Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-04-09
IMPEACHMENT.
rRoeRnss OF TUE rnsAL.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. April 2, 1868.

WAsHINoToN,D ID. O.. April 2, 1903.
THE TESTIMONY.
The recall Of Mr.. Kersener. "the
Delaware boy" caused q general smile,
but his examination was brief.
Mr.. Ferry, of Mich, testified to the
character of the interview at the War
Department when Thomas first went to
demand the Office of Stanton. Mr.. Fer
ry read from a memorandum then made
and corroborated previous testimony on
the same point. s's ~
General Emory's testimony was heard
attentively., The bearing of the General
was admirable, and his answers deiiber-
ate, clear and concise. Y'lrgI49'8I 4
The evidence Of Col. Wallace covered
nearly the ssme ground as that of Gen.
Emory. srYTr Eu'HIdab . liHN nv
A portion OF the testimony which Gen.
Butler expected to get through the late
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Chandler was ruled out, the object OF
which was to form part Of the proof that
the President wanted to get Cooper into
his present position as Assistant Secre-
tafy; 80 that he would control the mon
eys of the War Department through
Thomas and Cooper. However, the
other votes of the Senate upon admit
ting evidence show clearly that the In
tention is to receive all evidence that In
any way bears on the articles presented.
The introduction of the kilograms
which passed between johnson and Par
sons excited general interest. The adj
mission of these documents seemed to
trouble the counsel for the denfense con-
stderably, and the same may be said of
the exclusion of the detters Of the Cab
| met denying some Of the statements of
Grant. The managers will not rest proof
of the President's attempt to defeat the
Constitutional Amendment alone on the
kilograms introduced to-day, but will
present the testimony of Col. Wetherby,
of South Carolina, who testified in sub
stance before the managers this morning
that he came to Washington to consult
Mr. johnson concerning this constitution
and that In accordance with the advice
Of the President he telegraphed TO the
South Carolina Convention to reject the
amendment which was Immediately
done.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 3, 1868.
The managers feel tonight that they
have made very Lgreat headway with
their case. The first step was to recall
Mr.. Tinker, Manager of the Western
Union Telegraph, and after placing him
on the stand, to put in evidence the copy
Of the fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution, also the Presidents volun-
teer message to Congress on the subject.
These were introduced to show the mat
| ter to which the telegram to Parsons on
the part of the President related. Mr..
Tinker also testified to q copy of the
speech made by Mr.. johnson on the 18th
Of August, to the committee from the
Philadelphia Convention as forwarded
by telegraph to the Associated Press
The attempt to introduce this copy as an
accurate report of Mr.. Johnson's speech
was strongly opposed by his counsel, but
they were promptly met at all points by
the managers, and one point after an
other made In favor of the reception of
the various shorthand reports were act
tied in favor of the managers.
During the whole discussion the coun-
sci appeared very greatly annoyed and
much disconnected. They appeared as
If they lad relied upon shutting cut a
great deal of the proof by which 1t was
expected to prove the tenth article The
general character of the speech in the
East Room, was brought out very clearly
by the questions of Butler, and the ex-
tracts read from the reports made there.
Il appeared that Col. Moore, the Presi-
dents private Secretary, took the report
Associated Press, and revised 1t. Still,
as 30 revised, IL contained all the portions
which are contained In the tenth article.
The Newspaper men examined touching
\ the rsports OF, thissPcech bore themselves
very handsomely, were all clear, prompt
and positive In their, answers, and not
In the least disturbed by the labored at
tsmpts of Mr.. Evarts to induce them by
cunning questions to discredit their own
work. The arguments used by the coun-
sol for the defense to disparage the meth
cd Of taking the report of speeches by
short hand, were made to court that
= understood the weakness of such ar
gument too well, as the entire business
of Congress is each day unanswerable
testimony to the accuracy attained by
the present system of photography
The argument made by General Butler
setting forth the reliance placed In snch
systems by the Senate was very forcible.
1t was with great reluctance that the
president's counsel yielded to the recep-
tion OF the reports submitted of the
speech in question. They saw that be-
Ing beaten on this one, all the rest would
follow. Still when the question of the
Cleveland speech came up, they renew
ed their efforts, but these were fruitless
The first witness, Mr.. Hudson, editor of
the Cleveland Leader, was examined at
length concerning the account of the
speech as given In his paper. Mr.. Hud-
son gave MS evidence In u cool business
like and earnest way, which excited gem
efal admiration. His ross-examination
by Evarts may justly be termed legal
raid. But the comfort Mr., Evarts re-
ceived from his attempts TO entangle the
witness was net at all commensurate
with the effort put forth. The same can
be said Of the evidence given by Mr.. Nc
Even, of the New York World. The
testimony of the gentleman who report
ed for the Cleveland Herald went to
show the disgraceful character Of the
scene so far ms the Presidents replies to
the mob were concerned. His testimony
regarding the political character of his
paper was amusing, he saying, when
asked its politics, that 1t was then what
was known as Johnson Republican, or
some called 1t, Postoffice Republican,
from the fact that its' editor was POST
master under Mr., Johnson
4 The examination concerning the two
speeches and the testimony OF Colonel
Moore, the Presidential Secretary, brought
out some Interesting facts relating to Mr.
Johnson,s grammatical attainments, but
the character Of these facts are already
pretty well known. Three reports Of
the Cleveland speech were put in evil