The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-27
WASHINGTON.
Cyapp's Case.

Ctdpp's Case.
Washington, May 26.-The House
judiciary committee to-day discussed
the legal question as to whether Clapp
is impeachable. No decision was
reached, but it is generally believed
by the committee that he is not subject
to impeachment.
The Chinese Conuiadrum.
Commissioner Roach, accompanied
by Congressman Piper had an inter-
view with Secretary Fish to-day on
the Chinese question. The Secretary
repeated the assurances he had hereto
fore given as to his desire to aid in
securing remedies for the evils COM
planned of, but added, that he antic-
ipated much objection to the move
ment. He said the religious element
of the country is now agitating the
subject and urging the continuance of
the present treaty on account of its
presumed value in facilitating mis-
sionaries for the conversion of the
heather. He said there was also OPP
position from the owners of American
vessels plying in Chinese waters. but
he thought, nevertheless, that the
treaty should be modified.
The Blaine Investigation.
The sub-judiciary committee this
afternoon recalled A. S. Robinson.
who testified that he had read the tes-
timony of Amos Curry before the
committee. Witness never told Curry
that the package which witness
brought to Blaine from Caldwell con-
tanned bonds or that it was an install
ment of bonds. Blaine said If there
were no more witnesses to be heard
upon this matter he would offer him
self as witness. After some discus
sion Blaine was allowed to make a
statement, confining himself to the
package spoken of, and he was sworn
and made q statement to the effect
that sometime in the spring Of 1871
Robinson gave him package in the
speakers parlor. He threw the pack
age down on sofa in his private room
and it was lying about the room for
year. He talked with Robinson ON
various subjects, but the package or Its
contents were not mentioned. 1t was
a package of maps, some descriptive
pamphlets and some descriptive
sketches. 1 mean some of those made
by individuals and not published,
showing the coal field in the Arkansas
valley. 1t was considered at that
time by Caldwell and others that there
would bequite speculation in buying
their lands, and these were allotted of
to show how much could be got in
one body, as the sections were taken
alternately. 1t was very hard to get
a large tract together, and very few
thousand dollars would buy consid-
cradle quantity of them. think the
company offered them ut five or six
dollars per acre. This was sent to me
as prospectus and general setting
forth of the merits and virtues of the
speculation. 1 did not give great
deal of attention to it. had some
computations made as to the cost of
hauling to the river, how far it would
be from the Arkansas river and how
much it would cost by the time it got
by rail to the Mississippi. The result
of the whole thing was that ] didn't
embark in it. That was all there was
in the whole story.
Blaine concluded as follows: Mr.
Chairman, while I am here, desire
to repeat, under oath, in relation to
this entire $64, 900 charge. that the
statement made by me on the floor
of the House, in all of its parts, was
without mental reservation or the
purpose of evasion as the iron-cIad