Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-21

hA1 n i II NIL lyJh i ].
Judge on the supreme court bench
wAs bound sby ehe sssjarity ssd 2ad,
what was meant by lhA ,Wniscolivtes
ti<asi ia the constttstlori she . l,ess
there could be conviction without a
disqualification TO hold Office.
Me-. Blair replied that > senator
voting iu the minority was not bound
by the, majority and quoted from
18th Peters, in support Of his argu-
ment.
| Infrrgard 10 the second question he
expressed the opinion that there could
be conviction without disqualification
to bold Office, though he had not ex-
amined into the matter. After some
discussion MS to whether manager
should go on with the argument on
the side Of the prosecution to-day,
in the absence Of Mr.. CARPENTER, who
WAS to reply to the senate in court.
On motion Of Mr.. Conkling they
took = recess for 4 Q. mius tes. 4flfl l
Upon reassensbliog Iti.s iadpeach |
mcnt proceedings were suspended
temporarily and Legislative business
-resumed.
Mr.. Window introduced bill to
continue for ten days from date the
provision Of the act 10 provide tenn
porarily for the expenses of the gov
ernment. sPrsscds GxetssA
Mr.. Anthony introduced bill au-
ihorizing the congressional p,ta,er TO
continue public printing for a period
|uf Ten days in advance of the regular
appropriation. PASSED.
f The Impeachment, trial was then re-
|snpet, IMaia il was sNnnosa,oed that
lsnana ge 4 I.aihAm " no hta beest as
sigsedL a6k open For l,he pfosecdtion
WAS too sick to go on to-day. His
place Wns. siaken d u u1asAkefs Lynde,
who commented or the effect OF the
/, ote,of lesss hsnswo-shirdss Of sheysen-
Ea.esinfatot of nrsdspt;ea, end ar-
gued thef 2ia the im,eadhmer,s of
Judge HArda13 various sesstOss ~ lio
voted against jurisdiction voted in fa
vor Of his conviction. The question
Of Jurisdiction in this case had been
decided according to Jaw, and WAS
binding upon XII senators. He quot
ed from various lcgnl sn.horities gin
support of his siews, sad when he
concluded the senate, sitting as a
court, adjourned until tomorrow. Lee
g,Slztive business WINS resumed aud y
message uss received fromthe house
announcing the passage by tha, body
Of bill to continue iihe Act TO pro.
vide temporarily for the expenditures
Of the government until July 81. The
senate cohcurred therein. Adjourned.
The bill for the protection OF the
Texas frontier was. passed after the
rejection of the 2nd section. The
following is text OF the bill, ior the
purpose Of giving effective protection
10 the country between the Rio
Grande and Nuces river. in the state
Of Texas, from cattle thieves, robbers
aud murderers from the Mexican side
Of tho river, That the president Of
the United States be and hereby is
authorized and required 10 station and
keep on the Rio Grande river, from
the mouth Of the river to Ft. Duncan
4 and above, il Necessary, r regiments
of cavalry fA. field seryice. in, sdeiition
TO such iniaatry force ~ may be ne
oessary for garrison duty, at,d 10 as-
sign recruits toassid FegiRstts SO AS
10 ell each troop to The number of
100 privates, and they shall be up to
that strength as long as they shall be
required for that aes vice. i q ITE.-e1 7
/ Mr.. Randall made conference re-
port on the sundry civil biiis, and ex,
plAined that The departments esti-
mateA were 81 millions. The com.
mit,ee on appropriations originally
4 $l5,629,0 600; the house increased /,
to *lS,S57 600 with unexpended bal
1 ances of tl6,5Dl 900; tho een.,e
raised ii 70 $500, 600, but IN the
Iranferenoe yielded IS, l53,e00 and the
Asuse te2f,voo. The bill now ap
propri.,es ,tl6,35s,oQo .gain.t 42syr
64F,oW last year. n warned the
executive officers against, ~ aking large
e1pensesl II ] hops u = dsfcisacy Up
preparation next year. He believed
! every department properly provides
for.
| il . Il IS, D. X + + 4 i al54 q i 4 s
/ Mr. Hale said he thought .ih def
cheney bill would be necessary mex
) year. After long DISCUSSION lht
report wAs sdoaten Flle obili nov
goes to the president for signature.
rs Mr.. Raadeps Efsosa tSessceuaittse
ion appropriations reported bill ap
propri.,ing $1,000 for the expense
Of ) joint select committee on til,
Chinese Immigration P.sssd. ! xAlss
II \ bill exfAnAislo Ia The ii " of Ttily ,