Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-20
The Impeachment Of Belknap Resumed
Evans, the Fort Sill POs.-Trader,
Under Close Examination
The Case Closed.
The Appropriation Bill-JOhn A. Logan
HOWling for Chicago Bill
for the Protection Of the
Texas Border In
the House,
SENATE

called home suddenly, and had not tim
70 visit the national capitsl. The mai
quls had inherited all the papers Of hi
grandfather, among them many Q
value relating to the American revolu
ton. He submitted resolution in
structiBg the committee on library t
inquire into the Xpedency OF obtaining
the papers Of Count De ROchambeaU
now in posses sion Of Marquis De Roch
sm6eau, relating TO cur war for inde
pendsDce. Agreed TO.
Senator Allison, from the cOnfeTenc,
com mittee on tn army appropriation
bill, made report which WIS sgreed to
Senator Allison said all the 10 after re
lsting to the organic atiOn OF the army
was TO be submitted to q comm issioi
consisting Of two members OF the sen
ate, two members of the house, the sec
retsry OF war, and two army officers
The house had receded from ali iti
amendments relating to reduction, reor
ganizatiOn, aud pay of the army. Tot
bill, IS it came from the house of repre-
sentatives, sppropriates S24 $50 259; tha
amount was increased by the senate
So, 211, coo; the conference committet
reduced the mendments of the senate
81, 492, 1913, leaving the total amount APP.
propriated by the bill, If it should b&
passed, at S26, ,069, ,665, or 81. .S64 500 less
than was appropriated by the army bill
of last year.
The consideration of the articles oi
impeachment Was resumed, and John
d. Evans vas sworn, After some dis
crssiOn as to the course OF examinatio n,
Senator Conkling submitted the follow
ing order, which was agresd to:
Ordered, That the managers proceed
20 examine the witness Evans in chief,
or, should they decline to do 80, the Ie-
spo Ident may proceed to examine the
witness in CHIEF, with the right to the
managers to cross-examine him, like
any other witness.
examine Evans. He recOunted the cir
cumstauces under which he Obtained
the appointment. He fiat saw Bslknap
in Dubuq", Iowa; then here in Wash
ipgtons He was introduced to Bsjknap
the second time by General E. w. Rics.
Belknap told him the appointment was
already promised. AfterWsrd, howevt r,
he made a contract with Marsh by
which he received the appoip tment, in
consideration of paying twelve thou
sand dollars q year. TIE person TO
whom Belknap had promised the ap.
pointment was Marsh. He paid Marsh
vsIious sans according to contract, sg.
gregating over fOTty.tw0 hundred dol
lars. Evans testified that he never had
any conversation with the secretary OF
war in relation to payments of money.
MSisu nad uU nr0noy Invested in the
business.
EnrnfAr GaNaroYaf I-aI 70 hn
gers did not intend TO question about the
conversations between Evans aud
Mara. M'MahOn said he had no objec-
tiops. Evans then related, in Substance,
the conversations between himself and
Marsh; Msrsh, il appears, wantt d
twenty thousand dollars year, but Ev-
ans said that he could not pay that,
and the figure fixed on was fifteen thou
sand dollars; the next morning, hoWev-
er, l saw in q newspaper that some Of
the troops were removed from the post,
and he told Marsh that he could not pay
the sum agreed upon, and they finally
compromised on twelve thousand dol
lars.
Senator Sargent asked il Marsh told
him what he intended to do with the
money. Witness replied that he did not.
Cross-examined by Mr. Carpenter
Belknap never requested witness to see
Marsh; it was in reply TO o statemen of
witness as to amount he had invested at
Fort Sill, that he told Belknap he could
see Marsh, who was to be in the city
soon.
Ques.ion-Did Marsh say to you he
had to divide with snyb )dy? Answer
He never breathed anything of the
kind; never heard any talk about money
bsing paid to the secretary OF war until
the publication of the article in the New
Yolk Tribune in 1872; never had any in
diligence from the secretary of war not
common to other post-traders; never
paid the secretary of war a cent for the
appointment; did not tell the secretary
Re bad made q contract with Marsh, and
could have reduced his prices fer goods
more had it not been for the payment Of
twelve Thousand dollars for the position;
knew nothing Of anybody advising the
secretary of war in regard to an agree
ment between Marsh and himself
Impeachment proceedings wtT3 tenn
porarily suspended, and tue legislative
business resumed.
Mr.. Window, from the conference
on the sundry civil sppropri-
alton bill, submitted a report which was
read. In explanation OF the report, he
said the bill, as 1t originally passed the
house of representatives, appropriate d
SIS. 256, ,73l. The senate added 81 l26 $50,
and, as now reported, it appropriated
sic, ,229, III, The total amount Of the
reductions made from the bill ss 1t passed
the senate, was s., ,153, 747. The sundry
civil appropriation bill last year, appro-
SIG, ,644, $50, or SO, Ala, 572 more
than the present bill. he was unable to
see any great saying to the government
In the reductions made in the conference
from the bill as it passed the
senate. So far 6s the amendments were
the concessions were all
made by the senate. He was not
With the bill as agreed upon in
the conference, but he thought it was
the best bill which could be got, under
the circumstances. He then mentioned
the items constituting the reductions.
Among them are the following: Public
and binding, $49l 40; general
exranses of the District Of CoIumb'a,
$500, ,OOO; revenue cutter eervice, SIS $40;
courts In Utah, 9223, 900; Smithsonian
institute, $4,000; examination Of res>ol
hEculNesS SOUOOJ OulISO StEt6o EO6tL
Guide, $4,000; MINIS and assay Office,
s64 600; public buildings at Cincinnati,
ssrHH 900; at Chlcsgo, $3.50, 900; new state,
wsf c1d navy departments, $250, 900;
nsw buiIGiug at st. Louis, $3.50, COO; navy
vsrds and stations, S5S5, 600; improve
'oents on the capitol grounds, SlGO, ,0O0i
temporary clerks ia treasury depart.
ment, $4,000; signal service, SlOO,OOO;
testing iron and steel, SO, Q,0G0; survey of
public lsuds, Sl66, 6,2l6; purchase OF
Bank building, 1925 eco.
he commented on various items, and
argued that it would be nesesssry TO
psss large deficiency bill next year, as
The bill had been agreed upon in confer
suce. 1t provided that he public print
sr should be appointed by the Pfesl-
dent. That Office had hitherto been
elected by the senate, but the house, for
several years, had disputed The right Of
the senate to do so, snd the senate con-
fsrees thought it be to yield. The
house had receded from its provision re-
pealing the election law. After long
snd tedious efforts, this bill had been