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Show A JUICE BlllUIIrl j Alex Boarmaa of tha Western District of Louisiana Accused of High Crimes I and Misdemeanor. DOINGS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE ! Newly Elected Senators Present Their Credbntia's Stanford's Resolution Reso-lution Tabled, Washington, Feb. 17 In pursuance, to a designation by tho speaker tho ' house was called to order and I'aysou j (lUiuoiM, of the committee on judiciary, reported n resolution for the impeach- I i merit of Alex lioarnian, judge, of the j United States district court of tho West-; West-; em district of Louisiana, for high i crimes and misdemeanors. Ordered I printed anil recommitted. A bill forfeiting certain railroad land grants was reported from the public land committee, but thu house having refused to consider it. tho bill was withdrawn. with-drawn. The. ronferctieo report on tho fortification fortifi-cation bill whs agreed t . and the house we.it into cemmiiten of the whole on tho Indian appropriation bill. .sKNAIT.. The credentials of William A. Pcffer, senator-elect from Kansas, and Voor-hees, Voor-hees, from Indiana, lor the term beginning begin-ning Much 4th next, were presented and placed on lile. The tiuaiice committee reported back adversely Stanford's bill to provide the government with means sufficient to supply the national want of a sound circulating medium. It was placed cn the calendar. The diplomatic nnd consular appropriation appro-priation bill was taken up, the pending question being Dojph's amendment to increase the salary of the minister to Portugal from jf.i.OOO to 10,000. |