Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-29
CONGRESSIONAL.

Conclusion Of Yesterdays Proceedings.
SkNATE-Yesterday altar our report closed
the bill for the admission OF Arkansas Was dis
cussed until p. m, when the senate went
into Executive session, and soon afterwArds I'D.
Journed
HoUsK-Yesterday, after our closed, and be.
fore any action was had on the Indian appro-
prlatlon bill -
mittee appointed to investigate alleged corrup-
ton IN the impeao hment trial. offered a resoIu-
tIon that rooms marked ga" and 3D." oppo-
site the room of the Court Of Claims, in the
Capitol building. be fitted up guard room
and office, TO De under the control of the Ser
geant-st-Arms OF the House.
Mr.. Bingham said the reason for Offering this
resolution would be apparent when succeed
no place IN the Capitol where an Individual
ordered under arrest by the House can b. held
IN custody. The witness, Woolfey, Is now con.
fined in the room Of the Committee on Porei On
Affairs, but there should be some place w here
a prisoner can be detained, so that he NAV not
be able TO evade justice by any trick or by any
effort. After the adoption of this resolution
another would be offered, sho wing that the wit
ness, Woolley, and one of his con federates had
trified with this House and with Justice Wool
ley has now thrown down the gauntlet to the
House, and he (Bingham) wanted to see wheth-
er This man could defy the whole Anne -ican
people through their r. representatives.. Mr.. b.
then demanded the previous question.
fllousterlng now commenced aud was kept
up with spirit; motions to adjourn, to amend.
calls Tor the yeas and nays, &c, &c, following
each other in quick succession.
After the making and disposal Of several dila.
tory points OF order, the House, at 7 O'Clock,
ordered the Sergeant-at- Arms to arrest the
absentees and bring them to the bar of the
House.
At 7:2O the Sergeant-at-A Arms appeared with
Messrs. Scofield, Van Trump, MoOrhead, Clark
(Ohio), and Poland in custody.
Mr.. Pile MO- moved that the gentlemen jrst
brought IN BE- allowed to take their seats SUBJ
NpP In no I'm rhaY af no
Mr.. Wood IN. Y. asked if il would be in
order to coHsign the gentlemen Just arrested to
the same basule that was prepared for Mr..
Woolley.
Mr.. EldrIdge demanded the yeas and nays on
Mr.. Piles motion, and it was agreed to.
II being now half-past O'Clock, Mr. Eldridge
asked if the hour had not arri we'd for the caucus
ordered for this evening
The Speaker could not answer that question.
Fllibusiering was kept up until a quarter to
10 O'Clock, when a quorum of Republican
memt ers was present, and further proceedings
under the call was dispensed with.
The resolution TO fit up rooms as a guard
room and office was then agreed to.
Mr.. Bingham then offered another resolu-
ton, reeiting, ia preamble, that Charles W.
WOolley had been summoned before the Com
mittee and inquired Of whether he had, on the
10th OF May, telegraphed TO Sheridan Shook TO
put certain amount of money TO his credit;
and also whether he had not sent another tele-
gram signed Hooker" The preamble then
quotes some OF the testimony of WOolley, in
WHICH Ne utCIuts 10 tnsNtT, IOT reason
that what transpireG between HIM aHd Shook
was confidential as between lawyer and client.
Shocks testimony is then given, which con.
tains denIals of some Of Woolley's statements.
The resolution then charges that Woolley
eyaded giving proper swers, and that he was
engaged IN an attempt to embarrass the COM
mittee and the House, and resolves that
WoOlley shall be kept in close confinement IN
the guard-Toom of the Capitol until he shall
answer all questions put to him, and that
meanwhile he shall have no communication
with any one, either by writing or verbally,
except by permission of the Speaker.
BY unanimous consent, the resolution was
considered as formally agreed 10, and a motion
TO reconsider entered, with the understanding
that the latter motion shall come up to-day,
and enc hours discussion allowed.
House, at IL o'clock, adlourned.