Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-08

AbNAtN~lA d SUGGESTED tEaf The
howl got up pretty high Ihis afternoon.
Mr. Kssson said the whole purpose OF the
10 raise a cloud over the seton OF 49,. lsr..I-
dent, (which action the other stae Ene~ "a
be rieht, and under that cloud % cover np
the great blunder of the COMMITTEE and fhst
was for the committee 20 dischsrge thelr
main witness and let him get % Canada ne
fore they had tseir witness In their nand.
After some further discussion
Mr. Blaine said the committee forget that
Impeachment may go hand In hand with a
criminal prosecution. Toe President OF the
United states directs the prosecution OF the
cases In court, aud all the latter asks Ia
copy OF The testimony upon which You pro-
Lose 10 found articles OF Impeachment. since
I,S there has not been such a paltering petty
AFFAIR In The Congress OF tue United States.
~ IN so paltry a. 20 be actually laughable.
How would 10 have looked m the republf~sn
party had come IN here and hy ihis M serahle
suoterfuee OF privilege put up a wire "a
screen criminal nom Justiceg tApplauseI
though we had gone over 20 the democrafie
party. Laughter on the republican sidel
Mr.. Black ourn here Inquired again OF Mr..
kssson whether he bad not gone with the
Iowa delegation 10 call upon The late Secre-
tary, and sked what he had Communicated.
MT kssson said he and others-Senstors
and Representatives-had gone, and went At
the Secretsry's request. and he never saw
the day that he would refuse % cali upou a
man who was on his back. IL the refusal 60
do 50 was Kentucky policy 10 was not that
Of Iowa. When they went and met the See
rotary IL was on the evening tnat The i'm
parchment was ordered. He said be had ex-
pected an opportunity % make n defence,
but, as the House had acted so hastily, he
bad nothing 10 communicate 10 the delegs-
ton.
Mr.. Ainsworth (the only democratic rem
resentative from Iowa. asked 40 the Secre-
tsry had sent Tor the entire Iowa delegation.
and II 80 he wanted o. know why ne was not
invited? Laughter and applause on the
democratic side
Mr.. Kssson said he supposed one reason
was that the messenger had missed hun. ana
another, perhaps, was that the POLITICAL ma
he was a member.
Mr.. Hoar CMsssl moved 10 amend Mr..
Lsmar's resolution py substitute. pYovid-r
ing That the members OF the committee be at
liberty 10 attend before said court and give
such evidence and produce such papers as In
their Judgment may affect anything In the
case OF Gen. Belknap for accepting A brlbe.
MI Hosr said that N these gentlemen lad
been members OF the British House of Com
mons they would have been convicted OF con-
tempt on their own statement They had 20
right To appear al all except by perm isston
OF the House. because the privilege was tue
privilege OF the House, and not OF the indi-
vidual member. He proceeded TO argue that
they could only appear after ueTntsgioo
given by the House. and ne held that that
permission should be given. because n was
necessary that the grand Jury should have
these papers.
In Tie discussion that followed a came ont
lhat me republican as well ss the demo-
Mr.. Marsh as a witness.
Mr. Cox IN. " said that he haf been
INVITED. the other day, about a remark he
made about Mr.. Blaine, aud he was told that
the whole world was fiSgustei. What does
the civilized world think TO day OF the spec
tscle DOW presented? The democratic party
is arraigned because IL will not permit tins
matter 10 go 20 petty police court OF our
own creation. The republicans want this
because the President may pardon a cOnvic-
ton IN the Police Court, bat he cannot par
don impeachment.
Mr.. objects TO impeachment
Mr. Cox.-Gentlemen On your side did ths
Mr.. Blaine-No one objects now.
Mr.. CoN.-NOw, you SIT down and don't
play any OF your games on me. lLaugdter.l
Who objected TO IMPEACHMENT Why tls.
gentleman from Massachusetts Mr.. HOarl
the other day doubted whether we could inn
peach resigned officer. Way is all this fuss
made over this question? The gentleman
from Maine says we are shutting aud resort
ing to a miserable question of privilege.
Mr. CoX.-Now, you sit down. ILaughter.I
MI. Cox Then went on to argue that the
object OF asking for these papers was 10 pun
ish Marsh, aud not Belknap. Tse subpoena
was 10 that effect. IL means thai when the
papers are brought up Marsh would be in-
dlcted, and other witnesses would bt thus in
Inundated.
Mr.. Blackburn said the members of the
committee did not intend 10 violate the Law,
o QUA sy W. %o H mol appear except upon tSs
Expenditures OF the War Department had
been In existence for years, and yet NJ had
never attempted 10 unearth any OF these
frauds. Within ninety days after the demo-
Gratis got possession they took hold of the
putrid carcass, and IL showed such corrup-
ton that IL skunk In the nostrils of the world.
Mr.. Blaine argued that even IL the House
adopted a resolution directing the members
10 appear before the court, IL was still their
province TO refuse. He argued thai impesch-
ment was not preventive but protective. and
was intended TO protect the people against
malversation in Office. The presence of the
s accused was not necessary, Tor nothing but
went on 10 argue that Marsh could be in
dlcted and brought back, and he believed
that extradition would reach him on a
charge of bribery. Believing that Gen. Bel
KNAPP was guilty OF high crimes and misde-
meanorS, Mr.. Clymer was lax IN duty when
he failed 10 secure the witness, Marsh, and
keep him here, as he could have done.
This remark led 20 a passage bet ween Mr..
Blaine and Mr.. Clymer, in which the latter
said the statement was false and unfair, that
he had let him go, and Mr.. Blaine advised
the gentleman not 10 get on too high horse
Mr.. Blaine also emphaticslly denied an
assertion that the Cabinet had interfered.
All that they had done was 10 demand the
arrest and prosecution OF Gen. Belknap. IL
the democrats would go with the repu slicans
help the democrats TO get Marsh here. Marsh
had gone away under a safe conduct of the
committee, and with witness money OF the
United States 10 pay his way. The republ
cans would have been glad TO give double
the money TO keep Marsh here. The repub-
Means would vote Tor bill 10 give Marsh
immunity.
Mr.. Knott, chairman OF the judiciary
Committee, said he would have reported the
articles OF Impeachment to-day II Mr.. ely
mer had not taken the floor.
After further debate by Messrs. Beebe,
Hooker and Others, Mr. Hosr's resolution
was rejected by vote OF "a yeas TO LIS nays.
Mr.. Lamar's resolution directing the com
miitee not 20 appear before the grand Jury
was adopted by yeas $50 10 nays75
RECALCITRANT WITNESS.
Mr.. Whitthorne, (Tenn.) chairman OF the
Committee on Naval Affairs, rose 10 a Qucs-
ton OF privilege, and by direction OF that
committee presented certain evidence taken
yesterday. The evidence was that OF Al
pheus Ii. Wreff, who was bookkeeper TO =.
Il. Brown * Son. He testified that tue firm
prosecuted claims before the Navy depart
ment, and that in 1872 ne saw a large sum OF
money, supposed TO be s5l 900, divided be-
tween 3. j. Brown and ex Senator A. q.
Cattel and Jerome s. johnson In the back
Office OF Browns place OF business.
he was then asked thequestion whether he
ever saw any money paid TO any one con-
Dected with the Navy department, and also
whether he ever saw any commissions paid
10 any one IN the naval service. He declined