The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-06-09
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE,

III inc senate on the Zord, Mr.. Shel
: man submitted the following: Resolved
That the secretary of the treasury be directe
to furnish to the senate a detailed estimat
, OF the amount that would be required to ez
ecute the house bill amendatOry laws grant
ing pensions to the soldiers and sailors of tn
war of 1912 and their widows. Agreed to
Alter reports on a number of bills of an un
important character, the consideration of tn
articles of impeachment was resumed witt
closed doors. Before reaching any decision
the doors were reopened and the senate ad
journed.
In the senate on the 24th, senator
Conkling called up the house joint resolu
ton, requesting the president of the United
States to take such steps as in his judgment
may be expedient, to obtain the pardon ol
release of Edward OMeagher Condor, now
confined in an English prison. Passed. The
senate bill establishing the rank of paymas.
ter-general as brigadier-general passed. The
senate soon afterward went into executive
| session, and after short time resumed the
consideration of the articles of Impeachment
with closed doors. Before reaching a deci-
| sion the doors were reOpened and the senate
| adjourned.
In the senate on the 25th, senator
| Wright, from the committee on civil service
and retrenchment, reported back the bill
| fixing the salary of the president at twenty
! hve thousand dollars per annum, together
with the message of the president relating to
the same, and recommended that the bill be
passed, Notwithstanding the objections of the
| president. Senator Wright said he had been
| directed by the committee to request the sem
ate to act on the bill as soon as possible
| Placed on the calendar AT half-past twelve
| O'Clock Legislative business was suspended,
q nd the senate resumed the consideration of
| the Belknap impeachment with closed doors.
! At fOrty-hve minutes after four o'clock the
doors were re-opened and executive session
followed. Adjourned.
In the senate, on the 26tb, the naval
| appropriation bill received from the house
yesterday was read by title and referred
Legislative business was then suspended,
and the consideration of the articles of i'm
parchment was resumed, with closed doors.
Without decision the doors were reopened,
and the senate adjourned.
In the senate on the 9th, Mr.. Morton
submitted the following: Ordered that the
senate proceed Friday next, at 1 o'clock, to
vote, without further debate, upon the pend
ing and cOgnate questions. Mr.. Edmunds
moved to amend the order so as TO read,
Ordered that the senate proceed Monday
next, after consideration, to vote upon the
pending and cognate questions" Agreed to
yeas %, nays 81. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the house On the 23rd, the house
went into committee of the whole on the ma
val appropriation bill, the question being on
the discontinuance of certain navy yards.
Mr.. Piper offered an amendment retaining
navy yards at Brooklyn, Mare Island, Kittery,
CharlestOwn, Pensacola, Norfolk and League
Island for general purposes, and the yard at
Washington for manufacturing purposes
only, and retaining New London as naval
station. Mr.. Randall offered the following |
amendment a substitute for Mr.. Lewis |
amendment offered yesterday: For civil es- |
tabliShment in the several navy yards SS5,- !
600, and the secretary of the navy is hereby |
directed to organize a naval board of five |
commissioned officers in the navy as soon as |
practicable, whose duty it shall be to exam
inc fully and determine whether, in their |
opinion, any of the navy yards can be dis |
pensCd with and abandoned, and if so, report |
the best manner of making disposition of the
same; and further, to inquire as to the pro-
priety of establishing a naval rendezvous at
Iybce Island or at COckspur Island, in the
state OF Georgia, and whether any govern
ment property at said islands can be made
available and is suitable for such purposes
and said board shall through the secretary
OF the navy, report to congress at the COM
mencemCnt OF the next session the result of
their inquiry, and the sum of $1,000 is here
with appropriated to meet the expenses of
said board. Mr.. Danford moved to amend
Mr.. RandalIs substitute by allowing naval
station to be established at Tybee Island or
COCkSpur Island, or any other point on the
coast of Georgia or South Carolina. Agreed
to. Mr. RandalPs substitute was adopted
% ts 50. The committee rose and reported
he In wi was ,,ol-
ing any progress on the bill the committee
rose. Mr.. Blackburn offered resolution
authorizing the Louisiana investigating COM
mittee to act by subcommittee. Adopted.
Mr. NOOdburn New, was appointed on that
committee to fill the vacancy caused by the
withdrawal of Mr.. Hawkins. Adjourned.
The house on the oath, proceeded to
consider the Louisiana contested case of
Spencer VS.. Morey, the report of the major
Ity of the committee being that VIM. T.
Spencer. contestant, is entitled to the seat,
and thai F. Morey, the sitting member, is
not, and the minority taking an opposite
view. Without taking action on it, the mat
ter went over for the present. Mr.. Wilson,
of Iowa, offered a resolution directing the
committee on commerce to inquire into the
alleged combination of the leading railroads
of the United States for the purpose of con-
trolling traffic. Adopted. Adjourned.
In the house on the Goth, the senate
amendments to the bill authorizing the ap-
pointmcnt of receivers of national banks
were nonconcurred in, and the house then
went into committee of the whole on the bill
to revise and simplify existing laws imposing
duties on imports and to reduce taxation.
After speech by Mr. Burchard the report of
the committee on foreign affairs on the En-
ma-mine investigation presented by Mr..
Hewitt. The report, after reviewing the tes-
timOny, concludes that Gen. Schenck, be-
sides being director of the Emma-mining
was engaged in speculative opera
tiOns in the stock with TrenOr w. Park, ven
dee of the mine, and Gen. Woodruff, his sec
retary of legation, in such a manner as to |
subject the name and station of minister of /
the United States to criticism. The commit ,
tee therefore find: First-That it was not Z
proper for the American minister at the court ,
of st. James to connect himself as director !
with the Emma-mining company of London.
the relations of Gen. Schenck I
to the vendors of the Emma-mne were of {
such character as to cast suspicion upon | {
his motives and subject his action to unfa- {
vOrable criticism, but the committee believe
that he not guilty of fraud or of any |
intention in his connection with S
the company or vendees Ofthe mine. Third {
That his subsequent speculative dealings |
in the shares of the company were not COM l
patible with his diplomatic station and the
maintenance of the position of honor and {
usefulness at the court to which he was ac-
credited. The committee therefore submit
the following resolution, and unanimously I
recommend its passage by the house Re {
solved, That this house condemns the action :
of Gen. Robert c. Schenck, United States I
minister at the court of st. James, in becom- {
ing director of the Emma silver mining
of London, and his operations in 4
with the shares of said company :
and vendors thereof, as ill-advised, unfOrtu-
nate and incompatible with the duties of his
official position. The report on the Emma
mine was held over until tomorrow. The !
house then adjourned.
In the house, on the Goth, Mr. Dun I
nell introduced bill for the relief of GER
tain settlers public lands. Passed. The
speaker then called on the committees for
reports of private nature. Mr.. Brown TKy.1
from the committee on claims, presented the
message of the president vetoiDg the senate
bill for the reliet of G. B. Tyler and f. H.
Lucketts, assignees of VIM. T. Cheatham,
and moved that the Dill pass notwithstanding