Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-26
CONGRESSIONAL.

Scndte not In session on tue lOln.
In the House, the Serate bill to provide for the
administration OF oaths in impeachment trials
was passed. Considerable debate ensued on
resolution reported from the Judiciary Commit
tee relative to the writ of hd6eds corpus demand
ed by hilbourne, the recusant witness, the reso-
iution dire ting the SergeantatArms to make
careful re turn To the writ setting out the cause
OF the detention Of the witness, and to still keep
bin in custody. and not produce him before
Judge or court without further order of the
House Novote was had on the resolution.
The House Deficiency Appropriation
bill was reported in the Senate, on the nth, with
amendments. Various petitions and memorials
were presented AT half past twelve O'Clock the
senate resolved Itself into a High Court of I'M
pcacnlntnt, and the House was notified of such
action. Ex-Secretary Belknap soon after en-
tered, accompanied by his counsel. After the
Impeachment Managers and Members of the
House had appeared, end the formal opening of
the Court, Mr.. Carpenter, for the de-
Tense, read and had filed a plea de-
nying the jurisdiction of the Senate to
Try Mr.. Belknap, as he was not officer of the
toVerhment at the time the articles of mpeach-
ment were found and presented TO the Senate.
and that he then was and has since been pri-
waite CITIZEN Vie court then adjourned to the
lsth. to give the Managers time to prepare an
answer TO the plea. In the House lengthy de-
bate was had on the kilbourne case and a reso-
luton was finally adopted-l65 to 75-dfrecting
the Sergeant at Arms 10 make return TO The writ
the Court. A resolution was adopted that in the
further proceedings IN the impeachment case tue
House should appea in the Senate only by its
Managers
Bills were passed in the Senate, on the
18th authorizing the sale Of the Congressional
Record and other piblic documents to members
OF Congress a, cost, With ten per cent. additional;
the House Deficiency Appropriation bill with
amendments. In the House "A unanimous re-
port was made in thb Alabama contested election
case Of Bromberg "a, HARRISON. declaring the sit
ting member (harakon) entitled to the seat and
the report was agreed TO, In the Florida cleo
ton case a majorityreport was made that Walls,
theslttlng member, vas not, and that Finlay, the
contestant, was entitled TO the seat.
In the Senate, sitting as a Court of I'M
peachment, on the ASH, the Managers of the
House presented tie answer adopted by the
House 10 the plea of the defense, the answer he.
Ing to The effect tina at the time OF the commits
sion of the acts chaiyed Gen. Belknap was an Of
hcer ot the United States, and was such an Off.
Ger until after the lIbuse had completed an in
vestigat,on into the charges against him and were
preparing for his impsac hment. fact known TO
MIN when he resigned An order was tLen
agreed TO that the respondent file his answer
10 the replic ton OF the House by the gan the
Managers their rejolnder by ;he 10Th, and that
the trial proceed on the 9Th The Court then
adjourned. The message vet ing the bill reduc-
ing the salary Of the President was laid before the
Senate. The house bin To define the tax fer
hiVHtSu ahd Hihlt liquors was pusscu. "A mOton
10 reconsider the vote by which the bic in regard
TO counting votes for President and Vice
President was passed was agreed to--3l to 2;}-aud
The bill was placed on the calendar. In the
House, bills were mtroduced-fur refundipg the
interest bearing bonds of the United STA es in
United States consols bearing four per cent. god
interest and having forty years to run; to provide
Tor the coinage of Centennial coins. The report
In the Florlu9 contested election case was agreed
To, and j. q. Flnlay sworn in. The Sergeant.
alarms reported that he had obeyed the writ Of
bG6eds corpus in the Hallet kilbourne case and
that the Judge had ordered kilbourne into the
custody of the Marshal.
The Senate, on the Goth, unanimOusl
passed bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to allow Mrs, Minnie sherman Fitch to
receive, tree from duty, the wedding presents
from the khedive or Egypt Amendments were
offered to the bill to amend the laws relating to
the legaltender OF silver coin Adjourned to the
@ith. Bills were introduced in the House. O
grant to Ohio the nnsold and uuappyopriatca
public lands in such STATE; to limit The power of
courts To punish for contempt; to enlarge the
Senate amendments 10 the Consular and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill were non
concurred in Some of the Senate amend.
ments To the Deficiency Appropriation bin were
rejected, and Others were conCurred in. \ reso-
luton was adopted reciting the charges made in
"A newspaper report affect NJ the official conduct
of Secretary Rristow, In regard To the remission
OF a forfeiture in the case of the bark Mary Mer-
ritt, seized AZ Milwaukee in 1909 for violation of
the Custom laws, and instructing the Commit
tee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department
toinyesugate the mitter. The bill 10 transfer The
Indian Bar au TO The War Department was taken
up and amended.