, 1870-02-24
WASHINGTON;
q Day Of Excitement in the
House Of Represcn-
tatiYes.
debate on the Whittemore
Expulsion Resolution.
Hhfttemorc {iiren Till Eoen To-
Day 10 Prepare Hls
Defence.
The Credentials Of Senator ReVels
Presented in the Senate.
Il Days Discussion Without
Etuul Action.

TIE Wu1rlKxonx clsE-A DAY or EXCITEMENT m
TUE AuCsE
The scene IN the Ho7se wing Of the Capitol TO-
day was not unlike thai Of two Je&sB ago. when
articles Of Impeachment -e1e presented against I
Andrew 3onn1on, and evidently recalled tnpse
days Of crowded galleries, struggling lonb!es, !
ca2ct excitement, and nervous burning To and |
1fo- To-day II .heu, General Butler made him. /
eelf one Of the foremost nk1Ees Ia tho drama. /
Then he appeared ~ Que Of she prosecutors; TO- /
day Il attorney for tae defence. Taen he hld tho |
uouae II his support; but to-day he was In = /
Small m!bcttty. and amused h!nseI with /
an exhibition Of ANAL spleen agh!nss |
tie rewspaptfa and their correspondents, |
harmless ~ II was cnArAc.er.auc- EVERYBODY Ia |
town knew It would be great day In tue uouse, |
and It seems that nearly everybody resolved to !!
ECO what WAS do1e, and hear what W1s Ra1d
The galleries we1e PACKED an hour before The |
time n1cd for calling a2 White ennre'a Gaze The
great event o! bringing <olored man into tho
senA1o dwlnd!ed into = sn,hll ads.r, bestde the
chatee Of seeing I white m4a turned out Of the
HonAe, and Revel1 who, nader other cttcum-
staccee1 would hare been the objective point Of
tEo OF three thousand sharp eJes, had
scz1FlT cosposals guard IN the Senate
gAliesles to hear the debate or tns question OF his
att1lssioo. AL the morurg the tide Of human
sC1nE1 no6ed towards the House, mp liz broad
ssarWa{b and vhsn the eveottul hour camt
every foot OF ara1!aole apxce ID al the galleries
bald it, occupant, While III -ussuds Of disappointed
men md women struggled u tue daors, crowded
Though The balls, and paced dlacoasolately IN The
rotunea- The nuos Of the House was nued with
privileged prrsons-SenRtofs, foreign Ministers,
attaches OF legations, Governors Of Slater
and Territories, n-mhets OF the Cabinet,
heRds OF bureaus, officers Of the army, and
navy, and judges aud Aaraaalk, and hundreds Of
private Citizens Admitted snsouKa favor OF lupor-
tunttJ. Tho door opening in1o tue chs nbtr WAS
ajAr, and ladies' c1o~ded the cloax.foons, barber
shop, poss omce, and other surrounding rooms,
aLd, ere the daJ ended. they had poness,on Of
tue lounges auc reat seats on the door, Winding
up The Wintera socta! excitement Just before Lent
With DAY such as the House EA1 no: had s!uce
the Presidential Eote wAA counted. The dsJ open
ed with General DRnks' touchluK announcement
OF Nr. Bur1!nRstnes death, The swearing III Of
1our members from reconsuuc cd MtEtilstpp, and
m hour = dao2ie on The attractive Mormon ques-
tlon. Then III. DAwcs had the t1orr for half su
hour With hiA Appropriation bill, which members
80 peE1tatent15 debate tie BY line, and Item BY
Item, and II 2 O'Clock GekesM Logan, with set
l,rs and strong Ak OF buHlness, called up the
Wh!ttempro report, Tnak lEulvit1nl W68 rot In
bls stas, and had not been there nttce the nd.
joufnment Of MoncsJ. Persons hAd been asking
at the morning to hare him pointed out but hif
vacant chair WAS I'll tbAt could DC shown. He
must have been uesf At hAEd. however, for
he appeared within = n!nnie or tEo After Logan
rose detected IN manner, and with hu hands full
OF papers He locked up t0 nnd al eyes In the
galleries searching hin out, then sss dowa aad
remained taeKe quietly ILL the psoceed.nRs OF tne
dsy closed Th- nssi nour WAS cnsedy ocsupied
by potlts OF order, members mattng them and the
Speaker fuiltg on than In bis usual rapid aud
deciAlyc fksh!ou. ca'chlog each st the Infant Il
Wal raised, and giving nls aLs~era without pause
Or htsltaaor. 1t was nervous work and
required quick thtnktrg. but he 30
4-It 81 T11ftn
OF coE11e, took thrust II him. swapping out that
he would not A.xue = point, ~ the Speaker could
n!~ay1 have the last word. MesRfa. Poland, OF
Vermont; Butler, q! Mssaschnsetts; Jenckes, 1t
Rhode Island: Davis. Of Ee@ YORK: Scnerck. os
Ohio: P1ats, OF virgniA: Firna ~oltu, Of Illinois;
and, finally, uedalesome Et,le Hamilton Wstd, OF
New Ycrls were the members who h8d potnta oI
order, either direct ar ,Id,1ecr. They were Of i've
classe1, VIZ !: Thai Whttsemor1 had a right 70 b
heard bT couoseli hat he had q
right to speak for hlmsslr or By bis
frends II such length ~ he pleased
that the rules OF the Rouse we're not applicable u
ttt 90 proceedings; that his defence must be sub
mitted bJ hln1elr IN pcrson; that he vas entitiet
to An immediate vote, without argument on BIT
application By at1das!E for pos:ponemeus- 0
conEte the Speaker ruled that shs question OF dc
lay could be Argued; that no one could lake TIL
noorfron1 Mr. Logan; that the ru.es ol the Houst
tnust govern; E1at memoer1 Ferc parliamentary
\
pot directly be heard hy counsel bu
might give his time 10 some ono els
II be plea:ed, and thst the rules allowed him hu
ono hour, though tho uonse might, II It chose
subpeId O. set aNde the ru!es ny consent JudE
Poland showed = good deal Of per11nRcltJ IN HI
effort TO get delay. and 1t one tine used lanzo1g
of 1uch character tbA: General Logan fe1orte
tnas he had the 1sne rights on tho door ~ An
other member, and would neither be put down q
inumidated By Poland or any one else. sButcE
coufre throughout This hour NaS such ~
usrsllJ Is In . etoruy time when B
cannot haye lhiuga to his own notol
aud this rtnsrk will pronAbly 11ako hs bcar11
apparent even 10 The dolless reader. and reudt
AnY characterization OF II unnecessary. TRe eE
o, the suuggle VAS that Wntttemore was alove
to hAye hi1 an1dAvlt read, and to give Butler Il
tlrae 10 which hn 1onld 1sre bsea entitled IT
at1dav1t asked delay for three causes NJ: tn
he might cali new witnes ses; that he might c1oa
examine old witnesses, Aud that he might 4
tempt 10 show an enort to h!ack.n4n hiu.
