Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-04-15
CONGRESSIONAL.

reference 10 the speech OF the Presl
dent at Cleveland in September, 1866
All the testimony of reporters ans
editors was clear and straight forward
TO the effect that the published repor
OF the Presidents remarks, Including
the ~disgrsceful attack on Congress
were correct. Testimony was also ia
ken IN regard TO the character Of the
speech addressed TO the Philadelphia
Convention Committee, delivered il
the East Room of the White House.
HoUsE.-The House transacted nc
business, the members present. attending
the impeachment trial in the Senate.
SENATE, April 4-The Senate haG
an executive session while the Mana
gers were busy obtaining certain docu
meuts. and q brief session for genera.
business, during which Mr.. Hendricks
presented a petition for an eight hour
system in the Government workshops.
The Chief Justice took the chair al
noon. Important evidence was pre-,
sented, tending to prove the correctness
of the newspaper reports of the st.
Louis speech of the President. Evil
dence, oral and documentary, was pre-.
sented to show that the President, in
issuing commissions Of office, and by
various official papers. had recognized
and conformed TO the Tenure of Office
law. Mr.. Butler then gave notice that
the case, on the part of the Managers,
was substantially closed. Mr.. Curtis,
of the Presidents counsel, then asked
for an adjournment till Thursday, to
enable the counsel to prepare and ar
range their evidence. This was granted
by a vote of 81 to 10.
HoUSE.-A message from the Presi-
dent in relation to the recent treaty
with the North German Confederation,
was presented and referred. as also were
resolutions of the Georgia Constitution
al Convention, and of the New Eng
lard NJ. E. Conference. The House.
in Committee of the Whole, attended
the trial, and on returning, on motion
of Mr.. Eidridge. the House adjourned
until Wednesday.
SENATE, April Cutie a number of
bills aud resolutions were offered, all
of which were referred TO appropriate
committees, after which some time
was spent in discussing several bills of
no general interest. The naval appro-
priatiou bill was taken up, the oues
ton being on the amendment providing
for the enlistment of l,250 apprentices
and boys, exclusive of the 5000 able
bodied seamen nov authorized. One
or two Senators advocated restricting
the total force to 8. 500 including appren
tees and boys. 1t was held that the
amendment of the Committee simply
increased the number of the force of
the Navy 596, under the apprentice
law, which was agreed to. Amotion to
amend. by making the number, exclu-
sive of apprentices and boys, 700 in
stead of $500, was adopted by a vote of
% to so. Amendments to the bill were
then discussed until the hour Of adj
journment, without action.
SENATE, April Very little of
interest transpired in the Senate. Mr..
johnson, of Nd, presented a petition
signed By two or three thousand freed
men, asking to be aided to emigrate to
Liberia. Mr.. Ramsey, offered a resolu-
ton, instructing the Committee on Pen
sions to bring in g bill to so amend the
pension laws that the marriage of a
deceased soldiers widow shall no longer
work a forfeiture Of her pension, which
vas adopted. The Dill extending the
charter CT the City of Washington was
taken up, and, after considerable de-
bate, passed.
The rest of the session was spent in
discussing the Naval Appropriation bill.
SENATE, April S.-Mr. Wilsonreport
ed from the MILITARY Committee the
House bill for continuing the Freed
mems Bureau. The bill introduced by
Mr.. Trumbull, some days ago, regard
ing the qualification of jurors, was ia
ken up, and, after a little debate,
passed.
Mr.. Sumner introduced a joint reso-
luton, proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.
The proposed amendment is as follows:
mo person elected as President or
Vice President, who has once served
as President, shall afterward be eligible
to either Office" Referred 70 the Com
mittee on the Judiciary.
Unimportsnt private bills were con-
sidered during the afternoon. A short
Executive session was held before adj
iournment.
noUsE.-A communication from the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, repre-
senting that the failure of Congress to
make the necessary appropriations for
carrying out treaty stiPulstions with the
Indians would probably cause great
trouble, and perhaps the expense of a
war. was presented and referred.
Mr.. Robinson, of n. Y, offered the
following, as a privileged resolution:
Resolved, that the resolution of i'm
parchment against Andrew johnson,
passed FEBRUARY IA, 1865, and the pro-
ceeding amendstory thereof, or supple
mental thereto, be, and the same are,
hereby rescinded, and the Managers be
recalled" The speaker ruled the reso-
luton not privileged, because there
was a pending motion, or which the
previous question had been ordered,
on the 3lst of March, as to printing
40, 900 copies of Mr.. Buffers opening
address, and no business was in order,
except by unanimous consent, until
that was disposed of. Adjourned.
SENATE, April 9.-The Senate met
for the trial of impeachment at y
o'clock. The Chief Justice inquired
whether the Managers had any more
evidence to introduce? Mr.. Butler said
they had, and called W. Howard, of
Alabama, who testified that the Pres
ident refused 20 give him an Office,
unless he would support my policy"
and oppose Congress. Foster Blodgett,
of Augusta, Georgia, was called, and
testified that he was Postmaster of that
city, but was removed by the President.
Mr.. Butler stated that he would intro
duce documentary evidence to show
that the President had never commu-
nicated the reasons of Mr.. Biodgetts'
removal to the Senate. Judge Curtis
then rose and began the opening argu-
ment for the President. He spoke
about three hours, but did not conclude
his speech. His main strength was
devoted to showing that the Tenure of
Office law did not apply to MI. Stanton.
HoUsE-Mr. Chandler offered some
resolutions. providing for a peace ave
to Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay. Mr..
Keer asked leave of absence till May
4th, and requested until May eth to
prepare a minority reporton the Morgan
Delano contested election case. The
former request was granted, the latter
was not. Several other members were
granted leave of absence. The House
resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole, and proceeded to the trial.
SFNATF Anril 10-Mr Curtis resumed