The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-03-25

duu Wa, tuTielOFe, plea or not guilty..
Mr.. Wood, OF New York. presumed the oh.
| jsc,ion taken by the gentleman from Pennsyl.
vtnIa had reference 10 making the replication
what 1t really ought not to be- He WOODY
thought this was question which the court
t'elf might determine He took exception to
the phra>eoiogy OF the replication, which de-
cIares 1t to BE- III the name of the people of the
United States. Saying to know this is not
the tact There is not man here who can
rise in his place and S, rioilsly and candidly de-
care that the people of the United States have
au horned the House to act ON this question,
OF that any mem DER OF the House was ever
elected on any such issue. We have had no
representations made to this House from any
po. ton of the people OF the United States in
':,vor of This procedure, except by handful
OF offlc4 seekers, who expect to derive personal
advantages nom the result The mana. G s
represent the House OF Representatives, aud
only the House OF IL tpresa nJaJives, and IN rep
resentinS Ghis House they are its agents. Mr.
WOOD tuen prote ted against any action on
the pir6 OF th1 managers not commensurate
WIN the Importance OF the OCCASION, cuniend
inS that IN the absence OF any actlvn on that
quesnoa by the House OF Rep feSe atatlves it
was an assumption OF duty. L. was an AFRO
glhce OF pwer on the part Of the managers to
dec.are to the Senate they would at l o'clock
to-day pre- sent this replication. In this CON-
naction III also alluded To tle publication of
the rep'Icattonina Baltimore paper this morn
ing.
Mr.. Boutwell, siid he had understood the
opinlol OF The gentleman from New York to
% That the reputation processes to repIy in
the name OF all tht people of the United States
ana as hat gentleman does not agree to it,
therefore 1t is not good replication. If that
were SO, that would be the end of the whole
prosecution
Mr.. Butler in replying to MI. Wood. said
the gentleman had not even the merit or o! Ie-
!hallty vi the bj1ctioa. Tae form is one that
MS Deen used tive hundred years, lackiu. eight.
Inc objection was made to 1t once before aud
only once, when he people were smartiug un-
"er the tyia my OF Oh res He S. sud nv
the gentleman from New York that this lepii-
cation l. III u Baltimore p lper. I take the issue
with the fact. This replication was correc5ed
ia form at Il teen minutes past IL o'clock this
Jay. Ii Is copied in print from the great pre-.
iedentS 50 tac as they apply, and, therefore
aav paper cou d pu 'lish somethln like It.
Mr.. Wood lntinated that the managers had
PROBABLY alnyed IL ait L they G ut il to ,he nj
pers, but he had it he. Q n the Baltimo q Amer
can, WIN the names of The managers attach
ed.
MIR. But.er-And as the names of the m.n-
ayers are not attached TO the replication that
ends the Matter When We make a replicltnn
We 40 hoG attach orr names to it, but we ex-
pS.I eu1 leaKer OF lh1 House AID the Clerk
u Tue House, by order OF the House. to Attach
their names to 1t. o-
Mr. Wood again intimated that the replica
Ton was altered after IL was given to tile pa
pers. P'
Mr.. Butler said, we never ALLOW at all. This
IS mere form u proceeding. There can b. no
demurrer; there cln be side issur s. aud ali that
1ne fresluents answer can amount to is "A
plea of not guilty" with a stump speech in the
pshy. lLaughfer) That is al. I trust the
house VIII not receive any lectures or any sug-
2eHtlons as to the Dropriety of language or
pr"prlety OF conduct from the eentlem m who
Stands as yet under its ceusure for vocation of
all parliamentary rules. :.
lie. vi NY
At noon the adjourned session of Mondav
terminated, aud the session of Tuesday com.
m ;nced "' ooni-
Mr. IL bridge complained that this matter of
lnipeachmeht mad been treated from the be-
ginning not only as a mere matter of form Int
d subject for levity. The gentleman from
massachusetts unde took to say that this re-
phcation Is mere formal matter That NAV
o5 the understanding of the gentleman from
niassachusetls. We have the statement of the
leading manager Mr.. Bngham) last eveni,g
that anticipating the answer which has baen
presented Dy the President, the managers had
prepared replication. They do not look upon
Ghe residents declar ,tion and answer either
speclncaily or generally, but they prepare and
present to This House a replication in form To
what they suppose the answer of the Presi-
oehe VIII be. Is that the form and is that the
proceeding by which you are to remove the
Onlei Magistrate of this great nation? Sun
49, .SSLNOhV II III COil6 IN ana comics ,pd
many OF the facts charged, and / understand
ne aces aunt many, are tle managers pre-
pdreu IN advance with a general denial of all
matters ana things set up by the Pre- sident?
