The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-07

ant. He moved the galleries he cleared aud
the doors closed, Chat Senators might confer
on that question. Agreed to-
At 30 the Senate went into secret confer
euce.
At 3. 20 the doors were reopened and the chair
announced al order had been agreed upon as
follows:
Ordered, That on the 9th Of July, 1876, at 1
o'clock p IN the SEN te, sitting as a court of
Impeachment proceed to hear evidence on the
merits of the trial 10 this case.
Mr.. Blair unlimited motion that an order
be made directing the managers On the part of
the House TO furnish within "a hours to he ac-
cused or bis counsel a list OF witnesses theg ia
tend to call together with full particulars of
the facts they expect to prove by them.
MI. Lord objected to the order aud said it
was without precedent or reason
Motion was rejected.
An order was adopted directing the managers
TO furnish defendant or his counsel, within four
days, list of witnesses they intend TO call so
far as at present known, and that respondent
do likewise to the ma ayers.
The Senate, sitting as court of mpeaeh-
ment, at 4.40 adjourned till the 10th inst, at
noon, it being understood the court would meet
that day to receive the answer of respondent
under the order adopted.
Senate shortly after adjourned.
HOUSE
After discussion proposition to change the
| rules so as to allow the Committee on Banking
to report at any time was agreed to-yeas 1l5,
| nays "a.
Yeas -Ainsworth, Anderson, Ashe, Atkins Ban
ming, Blackburn, Bland, Blount.. Boone, Bradford
well of Alabama, Caldwell of Tennessee, Campbell,
Cate, Caulfield, Chttenden, Clarke OF Kentucky,
Clark of Missouri, CIymer; Coshrane, Collins Cook,
Eden, Egbert, Felton, Finley, Forney, Franklin
Fuller. Glover, Goodin, Guuter, Hamilton of In
diana, Hamilton of New Hampshire, Harris of Vir-
gnia,. Harrison, Hardridge,, Hartzell, Raymond
| Henkle, Hereford, Hewitt Of New York. Hewitt Of
Alabama, Hill aOpki1s House Hunton HuTd
diana, Landers of Conn.,, Lemoyne, Levy, Lewis
Marsh, Mcfarland, Meade, Metcalf Milliken Mills,
Phillips of Mo, Piper, Poppleton, Randall, Rea
Reagan John Reilly of Pa, Rice, Riddle, Robbins Of
Pa, Roberts, Ross Of N Savage Scales, sheakley
Throckmorton, Vance q n. g.. Walker Of Viz.
Wgginton Wiiams indiana Williams Of Alabama,
| Wood of n Y, and Yeates-115.
| Nays-Adams, Bagley, George A. Bagley. j. H.
BaioI, Beebe, Bell, Blaine, Blair, Bradley, Brown
OF Kansas, Burchard, Burleigh, Gambler, Casson
Gaswell. Chaplin, Grape, Crounse Danford, Davy,
Hale, Hardenburgh Harris Of Massachusetts, Hem
| dee, Henderson, Hoge, Hoskins, Hunter, Hurlbut,
| King Lawrence Leavenworth, Lynch. Mackey Of
South Carolina, Magood, MacDougall, McCrary.
McDill, Miller. Monroe Nash, Norton, oBrien,
Il y
Pierce, Platt, Potter, Powell Pratt, Raney, Robbins,
Sampson, Schleischer, ,Seelyeu sinickson Small,
Smith Of Pennsylvania, strout, Tarbox Thornburgh.
| Worries, Waldron, Walker N. Y, Wallace, Ward,
Warren, Whiting Willard, Williams of New York,
Williams of Wisconsin, Williams of Michigan,
Willis, Wilson of Georgia, Wood of Pa, and Wood
| worth-97.
The object of the change is to allow the COM
mittee to report bill for the repeal of the re-
| sumption act.
i Dha ;o+o
| whole on the Indian appropriation bill.
The question was on the point of order made
by McCrary OF Iowa, against the section to
transfer the Indian Bureau to the War Depart
| ment
The chairman overruled the poitt of order.
| stating at considerable length the reasons for
his decision.
| A discussion then arose in regard to financial
| condition of the Treasury, Kasson of Iowa.
taking the ground that the statement made by
Randall OF Pa, last week, as to the deficiency
| in the revenues. was not justified by the fact
| and showing that while there was deficiency
between the revenue and annual estimates of
receipts, there was no deficiency but rather
surplus had been increasing for the last three
years at the rate of 2, 10 and 90 millions. He
hoped there would be still larger margin next
year.
Mr.. Randall defended bis original statement
and compmented the Secretary of the Treas
ury on bis readiness to cooperate with the ap-
preparation committee in the reduction of ex.
penditures and quoted from the recent speech
OF Senator Sherman in confederation of his
statement.
Mr.. Kasson intmated that Randalrs state
ment was one calculated to misiead and alarm
the public mind. inasmuch as the proper mode
OF comparison was as between receipts and es-
timated receipts
Mr.: Randall called attention to the fact that
the law in regard TO the sinking fund was
being satisfied by the COUNTING of the destroued
greenbacks that came in under the resumption
act and intimated that tn at was an EVASION of
the law.
MI. kasson suggested that it was rather a
construction of the law than an evasion of it.
Mr.. Maginnis of Montana territory, offered
an amendment providing that any person de-
string to trade with the Indians shall receive
license on the certificate of District Judge or
Judge OF the Supreme Court of any territory
that he is OF good character. Agreed to.
Committee then rose and reported the bill to
the House and it was passed, and the House
adjourned.