New-York tribune., 1868-07-04


wAsHssros MAY Il, 1893
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Drawing upon the testimony taken before another com
mttee OF the House To examine into any llege1 inter
ference with Senator Henderson, 1t will be found that on
the 18th Of May Mr. Henderson had assured the deega
ton of his State were surprised a what they deemed
his change Of purpose and of judgment IN the opinion ne
had given and who called upon him at his re-
quest that he would either resign his seat or vote for
conviction the 1th article and withhold his vote upon
the articles upon which he could not vote for con
victiOn, and his final decision was to be by him an
nounced to his friends at IL O'Clock OF the 18th.
The interview between Senator Henderson and the
Missouri delegation so important TO the understanding
of how the Henderson matter was all right that we
give comous extracts from the testimony before the Com
mttee.
Mr. Charles H. Hovland, member Of the Legislature
OF Missouri which elected Mr.. Henderson, testites -
called 70 see Senator Henderson that morning "Wednesday May
Capt Cutler the the last Of
S q 'sa S saS arsai 1Ii oSs 'a' s
ye Radicals and senator H,ndrsoH hare he control Of ne
Federal patronage ofe Sak Of MoH There was an eI preston
impossible ad senator Henderson and Capt Cutler replied almost
on he morning Of the 18Th, ,oas in evidence shoion
Ss Sc"Sa & S ' sc Se g eSe So re prom S
before 70 O'clock 10 reSlQn pOe for cOnpieIo hey
neee coa gel e. as 0ra,g haq g2ne ed 10 is S
Now Mr. Craig thus mentioned was the President Of
the Hannibal and ST. Joseph Railroad and other Tali
roads in Missouri in which Mr. Henderson is interested
and is collector OF internal in Missouri ana
former member of Congress
There is piece Of testimony however which deter
mines the truth in this OF CONTRADICTIONS ana iall
Cooper sent the President the following note, the
original of which produced before your committee
%c aGG no hana wiring iui' p'0'Su Inc "O'0 Is 'a'
DEAR Nh President: The Henderson all right Lacy has
been to see him with Cragall rgb-So says Bvar' c..
This note taken I'm connection with the testimony
shows that the Henderson matter was made " al Tght
it all nght-sO says Evarts, the senior cOunsei OF
himself in kn9wipg that Senator had been seen"
made all right and in keeping his client informed Oh
Yet only the night before upon the testimony OF Mr.
Grayey, Mr. Henderson had Informed the Missouri dele
guilty on the llh article, and should 50 vote or
resign
beside himself aud Senator Wade who be said
son s% s vote Sop % ad We DID SPoS not T % m @ H he Toud
withhold his resignation He said he hought t6e President osgsi TO ~
great questions harmony ,o @ Mssoi delegation Bat
would Immediately telegraph his resignation to Gov Fletcher and
else we ght credentials bis could be
got time for The vote to be taken on the neIt SATURDAY, lie d
# upon this subject did meet the appreciation Of bis friends
would prefer understood that TIE object Of our meeting
bd been accomplished that was to ascertain what our Senator Intended
He was to give US an answer the l1tb
Was not the information Of Legate on the morning Of
"n cot Hendersons promise before 10 o'clock TO resign
or vote conviction they would get it, Crdig
had gone to see him ?" And they never did.
and Lacy that wrought this changel How did Craigs
seeing him do more than the whole Missouri delegation
could But then the evidence that Craig had carte
blanche" We cannot have had true account OF this
seeing from Craig and Lacy Even they do not agree
because Lacy says he did not see Henderson at ALL and
Craig says that Henderson told him how he should
vote till two days aerward, the Friday night following
dhe 15th and Lacy swears that Craig did not inform MN
TN after the vote, the Saturday afternoon following,
time when Craig testfes he far on the road to
Missouri, having left Washington the night before
Again, how should Mr. Eyarts be so early and well in
formed that Henderson was all rightW
On the 18th, Henderson, even two DAYS before Crag
who had seen him." he knew himself. informed
L. L. Crounse, correspondent OF me hSo YORK Iime
John r. Garland, broker in New,York of this fact.
