Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-18

!, ordered to notify the house that TIL
senate was ready to proceed with tn
trial, aud that seats had been provid
ed for the members.
AT II o'clock Ex.Sec'y Belknap
with his counsel, Messrs. Carpenter
Black and Blair, entered and proceed
ed to the table provided for them
The Ex-Secretary was leaning on the
arm Of Carpenter, and took -Shis sea-
between him and Judge Black. He
appeared very nervous, and begar
reading, but soon dropped the pamph
Ilet, and conversed with his counsel
The managers Of the impeachment ant
the members of fhe house appeared
and all were ready at ! :15, when :he
minutes Of the session of the senate as
a court Of chment, held on the
9th inst were read. The return on
the writ served on the ex scc'y having
been read, aud the serg't-at-arms hav
ing called upon him to answer, Car
penter read and had filed plea deny
ing the jurisdiction Of the senate to
try Belknap on, articles Of impeach-
ment as he was not All officer of the
United States at the time such articles
were found and presented to the SEN
ate; that he has not since been nor is
not now an otlicerof*the y. s., but
was and is a private citizen of the q.
orI <>f - l,A toNo ~e
Mr.sLord, on The part Of the mana
gers, asked that time be allowed them
until the 10TH, to consider what reply
cation shalfbe made to the plea Of
Belknap. So ordered.
The senate then adjourned as a
court until Wednesday, and resumed
consideration of the legislative bust
ness.
MIR. Mitchell, from the election com
mittee, to which was referred ques-
tion ofcompensation to be paid Pinch
back, reported a resolution to pay q
sum. equal to the compensation. and
mileage Of senator from the beginning
Of the term for which he WAS contest
ant to the termination of the contest
by the senate. Ordered printed aud
laid. on the table. : ~
Mr.. Thurman gave notice that at
the earliest time possible. he would
call up his motion to reconsider the
vote by which the bill in relation to
country votes for president and vice
president was passed
Mr.. Moston gave notice that on
Monday next he would ask the senate
to proceed totlle consideration Of the
resolutions submitted by him early in
the session in regafd to the rights Of
states and tone aud national character
of the government.
The appropriation ncom,nittee rcpor-
ted the house deficiency appropria
tion bill with amendments to pay ex-
peuses both ways of u. S. property,
to be exhibited at the centennial, Sl5,-
600 for the interior dept, $4,000 for
the war dept, $l4 900 for the treasury
dept, s2l 900 for tie Smithsonian
Institute and $4,000 for tine Black
HILLS commission.
Unfinished business was the Penn
sYlvania avenue bill.
After discussion, senate adjourned.
House.
WASHINGTON, April l7.-The de-
bate on the kilbourn habeas corpus
case to-day was interrupted by the
house proceeding in a body to the
senate to attend the impeachment
trial of the late secretary Of war.
Returning therefrom the discussion
was resumed.
Mr.. Hooker said kilbourn held the
key in his own mouth, and appealed
to the house TO not furnish another
example of the ease with which the
highest tribunal in the land can be
defeated by the wealthy.
Mr.. Frye reminded the democratic
side Of the house of the bitterness
with which the Democrats Of the last
house had resisted the proposition to
give the president power to suspend
the writ of habeas corpus in certain
states. He said that the gentleman
from Pennsylvania had gained a
worldwide reputation, and now the
democrats Of this house were propos-
ing eternal suspension Of the writ in
regard to both houses.
Mr. Hurlburt agreed ons the same
side and said any gentleman who took
the opposite side necessarily assumed
that the house, representatives. was
above the law Of the land. For one
he,was not inclined tofadmit that.
MIR. Tucker proposed an amendment
to the resolution, reported by the ma
jority Of the Judiciary committee di-
-recting the sergeant-a at arms to appear
by counsel before the court to make a
motion to quash or dismiss the writ
or to take such other procedure as he
should be advised to raise the ques-
ton Of the legality OF
the issue of the writ on
the focta stated and comnlaint and &c