Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-06-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May q, 1876.

| WASHINGTON, ID. c., May q, 1876.
The Senate continues to discuss the
question of whether it has the right tC
try Belknap or not, and it is impossible
to tell when conclusion will be ar
rived at. In The meantime the COM
mittees are at work, and perfecting the
legislation that must be passed. The
Executive, legislative and judicial ap-
preparation bill has been under consid.
Grafton, and was reported on Friday;
on this as with all the other bills passed
by the House, pretending to appropri-
ate money to carry on the government,
except the pension bill, the Senate has
disagreed. They will not submit to the
assumption of lot of "rural rooSters"
fresh from The country, that they know
better than the heads of the depart
ments what is needed to transact the
business of the government than the
men specially selected to determine
that question, nor will they agree that
tie House in these bills shall legislate
sixteen thousand men needed in the
departments out of them. The con-
ference committee on the consular and
diplomatic bill could not agree, and
each house proposes to stand by its
own bill. The consequence will be a
deadlock that will probably carry the
session far into the summer, and may
leave the government ON the first of
July without dollar to pay expenses.
The Denocra tic House will be clearly
responsible for this condition of affairs.
Two more Republicans have been
vindicated by Democratic committees.
General Schenck was accused of using
his position as Minister to England to
aid in fraudulently foisting upon the
British public worthless mine. The
committee say he was not guilty,
though they blame him for engaging
in any business while in official posi-
ton. EX-Speaker Blaine was charged
with being connected with the sale of
some worthless Fort Smith q Little
Rock Railroad bonds to the Union Pa
cific road. Col. ThoS. A. Scott sWOre
that the bonds were. his and that Mr..
Blaine had no particle of interest in
them. This exonerates Mr.. Blaine
though the committee has not yet re-
ported. An effort is being made to get
the government to take back the lands
it gave to the Union and Central Pacific
roads, at two and half dollars per
acre, as part of sinking fund TO re-
deem the bonds loaned these roads.
IL would bean outrage for this bill re-
ported by Senator West to be adopted.
Both these roads are amply able to pay
their bonds and the accumulated inter-
est and should be made to do so. The
House judiciary committee has de-
cided that Clapp, the Congressional
printer, is not an impeachable officer;
so that we shall be spared another i'm
peachment trial.
General Sheridan has been ordered
to protect the people in the Black Hills,
pending negotiations with the Sioux
for that territory.
A large number OF private bills passed
the House on Friday, which was pri-
vate bill day.
The Investigation of DIR. Nichols of
the Insane Asylum still continues. No
one was ever more thoroughly vindi-
Gated from malicious aspersions, than
has been DIR. Nichols. The most dis.
physicians of the country,
and men of the highest standing in the
who we're on the Board of Wis.,
tors, all unite in declaring the Asylum
5 the best conducted of any in the