The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-10
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

TUESDAY, Aug. 1.-Senate. The Chair laid
before the Senate message from the President
in answer to the resolution of July 90, transmit
ting copies of the correspondence between aim"
self and Gov. Chamberlain, and other reports in
regard to the recent trouble at Hamburg, .. U.
The President, in concluding his message, alludes
to the disturbances in the South, and says
that he awaits the forthcoming report of the
committee which recently investigated the Missls-
sippi affair, feeling confident that it will sustain all
that he has said about fraud and violence in that
State Ordered printed, and laid on the table,.
Also letter from the Secretary of War, Ia answer
to the resolution Of July "a, transmitting a
report in regard to the number. of employees IN
that department. from 1859 to 1875, inclusive.
Ordered printed and laid on the table,.
The Chair announced new conference committee
on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation Oil
-Messrs. Sargent, Boutwell,, and Norwood. ...A
Joint resolution, providing for the restoration OF
the writing of the original Declaration OF Inde-
pendence, passed he Belknap trial was re-
sumed and at noon the Senate began to vote upon
the articles OF impeachment. o. upon Inc
voted guilty, IS not guilty for want OF
! jurisdiction. Those who voted guilty Were
Bayard, Booth, Cameron pa }, Coc4ren, Cooper,
Davis, Dawes, Dennis. Edmunds, Gordon, Haml-
ton Harvey, Hitchcock, Kelley, Herman, Key, NC
! Creery, Mcdonald, Merrimon. Mitchell, Morrill,
| Norwood Oglesby, Randolph, Ransom, Robertson,
Sargent, salisbury, sherman, Stevenson, Thur
| man, Wadleigh, Wallace, Whyte, W1thers
Those voting in the negative We're: anthony, ALI
son, Boutwell,, Bruce, Cameron (Wis), Christiancy
+!
Frelinghuysen, HamIin, Howe, ingalls,, Jones
| New, Logan, Mcmillan, Paddock, Patterson,
| Spencer, west, Window, Wright. Jones, OF Flor
ida declined to vote on the ground that the Senate
had no Jurisdiction Absent or not voting: Alcorn
/ Bogy, Burnside Clayton, English, Johnston,
Jones (FIa.), Maxey, Morton. Sharon
! The presiding officer announced that two-th1rds
had not voted guilty and therefore the respondent
acquitted of the charge in the first article on
| the second article, th1rty-slx Senators voted
equity" and twenty-five "not guilty" Maxey VINO
did not answer on the first roll-call voted
guilty the second, article. Those Senators
who voted mot guilty repeated their rea
Upon the third and fourth articles the vote
stood as above IS voting guilty and Is not guilty.
Before roll-call on the fifth article was finished,
Morton, who had been detained on account OF
severe fall this morning, in and voted guilty,
making the vote 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 be en-
tered and the Senate sitting Court of Impeach-
ment adjourned sine die.
Rouse.-Glover the Chairman of the committee
On the real-estate pool, submitted majority re-
port with the following resolution which he asked
to have adopted: "Reso1Ucd, That this report and
the accompanying testimony, together with the
| letters of George NJ. Robson, addressed to the
committed be printed and referred to the Judiciary
Committee, and that the said committee he in
structed to inquire into said alleged viola
lions of the law, and ascertain the liza
bility of George M. Robson for such al
| legged
House as the facts and the law justify, and in
| compliance with these instructions the said COM
ittee shall have authority to take additional test-
mony." Pratt submitted the views OF the minority,
| signed by Messrs. Pratt and Smith, of Pennsyl-
vania, with the following resolutions ResolUed,
| That the House finds no canse OF complaint or
| censure attaching to George Nj. Robson, growing
out of bis official relations and transactions with
the firm of Jay Cooke, McOulloch Co.,
of London, and the temporary special agents
i of the Navy Department" The majority
resolution was agreed to- and the matter referred to
the Judiciary Committee. Randall, Chairman of
| the Committee on Appropriations, reported bill
appropriating 1927 566 for payment of indebtedness
| incurred in the construction of the New York
| Postofice building. This was followed by sharp
political discussion between Randall and Conger, at
| the conclusion Of which the bill was passed.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2.-Semate. Cameron
(wis), from the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tons. reported back the claim of William X. sebas-
! tan. a United States Senator from Arkansas who
was expelled in 1861 for alleged disloyalty, with
| resolution resembling the resolution expeling him
| from the Senate, and authorizing the payment OF
his salary from the date of his expulsion to the time
of his death to his heirs The Senate devoted most
| of the day to the consideration of the River and
| Harbor Appropriation bill. Boutwell, reported a
bill from the select committee civil service pro-
| viding that and after the date, which is left
blank the existing pension agencies shall be discon-
tinued and all duties imposed by law regulations
on the several pension agents shall thereafter be
performed by the Treasurer of the United States at
Washington. The substitute for the House bill
| granting pension to E. M. Hansel a messenger
in the State Department, who was injured defend
I ing the late Secretary Seward from the assassnA
Payne, was passed. The substitute awards 81, Co.,
| HouSe-Action on the Silver bill was again post
poned by the iibustering tactics of the opponents
of the measure Mutchler made unani-
nous report of the Committee On
Expenditures in the Interior Department
in the Insane Asylum investigation, and
majority and minority reports of the same commit
tee in regard to the survey of public lands also
made All ordered printed and recommtted. -.
The bill to transfer the Indian Bureau to the War
Department was taken up, and Cook, who had
charge of the bill, yielded the floor to Lamar who
| proceeded to make elaborate speech on the con-
dition and needs of the Sonth he spoke about Two
hours (his time being extended on motion of Mr..
Garfeld), and commanded throughout his whole
speech the close and interested attention of the
House.
THURSDAY, Aug. 3.-SenGte.-Logan intro
duced bill for the issue Of silver coin. and to
make the silver dollar legal tender. The bill to
limit and fix the signal service was amended and
passed - The River and Harbor Appropriation bill
was taken 1p and passed. It appropriates in the
aggregate, S. 900, 900. The Senate ordered the
printing of 10000 extra copies of the Presidents
/ message. 8HgI
Hoa1se.-The House was the scene Of an exciting
personal deb1te, growing out of a bitter attack
upon Blaine by Proctor Knott. The Judiciary Com
mittee had presented unanimous report upon
Blaine's resolution directing investigation
of his charge that Knott had suppressed the
Caldwell dispatch. The committee were united in
generating him. and SO reported. To the sur
prise of everybody, Knott .ook the floor and re-
viewed the Blaine matter, INDUCING in remarks
which the friends of the latter deemed highly IN
Just and grossly Objectionable. Frye Hale and Nc
Crary Of the committee, in turn reviewed his re-
marks with severity seldom reached in debate.
The majority of the Democratic side appeared to
regard the arraignment entirely just, and, to
give expression to this belief, Hurd stated
that, after the most remarkable speech of
Knott with the concurrence of seven other
members of the committee, he asked to withdraw
the report. The Republican members of the COM
mittee thereup0n withdrew their names from the |
report and it was recommtted ..... Mr. Singleton
from the conference committee on the Consular |
and Diplomatic Appropriation BILL reported that |
the committee failed to agree The report was
adopted and new conference committee appoint |
ed $50. resolution adopted providing for an
adjournment on Monday, August Z.
FRIDAY, Aug. 4.-Senate. bill was passed