The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, April 3.
SENATE.

Managers took their seats and the House
appeared, In the meantime the gallery
was tolerably we'll filled for the first
time with a fair sDrinkliug of sable faces
among the spectators.
Mr.. Drake moved tho Senate take up
the proposition he offered yesterday to
amend the Senate rules, and asked vote
upon it.
1t was read.
Senator Edmunds moved to strike out
that part relating to the yeas and nays
being taken by request of the presiding
officer.
Mr.. Drake had no objection to the
amendment, and the rule was adopted
as amended.
Charles A. Tinker recalled.
Mr.. Butler-Before iuterrsgating Mr..
Tinker / will read single paper. The
paper is a message of the President OF
the United States communicating to the
Senate the report of tho Secretary OF
State showing the proceedings under
the concurrent resolution OF the TWO
Houses of Congress of the 18th OF June,
in submitting TO the Legislatures of the
several States an additional article to
the Constitution of the United States.
Senator Thayer-What articlef
Mr.. Butler-The l4th article. 1t is
dated June 20, 1866. 1t is the same one
to which the dispatch related, an exec
utive document of the first session of
the 39th Congress.
In order 10 show to what the dispatch
referred, the message was handed to the
Presidents counsel for inspection, after
which it was read by the Secretary.
The examination of the witness was
proceeded with.
He identified the original copy of the
speech of President Johnson of the 18th
of August, 1866, telcgraphed from
Washington to the Associated Press.
James B. Sheridan, stenOgrapher, tes-
tilted he reported the speech of the
President made in the East room of the
White House, August 18th, lS66, which
he took down to the best of his ability
in short hand, and wrote OuI, giving u
COPY to Colonel Moore, the Presidents
private Secretary; he did not recognize
the copy shown Ill manuscript.
On cross-examinatiOn by Mr.. Evarts
the stenographic report III his note
book was wholly written by himself
The speech of the President occupied
absut % minutes i'll delivery and it was
reported FROM sound, but attention was
paid to the sense. The PORTIONS writ
ten out recently were written out sole
Iy from the signs and could lie noted
correctly after long lapse of time.
Mr.. James o. Clephane, Deputy Clerk
of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia-On September 18th, 1866,
was employed in the Department of
State; had been stenographer for
about years and was then engaged to
report the Presidents speech; lie trans
scribed from notes portion OF the
speech for use of the Associated Press;
did net recognize the manuscript shown
him as being his own hand writing; he
might have dictated it. At his request
Mr.. Mcfarland wrote out literal re-
port of the speech, which the Chronicle
published the next morning, that paper
being willing to take the copy furnished
by Colonel Moore. The report of the
Chronicle was accurate, with the eX-
ceptiOn, perhaps, of u few words.
Cross.examined by Mr.. Evarts-Took
phonoCraphic notes of the entire speech;
wrote them all out but do not know
where the manuscript now is; when he
read the published speech did not have
his notes before him: never has compared
them or his wTitten-Out manuscript Of
it with the printed speech.
.Redirect-The copy of the Chronicle
before him contains the speech referred
70.
Mr.. Butler asked if it was correct
report.
Mr.. Evarts objected; it was impSssi.
BILE fer the witness to tell from mem
DRY.
Mr.. Butler claimed that having twice
rewritten it the witness cOsld very
we'll remember it. His testimony was
competent.
Mr.. Evarts argued i'll reply, maintain
ing that the original notes must be pro-
not been allowed the usual opportunity
of correcting his speech, which all Con-
gressmen use.
Mr.. Tinker being recalled, produced a
copy of the Presidents speech, marked
as having been sent over the wires by
the Associat Press.
Mr.. Sheridan recognized portion of
it as his handwriting. There are cor
rections in this copy. Did not see them
made but believe they were made at the
White House.
Cross Examined-Has corrected the
paper, which is in his own handwriting,
emily these pages were written from his
own notes. This was done by himself, but
he has never since completed them.
Redirect-Tbe copy before him was
substantially correct transcript of his
notes.
Francis Smith, official reporter of the
House of Representatives, testitied-Has
been a stenographer for fourteen years;
was one of those employed by the agent
Of the Associated Press to report the
speech referred to; produced his notes:
wrote out portion of the speech and
delivered the notes, one by one, to Cello
mel Moore.
Q. Who corrected themS
A. Colonel Moore had stated that he
wished to revise them; not TO make any
substantial change, but to revise the
phraseology.
Witness selected from the copy sent
by telegraph the portion written out by
himself.
Cross examined by Mr.. Evarts-He
had to correct the ungrammatical ex-
prsssions.
Mr. Clephane recalled-Recoguized
the manuscript of his report.
Cross examined-Iu bis variations
from strict accuracy he made the mean
ing clear and corrected the grammati-
cal errors.
Colonel ". G. Moore, the Presidents
private Secretary, testified that he was
appointed Paymaster with the rank of
Major In November, 1866; in 1865 he
Ia 4
ident; before that time he had been
Assistant Adjutant General, he heard
the speech of August 18th; made some
corrections in the report as written
from memoranda; did not change
the substance in. any case, but
altered the language; examin-
ing the manuscript he found no
page in which his writing FREEDOM