The Portland daily press., 1868-05-19

ing themselves to secure the conviction of the
| President.
Mr.. stevens-Wen,s sir, 1 don't think it would
hurt them much
Mr.. Woodward, alluding to some remarks Of
| Mr.. Stevens said that the desire seemed to be
| to influence the Senate how to vote, and he
characterized such an effort as disgraceful and
| indecent
| Mr.. Schenck said the word indecent came
| with bad grace from gentleman who had
said that Congress was of SO fragmentary !
nature that 1t could not properly prefer arti.
| cles of impeachment, and that the Senate was
not proper body to try impeachment
Mr.. Woodward asked leave to reply, but il
was refused, and the resolution was refused.
AT 23O z. M: the House went into commit
tee OF the whole on the Indian appropriation
Mr.. Maynard insisted on the reading of the
whole bill at length which the Clerk proceed
ed TO do, but shortly after motion was made
70 dispense with the further reading:
No quorum voted and the committee rose
and reported the fact to the House. On CALI
ing the roll 104 members answered to their
names, and further proceedings under the call
were dispensed with, and the Honse again
went into committee, and the reading of the
bill was resumed and continued about half an
hour.
Finally the committee rose and Mr.. Louob :
ridge introduced preamble and Joint resolu-
ton on the subject of treaty of purchase with
Russia, which was read and referred tor the
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. EldrIdge asked to be and was excused
from service ON the select committee appoint
ca to-day in reference to a letter to Senator
henderson, of Missouri, and Mr.. Burr was ap-
pointed in his place
message was received from the Senate at
= O'Clock announcing that the Senate had
to take effect from to-day.
The Speaker stated that the question would
be on agreeing to the amendment of the Sem
ate, striking out Saturday last and inserting
to-day.
Mr.. Ashley, of Ohio, moved that the House
A vote on the motion was being taken, when
MIR. Butler moved across the hall towards Mr..
Ashley's seat saying ID hurried and anxious
journ."
Mr.. Ashley then withdrew the motion.
Mr.. Butler informed the Chair that he had
privileged motion to submit
The Speaker stated that there was now
privileged motion before the House on concur.
ring in the amendment of the Senate to a res
olution for a recess,
Mr. Butler said he desired to state his rea-
sons why the House should not concur He
remarked that in the investigation with which
the managers were charged it might become
necessary, and that 1t was now necessary to
have the action of the House in compelling
the attendance OF witnesses. For this reason
1t Will be quite necessary that the House should
De In session to enforce its process There
have been, L have authority to say, acts of re-
cursaney on the part of Witnesses that came
near making it necessary to have them brought
before the House, and there has been by one or
TWO witnesses such desire to escape from the
investigation, that think it necessary to have
the House in session. [ am now instructed by
the managers to report resolution for the
purpose of bringing before them a witness who
has refused to obey the order of the House.
MT. hoblrson-l rise to question of order.
object to all this {Cries of "order")
.Speaker-T The gentleman from New York is
nimseit out OF order. The gentleman from
He has limited himself to the reason why the
House should not adjourn,
Mr. Allison moved that the concurrent reso-
luton be laid on the table.
The motion was agreed to without division,
and the Senate was notified of the fact
Mr. Butler then offered resolution. recitng
that Chas. Wolley, Of Cincinnati, had been
subp@naed to appear before the Managers, and
mad IN contempt of power of the House left
the city, and directing that warrant be issued
commanding the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest
and bring him to the bar of the House to an
swer for contempt of its authority,
The reading OF the subpoena and its endorse
ment showed that it was signed not by the
Speaker and attested by the Clerk of the
House, but was signed by Mr.. Bingham chair
n"h3 ouu dtt6Stcu NY Vue Clerk OF the Manag-
ers; also that it was served on the witness al
Wizards Hotel at o'clock yesterday,
Mr.. Holman made a point of order on the
TACT that the subspa was not signed by the
Speaker.
The Speaker sustained the point of order,
and said that all subpoenas to be legal. so that
any person could be brought to the bar of the
House uhder them, had, by the uniform usage
OF the House, to be signed by the Speaker and
attested by the Clerk,
After the matter had been discussed at con-
siderable length seriously and facetiously, by
Messrs. Butler, Robinson, and others, on the
assurance of Mr.. Stewart that the alleged re-
cusant witness had really gone to Baltimore,
mad returned, was now at Wizards Hotel,
and had no intention of disobeying the sub
o@na, Mr.. Butler withdrew his resolution.
. Mr.. Farnsworth, remarking that the objec- |
'ion to the recess having been removed, he |
would move to suspend the rules SO as to take |
up again the concurrent resolution for recess. |
The House refused to suspend the rules, and |
at quarter before o'clock adjourned.