Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-30
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 WASHINGTON, May 25.
 Senate.--The following amendment was offered by MT. Drake to the Arkan- 1 sas bill:
 It strikes out all after the enacting clause and prescribes as the fundamen- tai condition to the admission of that state, the passage by the legislature of an act declaring the constitution adop- ted in the convention, February II, 1868, and subsequently, ratified, shall never be SO changed as to deprive any one of the right to vote at any election, 1 who by it's terms now is or may be- come a voter, except us punishment for crimes which arc felonies at common law, and whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; also declaring the third section of the fifth article, in the following words: "The equality Of all persons before the law, is recogniz- ed and shall remain ill force, nor shall citizens be deprived of any right, privilege or immunity, nor exempted from any burden or duty, on account of race, color or previous condition," shall ever remain in force; and any change or repeal of this section shall authorize the exclusion of said state from representation in congress, so i long as such violation continues, and all laws ill contravention. thereof shall be wholly imperative. Upon the passage of such an act by the legisla- ture of Arkansas, by concurrent vote declaring the provisions of this bill complied with, the state shall be ad- mitted to representation in congress.
 House.-The impeachment commit- tee, acting under authority granted by the resolution of the house on the 10th inst, providing that for the more effi- cient prosecuting of impeachment the managers are instructed to summon and examine witness under oath, to send for persons and papers, to employ stenographic reporter, and to appoint subcommittee to take testimony, have attended to their duties so far as they have been able. Because of mat ters hereinafter stated, they beg leave to report, in part, as follows: I In pursuance of the resolution, they appointed subcommittee, of which, Butler was named to take testimony. t-Charles c. 1Tooley, of Cincinnati, ap- peared before the committee on Tues day, the 18th inst, in answer to sub p@na. After various objections on his part, and an admitted attempt to avoid, Mir. Wooley was examined by the subcommittee with some very considerable delay, because of his refu- sal to answer some questions, his evasion of others, and his interpretation Of rights and privileges which he claimed and attempted to sustain by argument until the time of the session was exhausted for day. He was or | dered to appear before the committee again on the morning of the 20th inst, but did not appear until after one o'clock. and after the house had ad- journed until Saturday, the 23d inst, and thence until Monday. After that adjournment he could not be brought before the house for contempt. Attae second appearance of Mir. Wooley be- managers being present, MT. Boutwell, was chosen chairman protein, Mr. Bingham being absent. The examiua- ton then being about to be continued, the oath was again administered to Mir. Wooley, aud inquiry attempted to be proceeded with. After being asked whether he desired to change or alter anything in his testimony given yester- day, Mr. Wooley declared he did not consider he was under oath the day be- fore, or that he had given any testi- mony whatever. He was then asked if what he had stated to the committee yesterday was true, to which he declin- ed to answer, alleging, in substance, that the oath administered by the
 
 not binding. He was then asked what disposition he made of the sum of S20,- 900 or S25,000 which had been referred to in his testimony of the previous day. They had reason to believe this money had been raised for the purpose of corruptly influencing the trial of the president, and to this he refused to answer.-To every question which would lead to show where the money was obtained, and the purpose for which it was obtained, by whom it was furnished and in what manner paid, he declined to answer, alleging, only, that it was not used for any purpose con nected with the Impeachment of the president.
 The report concludes by asking the house to visit upon him severe and exemplary punishment.
 Mir Curry offered a preamble, that,
 WHEREAS, The national honor re- quires the payment of the public indebtedness at home and abroad, not only according to the letter but the spirit of the law under which it was Econtracted therefore be it.
 I RESOLVED, That neither the letter nor the spirit of the law under which the , 20 bonds were issued requires the payment of the interest ill coin, and it will be in the utmost good faith if the holders thereof be paid in the same money with the soldiers who fought the battles of the war. and in which the government settles the claims of wid- ows and orphans, the same which la- borers are required to receive as wages,