New-York tribune., 1868-04-18
nen dispatch the sens win H nom 10 oelOeh the forenoon until
oeloek she afternoon with such bf recess may be ordered
The amendment was lost as follows

The order which had been offered by Mr.. CoNNEss
was adopted by the following vote; ..
Cameron Drake. morrill, Ca.), Sumner.
% cSssdi,r FtsisrAoy.sp, Patterson tTHl T!pcn.
Cole, Harlan PomsrOy, Wiley
SSs%lnss Ss"1..s How: Howard sSssss Sherman S.S" S1Ia%'
GOrbett Morgan, Stewart, ia'e'-%
AnthOny ehse. Patterson Tenn JIs%spnii "a %niil..
PSsIs'l'' PSSI.1 Johnson s'n'SDT' "'''''-'N
Mr. FERRY offered the following order; .,. v.,,.rd,,
Ta.S pusb.S IssTs T SRsss' 9Ss q p this i
.SpoS NE Ts1 ssSUT o. statement. Ss we're neither e1s
offered received s,dsDs S ss s'SsS., SsSs.dS S the @
published the proceedings Of ihe that stated the
Mr. - tGe taements Sn to the senate did
not read them at length because IL woud take 700 nuch
MI HENDRICKS rise to question Of order and pro
s fG 90a spSw the against
the here made whether our mouths are closed
srbiie these attacks made and II not proper ana
light for Senator whether It is the right Of the Mana
gers TO make the attack upon him. =, ,o.o %
the resolution proposed by the Senator from Connecticut
r Fery Il the Senator thinks II proper tns hs, sennse @
can can se ha o bOT h UToper that the honorable Mana
ger should be heard in explanation. a., o. ooa ths,n
because thought them voluminous. had them ID my
hand and made them part of my argument , reae
and thought was due to myself and to the Senate that
they should be put exactly as they were ana re %
inCOrDOrate0 in
honofable Senator Hendricks) simply say made no at
tack upon Secretary of the Treasury said nothing
oussed but dealt with the acts the acts Of the Execu
tive simply Whenever called upon show the rea
The 6HIEFJUsTfCE stated the question
Mr.. ANTHoNY-I understood the sepator from Indi
ana endrcks to ask IL under the rues he could be per
mitted to make q defense of the Secretary OF the
The cAiEEJUsTIoE-Tho rules positively prohibit do
Mr.. ANTHoNY-By unanimous consent Y g!ssss; &c
Senator objected The order was then adopted with
'"' AZ" ys MR. WIN. W. ERMsrRoNGs rEsrINesY. -
Wm; " Armstrong was sworn and Examined by Mr.
g. Where do you residei A. AZ Cleveland, Ohio.
Senator DRAKE called .ne attention Of the Chief
justice to the possibs his side Of the Chamber 9f
Mr EvIRTs n6ted that the witness might heard If
the Senate Noqla enforce silence ., so,
the Senators must be stopped
O. What is your occupation or businessl A. am one
Of the editors and proprieors OF inc C'eee'a@ ram
O. Were you at Cleveland at the time Of the visit made
to That city by President Johnson In the summer OF 1856
q. We're you present at the formal reception Of the
President by any committee OF body OF men A.
O. state by whom he was received, and wherei A.
eYenns and we're escorted 10 the Rennard House After
taking his supper the President was escorted on to the
welcomed to the City Of Cleveland in behalf Of the ml
nicipa authorities and citizens by the President OF the
q Did the President respond to that address Of vel
o. What was the situation Of that balcony in reference
the streetn reference TO its e1posufef state also
Ss was SeTH nT arrs eTgwd Of present
there was crowd on the balcony ,,,,,
Q. How did it proeeedi A. After the President had be
gun to respond Tor few moments there no nterrnp
oHs and judged from what the President sad that ne
Mr BUTLER-Excuse me stop moment. ] object to
what the witness snpposes was the Presidents ntent2ps
Mr.. CURTIS to the witnese-From what you heard and
WAS preHldent
address TO the assembly or was he interrupted by the
STesdsp his saying he did not
sRS e ss Re s3 s srs s e hS Rs't % q
e ns gsSs q nd eS y sHe% Of s speech
He apoogzed for the onappearanee Of Gen. Grant and
then procseded with hit speech.
or was IL in response the calls made upon him by the
peopiei Describe A. did not hear all the speech.
and interruptions A. did-qmte number Of them.
O. From what you saw aud heard the President cay.
iemarRs the time these Interruptions began That
o. Can Won say whether the interruptions and calls
upon President were responded to by his remarks
o. We're the Interruptions Kept up during the continu-
ance of the address was no allowed 70 proceed with
out nterruPtonsi They were Kept up very nearly TO
q. What the character OF the crowd, orderly OF
ordeTy as to the rest there was good deal dis
Was that disorder confined 10 one or two persons or
did il affect enough give character 10 the Interrupt
tionst A. have no means of ascertainiDg how many
were engaged in the Interruptions.
O. That Is not what asked you. Iasked you II there
were enough to give general character 10 the inter
- REORGANIZATION rosie by Mr.. BUTLER.
O. Was Mr. +. W. Peton, President Of the City Council
Was not his address on the balcony the President
simply IN the hearing OF those on the balcony ana @ do
step forward to address the multitude believe that
after Mr. Peltons address several OF the dstngushec
gentlemen who accompanied the party were presented
and them in response TO the calls OF the people the Pres
O. Ronld You say that this was correct or ncor
report At about 10 o'clock the snpper being over
the party s6 % bR s9s m Pon 1s
City Council follows: etc. would that De ABOUT the
substancef What would be about the suDstancef
Mr. BUTLER continued TO read:
en the President and several members Of he party we
muode which @ the streets became most bOerOu' and sometimes
WitnessI did not hear any interruptions TO the Pres
dents speech until after he had proceeded hye OF ten
Mr' BUTLER-But whenever they did come would that
be fair representation p o. them
with attention part OF the me and at other times
completely drowned the Presidents voice with vocfera
eSwSi witnessITGst !: i1Ss Il 4 b. -yTrsg9.: &
M BUTLER Continuing to read after the presen.
taoh yae made loud calls were made for the President
to appear and he spoke as foows VIII reau 'ne nfs'
1t not for the purpose making speech hs.
appear before yS an DoS o. 9 si sa sGpS bs sS sy
oSbsr Of yoa desire to see Gen Grant and to
be has 70 say IA voice three chesrs for Grant
O. Was not that the first interruption a. beleye So
D. Was there any interruption after that until he spoke
Of stephen Douglas and was not that ',%Ry , the In
given Ibeieye for Stephen A. Douglas. Then be vent
on without pteruption tht this phrase came In III Come
before you American citizen simply and not 70 the
Chief Magistrate clothed In the insignia and pafapher
MALTA Of state being an inhabitant Of State in this
Union know II has been said that was an aen Then
came in laughter.
O. Was not that the next inerruptioni a. do not
collect that paragraph In his speech.
q. DO you recOlect any other interruption until he
came 70 the paragraph,-There wac, two years ago,
ticket before you for the Presidency was placed upon
iVoicesl "Its pltyp "Too badp "Unfortunatep A.
did not hear those words.