The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-03

TUESDAY, APRIL 25.

SENATE-A Dill appropr1at1ng sl5,OOO 10 sur
vey Pacific route was indefinitely postponed
and a conference committee was appointed
on the deficiency bill. The concurrent
resolution to secure uniformity in gold coin
with Great Britain was reported favorably
from the amendments to the diplomatic bill.
the silver coin measure was again taken up
and Sen ator Jones finished his long speech in
favor of double standard.
HoUsE-The District of Columbia tax bill
was passed and a new Pacific railroad bill
came from the judiciary committee. The
House then went into the committee of the
whole on the legislative and executive appro-
priation bill and disposed OF six
pages, the principal amendments being
one forbidding territorial judges to accept any
consideration except that paid by Congress.
The rejoinder OF the Impeachment managers
tO the demands filed by Belknap was presented
and accepted by the House.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26.
SENATE-A bill to facilitate the printing of
public documents and resolution for in
formation regarding revenue agents were
adopted. The silver bill was taken up, Sena-
tor Sherman offering an amendment lookip g
to the substitution OF silver for greenbacks s..
Senator Morrill, called up and spoke on the
bill 10 establish an educational fund, for
which Senator Maxey offered a substitute.
The japanese indemnity bill was also dis
cussed.
HoUsE-After the ppointment of several
conference committees, Mr.. White made q
couple of personal explanations and an inves-
tigstion was ordered into the government off,
ces at New Orleans. In the committee of the
/ whole several more pages OF the legislative
appropriation bill were disposed of. The re-
port of the conference committee on the def
cheney bill was agreed TO and Ger ain informa-
/ ton regarding West Point was ordered to be
| furnished.
THURSDAY, APRIL 81.
| SENATE-The Impeachment trial was re-
sumed, and the defense offered motion and
argued in its support in favor Of postponing
the trial until December. After withdrawing
fer its consi Grafton, the motion was denied
by the Senate. A motion was made by the
managers, that the evidence in the question
pending to the plea OF jurisdiction be given
before the arguments relating thereto are
heard, and II such plea is overruled the de-
fendant should be required to answer the arti-
cles OF Impeachment in two days, and that
the trial should proceed on the next day after
the issue, but the court adjourned before argu-
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ference committee on the deficiency sppro-
pristion bill was agreed to.
HoUsE-A constitutional amendment su-
thOrizing the president to approve of separate
clauses of a bill was referred; the Senate
amendment to the bill concerning the tax on
liquors was concurred in, and the report on
| the bill excluding Missouri from the mining
act was agreed to. All the naval testimony
| was ordered printed, and some progress was
made with the legislative appropriation bill
a large nHmber OF amendments be- ng rejected
and others, providing for the employment oi
cheaper clerks, prohibiting government em.
ployes from receiving or giving money for DO
litical purposes, and prohibiting the employ.
ment OF more help than were specifically pro-
vided for, being agreed TO.
FRIDAY, APRIL %.
SENATE-The impeachment trial was re-
sumed and, after some sparring betwt en- the
man ayers and the counsel for the defense, the
Senate agreed in secret session that 1t should
frst hear and determine whether BelknsE
was amenable to impeachment and that the
hearing should proceed on the I4th OF lay
three speakers being listened to on each side
HoUsE-After the reception OF a notice o
Hallet Kilbourn's discharge, the Legislative
appropriation bill was taken up. The amend
ments voted in committee were generally
agreed TO, but the one raising the salaries o.
territorial judges was rejected. On point o.
order raised by Mr.. Seelye and op-
posed by the Democrats, the clause
transferring the Indian bureau to the war de
partment was declared out of order by tn.
speaker and struck from the bill. which WA
then passed. A resolution, providing for
temporary speaker in Mr.. Kerr's absence, wa,
adopted, and an appropriation OF $4,000 fol
the Apaches in Arizona was granted. Severa
private bills were passed.
| SATURDAY, APRIL 20.
HoUsE-In the contested election case o
Lemoyne versus Fsrwell, from one of tn,
Chicago districts, q majority report was mad,
in favor of the former and . minority repor
In that Of the latter. Messrs. Brown and Ba
ker spoke in behalf of Farwell and Mr.
Thompson for Lemoyne. Mr.. Morrison intro
duced q bill In relation 10 the storage of fer
mented liquors and on the motion Of MI
: Hurlbut, the com .ttee on foreign affair
was relieved from making any further In
vestigstion into the charges against its clerk
Horace E Boughton.