The Portland daily press., 1868-04-04
XLth COEGREss-second Session.
The Impeachment Trial.
FIRTH DAY.


WASHINGTON, April 3.--Chef Justice Chase
took the chair. After the journal was read
Mr.. Drake said: "Mr. President-I move the
Senate take up the proposition which 1 offered
yesterday morning to amend the Senate lule.
! would ask vote upon 1t"
Chief Justice-It will pc considered before
the Senate if not objected to.
1t was read :-Amend Rule by adding the
following Upon all such questions the vote
shall be without division unless the yeas and
nays be demanded by one-ffth of the members
present or requested by the presiding officer,
when the same shall be taken.
Mr.. Edmunds-Mr. President, l move to
strike out that part of it relating to the yeas
and nays being taken by the request of the
presiding officer. The amendment was ac-
cepted and the rule adopted.
Charles A. Tinker, recalled. Butler-Be-
fore interrogating Tinker, will read single
paper. The paper is the message of the Presi-
dent of the United States, communicating to
the Senate the report of the Secretary of State
showing the proceedings under the concurrent
resolution of the two Houses of Congress of
the 18th of June in submitting to the Legisla-
lures of the several States an additional article
to the constitution OF the United States.
Thayer-What articles
Butler-The fourteenth article. 1t is dated
June %, 1866. 1t is the same one to which
the despatch related. An executive document
of the first session of the seth Congress. In
order to show to what the despatch referred
the message was hended to the Presidents
Counsel for inspection by the Secretary. The
examination of the witness was then proceed
ed with.
Tinker. the manager of the telegraph office
in Washington produced the records OF the tel
egraph office and among them copy of a
speech delivered by the President, which was
sent to the Associated Press.
Jas. b. Sheridan, stenographer, of New York,
testified that he reported speech of the Presi-
dent made in the east room of the White House
Aug. 18th, 1866, which he took down to the
best of his ability in short hand and wrote out,
giving the copy to Col. Moore, the President
Private Secretary. He did not recognize tn
copy shown HIM by Mr.. Butler as his own, but
swore to having written out from notes after
wards extracts from the speech, which were
then shown him in manuscript.
Cross examined by Mr.. Eyarts-The steno-
graphic report in his note book was wholly
written by himself. The speech occupied about
twenty-five minutes in delivery. 1t was re-
ported from sound but attention was also paid
to the sense. The portions written out recent
ly were written solely from signs. Could write
out notes correctly after a long lapse of time.
James o. Clephane, deputy clerk of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia-Sep-
TENDER 18th, 1867 was employed in the De-
partment of State; had been stenographer
for about eight years and was then engaged to
report the Presidents speech. He transcribed
from notes portion of the speech for the use
of the Associated Press did not recognize the
manuscript shown him as being his own hand
writing. He might have dictated it, At his
~o0uost Mr. Mcfarland 1yrate ont a literal re.
port of the speech which the Chronicle publish
ed next morning that paper not being willing
to take the copy furnished by Col. Moore.
The report of the Chronicle was accurate with
the exception. perhaps, of d few words.
Cross examination by Mr.. Evarts Took
phonographic notes of the entire speech wrote
them all out. but do not know where the man
uscript now is. When he read the published
speech he did not have his notes before him !;
never has compared them or his written-out
manuscript of them with the printed speech.
Redirect-Tho copy of the Chronicle before
him contains the speech referred to.
Mr.. Butler asked fit was a correct report.
Mr.. Evarts objected. 1t was impossible for
the witness to tell from memory.
Butler claimed that having twice rewritten
it, witness could very well remember it, and
his testimony was competent.
Evarts argued in reply, maintaining that the
original notes must be produced, and also said
that the President had not been allowed the
usual opportunity of correcting his speech,
which all Congress men used.
Mr. Tinker being recalled produced copy
of the Presidents speech, marked as having
been sent over the wires by the Associated
Press.
Mr.. Sheridan recognized portion of it as
his own handwriting. There are corrections il
this copy. Did not see them made but believe
they were made at the White House.
Cross examined-Have corrected the page
which are in his own handwriting only. Thos
pages are written out from his own notes. Thi
was done at the time by himself, but he ha
never since compared them.
Redirect-The copy before him was substan'
TALLY correct transcript of his notes.
Francis Smith, official reporter Of the Hous'
of Representatives. Has been stenographel
for fourteen years. Was one of those employ
ed by the agent of the Associated Press to re-
port the speech referred to. Produced hi
notes Wrote out portion of the speech ant
delivered the sheets one by one TO Col. Moore
Q.-Who corrected them? Col. Moore ha6
stated that he wished to revise them, not t.
make any substantial change, but to revise hii
phraseology. Witness selected from the copy
sent by telegraph the portions written out BY
himself.
Cross-examined by Mr. Evarts.
The manuscript was correctly made sub
stantially, but he had to correct the ingram
NAUTICAL expressions.
Mr.. CIepbane recaiied.-i Recognize tn
manuscript ofhis report.
Cross-examned-ln his variations froI
strict accuracy he made the meaning clea
and corrected grammatical errors.
Col. w. G. Moore, the Presidents Privat
Secretary. testified that he was appointe
Paymaster with the rank of Major, IN Noven
Der, 1866 in 1865 was made Private Secretal
of the President; before that nme mad zee
Assistant Adjutant General. He heard Il
speech of August 18th; made some CORE
tons in the reports written out by the sten'
graphers, doing so without the assistance OF
memoranda; did not change the substance
any case, but altered the language; examll
ing the manuscript he finds no page in whiC
his writlnS predomnates. He made tt
change without the direction or authority
the President, and the manuscript. as revise
was handed to the agent of the Associate
Press. The President never said to witne
that he had done wrong in making the CORE,
tions.
Mr.. Butler then proposed to read all the W
rious reports of the speech, aud put them
evidence.
Mr.. Evarts objected to the report of fl
Chronicle, as not proved by authentic e,
denee.
At this point, 225 o'clock, the House took
recess of 10 minutes.
On re-assemblng a motion was made to a
journ the Court from this evening till Mond
next, which was lost-9 to %.
Mr.. Butler then read the Associated Pre-
report OF the Presidents speech.
Atits conclusion Mr.. Anthony made a n
ton that reporter of the Associated Press
admitted to the floor, but the Chief Just
decided 1t not not in order.