The Lake County star., 1876-06-15

ldopted all the amendments OF their APP
,ropriation Committee, restoring rents,
alaries, etc., to the figure from which
hey were cut down by the House...:....
IN the House the Committee on Elections
,ffered resolution ousting I. w. Bennett,
Delegate from Idaho, from his seat. Mr..
Neal, of Ohio, offered bill to repeal the
and called for the previous question
On the bill. The Chair decided the
bill out of order. Mr.. Holman, OF
Indiana, appealed from the decision
Of the Chair, and the appeal was laid on
the table, 139 to 80. Mr.. Blaine, rising to a
question OF privilege, proceeded to address
the House on the subject Of investigation
into the Union Pacific and Northern Pacihc
in which his name had become
involved. Mr.. Blaine's speech was upon
the subject of certain letters OF his own
which he had taken from Mulligan, a wit
ness before the Investigating Committee,
who had charged him with accepting rail-
road bonds for services toward railroads.
Mr.. Blaine claimed that these letters have
not the remotest bearing upon that subject, |
but that some of them would require an ex. |
PLANTATION. lie thereupOn proceeded to read |
and to make passing comments upon and |
explanations Of the various points in the |
several letters. The allusion to the Spencer
contract he explained by saying that in the
summer of 1861, two years before he first
came to Congress, he had been asked il he
could not get an opportunity for the in
ventor of the Spencer repeating rifle to
bring that new arm to the attention of the
Secretary of War. He came on to Washing.
ton and had an interview with Secretary
Cameron. Mr.. Cameron had given orders
to have it tested by the Ordnance Bureau.
1t had been thoroughly tested, and the ex-
periments were SO satisfactory that pre-
liminary order fer 10000 rifles was made.
He had been paid, not an extravagant, but a
moderate fee, for his services, which he had
just as much liberty to take AZ any lawyer
or agent had to take fee. Subsequently
he had taken and paid for $4,000 worth of
accused Proctor Knott of receiving
a cable dispatch from Josiah Caldwell in
Europe exonerating him (Mr. Blaine) from
the charge of receiving $4,000, and sup
pressing the same, and offered resolution
that the Judiciary Committee be instructed
to report forthwith to the House whether,
in acting under the resolution of the House
of May 2, relative to the purchase of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company OF
seventy.fve land grant bonds of the
Little Rock d Fort Smith Railroad Com
pany, the said committee has sent any
telegram to one Josiah Caldwell, in Europe,
and received reply thereto, and il SO, that
the committee report the said telegram and
reply, with the date when the said reply was
received, and the reason why the same has
been suppressed, or whether the committee
has heard from the said Josiah Caldwell in
any other way, and what. After q hot de
bate, the resolution was referred.
In the Senate, June 6, a petition was re
ceived from p. g. I: Beauregard, of Lenis
lana, asking that his political disabilities
MIGHT he reeeived If yaa rafarrpd Th,
impeachment trial was then resumed. l
was finally decided to adjourn until the 16tl
inst, at which time the Senate will prOcee,
to hear the evidence in the case. The con
sideration of the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill was then re
sumed, but no progress had been made whel
the Senate adjOurned......In the House, tn
proposition to change the rules so as to alloy
the Committee on Banking and Currenc
to report at any time, was agreed to--yea.
us; nays, 81. The object of the change
to allow that committee to report bill TO
the repeal of the Resumption Act. Tn
House then went into Committee of tn
Whole on the Indian Appropriation bill
An amendment was offered and passed, pre-
viding that any person desiring to trad
with the Indians shall receive a license, o
the certificate of the District Judge, or
Judge of the Supreme Court Of any Terr
| tOfy, tndt ne lS Vi SOOu CudIdCIcIs IL
House then adjourned.
} In the Senate, June Z, resolutio
proposing common unit of money an
accounts for the United States and Gres
Britain was passed. The House bill exten'
! ing for one year the provisions of the act {
| December 2S, 1874, SO as not to depriv
l homestead settlers, driven from their home
by the locust plague, OF their rights, wa
9 passed. The Senate then resumed col
sideration of the legislative, judicial, an
executive appropriation bill, the questio
: being on the amendneent submitted by M
a Edmunds, providing that all appointment
. in the departments OF the Government sha
}, be made upon a careful and impartial e.
9 animation of candidates, by board cor
] posed of not less than five persons, to
i appointed by the President, by and wit
s the advice and consent of the Senate, an
h that the most capable. and worthy of tf
/, competitors so examined shall be selectt
I. for such appointments. After debate Il
:. amendment of Mr.. Edmunds was rejected
s IL yeas, "a nays. The bill was final
r amended so as to provide that the princip
l. Of equal distribution among the States, et'
v according to population, should apply
l. making the reduction of the present fore
s- and that persons honorably discharged fro
T. the military or naval service on account
4, wounds received, etc., shall be preferr'
IS for appointment to civil Office. Th
I. last was agreed to--yeas 81, nays
e McCreary, of Kentucky, Mcrrimon,
y North Carolina, aud Salisbury, of Del
ware. The Fortifcation Appropriation b
q was passad as it came from the House.
:, appropriates the small sum of $3l5,0(
u The revised estimates furnished by the w
T. Department amounted to $3,204,O00......
1t the House, Mr.. Crounse, of Nebraska, intr
n 1uced bill authorizing railroad ponto,
Is bridge over the Missouri River at Nebrasl
4 CITY, which was passed. The House pi
Is ceeded to consider the bill repeating the sc
y ton of the Revised Statutes making restr
l. tions in the disposal of the public lands in q
l. States Of Alabama and Mississippi, Louisian
'e Arkansas, and Florida, to repeal the exte
4. sion of the provisions of the homestead Ia
e to these lands, but does not apply to al
y persons who have already settled upon thel
'e 1t was passed by party vote. The Speak
4 asked and obtained leave of absence
a. ten days, and appointed Mr.. Cox, of NJ
4. York, Speaker pro tenn. during his absent
Is The Committee on Postoffices and Po
e roads reported bill providing penalty
& mailing obscene books, aud prohibiti
:. r. lottery circulars passing through the mai
le In the Senate, June 8, the resolution
n pay Pinchback of Louisiana, the compeni
ton and mileage of Senator for the time dl
ing which he was contestant for seat
the Senate, was rejected by vote of IL to
A bill was reported and passed to authori
= IN increase in the number of
~ army detailed to teach military Il
. tics throughout the country.....
,e In the House, the post.route bill and I
u bill to prevent straw bids were passed. \
&c Tarbox arose to a question of privilege, q
4 explained how he came to introduce
a. resolution instructing the Judiciary Co
P, mittee TO investigate the matter of the Uni
y Pacific Railroad having in its possessi
'i bonds of the Fort Smith Il Little Rock Re-
:; road. The Geneva Award bill was tn
II taken up and discussed. In the event
Is session there were but two members prese
,e Sounds at Night.
fl r. ono hos not;ced bow r,onv @;