The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-03-16


books of the treasury department. and, il
necessary. the officers thereof. 10 ascsr-
tain the cause of such fluctuations and also
10 ascertain whether rh. legal tender notes
received for the red,mptjon of national
banks are KEEP, as s;ecial fund. or
whether ,hev are held in common with
other money. Referred 10 III. committee
on ways and means.
The R,uS,. went into Committee of the
whole nm the Iegi.:ative appr,ur;at;on hill
anu wa, addressed bv Nr pbflIips OF
Kansas. on the general sub;ac, of finance
| Mesrs. HASKINS and MILLS .l.o ,d.
| dr,ssed the House ON the currency Question
and the committee rose witbon, action
NJ, RASS a member ~ The c,nm;,,ss
on exneoditnrrs in the War nan,r,msn,
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| In I.J s,,n,,o,,.I,, .'d H.. ,i;-.,'.
- 10 wi,.ssa .uJ / LI ofp - san'
sons why. but the wines, had been dis
charged at ll:3O the same day, and that
| the objection had been made In the pres
ence of the committee alone: after III
o'c ock thai day. when the Resignation OF
Secretary Belknap had been made known
| to the committee, the two subjects had
| b en- a matter Of discussion. he reasons
| which he (Bass) had stated against the dis
! charge of Mar-h, were that Marsh was tine
sole witness in the case, and that his testi.
mony was uncorroborated; that if the Sec
| retary Of War should be witness before
the committee, and should contradict
Marsh.s testimony, 1t would be necessary TO
| recall Mar-h; and further, that the safety
| oi the committee, regarding Its own reputa-
tlon, would not allow the discharge OF the
witness. Pending the proceeding, the dis
| cussion on these two questions Of jurisdic-
tion, sNel 'ne resisnation OF tne secretary
ana the oiscnarge oi tne witness, nao las
,ed se'erai minutes 'neh . single question
had been put to the witness. ty Blair, coun-
sci ior beiknaP, the witness having been
CARED IN lor tnat purpose, ana thereuPon:
"nhout any question having oeen asked oI
any inenper OF the committee, and on the
soie request OF the witness, he was dis
charged ny the chairman.
Mr.. CLYMER, chairman OF the commit
tee, replied to Mr.. Bass, prefacing his Ie-
marks with the statement that he would
not say word on the subject, were it not
for the recollection that his colleague |
Bass differed so essentially and thoroughly |
from that Of every other gentlemen on the !
committee, SO that his colleague stood in |
the attitude that one witness did against |
four. lie then proceeded with the general |
reputation Of Bass and his statements.
Mr.. BLACKBURN. also. proceeded TO
disapproye Mr.. Bas-' statements bv the re-
cords of the committee. and said that the
gentleman never had objected 10 the dis
charge of the witness. Marsh after hi. cross
examination, and that he saw the witness
leave the room. without making A single
objection.
Adjourned.
W.su,~orox n q Mach 1rTbo
Honse vent into =, comm;,,sa ni tho I'LL
on ;nd;c;,I and ,soiSI,,;vs snnronr;,,;nn
hill.
Mr. WILLIS who had mn, co,c,,JoJ
bis sneecb. Yesterday resumed ,ba aoor
and sioke in favor i honest currencv =,
the onIv safety f,r bonss, mon
Mr. SEEI EY made , sn.scb on tho s,r,.
side Of the oue.r;nn and "a. foIIow.J hv
Mr. Duncan Who !. on ,ba same "a.
Mr. TOWNSEZD Of p. snoLa ., tho
le.;sl,,ive .nn,on,;,ron h;il silud;no ~ ,o
n. .con,n,v ,,ri,,.,r,;.s - g Il. p.na',r
vote for ,ha ,,,cr..,.d s.I.,v To-, -
Mr. RANDALL, n.,I;,d in snh.,,ncs
thar a, tho ,e,,,,Is h.d condsmn.d ,h.,