The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-04


| and told the witness he might refresh las
memory by the memoranda before him
EVarts objected-that newspapers were
mo- memoranda.
Evarts.
The Chief Justice ruled that the witness
might refer To n newspaper copy II he
| knew IL TO be correct
Witness proceeded to read extracts mar
1 rating the Interruptions, which enabled
! President said, Uer 6dtfni.
Crosse examined = Took down what the
/ crowd salc, and at the same time eaugh {
up with my report of what the President
| said. The accounts OF the interru ptfons
] which have just been given we're ali read
/ By me from tue paper before me.
/ II. 9. Msltwen, short hand reporter, tes-
/ tined u accompanied the Presideut's
I party as reporter for the World. The wit
ness prod laced a steno ographical report Of
/ the Cleveland speech, and also a copy, an
accurate transcript, OF the report written
out, ana handed u to the agent Of the As
sociated Press (Mr. GobyrighD; witness
put down portion of the fnterrUp pI ions /;
1t was impossible TO get all; there was
great deal Of noise aud confusion / think
there were expressions of ill-feeling or
! temper on the part OF the crowd; the
President was lite excited; the crowd
said, " Don't get mad, Andy" .F
Mr.. Butler-Did he appear considerably
excited then2
Mr. EvaTGs-That is not part Of the pres
eut inquiry.
Mr. ButIar-The allegation denies that
there was scandalOuS and disgFaceful
scene, the conditions being that the coun-
sci for the President claim freedom OF
speech and we claim deceney Of speech;
we are now trying to show the indecency
of the OccatiOn.
Mr.. Evarts-I understood that freedom
of speech III this country TO mean liberty
TO speak properly and dlscreetfy
Butler-I regard freedom Of speech in
this country as freedom OF the private cit
tZen 10 say anything in decent manner.
hVarts-Yes, 10 is something; and who is
10 jndge Of the decencyP
BuUler-Tae Court before which a man is
frEa fr.r- f.a44 inc lgs
Evarts-DId yoa ever hear Of a man be-
Ing tried for freedom Of speech?
Bntler-No but saw two or three who
ought to have been. a##@
Butlerrepeated the question TO witness.
VINO continued could not see the Presi-
dent; only heard the tone Of his voice; ne
seemed excited; / do not know what his
manner is, from personal acquaintance,
when he Is angry.
On crOSS-eXami nation the witness said
he did not report the whole Of The speech
left before IL was ended-hesides, certain
sentences were broken Off by interrup D.
lions OF the crowd-only took the princi-
pal ordinations, and could not hear all OF
them. The transcript ofthe speech here
was made two weeks ago from The notes Of
two years ago; think them AS accurate as
II transcribed then.
Edwin b. Stork Nexamined by Butter
Was formerly "A shorthand reporter; re-
ported the speech Of the President at
cleveland on the night OF the 81 OF Sep
shorthand II was published; notes not
now in existence suppose they were
thrown In the waste basket. A copy Of the
paper produced BY witness La some
places substances We're used instead OF lit
eraI words. He read from a part OF the re-
port Just what Johnson said: e. Where is
The man living or the woman in the COM
rnunity. whom have Wronged ? Or where
il tha ioerson who can place their finger on
one single pledge that I have violated. or
one single violation OF the Constitution
of my country What tongue does
Profes, Let him come Toward
and put his finger upon one
tinued there were then Interruptions
and various remarks We're made, of
which l have noted one because IL
was the only one that Mr Johnson
R4a a ag S9y yfef al JAWS vf y rhe PresdenE laid
" Hang II Davis; hang Jen Davis; why
plause and Interruptions, and he repeated, /
q Why don't you?" There was again ap- |
dent went on. a. Have yoh not the court +? I
Have you not got The copIts2 tiaye you !
not gotthe Attorney. General 2? W hois Your 4
The triale'i There We're then some I
Interruptions and applause, and he said, |
l am not the Prosecuting Attorney; I |
am n OF the Jury; but will tell you what /
/ did do, called on your Congress, which I
is trying to break up the Government" |
Here. were Interruptions and confusion, /
aud there may have been words uttered I
by the President which did not hear, out |
think not. Then the President went on |
to say. " But let the prejudices pass
Mr.. Butler-Go TO he conclusion, where |
YOU reported that accurately.
Witness commencing little before |
where the specifications commences) he !
says: In bidding you farewell here to- |
night l would ask you, with all the pains !
that Congress has taken to caluminata aud
malign me, what has Congress done? Has
It done anything TO restore the Union Of /
the -Lates2 But to the contrary has Ii
not done everything to prevent it2 And |
because l stand now where l did when
the rebellion commencel have been
denounced as a traitor. My countrymen, |
here tonight, who mas suffered more than
/; who has run grelter RISKS than = who j
has borne more than (. But Congress,
gress has undertaken TO poison t5Fs minds /
of the American people, and crefte feel /
Ing against me- - Tar We're Mr. John- /
sou's words.
Witness completed the sentenc e In this |
fashion: " IN consequence Of tbs manner /
in which L have distributed the public |
patronage" Those were not Mr.. Joan- /
sons words, but condensation i'm a sum- 4
mary way. The reasons ga ch he gave 'tt 1
Mr.. Evarts 90 Butler)-Do you propose |
to put them al ln2
Mr.. Butler We do. observe in the an I
swer OF the President that objection is /
made that we did not put In All he said, /
and alean to give AL.
Witness, cross examined by rcvarts, ssld 4
In determiptng what part TO give in fun Z
and what part condensed, he was perhaps I
Influenced somewhat by what be c1nsld- /
cred would be little more spicy or inter- |
eSttug To he reader.
Evarts-In what interest-of the Prest 4
dent o. his opponents?
WitDess-I do not know that
A EVartS-On whicn side were on?
WitueS-I was opposed TO the President. /
Es@artS-But you did not know where /
you thought the interest was when you /
sci lected the spicy parts?
Witness was very careful in all those /
parts where there was considerable excite /
ment and Interest in the crowd, to take 4
down carefully what the President said.
EVartS-Tne part in which the crowd /
was NEST interested you took down care /
fulIy2
Witness Yes.