The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.


Senator Thurman presented memorial from
the Cincinnati board of trade, remonstratin!
| against the reduction of the salaries of tn,
officers in the pOstofice and the diversion o
any revenues thereof to any other purpose
and proposing that the revenues of said offic
| be expended in Its swn proper business. Re
| ferred. The committee on finances reported
| back with amendments the concurrent reso
| luton to secure a uniformity in gold coin
| moneys and accounts between the United
States and the united kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, and recommended its adoption
In the senate on the 26th, Mr.. Sargent
submitted resolution directing the secre
| tary OF the treasury to inform the senate how
many persons are now employed as revenue
and internal revenue agents, giving the date
of their respective appointments, the rate Of
compensation and expenses paid to each
and also to inform the senate whether in any
| cases special rewards have been paid or re
! ceived by any of such agents. whether mon
| eys have been disbursed by any such agents
| whether any, and II so, which of them, have
| been or are under the direction of any per
son other than the secretary and not subor.
! dinate TO the treasury department. and if So
| by virtue of what statute or other authority.
Agreed to. Mr.. Cooper, from the committee
on public buildings and grounds, reported
| IaVOrdDly on mousse Dill 10 luFJner provide 1OT
| building customhouse, postOffice and court
house at Memphis, Tennessee. Calendar.
| The senate resumed consideration of unfin-
| ished business, being a bill to amend the
| laws relating TO the legal tender of silver
| coin. Mr.. Sherman submitted an amend
! ment to the second section, so as to author
| ize the secretary of the treasury to exchange
| subsidiary silver coin of the United States
for an equal amount of United States notes,
as well as to silver dollars authorized to be
coined by bill, such notes to be retired and
| cancelled, and not be again replaced by
other notes. Ordered printed. After the
| expiration of the morning hour Mr.. Morrill,
| called up the bill to establish an educational
| fund, and to apply portion of the proceeds
of public lands TO public education, and to
provide for a more complete endowment and
| support of national colleges for the advance
ment OF scientific and industrial education.
| He made speech thereon. At the conclu-
| sion of Mr.. Morrill's speech, Mr.. Maxey, of
| Texas, submitted an amendment in the ma
| ture of a substitute, and said it cOnsecrates
| the net proceeds of the sales of public lands
| to the support of common schools, endow-
ment of colleges, etc. 1t does not interfere
with the pre-emption and homestead laws.
1t distributed the money raised among the
several states and the district of Columbia,
according to population and it in n manner
interfered with the management of schools
and colleges, leaving that to the sontrOl of
stitute were laid aside, and the senate took
up the bill in relation to the Japanese in
demnity fund. Without action the senate
went into executive session, and soon ad-
journed.
In the senate on the 9th, the galleries
were again crowded, two-thirds of the audi
ence being ladies. At 1890 legislative
business was suspended and the impeach-
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accused, moved that the trial be postponed
until the first Monday of December next,
and asked that the time for discussing this
motion be fixed at two hours for each side.
The request was granted-yeas As, nays 49,;
and Mr.. Blair addressed the senate in favor
of the motion. Then the senate, at O'Clock
retired for consultation, and returned to the
senate chamber at 4: 80, where the presiding
officer announced that motion on the part of
defense was denied. and that counsel on part
of respondent would now be heard on the
motion submitted by the managers, which is
that evidence in question pending to plea
of jurisdiction be given before arguments
relating thereto are heard, and that if such
plea is overruled, defendant should be re-
quired to answer articles of impeachment in
two days, and that the trial shall proceed on
the next day after joining issue. Mr. Blair,
counsel for Belknap, rose to open the argu-
ment, but on motion of Mr.. Anthony the
adjourned until tomorrow at 121% o'clock.
After executive session, adjourned.
In the senate. on the 1st, the resolu
ton submitted by Mr.. Hamlin Friday last to
amend the rules in relation to impeachment
trials so as to provide that deliberation on
questions submitted shall be in public, was
discussed but no action taken and the i'm
peachment trial was resumed. The pend.
ing question was the motion of Mr.. McDon-
aid to rescind the order agreed upon in the
conference Friday, allowing respondent to
open arguments, etc. The presiding officer
stated the motion TO Tescind the vote by
which the order of argument was made was
Oyerruled, and that the request of the mana
gers that four of them be allowed to address
the senate on the question of jurisdiction
had been granted. The court of impeach-
ment then adjourned until Thursday. Mr..
Boutwell, introduced bill authorizing the
secretary of the treasury to renew the issue
of fractional currency, providing the fetal
amount outstanding at any one time shall
not exceed $5O,000,000 Referred. Mr.. Sar-
gent called up his resolution in regard to
Chinese immigration. and made an address
in favor thereof. At the conclusion of Mr..
Sargents speech, discussion ensued, pend
ing which the senate went into executive
session and soon adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the house, on the 25th, the leg
islative and Judiciary appropriation bill
was resumed, but was interrupted to allow
Mr.. Lord, chairman of the impeachment
managers, to present the rejoinder to the
demurrer filed by Mr.. w. w. Belknap.
The paper was read, and is to the effect
that the house of representatives, in the
name of itself and all the people in the
United States, says that, first, the replication
to the plea of Mr.. Belknap TO articles of i'm
peachment and matters therein contained,
are in matter and form sufficient in law for
the house to maintain its articles of impeach-
ment, and that the senate as court of i'm
peachment has jurisdiction to hear, try and
determine the same; and that as Belknap
has not answered such articles of impeach-
ment, or in any manner denied the same, the
house of representatives prays judgment
thereon according TO law. AS to the first
and second subdivisions of the rejoinder to
the second replication of the house to the
plea of defendant, wherein defendant de-
manded trial according to law, the house in
behalf of itself and of all the people of the
United States does like; and as to the third,
fourth, fifth and sixth subdivisions of the
rejoinder, the house asserts it ought not to
be barred from having and maintaining arti-
cles of impeachment against the defendant,
because it denies every argument in such
rejoinder, which denies or traverses acts
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and it reaffirms the truth of the latter;
and, therefore, the house of representatives
prays judgment according to law. The paper
was approved by the house, and the clerk
was ordered to file it with the secretary OF
state. Adjourned.
In the house on the 26th, Mr.. Gibson
offered a resolution for the appointment of a
select committee to make thorough inves-
tigation into the conduct and management
of the customhouse and other government
offices, at New Orleans, and to suggest nec-
essary changes and reforms, with power to
sit in New Orleans, and to report at the
present session, and that the proceedings of
the committee be published. Adopted. The
house then went into committee of the
whole on the legislative appropriation bill,
commencing with the appropriation for the
war department. After progressing as far
as page 80, leaving only eight pages to he
disposed of, the committee rose. Mr.. Wells,
from the conference committee on the def
cheney bill, made a report recommending
that the senate recede from three of its
amendments, and that the house concur in
three others of its amendments, none of
them of any importance. Report was con-
in Resolutions we're offered hV