The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-02-28

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The passage BY tina, BODY Of House Joint
Resolution No ~, providing for summon
ing and paying witnesses t0.teslify on be-
.haIf'ofJudge Nathapicl Harrison lin the
Impeachment trial, dmended;sous to!llmi'
thu number of witnesses To be paid by the
State to twenty instead: Of thirty, and pro
vidingStl.at they smll receive the same
mileage and compensation rs Stale wit
ncsscs. N.,.,.-..ys.
The House occupied the balance Of tho
session in discussing the Senptc's amend
mt,lts. Finally, tIicir amendment, Frdt'
cling tho number of witnesses paid by thu
State was disagreed to, and the second
providing they shall be paid as State wit
urs,cs, comcurrcd in. The Senate suSss
quenlly rccedcd from tie FIRST amend
ment. Occur 27iGFs u's 8 Isi DO FL.
| ri The Register gives the following sum
mary of the debate, to which We SURF
der our available space cheerfally j s.s.
One Of the spiciest debates S,E Su,vr.
siop was that had in the Ilom for sum.
day. The resolution proyS;rrri wit.
lnoning and payiiig Naseachmen, trial,
noses, at the eoplnnHc ~ under considers
vas tho os'fH'1blfe ranged SO widely as
'ion, bat the dimucL tn. who. whole pp-
= t3aEs " pas the Resolution was origi-
|'',sal bsld by House, it provided for
'nally jug, thirty witnesses mud paying
: supcxpcnses, as we'll ne the expenses Of
u others, living in Virginia, il Harrison
could procure'',hcir ATTENDANCE In the
Senate, it was anvhdsd. on motion Of one
Of the Senators from Hrrrison's District,
10 asto linit;,he number Of witnesses to
be paid by the State todmcnty. ON MO-
ton Of Mr. Phclps,it was further amended
50 as ,o'limit tho: pay Of the witnesses for
The defense to the compensation fixed by
the Code. 81 .''' s"i". -ai 90
b When the House first took into consid-
eration.the propricly.of concurring in these
amendments, the debate was pertinent 10
the case, but after it had progressed about
an hour, poliiicsand personalities enl;vcncd
tic discussion aid gave ipterc,t 10 what
might Otherwise have beenfn dull session.
Governor Pierpoint charged that Leading
rebels were lobbying for Harrisen's remov.
al. ..Whcrcspon Dir. jackson suggested
The names Of Cyrus Newlip and Lewis
Ballard" two well known republicans, as
tic )obbyiststo whom r'icrpoint referred
In extending his remarks, Governor Pisr-
point arraigned The entire Democrats par.
iy for sympathy wi,hirebpIs and rebel
measures: lie declared there was moi nm
impulse Of the Den,ocrntis heart but va.
in sympathy with the Confederate move.
mcnt. The Democrats were illiboral. and
had shown by their course that Ropubli'
cans stood no chance in a trial before
them. These two points he elaborated Al
leugth End with great warmth. lie fur.
sher took ."the press Of the country" tc
task for assaiing him in connection with
this Harrison matter, and declared tl.at llt
"de6sd their petty calumnics." Mr.
Jackson, to whom personal allusioi hut
been made by Governor pirrpoint, r.
sponded ibst the specsh of The latter. hnd
merely confirmed the opinion Of the pocI
that 'Pigmics, though perched on Alps,
are pigmies still.'' lie was ready to com;
pare his legislative record with that of The
gentleman who had as.uilcd him, and ha5
10 doubt it world b. found that whatev/l
might have been done by the gentleman
from Marion. no, the speaker. llal never
crooked the pregnant. hinges Of tho knee
that thrift might follow fawuing."
MIR. Howard defended tho DomoeraLi.
party from the charges Of rebel sympathy
brought against them. When the distin'
guishcd gentleman. Mr.. Pie,point, va.
filling fat md snfe position in the rear,
he had been at the front, with his mushet
fighting for ,he Union. IIo announced
that members words insulting. and va,
ready to risk comparison of records '.r
After several other gentlemen Of each
side had spoken, Mi. Davis replied d
length to the structures of Mr.. Pierpoint
He alluded to q conference which tina
member clnimed to have had with Ma
Harrison. wherein the latter plead for fail
play. md sarcas.ically alluded to it as d
''rouching and gushing interview From
It the gentleman had como up to II. Hous.
rs the special spoTogist and defender o
Harrison, bearing bravely aloft the grcu'
stink-pot Of the State. a, y,
. "For well the subject suits bis noble mind,
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous Kind"
The charge Of partisnnism and rebe
sympathy cnnle with bad grace from the
gentleman frem Marion The first time
the subject Of party politics had been men,
toned on the floor the gentleman from
Marion had logged it IN. When a reso,
luton against voting postage stamps. &c
members was offered, lio lad denounced il
as a measure for party capital, and in les,
then an hour turned around and voted for
the very resolution he had so denounced
What lad been said about rebel lobbyist.
he cared nothing for. lie did not care
what gossip the gentleman might gather
from the purlieus Of The city the speakers
dui! to The Democracy did not reaare him
.te;de that sort of scarengering It Wal
inconsistent for Mr.. Piorpointts denonnce
the Democrats for rebel sympathy. when
il is notorious TINT this man Harrison