Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-04-14
FORTIETH CONGRESS,
This Afternoons Proceedings.
I'M PARCHMENT.
ILLNESS OF MR.. sTANBERy.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE COURT.
TUESDAY, April "a.

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TUESDAY, April "a.
SEsATr-Aitsr prayer, the President pro ten
The Chief Justice took the chair. and direct
ed tne SeIgeant-ai-Arms to open the Court with
The counsel for the President entered and
The Managers OF Impeachment were an.
bounced.
The House of Representative were next an.
The reading Of the journal of proceedings
vas dispensed with.
Senator Sumner offered an order that, in an
ence to the limiting of the final argument thai
such Of the Managers and counsel as desire
may print and file their remarks on the closing
argument.
Senator Conness objected TO it's present con.
Senator Sumner asked under what rule the
objection would carry over his order.
The Chief Justice said he was guided in the
decision by the ordinary rules OF the Senate
and then notified the counsel TO proceed.
Mr.. Eyarts rose and said that he was placed
TO announce that their associate, Mr. Stanbery
was preyentd by illness from attending the
session OF the Court to-day. He had lust seen
the physician of Mr.. Stanbery, who had i'm.
formed him that Mr.. :. would be able to resume
his place here within eighteen hours, possibly
by Tomorrow. Under the circumstances of
Mr. Stanoery's absence, il would be almost
to-day. Much Of the evidence TO be produced
was within the personal knowledge OF Mr.
Stanbery II Was of course unpleasant for the
counsel and for :. -ir associate 10 ask the (,ourt
to take into confederation their person al con ye-
nience, but they hoped the Court would grant
them one day, as they thought they would be
able 10 go on Tomorrow.
senator brake propounded the question !:
Cannot to-day be better occupied by counsel
ior respondent In giving in documentary EVIL
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On motion of Senate Howe, the Court then
adjourned until tomorrow.
The President pro tenn resumed the Chair
and raped the Senate TO order for legislative
business.
Mr.. Davis proposed an additional rule TO
those regulating the Impeachment trial, that
two-thiras of the Senators present shall be
necessary to rule any question Of law or eyi.
dence aga INST the person impeached which
was read nd laid over.
The Chair Presented memorial asking that
the United states recognize the provincial
govern ment of Crete, which was ordered to be
printed and referred TO the Committee on For
eign r. lations.
large number Of memorials and petitions
We're presented and appropriately referred
Mr.. Anthony reported from the Committee
on Printing, the resolution TO print $500 extra
copies of the report OF the Impeachment trial.
Mr. Sherman asked where the report was to
Mr.. Anthony said at the Government Print.
ing Once.
Mr.. Sherman said the report was now al
ready being printed in the Glo6e, and If more
copies were needed they should b. ordered
from the Globe, which was already a much
more expensive institution than Senators
printed al both places, and if was to be printed
at the Congressional Printing Office then il
ought not TO b. printed in the Globe. Five
thousand extra copies of this report had al
ready been ordered to be printed. He would
ask the Senator from Rhode Island how much
this extra printing would cost
Mr.. Anthony said he supposed about si0,0oO;
but could not now give an exact estimate.
Mr.. Sherman was opposed to this free distri-
button Of books and documents by members TO
their constituents 1t was time TO stop this
persons who wanted full report of this trisl
let them go TO the bookstores and buy it,
Mr.. Buckalew moved an amendment that the
distribution 10 Senators shall be in proportion
TO the population of their States.
Mr.. Anthony said the expenses of Congress
sional printing were not much now IN
greenbacks as they were before the war in
gold.
Mr.. Hendricks said that was not his impress
sion. He had examined into the printing esti-
mates last year, and thought they Were very
large-laI ger than before the war.
MI Bayard objected 10 the amendment OF Mr
Buckalew. All the States here, small and
large, were or an equality.
Mr.. Davis also opposed the amendment, and
declared that he would be in favor of increasing
the number of extra copies to l0,OUO. This trial
report ought to be in every public library in
the whole country.
Mr. johnson opposed the amendment. He
thought that the fact of equal represe ntation
on this floor had been the means of preserving
the Union. He did not believe il could have
been preserved II mere numerical majority
had had the entire control of the Government
This body, constituted as il was, often served
as check 10 the other branches. He could not
give his sanction to any proposition which
therefore protested against the amendment
which had been offered by the Senator from
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Conness wished some system could be
devise by which Senators would be REQ uired
to sen all their documents 10 public libraries
to VIII n the people had free access.
Mr.; ,ates expressed the opinion that this was
not the time TO discuss the question Of States
rights. He believed the States Were all equal,
and he wished the citizens Were. He only
wished to say, however, that he was opposed
there would be the greatest scramble here for
these books amongst all the literary institutions
i'm the country, and he thought enough had
alrf ady been ordered to supply all proper de-
mand.
Mr.. Morton said the amendment did not re-
cogniZe any lneQ uality of representation on this
floor, bat only inequality of population and
nized a thousand times. Ii was NOT riebt tbsi
Delaware or Rhode Island should have a.
many of these books as Indiana. There was
now strong feeling growing up throughout
Delaware with q hundred thousand inhabi
tants the same representation on this floor as
New York with population of four millions,
and this feeling was growing stronger every
day. He did not sympathize with il, but in was
certain that il existed, and to q strong degree
Mr.. Buc Halew thought the criticism which
were made upon his amendment Were entire
ly in applicable. He merely proposed a iust
and eq uitabie distribution Of these documents
among the people.
The amendment Of Mr.. Buckalew was re-
jected and the resolution was then adopted
On motion Of Mr.. Morgan the Senate went
into Executive session, and after some time
spent therein ad]ourned.
HOUSE OF RKPREsENTATIvRs.-T House
was called TO order at IL o'clock
Mr. Taber IN. " presented the memorial
Of capitalists and merchants Of New York.
asking the speedy passage Of the bill for an Air
line road between Washington and New York
Referred to Committee on Roads and CanaIs
On motion OF Mr. Washburne, TN j the Sec
retary OF State was directed 10 commu nicafe
to the House the report Of Freeman III. morse
United States Consul at London, upon the
mercantile marine and commerciai r,olicv Of
Great Britain.
The Speaker gave notice that on Thursday
next, upon the return of members of the House
from the Senate, and after the disposal Of the
res ol ution in reference 10 the printing OF Mana
ger Butler's speech, Mr. Banks would call MP
the bill In relation TO rights OF naturalized cti-
zens abroad. ,r.,---,-...'--T ~ al
The House then resolved itself into Commit.
te, Of the Whole and accompanied the Man
ayers to the bar Of the Senate
The court having adjourned, the members Of
the House returned TO their Hall. and the