The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-02
Mr.. Hale-Now and then men actually
do resign OF their own motion.
Mr.. Randall-There Is proverb that
few Office holders die and none resign.
The bill was passed.

The bill was passed.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Mr.. Buckner, from the Committee on
District OF Columbia, reported resolu.
tion instructing the Clerk OF the House to
certify to the Attorney General and to the
grand jury OF the District Of Columbia
The testimony taken before that commit.
Tee with view 10 having civil and GRIM
inal proceedings taken against persons
shown to have violated law and 10 have
obtained money illegally. Adopted.
sUNDRY BILLS.
Mr.. Sampson called up the bill in re.
gard 10 the measure Of damageS in &C.
tions for infringements Of patents.
Mr.. Rice raised question Of consid-
Grafton, and the House refused TO con.
slider the bill-yeas "a, nays 1902.
The House then went Int0 Committee
Of the Whole (Mr. Clymer in the chair)
in order to take up the bill reported by
the Committee on Invalid Pensions for
the payment Of arrearages Of pensions,
making them date from the pensioners
death or disability.
II was necessary, however, under the
rules to have each Of the bills standing be.
fore it, laid aside by a party vote; and as
O'Brien md others sought to interpose
all parliamentary obstacles 10 consider
alton Of the bill which would take many
millions out Of the Treasury, the process
Of getting at it il proved to be too tedi.
GUS and had finally to be abandoned.
The Committee rose; when obituary
speeches were made by Jones, Boone and
Lawrence; after which the House adjourn.
ed.
SENATE.
A VOTE on THE IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES
OF W. W. BELKNAr.
AT noon the Senate began 10 vote
upon the articles Of impeachment. 25
Senators voted guilty; and 25 not guilty,
for tho want OF Jurisdiction. Those who
voted gully were: Bayard, Booth, Cam
eron, Of Pa; COckerell, Cooper, Davis,
DAVIS, Dennison; EdpundS, Gordon,
Hamilton, Harvey, Hitchcock, Kelly,
Herman, McCreety, McD ,Merriman,
Mitchell, Morrill,, Norwood, 0glesby,
Key, Randolph, Ransom, Robertson, Sar.
gent, Salisbury, Sherman, Stevenson,
Thurman, Wadleigh, Waltece, Whyte
and Withers.
Those voting in the negative were:
Anthony, Boutwell,, Bruce, Cameron (of
wisconsin,, Allison, Christiancy, Conk-
ling, Conover, Cragin, Dorsey, Eaton,
Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, Howe,
Ingalls,, Jones (of Nevada), Logan, Nc.
MILAN, Paddock, Patterson, Spencer,
West, Window and Wright.
Mr.. Jones, Of Florida, declined to vote,
on the ground that the Senate had no
Jurisdiction.
The presiding officer announced that
two.thirds had not voted guilty, and
therefore the respondent was acquitted
Of the charge in the first article.
On the second article SO Senators voted |
guilty and 25 not guilty.
MIR. Maxey, who did not answer on the
first roll.call, voted guilty upon the Sec
ond.
Those Senators who voted not guilty
stated that their reason for doing 80 was
want OF jurisdiction.
Upon the third and fourth. articles the
uote stood as above, SO voting guilty and
25 not guilty.
Before the roll.call on the fifth article
was finished, Mr.. Morton, who had been
detained on account Of . severe fall this
morning, came in and voted guilty, max
ing the vote on that article 81 guilty and
25 not guilty.
Two.thirds OF the Senate not having
voted in favor OF sustaining the articles
OF impeachment, it was ordered that
Judgment Of acquittal bC entered, and the
Senate sitting as a court Of impeachment
adjourned sine die.
THE HAMBURG AFFAIR.
The Chair laid before the Senate a
message from the President in answer to
the resolution Of July 20, transmitting
copies OF the correspondence between
himself and Gov. Chamberlain, and other
reports in regard TO the recent troubles
at Hamburg, South Carolina. %.
The President in concluding his mes
sage alludes to the disturbances in the
South, and says he awaits the forthcoming
report of the committee which recently
Investigated Mississippi affairs, feeling
confident that it will sustain all he has
said about fraud and violence lin that
State. Ordered printed and laid on the
table.
Also letter from the Secretary Of
War in answer to the resolution Of July
"a, transmitting report in regard to the
number OF employees in that Department
from 1869 10 1875 inclusive. Ordered
printed and laid on the table.
Il
THE ORIGINAL DECLARATION OF INDRPEN-
DENcE,
/ A joint resolution providing for the
restoration OF the writing in the original
Declaration Of Independence was passed.
NEW CONFERENCE coMMrrrEE.
The Chair announced the new confer
ence committee on the consular and diplo-
matte appropriation bill, Sargent, Bout
we'll and Norwood.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.. Allison called up the conference
report on the Military Academy Appro.
priation Bill, and in explanation thereof,
said that the bill as agreed upon in
the conference appropriated $74,675 less
than the bill Of last year. As tue bill
came to the Senate from the House Of
Representatives 1t appropriated S259, ,293l,
to which amount the Senate added $49,-
Gl0. The conference committee has re-
duced the bill to the extent Of Sls,77G.
The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Ingalls,, from the Committee on
Indian Affairs, reported back the Senate
| bill to authorize the Secretary Of the In.
terror to deposit certain Indian trust
funds in the United States Treasury, in
lieu Of investment, and moved that the
Senate non.concur IN the amendment OF
the House to said bill, and ask for com.
mittee Of conference. So ordered.
Mr.. Paddock called up the House bill
to establish q new land district in the
territory of Wyoming, to be known as
the Wanston district. Passed.
Tho Chair annnunrnd MesaFa West