide a new method Of counting the
electoral vote develops no opposition
to the main proposition of the measure,
the difference arising on points of de-
tail only.
1t is reported that inquiries made at
the request of some friends of Mr..
Dana, IA to Che probable result of u vote
in the Senate as the Uatter now stands,
show that there is little doubt that the
nomination will be rejected.
The final batch of testimony ex-
WuCtttl lTUiu Il 1911 III liIC hCNbchNN puhi-
ness, leaves the State Department un-
der cloud. For weeks the committee
have been demanding Schenck's rela-
tons with the Government Fish has
sent in at different times installations
of the correspondence, but carefully
RETAINED from explaining the exact
condition of Schenck's relations with
the State Department.
The Committee on Ways Gnh Means
voted yesterday on the question
whether or not the tariff question
should be considered, and the decision
was in the Affirmative. 1t is under
stood that it was party vote except
ing that Burchard, Republican, voted
with the Democrats in the Affirmative,
and Wood, Democrat, acted with the
Republicans in the negative. 1t was
determined also TO hold meetings
A every business day of the week, eX-
4 cepting Monday, being an increase to
4 three meetings per week but it is not
"A expected that any measure can be pre-
n pared for presentation to the House
~ within three weeks.
Fl The vote of the Democratic caucus
Oh the finance bill !appears to have
been aixty-seven in the affirmative
# and forty-siX in the negative. OfthoSe
n In the affirmative twenty-three were
~ Senators and forty-four Representa-
tives, and of those in the negative one
was Senator and forty-tive were Rep
resentatives, showing majority oil
8 one against the measure in the House
The understanding was that the vote
81 ia not to govern action in either branch
= Hard money leaders in the House
openly pronounce the measure adopted
a transparent humbug, but they say
also that IL is no slight triumph to i'll
duCe soft.money men to agree to any
thing but an absolute repeal of the re-
sumption act.
The outcome of the investigation b,
the House Committee on War Depart
ment Expenditures into the charg'
against the Chairman OF the Commit
tee, Clymer, Is, in brief, that Genera
kiddoo informed Clymer in the even
Ing of the day on which the repor
against Beiknap was made that Mrs
Marsh had recently related to him
kiddoo, aconversation between hersel
and Mrs. Belknap, in which Mrs. Bel
KNAPP had tacitly admitted receiving
money from Pendeton in CONNECTION
with the Kentucky Central Railroa
claim. Clymer told Kiddoo that III
mad not sufficient data upon which I
Proceed against Pendleton. klddo
answered that it could be had at th
Treasury Department.
This was on Thursday evening, an
nothing was done In the case unit
monday, when Pendleton demanded
e"ing, except tnat Clymer requisite
uioson, the Washington correspond
ent OF the New York Sun, TO get u
UMclal data mentioned by kiddo
winch, by the way, Gibson didnot .
Tempt to do. Mrs. Marsh, who WIS,
'nis time accessible 20 Clymer, was II
suop@Iaed, and on Monday she left
ioin her husband in Canada. Now
suistinctly charged that Clymer W
instrumental In her departure, and II
ro' Improbable that special comm
~ WIZ YET be appointed to inyes
se.e lhe whole matter.
Inc House Committee on Pub
s'anus have agreed to Franklin's b
Fn'eA provides that all conveyance'