The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-08-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE,

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printed, which was taken by the speeia
committee to inquire into the circumstance
attending the late election in Mississippi
The morning hour having expired, the chai
| laid before the senate unfinished business
being the river and harbor appropriation
bill, the pending question being on motion
of Mr.. Thurman to recommit the bill to the
| committee on appropriation, with instruU
tiOns to report the bill, reducing the aggre
gate amount for improvement of rivers ane
| harbors to a sum not to exceed four milliof
| dollars. Pending the discussion the chaii
announced senators FreliDghuysen, Ed
munds and Withers as a new committee o.
conference on consular and diplomatic sp
| preparation bill. Senator Allison submitted
| a substitute for the river and harbOr appro
priation bill which apprOriates $5,22O,O0O fol
| that purpose. Ordered printed, Senate weht
/ into executive session and soon ad iourned
In the senate on the 10Th considera.
/ ton of the articles of Impeachment was re.
sumed, and John S. Evans was sworn. The
Impeachment proceedings were temporarily
suspended, and legislative business was re.
| sumed. Mr. Window, from the conference
committee on the sundry civil appropriation
bill, submitted report which was read in
explanation of the report. He said the bill
as it originally passed the house appropri,
ated SIS, ,256, ,431. The senate added S4,12e,.
700, and as now reported appropriated S16,-
| 229,777. The total amount Of reductions
made from the bill as 1t passed the senate
was $4,15e,1 ,155. The stindry civil service
bill last year appropriated $26,644,s50, Or
$40, Ala ,572 more than the PEeseiitbill. He was
unable to SIZE any great saving to the gov
eminent In the reduction made in confer
ence committee from the bill as it passed the
senate, so far as amounts were concerned,
concessions were all made by the senate CEN
ferees. He was not satisfied with the bill as
agreed upon in conference, but he thought
it was the best bill that could be got under
the circumstances. He then fiiehti0hed
items constituting the Reductions, among
them the following: Public printing
and binding, $491 30; general expenses OF
cutter service, $25,640; courts in Utah,
$223,0O0; Smithsonian institute, $4,000;
examination of rebel archives, $4,000; u. s.
postal guide, $4,000; mints and assay
Offices, $4,000; public buildings at Cincin-
natl, $4,000; Chicago, $250,0O0, new build
ings at st. Lofts, $15e,000l navy yards and
station, $555,000; Improvement of capitol
grounds, $l0O,OO0i temporary clerks in the
treasury department, 60,0O0; signal service,
100000; testing iron and steel, $4,000;
survey of public lands, $72,000 collecting
revenue from the sale of public lands, 1885,,
116: purchase of Freedmen's bank building,
1926, 900. He commented on various items,
and argted that it would be necessary to
pass large deficiency bill for next year. As
the bill had been agreed upon in conference,
it pl divided that the public printer should be
appointed by the president; that officer had
hitherto been elected by the senate, but the
house had for several years disputed the
right of the senate to do so, and the senate
cOnferees thought it best to yield-the
house had receded from its provisions the
repeating of the election law. After long
and tedious efforts this bill has been agreed
on, and he hoped the report would be
agreed. The report was then agreed to
yeas 80, nays II. Those who voted in the
negative were Anthony, Bruce, Conover,
Edmunds Hamlin, Harvey, Hitchcock, In
gals, Logan, Mitchell, Morrill, and Spencer.
The impeachment trial was then resumed,
and Crosby, chief clerk of war department,
recalled and testified. Mr.. Carpenter an
nounced that this clased the case for the
defense. Manager Mcmahon stated the
managers had nothing to offer in rehuttal.
Mr. Carpenter asked that some arrangement
be made about summing up the case, and
announced that three of the council for the
defense desired to be heard. Manager Lord
suggested that the time for argument be
limited. He said only two of the managers
desired to be heard oil the question of fact,
but if there were to he an argument as -
the effect of the two-thirds vote on the ques-
ton of jurisdiction a third manager desired
to be heard. Mr. Carpenter said the counsel
for the defense would argue all there was in
the case, and he regarded this as one of the
best points. Mr.. COnkling submitted an or
der that three managers and three counsel
may be heard in order as they may arrange
among themselves. The order OF Mr.. COnk-
ling was agreed to, and the senate, sitting as
a court of impeachment, adjourned until to-
morrow. Legislative business was resumed,
and without important action, the senate ad-
jOurned.
In the senate on the goth Mr.. Patter-
son submitted a resolution requesting the
president to communicate to the senate, if
not Incompatible with the public interest,
any information he may have in regard to
the recent slaughter of American citizens in
South Carolina. Agreed to. Soon after the
of the articles of impeach.
ment were resumed and Mr.. Blair of the
opened the argument for the de- |
fense. In conclusion Mr.. Blair urged that |
his client should be dismissed because there |
was not legal twO-thirds vote of the senate |
asserting jurisdiction. Alter some discus |
sion as to whether a manager should go on !
with the argument on the side of the prose-
cution in the absence of Mr.. Carpenter, who |
on motion of Mr.. Conkling, took a recess for |
ten minutes. Upon re-assennbling, impeach- !
ment proceedings were suspended Temporal |
rly and legislative business resumed. Mr.. |
introduced bill to continue Tor |
ten days from date the provisions of the act |
TO provide temporarily for the expenses of |
the government. Passed. Mr.. Anthony in |
troduced a bill authorizing the congressional |
printer to continue the public printing for |
period of ten days IN advance of the regular |
appropriation. Passed. The impeachment |
trial was then resumed, and it was announced |
that manager Lapham, who had been as
signed to open for the prosecution, was too |
sick to go on to-day. His place was taken |
by manager Lynde, who commented on the |
effect of vote of less than two-thirds of the |
senate in favor of the jurisdiction, and ar
gued that on the impeachment of Judge |
jurisdiction voted in favor of his cOnvic- |
ton. The question of jurisdiction in this |
case has been decided according to law, and |
was binding upon all senators. He quoted. |
various legal authorities in support of his
views, and when he concluded, the senate |
sitting as court adjourned until tomorrow.
business resumed, and a
message was received from the house an
the passage bv that bodykof a bill
to continue the act to provide temporarily
for the expenditures of the government until
July 3lst, and the senate concurred therein.
In the senate on the 21st, the impeach-
ment trial was resumed, but on the state
ment that Mr.. Carpenter and manager
Datham were sick, the senate, as a court, ad
journed till Monday, and continued to dis
cuss the river and harbor bill. The bill re-
moving the political disabilities of George
w. jackson, of West Virginia, passed. the
senate retuned to the question properly be-
fore 1.-THE recommitment of the river and
harbor bill; pending the discussion of which |
it went into executive session and soon ad- |
jOurned.
In the senate on the 22d, Mr.. Sher-
man called up the bill appropriating $780,
COO for the completion of the Washington |
After some discussion and adop- |
ton of the amendments of Mr.. Morrill,, pro-
viding for examination of the founda- |
tion, etc, and limiting the cost to s35n.OOO. |
the hill passed. 1t appropriates 100000 to |
continpe the work after the Washington |
monument society shall transfer TO the |
United States all its rights and privileges;
and provides that the work shall be under |
direction of the president of the United |
States supervisinp architect of the treasurv /