The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-04-23
IMPEACHMENT,
Special to the Cincinnati Goscue
Wednesday April 18th.

Special to the Cincinnati Gosctte.
Wednesday April 18th.
Unexpected progress was made in
tho impeachment trial, to day. The
Senate, at its opening, after few
minutes debate, aud one preliminary
vote, again refused to extend the
rules allowing more than two To
speak on side in closing. The vote,
on indefinitely postpouing the whole
subject was, 81 yeas, 10 nays.
srANnERY STILL UNwELL.
This being disposed Of, Evarts an.
nounced that Mr.. Stauborry was bot.
tor aud would be present tomorrow
Judge Curtis then began the preson-
tation OF documentary evidence,
leaving the real testimony to be com.
plcted when Mr.. Staubery should re.
turn to manage it. The first paper.
it appeared, was the nomination of
Thomas Ewing as Secretary of War.
This was received without objection,
but at tho second step counsel met
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!. PIECE OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
NOT ADMITTED.
Judge Curtis presented the mes.
sage of the President, sent to the
Senate in response to the notification
OF that body that il did not consent
to the removal Of Stanton. To this
objection was made by the Managers,
that It was simply declaration of
the President, made after the act, aud
even after the House Committee had
reported in favor of impeachment.
Manager Bingham challenged couu.
sci to produce any legal authority for
the introduction of such testimony.
Tho debate on the part of the Mana
gers was full Of life aud force. Coun.
sci didn't seem inclined to debate the
question, but wero evidently relying
upon tho rulings made on Monday by
the Senate, and sure to be so con-
strucd as to cover tho present case.
But, apparently, much to their disop
pointment. the Chief Justice ruled
against them, holding that the reso.
luton Of the Senate, to which tho
message was an answer, required no
answer, and the message was therefore
communication in ordinary form.
The Chief Justice, however, said that
il any Senator desired it, he would
submit the question to the Senate.
This only made the matter worse for
tho counsel, as no momber of the
Court desired q vote. So the mes =
sage was ruled out. This was partic-
ularly distasteful to the Managers, ms
it furnished proof of u foundation
for the report generally current anon Z
the Republicans of the House, before
the trial opened this morning. that
the Senate was going to draw the lines
closer in admitting evidence than on
Monday, aud it also troubled counsel,
because it was thought to indicate
the view the Senate would take of
allowing tho statements Of Cabinet
Ministers to be put in, some of these
statements being Incorporated in the
message.
A MASS or DOCUMENTS.
The balance Of the session was
consumed in presenting a great mass
of documentary evidence, collected
from the records of the various de-
partments, for the purpose of show.
ing the custom of making removals
aud appointments under all previous
administrations. To some of this the
Managers objected, and in ono case
they were oycrruled by a vote of SO to
10, though not on a poirt which ;hey
deemed very important, but which was
made more for the purpose of calling
the attention of .he Senate to the real
character of the documents under
discussion. Few of those presented
we're read.
A SUDDEN STOP.
To the surprise of the Managers, nt
4 o'clock, Judge Curtice announced
that, so far as now advised, counsel
had no more documentary evidence to
produce. Before the defense had
opened their case they expected to
consume two full days with this class
of evidence. From this it is infer
red that they have deemed il best not
to offer quite a portion of that pre-
pared.
THE SITUATION.
Tho Managers and Republicans
generally are better satisfied with the
situation tonight than as any time
this week So far as the character of
the documentary evidence could be
determined by the Managers after the
hasty inspection they were able to
give it, they regard very little of it
as having any direct bearing on the
case.
TESTIMONY OF CABINET MINISTERS.
To morrow, it is suppo sed, an at
tempt will be made to put in testi.
moDy Of some Cabinet Minister, to
the effect that they all advised Mr..
johnson to do exactly what he has
done. This will be stoutly resisted
by the Managers, and it is understood
that the principal argument upon
the law Of such evidence, and the
propriety Of admitting it, has been