wAsHNaToN Nay l5 1863
Senator Henderson says conviction viii fail by two votes
So the gold room had the benefit of Senator
This information was furnished by Crounse TO Garland
as he teses upon agreement TO make 1t for hIs ad
vantage 10 furnish hlm with information" Henderson
had told his delegation the night before the l2th he
knew votes, beside his and Wadcs for conviction
What changed the minds OF certain Senators al u1tmi
All the arguments Of the counsel had been made before
that and all the big guns" had hred on the llth Ihe
WHAT WAS THE INFLUENCE BRoUGHT TO BEAR on THE
JUDICIAL CoNsCIENCEs or SENATOR'S between the l2th
aion ana ISiI S "a 5a bay two votes
The testimony of the Hon. James W. MeClurg viii tend
TO show how Senator Henderson conversed 0er Craig
had seen" him. 1t is instructive TO compare the Sen
statements to his delegation before with those after
the Henderson matter was all right"
TESTIMONY OF HON MR. MCLURG.
Question state whether have recently called on senator Hete
son and sG9 % s p ss M nd % 2 S5d All st Sss T m
evening Of The I4h purpose Of ang what his
cation but as an individual senator Henderson handed writing
hsTepy s1e at the mpeseb%en Of the PTsnt
would hIi that the second article Toad hl By t9sr t9sr
and the eleventh article would fail BY three Or four votes
ton Hendsrson President oudaad ny rsooL
ecton hs sad t nsrt dayssnd 70 s Snats t gan Of n.s
present CIbHet oo psfHg hr hons', order lor
ton oCR< ppoH Congre'sona plan AZ could
seemed mewh acroas and Senator Henderson se thought
Republican party would be strengthened sed the democratic P
that be would sS@g the sat- Of ~ MsSsn sou oT .s HsPo
asking might repeat this conversation to my colleagues and beng
Did Senator Henderson give this al about changes Cab
net matter Of opinion or matter Of 7owedge 90 BIS @ a an
opinion and be distinctly repeated as fact and not as mere
What outside connections with the Presidents had
Mr. Evarts that gave him knowledge that Henderson
all right at that time when the Missouri delega-
ton had such knowledge of his Intentions nor had his
brother Senator'S.
Mr.. Evarts's means of information, however, may be
explained by another piece Of evidence.
wooLLEY's DINNER, WHO WERE THERE, AND HOW THEY
On the OF May the night before the taken
would fail by two votes Mr.. c. W. wooley gave dinner
Welkers Who Woolley is and his connection with tho
Impeachment has been partly made known to the House
i'm a preliminary report which will appended hereto.
and win be length considered in reference all
Cox, w NJ Evarts W. s. GrOesbeck, Col. Mcdonald OF
Maine, Col Cooper late Private Secretary 10 the Pres
dent, Woolley, Sam Ward, and Craig There also
other person who plays important part IN this
dTama-SHERIDAN SHOOK.
wooLLEY's CAPACITY FOR "BUsISEss" SHOWN.
Your committee have already shown in their former
report the antecedents OF C. W Wooey his business at
home and his business here far he chose TO disclose
IT. Since he has been under examination however there
has been studied attempt by has associates 10 rId he-
sepes Of him and has dcs y declaring that ne ds so
drunk snOt be able 10 take care Of himself or his money
so Hghty and unbalanced that he useless; that he had
no capacity for affairs and his friend and
mate Sheridan Shook declared TO r. Van Vakenberg, at
meeting of the two with Cornelius Wendell at the
Astor House on the 10th of May, that WoOlloy was
drunken yagabond." And they have attempted TO ac-
count fatal discrepancies in his testimony, 10 which
he driven by the exigences Of his position in this