The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-08

the House WHO hsd received . judicial invita-
tion % nd In the Indictment and punishment Of
a criminal. IL was an extraordinary case, and
dent He asked s6ssssr bss had ever
any such proposition ~ had been suggested to
the House, nondemDlnE the sworn exeou.or OF
mates 70 enforce those laws. The Grand jury
was sworn to indict men guilty OF crime within
mlttes had no right 20 embarrass the Grand
jury In the execution Of the laws OF the land
MIR. McCreary uicp lal reminded his col
league that the committee had Ia Its possession
the contract, which must be the foundation OF
any proceeding for All indictment Of this Of
fender, and that that contract was probably the
very thing that the Grand Jury wOHld get
bold OF.
between c tleb =. Marsh aud John s. Evans. and
that the Secretary Of War knew nothing OF II
when 1t was made, nor for two years afterwsrd.
MIR Kasson referred 90 the interview which
Blackburn OF Kentucky had had with some OF
the parties implicated, and suggested that the
Grand Jury might have desire to examine
the NAN WHO LIES.
Mr. blackburn replied, with some heat OF man
ner, that " the gentleman from Iowa said that
he had had conversations With Mrs. Belknap,
and at great length. he would copy the remark
Of a Senator and would authorize the gentle
making any such statement, TO say that he had
his (Mr Bldckburn's) authority for telling that
man that he lies. Great excitement.J
MIR. Kaesou-Do underst nd the gentleman
to saw that he had no conversation on tue sub
ject involved in the prosecution, involved IN this
crimInality, outside OF the committee room7
Mr. Backburn~I have flied a statement on the
subject, which neither the gentleman from low =
nor any other man can impugn. .
Mr.. kasson-Ihen appeal TO that statement,
anu ask " that is not SOP IL tho interview was
impertinent to the case, why was IL report
case, why are not the criminal courts of the
country entitled to itf Applause ON the Re
Mr. Blackburn-wiIl the gentleman from
lows inform the House whether the news
paper report Is true that he aud bis colleagues
waited IN a body on the former Secretary OF
Mr. Kasscn-I will answer the gentlomans
question with more cheerfulness than the gen
uemPn has answered mine.
Mr. Blackburn-Ihsn | trust the gentleman
will tell es what occurred, and whether he is the
repository OF the confession ~ guilt.
MIR. kasson-I will respond to subpoena to
give any statement OF fact IN aid OF the prosecu-
or will he plead hts privilege aud decline to aid
in the prosecuton2 Before the committee made
rs report, there came request TO the entire
Iowa delegation In both Houses to call on tho
Secretary VI War, as he wanted to see them that
day We went in the evening. Senators and
members, and we met this staten Q mt from him
there would be some opportunity to be heard In
tue House on this subject, have now learned
trouble you with what was going to say as to
the evidence in this case" And We left MIN.
Mr.. AiDswOrth Dem, Iowa. asked why the
Iowa delegation had left MIN out. Laughter
on the Democratic side.
The debate continued oyer -four hours amid
great excitement, md with frequent demons IRA
pated In by Messrs. Robbins OF North Carpltna
Singleton OF Mississippi, Danfofd OF Ohio, Beebe
OF New York. Bright OF Tennessee. Cox of New
York, Hoar Of Massachusetts, Knott VI Ken
lucky, ana Hooker OF Mississippi.
AFTER THE BRO WHALE.
The Republicans intimated that the witness
Marsh had been allowed TO esca ie the country
through some motive which The Democrats
had, and II WIS CHARGED on the Democratic side
that the President and Cabinet were instruuen-
tai in driving him out OF the country through
intimidation His escape was characterized by
Mr. Beebe a. that of an obscure, petty thief. an d
he suggested that the Democrats we're so intent
on greater game that they had allowed that mis-
cradle offender to slip through their hands
through the Vaccinations OF the Executive and
said, proposed 10 pursue, not the Marshes, who
were mere uichite, but the villains In high
places. and In that connection he quoted the
dOgRerel rhyme:
some RAFT their hooks with mites ~ cheese,
Ana ~ on kennel to bob for neas;
Others Oait their hoOSs wan tigers tails,
And 1T ON rock aud Don for wha.es.
The gentlemen on the other side mi yht pursue
their hea, catching nm II thev pleased. but the
Democrats would draw from their turuid waters
Of pollution the whales anu would supplement
II. perhaps. by dragging out the leviathan him
self. and exposing hin to the Indignation OF an
outraged country.
The DEBATE having closed, the House pro-
ceeded to vote on tue resolution offered by Mr.
Hoar Of Mass ichusetts "a substitute for Mr..
Lamat's, which proposed to declare that the
members subpenaed were at liberty to attend
the criminal court, and to give such evidence
and produce such documeDts rsia. o to the
charge against W. W. Belknap for receiving
hrioe from one Marsh. The substitute was re-
gi.al resolution was agreed to-ysas, 10
nays, 20.