w1s noticeablu that he did not pretend to do
the sale Of both ctdet1hipe, and on
sets up that he ought not to be punished, for re
aon shar No n1ed the nooeJ he received In his d
trtot and not Tor hta own direct benefit Gene7
Butler waa adrott sud vigorous IN nis speech, b
It did not help Wn.rtemort'a caee- He sneefed
tho Newspaper men. and h'sAlnElJ shouted II
$ tney arc Tile tabbIc, ano not having worked
his Immature In that direction. he veaenensly
rouIced TO the House atd country: "1f sncr'
oae thing on earth "a which an superior, II
the EexspapctG'' HAylnE thus modei
p,owed n,a oxn horn. he Y
on with bis 1pcech, to the ed,aca11on Of the
1eItes and tho humble seportets- General 10
spoke nearly m hour IN reply. tripping Batlef
points or Ia r, defending the committee from
assaults, and owing tnas the day has gone b.
which Butler can rice Tougtsnod oTer ereEJo
In the House. The noticeable feature Of Log
argument wA4 that ha said he was Nliio
tnsoE away Iii estdeuce IN Waittemafescas
rest The tslpe on his own confession pcfo1e
committee and IN hts an1davlt, ncd he Gle
called attention 10 the fact that lhe ain
IN xeIl!pk the cAdetships, and had nothing =
eye1 10 do with the question how he used
money he received. He closed a. haif-p2at 1.
at once called the previous question on
polAnds motion for po1tponemeut aud furthe
yesttgat,on. The Judge agan Tried to get
toos but the House cut OF !ur1her debate b!
dcr1ng the previous question. Most per
unde1s TODD that . vnte on thu point ia gene
IN The same Bense ~ 1eht en- the main lAAoe,
there VIZ Intense excitement th:onEaous
chamber when tbs Speaker called
members to st&ed aod be cous
The court suatsired the previous question b
1as; csyr, Is Wn,tteuort knew what tbs! n
Rs well ~ tho eAlleFes did. Then there ~
long &Ed Honoto.oas cal! OF JeAs and nays, o'
on~, frosn A1rel to Wood ~ard, and In the r
OF = hreAib, white EerjbodJ waited In fushc
tentness, the Spe1ker announced that tue IL
by vote OF tso to 80, had tefuted to accep
motion Aof ucla5. The ordss for the
ylous question Oh tht resolution OF C.
mon wAs EwlltlJ carried By Jos to
and Ill eJes quietly TUNED TO Whls;emere,
soxly and trembling 1oae In ha place, ~
nearing, and requested the Houss to adl3ur
allow him till to-mnIyow noon for prepat
1oeau had thovn I dtspoS ten ali day 10 CIV
every fAvor poaaihe, and, Of course. coui
de1J th,a request TEere VIII = brief dell
xhst full unterasabhlsg might bs hau. and
tho Hcuae una.tmous,. adjourned, people
mepttny, N they went out, on The fact that
old pus vote on any OF the questions y1ued
thas Ill tho members who arc somewhat
Gated In thu celet bottuess voted for delay.
MrNHxRs WHO yo1D FOB DH1AY.
Tne fo1lpwtrE arc the member who, aft
7oexn had t1lco stated 70 Tho Houae
1ntrch. Nj, Wh,itenorr being preAent
Tmt1eu.ore did not derry, and woo1d moi
n.vtno been paid tsoo for one catetant
x1.soq fo1 another, vcted 70 postpone action
matter:
s-.u Clarke. AeQornlc1
NnAa' Eoou1u, Medley.
A51E Cnyode. unh.
6a13st. noefery. Phelps.
1I1nr DFtf, E9Af.,
4seisa t;olltdky. Poland
Rocker, Hg3S ESrErnt.
81efiey. Jons. IN. Oh shflsoa' Taae'
Kartt&t. Z SanAn. TTfeheQ
E&kea AensJ. yxniloru,
CeasnA he1e!;,d yAuWytl
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