are the managers prepared 10 deny recklessly
ana without regard to facts Whatever the |
PRESIDENT may say? do not want these gem |
lieiheh 20 he an answer for me. Why cannot |
we CONSIDER the answer, section by section.
i ID 9y iac,, and Whenever W. end that the
President has ST. ted the truth admit III At in
orr replication? Why send OUT to The conn.
Wy false replication, q replication den,i
tilese truths watch We know to ,oa tcue? Wby
should We tell the country that all The Presi-
aett mas sai1i Is u lie when we know that lost
O. it is true? - s- -O''
M Wlt ans, of Penn, would like the gan.
tieinan 10 state as lawyer whether he couli
p ihC 10 any case OF Impeachment that hal
oeen Tired except on the general issue of not
suiity, whether any other issue could be made
ana whether in that case any other replication
eould be filed than substantially that which
had bee e2arei t,-lay?
MI; EihrIdre repeated that those portions of
the fresidents answer which were true and
wren could not be den Ell by witnesses should
" admittel, by this means they would narrow
down the issue and save time.
Mr. Wlil'amS, adverting to the Presidents
answer, SAID there was difference Of opipion
among the managers whether they should not
nave uemanded of The President in presenting
his answer he should soecifi ;ally plead oultv
or not guilty, but tue majority held III IT the
answer might De considered q general pie of
not guilty. Mr. Williams said the gentleman
Iioai Isconsin asseverates here that all the |
lac's stated III the answer of the President are
true, or 20 use his identic II language Goods |
truth" do not think God ever recoonizeI
any truths of that Sort (Laughler) Does |
the gentleman undertake to say tnat the |
speeches charged to have been made by the
r. sideht at st. Louis, and Cleveland, and
w ashlngton were not made by him?
MT. EllrluTe,-Ila PrA-ilnnt says ha Ala i
charged ~
MIR. Williams.-And the gentleman affrms
tnat the denial Is true, and therefore that the
ffesidenL never made such Speeches l put It
TO the gentleman whether he believes that
himself? daughter on the Republican side.
al er turther III 'cussion The replication was
adopted lie to 36. A strict party vote.
Mr.. Boutwell, offered the following resolu-
ton, which was agreed to:
Resolved, That message be sent TO the
Senate by the Clerk of the House, INFO minr
the Senate that the House of Represe ntat.yes
nave adopted replication to the aus wer of the
President OF the United States on the articles
OF impeachment exhib ted agai ist him, and
that the same will be presented to the Senate
by the managers of this House,
al the instance of Mr.. Schenck the inter-
nal tax bill, returned from the Senate was or
morrow.
The hour of having arrived, the House re-
solved itself into Committee of the Whole and
proceeded to the Senate Chamber.
Inc members returned at 25 minutes to q
O'Clock when Mr.. Washburne, Chairman of
the Committee of the Whole, reported that the
House had attended the Senate sitting on the
impeachment of the President of the United
States, and that the replication of the mana.
gers to the answer Of tAe Pre- ident was read
in their presence.
Mr. Garfield desired to report from the Mill
tary Committee a bill for the sale of govern
ment property at Harper's Ferry, but objec-
ton was made.
Mr.. Eliot, from the Committee on Com.
merce, reported resolution directing the Sec
retary OF State to cause TO he pre- ented to
ror9e Wright, masttr of Br t sh vessel j, and
": wright, gold chronometer rs lecogn ton
OF his humane and successful efforts IN rescu-
ing the seamen from the American vessel Liz
zie f. Chatie. Resolution passed.
On motion of MIR. Garfield the Committee on
Judiciary We re direct to enquire into the ex-
pedlency OF providing bv Inv Tor re settlement
of tue Contested ell ction for electors of Presi.
dent and Vice President or the United States.
and that the committee report by bill or other
WISE Adjourned.
new YORK.