The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-04-27
F~oRrY-rouRTH CONGRESS.


In the House, on the 10Th, there WINS q long
as 10 the power and duty Of the House
In the matter OF the Imprisonment Of Hallet Xii.
bourne, the contumacious witness. but the mat
ter went over without arriving at any definite
conclusion,
In the Senate, on the 18th, after some
routine business had been disposed Of, Mt IL 80
p. m. the impeachment proceedings In the case
Of VIM. W. Belknap were taken up. After q
formal proclamation by the scrgcant-at Arms,
the oath was administered by the Chief; Justice
70 such Senators as were absent when the body
Of Senator's were sworn In n few days previously.
The secrctary was ordered TO notify the House
that the Senate was ready 10 proceed with the
trial, and that seats had been provided for the
his counsel, Messrs. Carpenter, Black
and clair, entered and proceeded to
the table provided for them. At
1 %s@Ser s'e Of % ,se Gonse 81 .p p%s aDd took the tho
minutes, etc, Mr.. Carpenter read and had filed
2 plsa denying The jurisdiction Of the senate to
he was not an officer Of the United States at the
tune such aSticles were found and presented 10
The Senate that he ha: not since beer, nor is he
he I'm united States ''s and Of the
State Of Iowa. Mr.. Lord, on the part Of the
managers, asked that time he allowed them until
the 18th inst. to consider what replication shall
be made 70 the plea Of Belknap. and 1t was so
ordered: The managers and counsel for the nc.
G ps.Id.n having; in r repIy to q Gaes' lion, oil tine ,ne
had nothing further to propose, the
sS1sissrs,,oI until ~ , ,se ls.s' business Sna resumed
In the House, the case OF IIallet Kilbourne was
again under consideration, and was the occasion
o. an acrimonious, debate between Messrs.
ally adopted, directing the Sergeant at Arms to
make n return 10 the writ Of habcas corpus Issued
by the Court. and to produce kilbournc before
the Court.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the Deficiency
Appropriation bill was pissed. Among the
items embraced In II are as 100 for the Black
Hills Commission and 70 800 for expenses OF the
Government exhibit at the Centennial. go. The
House took up the report Of tho Election Commit.
tee on the Alabama contested election case OF
Bromberg against Haralson. The report was
unanimous in declaring the sitting member (IILr.
alson) entitled to the seat. After statements of
perjury Of witnesses the report vas agreed to.
The bill for the transfer Of the Indian Bureau to
the War Department was taken up, and speeches
In Its favor were made by Messrs. Culberson,
Hooker and Banning.
In the Senate, on the lpth, the iihpcach-
ment proceedings against VIM. W. 1,elknap were
fesumed. the galleries being crowded with spec
htors. The only steps taken In the case, how
ever, was the reading Of the answer adopted by
the House 10 the plea Of Belknap, that his resig.
nation barred all impeachment proceedings. the
House taking the ground that his resignation MAS
not offered or accepted until after the charges
against him had been properly investigated by a
committee Of the House and proceedings
for his Impeachment were begun. In
and counsel in the case to prepare them.
selves turtle : proceedings were postponed until
the 9th in I. The regular business OF the Sen.
ate being resunei, the hair laid before the Sen.
Alto n mpaRage from the Prpsitpnt. yptOlUR the
net fixing the salary Of the President OF the
United States at e25 100 per annum. The House
PHI 70 define the tax on iern1ented ana malt
man, the bill in regard to counting the votes for
PRESIDENT, etc., was RECONSTRUCTED .......ln the
House the Sergeant. at. Arms reported that he mad
Obeyed the writ of habeas corpus in the Hallet
kilbOurne case, and that Kilbourne was ordered
BY the Judge into custody Of the Marshal Mr..
Baker (lnd. } offered a resolution instructing the
Select Committee on Real Estate Pool to investi.
gate whether any members Of n former Congress
were connected with that pool, and who are such
members. Adopted. The Committee on Elec.
tiOns reported In favor of j. J Finlay, the con-
testant from the second Florida District, and he
was sworn in.
In the Senate, on the Goth, Mr.. Morrill,
fVt. introduced a bill to authorize the Secretary
Of the Treasury to allow Mrs. Minnie sherman
Fitch to receive. free Of duty. a wedding present
from the Khedive of Egypt. 1t was passed
unanimously. After the expiration of the morn
ing hour the bill TO amend the laws relating
10 the legal tender Of silver coin was taken
up, and Mr.. Bogy spoke In favor of
making silver a legal tender for all amounts
and receivable In payment OF duties at the Gus
tom house. No action taken......In the House,
MIR. Cox, from the I Ommittee on Rules, made a
report on the case Of . harles II, Smith, journal
CLERK, who iss,ed a circular seeking business in
the collection Of additional bounty claims. The
report severely criticised the action of Smith,
but. as. he had resigned, no action was recon.
tiended. A resolution was adopted, instructing
the Committee on Expenditures In the Treasury
Department to inquire into the remission Of for
fixture Ia the case Of the bark Mary Merritt,
seized in Milwaukee. uhis case has been made
the subject Of various charges in the newspapers
affecting the Official conduct Of Secretary Bris.
tow, and his friends urged the investigation
The bill for The transfer Of the Indian Bureau to
the War Department was again taken up, and
various speeches were made for and against the
bill.
The Senate was not In session on the slst.
.,...In the House. the bill for the transfer Of the
Indian Bureau to the War Department was pass
.ed-yeas, 1888; nays. "a. 1t provides that after
the lat Of July next the Secretary of War shall
exercise the supervising and appellate powers
and possess the jurisdiction now exercised and
possessed by the Secretary Of the Interior In re-
lation to Indian affairs.