Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-18
THE WEEK CONGRESS.

In the Senate, Monday, resolution
was offered by Mr.. Sargent and agreed
to, reciting the injury resulting from
Chinese immigration, and instructing
the committee on commerce to report a
bill placing adequate restrictions on
such immigration to this country. The
Impeachment proceedings were re-
sumed and manager Knott concluded
his argument in favor of the jurisdic-
ton of the Senate to try the case to the
as court of peachment, adjourned
until Monday next.
In the House resolution that the
several investigation committees shall
continue their investigations with open
doors Was voted down. A bill was in
troduced providing for the manufac-
ture and issuance of S25 900, 900 ia silver
coin. A resolution was passed for an
investigation of the mismanagemento of
the New York custOm-house.
Upon the assembling of Congress
Tuesday, both houses were found to
be without quorum, and motions
were adopted adjourning until Friday
next. Not committee Of the House
held meeting, all legislative business
was entirely suspended, and the capi-
tol was pretty generally deserted for
the centennial at Philsdelphia.
On Friday in the Senate, petition
presented from the Citizens of San
Francisco asking that an nvestigation
be made into the affairs of the Central
Pacific r. r. Company, was referred.
Mr.. Sherman moved to take up House
bill regarding receivers OF National
banks, but as there were but few sena-
tors present, it was postponed, and the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
The House went into committee OF
the Whole to consider the ab0lishing
of the letter carrier system in cities OF
less than 0,000 population. The prop
osition to abolish was lost by ii vote of
l25 to %. The bill was then discussed
and amendments offered, but none
were passed. The inland transpOrta-
ton appropriation bill was discussed,
Mr.. Holman moving that it be in
creased 81 ,000,0 600 which finally passed.
Mr.. Vance, of Ohio, chairman of the
committee on printing, delivered this
report, showing that the grosseSt frauds
existed in that department.; that it was
literally robbing the government of
hundreds of thousands of dollars every
year, and recommended that the office
be abolished, and the printing be given
out by contract.
In the House, Saturday, Mr.. Dur
ham, rising to a personal explanation,
had read an article in the Louisville
Courier-Journal, in reference to charges
against Fitzhugh, Doorkeeper of the
House, and rejecting on Durham for
not having called Fitzhugh's character
to the attention of the House, stating
he Was cognizant Of the trath of the ac
cusations against Fitzhugh. He said
Fitzhugh had been indicted for the Of
sense charged, and had been tried and
acquitted Of each of them. He had moi
reached Washington until after the
caucus at which FitZhugh had been
nominated; otherwise he would have
communicated to those who were press
| ing his nomination the fact that he
knew about him, he having acted AS
one of Fitzhugh's counsel in Kentucky.
Mr.. White, of Kentucky, then, as Il
question of privilege, sent to the Clerks
desk paper containing the full history
of the charges made against FitZhugh,
showing him to have been indicted and
tried in Kentucky for arson, conspira-
cy and perjury. He also read letter
from Fitzhugh to friend in Texas,
giving ludicrous account of his expe-
rience as Doorkeeper. He therefore )f-
fered resolution instructing the COM
mittee on Resolutions to inquire into
the charges against FitZhugh, and also
as to the propriety of abolishing the
office of Doorkeeper, and imposing its
duties on the Sergeant-at-Arms.
Mr.. Glover offered the following sub.
stitute:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the