Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-20
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
TUESDAY, July 20.

ments 70 the Dill providing for the removal
OF inc jail rom Judiciary square, and a
conference committee was requested.
MI. ingalls, called up the bill TO provide
Tor the sale OF Usage Indian lands In kansas
to actual settlers.
Pending consideration Mr.. Patterson Of
Tered resolution, which was adopted, re-
questiDg the President to furnish the Senate,
II not Incompatible With the public service.
any information in bis possession relative
10 the recent slaughter OF American citizens
at Ham burg, 8. c.
me Usage land bill was discussed until
the expiration OF the morning hour, and
went over
The Chair appointed Messrs Morrill,, Pad
Iock, and Cooper, conferees on the bill for
the removal OF the jail of the District OF Co
lumba.
On motion OF Mr.. Dennis the bill for the
REMOVAL OF the political disabilities of Thos
IL. Williams, of Maryland, was taken up and
passed.
Mr. Window said some time since the
Sepate mad appointed members OF a confer
ence Committee on the Indian approximation
Dill. The house had only within the last
three or four days appointed its members
anu up 10 tnis time they had been unable TO
secure meeting. He had understood that
there was determination on the part OF the
house not to agree on the Indian appropris-
ton bill until the Senate had acted on the
Independent bill OF the House for the trans
fer OF the Indian bureau.
Mr.: HamlIn asked IL the House had ever
appointed q committee.
Mr.. Window replied that IL had done so
within the past three or four days.
Mr.. Hamlin.-Was IL not DELAYED because
tney would not act on the bill until the Sen
ate had acted on the transfer bill. He had
heard from several Representatives that
such was their determination.
MI Dawes asked IL the House conferees
of the Senate.
Mr.. Windom.-Would not say they had
decllned IN express terms, but there had been
The hour of II having arrived, the Senate
proceeded with
THE IMPEACHMENr TRIAL.
Mr.. Black announced that Mr.. Carpenter
was too sick To be present, and as IL was
necessary for counsel to hear argument that
he was to answer. he asked that an order be
made that Mr.. Blair be now heard, as ar
ranged with the managers, and that after ne
had made his opening argument the court
adjourn until TO morrow, when the man.
On motion Of Mr.. Anthony the order was
laid on the table, and
Mr. Blair proceeded with his argument. He
referred to the scenes which occurred In the
Senate when the question OF Jurisdiction was
raised, characteriZing 1t one to cause a feel
Ing OF shame, and the course OF the man.
ayers as an appeal to the Senate to make the
respondent a victim TO expiate the abuses
which had prevailed in the administration
OF public affairs. He then proceeded to argue
the question OF jurisdiction, quoting hume
rous authorities, English and American, in
support OF bis proposition that two thirds
was required to decide the question OF iurIs-
diction. He argued that the action OF the
unfair 10 the accused, as the Senator's VINO
mad voted that they had no Jurisdiction, aud
hence no power In the case, might feel that
they had no authority TO act. and refuse TO
vote on the questions. He had been sur
prised at the persistency with which the
managers had pressed the case, In view of
the fact that IL was notorious that there
could be no conviction, unless they pro-
ceeded on the belief that Senators who mad
solemDly voted that they had no power,
would now stultify themselves and vote for
US aA ok,o
first one OF which, he said, by circumiocu-
ton charged bribery. He would show by
the testimony of the main witness for the
prosecution that there was no understand
ing that Belknap was to receive money for
the appointment or for continuing the con
tract, or In any way connected with 1t. Toe
money, this witness stated, was sent to Bel
KNAPP as present, because he 1.-THE witneSs)
felt pleasure in making the present. He
argued that the Information the Secretary
had on the relations between Marsh and
Evans was SUCH as TO lead him TO infer that
there was partnership between them, and
when Col. Grierson wrote him that Evans
was remitting to Marsh it could not strike
him as an unusual or improper thing for one
partner TO make remittances to another
Evan, he said, bad no claim to the ap-
pointment, and Belknap had the right under
gave 1t TO q man who had been unusually
kind to his family. the appointment was
no way different from other appointments.
Applications for favoTs also came through
Marsh, and confirmed the idea OF a partner
ship. Aside from this, although under DO
obligations to do so, he had, as an act OF dis
some arrangements with Evans to save the
latter.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
regular order was demanded Immediately
after the reading OF the journal, aud the
House resumed consideration of the bill for
the protection Of the Texas frontier; the
pending question being upon Mr.. Banks
the pursuit OF robbers across the Rio Grande
after four months notice to the Mexican
government. The substitute was rejected by
The Speaker ruled that the rejection of the
substitute, which was the second section as
amended, was defeat Of the whole clause,
and that the bill now consisted simbly of
Payment OF an increased force on the Rio
Grande, and increased the number of caval-
An effort was made to reconsider, but IL
was defeated, and the bill was then passed,
retair ing only the first section.
MT. Randall called up the report of the
bill. The reading Of the report occupied
nearly an hour. Mr.. Randall explained the
report, and said that the estimates of the
department. for the items in this bill were
s32, 562 1929. AS il passed the House the
bill appropriated s14, s57 ,i26.54. The Senate
add added an agsrega,e Of sS,O6s 1910. The
port is SIC ,357 ,9O5.47, which is over ten mil
lion less than the amount appropriated in
the sundry bill last year.
Mr.. Randall said he saw from the debate |
on the report In the Senate yesterday, that |
some Senators expressed the opinion that |
there would have to be large deficiency bill |
At next session. That could not be the case.
for there would be no Justification for any
department to spend more than the amount |
appropriated. They could not do it, first |
because 1t would be In violation OF law, and |
second because If they exceeded the appro- |
prtations they would be amenable to that |
law. he regretted that the assertion was 1
made, because 1t might imply q semblance |
OF authority to 60 beyond the amount APP |
propriated. While this House would do |
nothing whatever to cripple the government, |
he wanted TO say now, all deficiencies would /
be discOuntenanced except In extreme cases.
Mr.. Hale (Me.) said the Senate had shown /
in this conference that it had no disposition 4
to antagoniZe reduction Of expenses or Q true /
economy. 1t had made 10 determiued oppo-
sltion to actual and fair reductions, aud ft /
had therefore yielded. But it had resisted /
new legislation and the House had yielded.
The Senate had yielded on the question OF Il
mere money legislation. He accepted the /
bill AZ IN indication that with free and fair /
conferences the dead lock would soon be /
broken. Win regard to deficfencee he did /
not believe the departments would exceed L
he