The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-08

devoted to consideration of Bannings bill for the
reduction of the army, which passed without
amendment. The bill to amend title So of the
Revised Statutes, relating to merchant seamen,
was passed. It provides for the appointment by
the Secretary of the Treasury of Commissioner,
to be known the Shipping Commissioner, for
every port of entry which is also a port of ocean
navigation.
FRIDAY, June 2.-Sendte.-The Senate dis
posed of few bills of private nature, and then
began the consideration of the Legislative Appro-
priation bill.
House. The House devoted the day to the
Indian Appropriation bill, the greater part of the
time being spent in wrangling upon points of order
relative to amendments. A good many Western
and Southern members made arguments in favor
of the transfer of the Indian bureau to the War de-
partment.
SATURDAY, June 3.-Se71dte. Senate
passed the bill providing for the appointment of
commission of five persons to visit the Sioux tribes
of Indians and negotiate for the surrender of por
ton of their reservation, including the Black
Hills. The War department is required
by the terms of the bill to furnish trans
portation, subsistence and protection to the
commission !. Consideration. of the Legislative
Appropriation bill resumed. The amendments
of the Senate Committee, which restores the reduc
most significant action of the Senate was the vote
restoring the Presidents salary to $4,000 year.
The vote in detail on this was as follows:
Yeas Allison, Anthony, Bayard, Booth, Boutwell,,
Bruce Christiancy, Clayton, Cooper, Cragin, Dawes,
Edmunds, Freinghuysen, Ham in, Johnson. Nc
Milan Mitchell, Morrill, (daine), Morton, Norwood,
Paddock Patterson, Ransom. Roheltson, Sarg~ Mt.
Sherman, Spencer, Window, Wlthers-29. Nays
Bogy, Cockrel Eaton, Goldthwaite Hitchcock,
Kelley. Key, McCreery, Maxey, Stevenson, Thur
man-1.
House.-wood, from the Committee of Ways and
Means, made report in regard to the Alaska fur
roF+I,
Government and company from all allegations of
fraud. Ordered printed. The Indian Appropria-
ton bill was under discussion nearly the entire day.
variety Of amendments offered, nearly all of
which were rejected Among those voted down
was one proposed by Seelye forbiddng the furnish
ing of rations to white living with Indian wo-
men.
MONDAY, June 5.-Sendte-The Senate dis
cussed the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill nearly
| the entire day. An amendment proposed by Sher-
man was adopted providing that the internal reye-
districts be reduced to 81 soon after the LIST
of July practicable; also, Vesting III the Com
missioner OF Internal Revenue the power to suspend
collectors of internal revenue now possessed by su-
pervisors, and all other powers now exercised by
| the supervisors to be vested in the collectors.
Hoatse-Blaine (rising to question of privilege),
| proceeded to address the House the subject of
investigation into the Union Pacific and Northern
Pacific transactions, in which his name had become
| involved. The central part and the most impor-
| ant part of the whole affair the production
of the letters taken from Mulligan. This was pre-
ceded by severe charge of unfair treatment at the
handssof the sub committee charged W1fn lnVest1-
| eating the various subjects with Wmcn ms
name had been connected. Referring to the
letters, the speaker said: 81 understand the judi
| ciary Committee to have abandoned that issue
against me- but there has gone forth the idea or I'M
preston that because would not permit that man.
| or any man, when could prevent it. from holding
as menace over my head my private correspon-
| dence, there must be something~in it most deadly
and destructive to nay reputation. would IKE
any gentleman on this floor, and all OF them are
presumed to be of affairs whose business
has been varied and whose intercourse mas Deen
large to stand up here and say that he is willing
and ready to have his private correspondence Tor
the last ten or twelve years handed over and made
public. Does it imply guilt? Does it imply a
sense of weakness that a man will protect ms prl-
| yate correspondence? No, sir. 1t is mans first
instinct to do It, and it is the last outrage on any
man to violate it. have defied the power to take
these letters from me. do it still. speak with
ali respect for this House. know its powers, and
1 trust that respect them; but l say that TINS
House has no more power to order what shall be done
or not done with my private correspondence tnan
has to order what shall do with the nurture and
admonition of my children, not one particle more.
But going TO show the letters (hodlng theLn
| up in his handy. thank God Almighty that am not
ashamed to show them. There they are. There lie
the very original package. With some sense OF hu-
initiation with modification which do not pretend
to conceal, with of outrage Which THINK any
man in my position would feel, invite the conh-
dence OF A COO 900 of people, and will read these
letters. [Applause, which the Speaker pro tenn en-
deavored to suppress. Many of these letters have
not the remotest bearing on the SUBJECT, out son:e
of them will require little explanation. Some OF
them may possibly involve humiliation, but Woulc
great deal rather take that than take the eV1l sur
misses, and still evil differences, that nllgn
be drawn If did not act with this frankness.'
Blaine thereupon proceeded to read and to MAKE
passing comments upon, and explanations OF, Varl
Gus points in the several letters. Inc letters al
referred to business transactions between Blame
and Fisher. While they go to show that the former
was engaged in stock operations, his friends clam
that his transactions legitimate and pertectl!
honorable.