The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-04-09

the Now l ork World. The testi-
mony of the gentlemen who repcr-
ted for the Cleveland Herald, went
to show the disgraceful character of
the scene, so far as the Presidents
replies to the mob were concerned.
His testimony regarding the politi-
cal character of his paper was ANU
sing, he saying. when asked it's pol
itics, that it was then what then was
known as q Johnson Republicans
Or as some called it, a Postoffice-
Republican,, from the fact that it's
editor was Postmaster under Mr.
Johnson.
The examination concerning the
two speeches and testimony Of Col.
Moore, the Presidents Secretary,
brought out some Interesting facts
relating to Mr.. Johnson's grammat-
ical attainments, but the character
of these facts is already pretty well
known. Three reports of the Cleve-
land speech were put in evidence
that of the Cleveland Leader, as the
main report, it having been proved
to cover Che whole ground of the
speech afterward that of the Cleve-
land Herald; and third, the phono-
graphic report Of the World, which
was held to be entirely accurate SO
far as it went, it not covering the
last of the speech. Counsel object
ed to the Leader report, on the
ground that it did not purport to be
entirely verbatim report, but that
part was taken in long hand.
Upon this the Chief Justice ruled
against it, but was overruled by a
larger than the usual party vote, Mr.
Reverdy johnson and Mr.. Van
Winkle, voting with the Republicans
in holding it to be good evidence.
WASHINGTON, April 4.
The Managers closed their case
before the Senate at 4 o'clock to-day
The proceedings were interesting
throughout. The examination of
L. L. Walbridge, of St. Louis, at
tracted close attention He produ-
ced copy of the Missouri Demo
crat which contained the full report
of President Johnson's Judas Isca-
riot speech, with all it's inaccuracies
of grammar and pronunciation, and
all of the principal cries of the
crowd. Mr.. Walbridge swore he
had taken. every word the President
said /; had three times compared his
notes with the speech as printed and
was ready to swear that the printed
copy was accurate There was no
evading such evidence and the de-
Tense were obliged to admit the truth
of the most outrageous and indecent
speech of all charged upon the
President. Both Mr.. Walbridge and
Mr.. Dean, of Chicago, who followed
him with testimony regarding the
same speech, maintained the repu-
tation for cool and clear witnesses,
as established by all the newspaper
men examined yesterday.
General Butler next proved that
in all forms Of commissions issued
by the State Department it had rec
ognized the change demanded by the
Civil Tenure law and the phrase ''to
hold office during the pleasure OF
the President, had given place to
the words, "to hold office subject to
the conditions prescribed by law"
Official documents were then intro
duced from the State Department to
show that the only case of the De
partment since the foundation of the
Government was that of Timothy
Pickering, Secretary of State, who
declined to resign when requested
to do so by President Adams.
Adams than removed him, but sent
in the nomination Of successor at
the ssame time the removal was
made In connection with this
matter, in the Senate took action, in
which the Chief Justice participated
which is held to be quiet at variance
with the idea that the Senate is a
Court. ss
Mr.. Butler asked that the Mana
gers have permission to use the
Journal of the Senate executive ses-
sion which contained the action OF
the Senate upon the nomination Of
Pickering's successor. Of course
the court had no control over the
Senate document, but for the mo-
ment this did not seem to be
thought of, and Senator Sherman
moved that the use of the Execu
tive journal be granted. The Chief
Justice put the melton and it was
carried unanimously, and the Senate
sitting as a Court Of Impeachment
transacted business which can only
be transacted by the Senate pro-
per.
Gen. Butler then made a strong
point by producing an original let
ter from Mr.. johnson to Secretary
McCulloch, informing him that he
had suspended Mr.. Stanton under
the eighth section of the Tenure of
Office act, where, as in his answer
to the articles, he claims to have
made the suspension under the
Constitu ion alone. This develop
ment appeared to worry the counsel
for the defense considerably, and
they acted as if they had learned the
fact set forth in the Presidents let
ter for the first time. The above
were the chief points made in the
days proceedings.
Republicans generally regard the
case made as fully sustaining the ar
ticles. Praise of Buffers manage
ment is heard on all sides, as well
as some harsh criticisms from those
who dislike him.
The counsel for the defense were
on their own motion allowed till
Thursday to arrange their evidence
This was granted by decided vote
and was not considered as in any
sense an attempt to delay proceed