Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-04-11
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THE PROSECUTORS.
Thursday Fixed to Hear the DE
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A CONVICTION coNsrpERED CERTAIN.

taken by the request OF tDe preslelu6 o'1Ss,.
Senator Conkling-Mr. President, NO.
having heard the motion OF the oepa,o. a1a
(Edmunds), ask for the reading Oh 'no
seventh rule. D. rE.. ,LLa-,.,
II was read as proposed to be amenaeu'
Senator Drake-I have no ob]ection 10
the amendment of the Senator from 'er'
mont. ,.s,,,,oa
On motion of Senator Drake, the rules
we're ordered to bo printed as amended.
], h, Cbafles A. Tinker recalled.
Mr.. Butler-before interrogatipg MIR.
Tinker will read asinglc paper. The paper
ia the message of the President OF the
United States communicating to the senate
the report of the Secretary OF State, showing
the proceedings under the concurrent resoiu-
ton of the two Houses of Congress OF the
18th of June in submitting to the Legislatures
of the several States an additional article to
the Constitution of the United States.
Senator Thayer-What article .-.
Mr.. Butler-The fourteenth article 1t Is
dated June 22, 1866. 1t is the same one to
which the dispatch related. An executive
document of the first session of the Thirty
ninth Congress. In order to show to what
dispatch he referred the message was handed
10 the Presidents counsel for inspection,
after which it was read by the Secretary.
The examination of the witness was then
proceeded with. -. ..-.f -F.
O. You said you were manager of the
Western Union Telegraph office in this city3
A. Yes, sir, ..--H- E--.
O. Have you taken from the records of
that Office what purports to be acopy of a
speech which was telegraphed through the
Company, or any portion of it, as made by
Andrew Johnson on the 18th day of August,
1862 If SO, produce it. .r ID.
A. / have, sir. l have taken from the
files what purports to be copy of the speech
in question. producing the document
| @. From the course of the business of the
Office are you enabled to say whether this
was sent2
A. It has the "sent" marks put on all the
dispatches sent from the Office.
| O.. And this is the original manuscript
A. That is the original manuscript.
@. When was this paper sent, to what part
of the country and first place, by which as
sociation was this speech telegraphed
A. BY the Associated Press; by their
agent in the city of Washington.
Mr.. Curtis, one of the cousel, was under
stood to object to the paper.
Q. By Mr.. Butler-Can you tell me, sir,
to what extent through the country the tele-
graph messages sent by the Associated Press
1 goa ,...-
A. suppose they go to all parts of the
country. l state positively to New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. They are adj
dressed to the agents of the Associated Press.
From Newly ork they are distributed through
the country.
Cross examination waived.
Mr.. Butler-You may step down for the
present. mo ID
James B. Sheridan, stenographer Of New
York, testified that he reported the speech
of the President made in the East Room of
the White House, August l8, 1866, in which
he took down, to the best of his ability, in
short hand and wrote it out giving the
copy to Colonel Moore, the Presidents pri-
vate secretary.
He did not recognize copy shown him by
Mr.. Butler as his own, but swore to having
written out from his notes rwards certain
extracts from the speech which was then
shown him in manuscript.
Gross examined by Mr.. .Evarts-The esteno-
graphic report in his notebook was wholly
written by him the speech occupied about
twenty five minutes in the delivery; it was
reported from sound, but attention was also
paid to sense; the portions written out re-
Gently were written out solely from signs
could write out notes correctly after long
lapse of time. t..
James o. Celphanc, deputy clerk of the
Supreme Court, testified that ON September
lS, 1866, was employed in the State Depart
ment; he had been stenographer for about
eight years, and was there engaged to report
the Presidents speech; he transcribed from,
his notes q portion of the speech for the use
of the Associated Press; he did not recognize
the manuscript shown him as being his own
handwriting he might have dictated at the
request of Mr.. Mcfarland; he wrote a literal
copy of the speech which the Chronicle pub
hshcd the next morning, that paper not be-
| ing willing to take the copy furnished by
Colonel Moore; the report of the Chronicle
was accurate, with except, perhaps, fe"
words. .- ..t-gf:. -..r-s -....
eCross-examined by Mr.. Evarts-He took
Photographic notes of the entire speech
wrote them all out, but does not know where
the manuscript now is; when he read the
published speech he did not have the notes
before him, and never has compared them
or has written out manuscript of them with
the printed speech redirect. The copy oi
the Chronicle before him contains the speech
referred to. stL t ..- --
9lr. Butler asked if it was a correct re-
port. II. s-.5 b. -.-.. q. .-
Mr. Eyarts objected. 1t was impossible
for witnesses to tell from memory. -...
Mr.. Butler claimed that, having twice re
written it, witness could very well remem
Der it, and his testimony was competent.
Mr.. Eyarts argued in reply, maintaining
that the original notes must be produced
and also said the President had not been al
lowed the usual opportunity of correcting
his speech which all congressman used.
Mr.. tinker being recalled, produced copy
of the Presidents speech marked as having
been sent over the wires by the Associated
| Press. - .
Mr.. Sheridan recognized portions of il as
his own handwriting. There are corrections
in the copy he did not see them made,
but believes they were made at the White
| House. --H H. Islril
Cross examined.-He had corrected the
pages which are in his own handwriting,
only those pages were written out from his
own notes this was sdouo at the time by
himself, but he has never since compared
them. "- ~ -t-i Wa
Re direct-The copy before these corrcc-
tions was substantially a correct transcript
| of his notes. - i1
Francis Smith, official reporter Of the
House OF Representatives, has, been steno-