The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-03-11
Etko INBEpENbEAT.
SATURDAY. MAncH Ir..Is,a.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ACCUSED
OE-IIGh tfiiMEs ASH ais
ID HI iNORS.

4 dispatch from Washington an
SnounccsEthe atartling Information TINT
General Eelke4n late Secretary Of: War.
has been found guilty.of high crimes in
office By. tho House Committee on Ex-
pendh urea INDIE War Department, and
tho Committee has submitted to- that
body the following resolutions:
ResoIncd, That ". ~. .Beikhat, late
Secretary Of War, Dc impcnched OF high
crimes aud misuetilAirors;
r;sIt 'skc 'testiIhoiy I'm the case of
nslkEGp be referred to the Judiciary
Committee, with Instructions to prepare
aud report, without unnecessary dciay,
suitable articles Of Impeachment of said
Belknnp; =
That a~commiHee Ct FIVE membership
His House DC appointed aud instructed
to proceed immediately to the bar of
the Senate, and there imPeach w. W
Belknnp. late Secretary Of MAR of'hish
crimes md misdcr.canoT5 when i'll Of
lice, md to .infurn.that body that for
NAL articles Ut impeachment, i'll due
time, will be presented, and request the
Senate TO take sich action in the prem
Uses as 1t deem appropriate.
lshe, Chairna.'ttcn proceeded to read
the testimony of Caleb Z. Marsh, of
New York, taken before the committee,
showing that he had pail Mr.. Belknnr
~ubout So 600. in consideration of his
appointment as .rGSt THRILLER .nt For.
Sill, Indian Territory. The reading
was listened to with intense interest by
members Of the. House. many members
advancing to the clerks desk, the bet.
ter to hear the testimony and uccom-l
pnnyinS statement.
At Abe conclusion If tic tesi;:ronY,
the ChdirIlhn, who had taken his seat.
ngain arose, ni:H addressing the Speak
'Gr with great oihot;5n, sail: ~ would
not if l could and I cotll no in my
condition IL I woull, say anything to
'th. facts just reported to the House.
Another occasion may DO afforded Inc
to do,so. They are so plain that every
where Throughout the broad lrH.d, hnl
throughout ChristendorI wherever the
English language il read and spoken,
They. will for long years constitute u
record OF official corruption and crimes,
such ns thore is no parallel for i'll our
history, or in that of any other that !
know of In this hour If one sentiment
of pity, orc want of sympathy, could
lind uttcrkrice 'fr6It Irc. II would be be-
cause I1arl thai the late Secretary Of
war is btt the pf6per 6tlgrowth, the
true exponent Of corruption, cStrava-
Eanco and the disagreement that has
" cursed this land for years past. That
being my reflection, 1 will dis
charge my duty best to myself aud to this
House, by demanding tho previous
question or tho adoption of the reso.
tuition.
Mr.. Robbins, h member OF tic COM
i%nittee, spoke OF the report us present;
Ing a casa of great shame aud disgrace
to, all American citizens. a. to tho
question of imrearhibility Of an officer
who had resigned, 10 was not rreparod
to speak worthily EXCEPT to suggest that
1t could not be true that On officer
whose actS were being investigated, and
who had been found by evidence to be
criminal, could flee from j~uhticc.
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts, on the
point OF imPcachibility Of n person mol
in Office, snid, mo man could bo i'm
lSCSbSi put " NhNll VllSCib ~ NilCIl uS
ceased to be IL civil officer, he ceased TO
be within the literal description Of the
constitution of this country, md the
only Judgment that could he rendered
i'll an impeachment Case. was removal
from Office and future disqualification
from holding Office, hnt ty the statutes
n person guilty-uf suck otrensc could be
indicted, tried. and sentenced by the
criminal courts Of this country"
Mr.. Blackburn, another ERenIher Of
the committee, expressed his saisinc-
ton that the report which had beeu read
10y his colleague, showed to inc world
that nothing had been left nndonc by
the committee, to shield from dishonOr,
every person, excepting no one, whom
Il was the duty Of the committee 10 re-
port on.
At this stage in the proceedings the
report abruptly closed, and the final nc
ton Of tho House Is left t. conjecture.
From the tenor Of tho report, there
seems to be no doubt entertained Of
tho guilt Of tho Secretary, and il tho
sworn statement Of Marsh he strictly
true, another prominent light has "de-
sccnded like II bright cyhalalion in tho
evening""