The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-21

NIGHT REPORT.
CONGRESSIONAL



Washington. July offending dis
cussion on the House bill providing for
the sale of the Usage ceded lands in
Kansas to actual settlers, the morning
hour expired and Patterson submitted a
resolution requesting the President to
communicate to the Senate any infor-
nation he may have in regard to the
recent slaughter of American citizens
in South Carolina. Agreed to. Soon
afterwards the consideration of the ar
ticles of Impeachment was resumed.
Blair, of Belknap's counsel, opened the
argument for the defence, holding that
the impeachment should be dismissed
on the ground that more than one third
of the Senate voted against it. He
could not account for the persistency of
this prosecution unless the managers
expected the Senators who voted against
jurisdiction would stultify themselves
and vote for conviction now. Robert
son thought such language towards
Senators was very harsh. Blair ex-
planned that he did not mean to be per-
sonal towards Senators; he only spoke
of the action of the managers as having
the appearance that they expected Sen
ators would stultify themselves by vo-
ting for the conviction of the defendant.
He then reviewed the articles of im-
parchment. He referred to the order of
adjournment of the impeachment. AT
the close of Blair's ar
argument an adjournment was asked
for by counsel Black, who said Carpen-
ter was sick and was to reply to the
managers following Blair. Manager
Lapham was assigned to open for the
prosecution, but being too sick to go
out to-day, his place was taken by Man
ager Lynde.
Legislative business was then resum-
ed and a message was received from the
House announcing the passage by that
body of the bill to continue the act to
provide temporarily for the expenditures
of the government until July 31st. The
Senate concurred therein. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The bill for the protection of the
Texas frontier was passed after the re-
lection of the second section. Follow
ing is the text of the bill, which is for
the purpose of giving efficient protec-
ton to the country between the Rio
Grande and Neuces rivers, in the State
of Texas, from cattle thieves, robbers
and murderers from the Mexican side
of the river:
The President of the United States
be and hereby is authorized and requir-
ed to station and keep on the Rio
Grande river, from the mouth of the
river to Fort Duncan, and above if
necessary, two regiments of cavalry for
field service, in addition to such infan-
try force as may be necessary for gar
rison duty, and to assign recruits to
said regiments so as to fill each troop to
the number of one hundred privates,
and they shall keep up to that strength
as long as they shall be required in the
service.
Randall made the conference report
Oh the sundry civil appropriation bill,
and explained it. He said the estimates
submitted by the department amounted
to over 49,, 900 200; that the bill as
originally reported by the committee
on appropriations amounted to S14,-
626, 981; that as it passed the House it
appropriated S1S, 1867, 326, with unex-
pended balances of $15, 69I, 600, that
the Senate had increased it by $685.
800; that in the conference the Senate
yielded to the amount of "a, I43, 225 and
the House 1921, 134. The bill now ap-
priated $16,357 ,905, against $26, GA $50
in the like bill of last year, a saving Of
he TeBTttltu IHc otdtc-
ment made in the Senate that this large
reduction would have to be met by a
deficiency bill next session, and he
warned the executive officers from being
induced by such statements to make
expenditures and incur obligations be-
yond the sums appropriated in the bill.
He felt that under this bill no depart
ment of the government would be Grip
pied, and he declared that the next
House would discountenance any def
cheney bill:
Hale, a Republican member of the
conference committee, did not agree
with Randall that there would be no
deficiency bill requisite next session, as
the incidental expenses of the
House in itself will result in deficien-
cies.
After a long discussion the report was
adopted. The bill goes to the
President for his signature.
Simpson reported back the Senate bill
to punish counterfeiting of trade marks.
Passed. Adjourned.