Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-06
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate on Saturday, on the mo-
ton of Howard, went into executive
session in order to give the impeach'
ment managers an opportunity 10 obtain
executive documents. After which,
upon reassembling, Edmonds offered
two amendments to the bill regulating
the Court of Claims, which we're referred.
Sherman's order, relative to the ticket
system, for the galleries, was then de-
bated until noon, when the Chief Justice
took the chair. =. j.,
L. D. Walbridge, q reporter, testified
as to the correctness of his report OF the
Presidents speech, delivered at ST.
Louis. September 8, 1866, and Butler
nut the speech in the evidence after it
had been read by the Secretary.
James A. Dean, q steHographer, was
then called and testified as to the cor
rectness Of his report of the Presidents
speech at the Southern Hotel, in st.
Louis.
Robert S. Chew, Chief Clerk of the
State Department, gave evidence as to
the manner of issuing commissions to
certain officers in the Treasury and State
Departments, which are prepared in the
State Department, and that shortly after
the passage of the Tenure-of-O Office act
a change was made in the form of the
commissions. The witness produced a
blank form and showed in what the
change consisted, and said that since the
massage of the act no commission has
been made out in the old form.
Cross examined IF the words to
hold until removed by the President
with the consent Of the Senate, have not
been inserted, and no commission has
since been issued to head of Depart
uent which did not contain the words,
to hold during the pleasure Of the Sem
ate
Butler then offered list, prepared at
the State Department, of all removals
and appointments of the heads of depart
ments which have been made since the
beginning of the government, specifying
whether the Senate was in session at the
various dates during the past thirty-four
wears. The appointments as to the AS
s;stant Secretaries of State have always
been made in consequence of the absence
of the Secretary.
The question from whom did the let
ter of authority originate" was objected
TO by Eyarts, he maintaining that the
proof of the authority by which APP
pointments were made, must be In wri-
ting =,
that the gentleman on the opposite side
seemed disposed to make him talk an
hour before he could close.
The question being modified, was then
answered, that the letter Of authority
came from the President
Cross examined-The witness said he
did not know whether the one head of
the department, specified as being re-
moved while the Senate was in session In
1900, had probably refused to resign.
Butler then offered extracts from the
published works of John Adams, pur-
portiug to be the official letters which
nassed between Mr.. Timothy Pickering,
Secretary of State, and President Adams,
and there being no objection the mana
gers then put them in evidence, together
with the Executive journal ofthe Senate,
for May IL, 1900.
Mr.. Creary, chief clerk Of the Treas
ury Department, testified as to the au.
thenticity of letter from the President
to the Secretary of the Treasury notify
ing him of the suspension of Stanton,
and the appointment of Grant as Secre-
tary of War ad interim. On the receipt
efthis communication it was transmitted
by copies to the councillors and the
Auditor of the Department.
The court then took recess for fifteen
minutes; after which, Boutwell, called
the attention of the counsel to various
statutes, explaining the appointment to
Office of the Postmaster General, espe-
cially in 1894, which is specified as hay
ing been made when the Senate was In
session,
Wilson called attention TO several an
tries in the journal, Of 1860, showing
that the Senate met before noon.
Bingham offered in evidence the
Executive messages to the Senate oil
March i6 and December 49, 1867, and
January Is, 1858. in which the President
gives his reason for the suspension IRON
Office of several officers; also a com
munication from the Secretary OF State,
accomp anying one Of the messages, IN
which be reports action under the tenure
of-ofics law.
Butler then informed the Senate that
the case, on the part Of the House o
REPRESENTATIVES was substantially closed
although they might call in few mOr'
witnesses whose testimony would be only
| cumulative.
counsel. made a motion that when thu
Court adjourn to day, il shall be to Thurs
dsy next, in order to afford them thre'
working days in which TO prepare thei
testimony. He stated that they voris
have much oral testimony to oher, but !
required time 10 arrange the document
AIRY evidences.
Mr.. Couness moved that the Court ad
iourn until Wednesday.
johnson offered an amendment MAXIM
Il Thursday.
Sumner and Cameron endeayored I
iuterpose remarks, but we're ruled out
order. and the yeas and nays bein
taken, resulted 81 10 10, 50 the CouT
stands adjourned until Thursday.
Immediately thereafter the Senate I'D
jourued until Monday.
An iu;snctiop has been applied for