The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
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The Forty-Fourth Congress.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April "a.

MIR. Sargent submitted the following
resolution, which was agreed to
Resolved, That the secretary of the
treasury 10 directed to inform the senate of
the amount, In each case, Of the average,
and of the taxable capital and of the aver
age, and of the taxable deposits on May
31st, 1875, In savings institutions having
capital stock or banks OF the respective
states and territories, together with the
amount of tax collected upon said capital
and upon said deposits in each of said
states and territories during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1875 also the amount of
average and Of taxable deposits In savings
institutions having no capital stock May
3, 1876, together with the amount Of tax
collected upon said deposits in each of said
states and territories during the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1876.
The senate discussed the bill to abolish
the office Of supervisor of internal revenue
until the expiration OF the morning hour,
when it was laid aside, and the senate re-
sumed the consideration OF the bill TO
amend the lava relating to legal tenders of
silver coin, and Mr.. Jones OF Nevada took
the floor.
uoUsR.
Mr. Gibson offered resolution for the
appointment of a select committee OF nine
to make thorough examination into the
conduct and management of the New Or
leans custom house and tho offices of mar
shal, district attorney, postmaster, assessor,
and collector of internal revenue, and of
such other federal officers M they may dis
cover to be implicated in wrong doing and
violation of law, with power to sit in New
Orleans during the recess of congress.
Mr.. Hurlburt of Illinois objected to rails
ing special committee with such powers,
and suggested that the subject be referred
to one of the regular committees.
Mr.. Gibson moved to suspend the rules.
Mir. Kasson suggested "a amendment that
the proceedings be Published
Mr.. Gibson said he had no objection to
that.
Mr. Hale asked Mr.. Gibson 10 let the
subject 20 to one of the regular committees
of the house, and to strikc out the remark
able clause as to the committee sitting dur
ing recess If he would do this the resolu-
ton would go without objection.
Mr.. Gibson declined to sccede to that
suggestion.
Mr.. Hale-Then we must have the yeas
and nays on suspension Of The rules.
The vote was taken and the rules were
not suspended; yess 14G, nays 7l-not
two-thirds in affirmation. The vote was a
strict party one.
BLAINE's DEFENSE.
The house then proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the District Of Columbia tax bill,
but the floor was soon yielded to Mr.. Blaine
who proceeded to make personal ex-
PLANTATION in regard to the charge connect
ing him with the Union Pacific railroad
company, stating that the dates of the cor
respondence embraced in his statement
would show the impossibllity Of making 1t
earlier. He said the charge had been made
that he indirectly received the sum of SG4,-
900 from the Union Pacific railroad COM
pany in 1871, for what services had not
been stated. The alleged proof of the
original accusation was based on the au-
thorily of L. II. Roliine, treasurer of the
company, who,it WAS stated mad knowledge
that he received the money, and also on
the authority of Morton, Bliss S Co.,
through whom the draft for s64 600 was
said to have been negotiated
Mr. Blaine thea read letters of L. H..
Rollins, dated March 81, 1876. and of Nor
ton, Bliss g. Co., dated April 6, 1876, de-
nying that any money had been paid him
directly or indirectly ty the company or
through tho books Of Morton, Bliss & Co.
1t having been hiuted that Morton, Bliss &
CO.. denia! was confined 10 the payment
passing through their books, and that they
might have paid the draft in which he waa
interested without going through their
books, the firm addressed him ano,her let
ter dated April 10, in which, after referring
to the previous denial they say sit may
be proper for us to add that nothing has
been paid by us in any form or at any time,
to any person or any corporation, in which
you wele known, believed or supposed t.
have any interest Whatever"
The two witnesses quoted from as to the
original charge, Continued Mr.. Blame hav,
ing effectusly disposed If it, the charge
reappeared in another from That GER
tain draft was Negotiated with Morton,
Bliss & Co., in 1871, through Thomas A
Scott, then PRECEDENT OF the Union Pacific
railroad, for S64, 000, and that S75 600 OF
he bonds of The Liitle Rock and For,
Smilh railroad were pledged as collateral ;
that the Union Pacific company paid tue
draft and took up the oollsteral, the pro-
cetds going to him, aud that he in some
way conveyed to Scott the bonds which
had been used as collateral aud which in
reality belonged to him (Blaine) or to some
of his friends.
Having thus stated the accusations made
In their different phases, he said 81 de
Dire, here and now, to declare that all and
every part of this story that connects my
name with it, is absolutely untrue, without
one particle of foundation, in fact, and
without title of evidence to substantiate
1t. never had any transaction of any
kind with Thomas A. Scott concerning the
bonds of the Little Rock and Fort Smith
road or the bonds of any other railroad, OF
any business in any way connected with
railroads, directly or indirectly, immediate
y or remotely. never had any business
transaction with the Union Pacific railroad
company or any of its officers, agents OF
representatives, and never in any manner
received from that company, directly or in.
directly, a single dollar in money or stocks
or bonds or any other form Of value, and
as to the particular transaction referred to,
never so much as heard of 1t until nearly