The Portland daily press., 1871-05-26

i What he did every member OF the Senate bad
| agreed with him. 1t vas that an jnyestira
tion should be made aud If any Senator or off,
| punished
| The chair Anthony stated he had not stop.
pea senators in their remarks because the ia
| Iuhction OF the secrecy had been removed as to
M 1ue proceedings in this matter. Sumner and
aporhan-not fiom debate. Mr.. Sherman
tnen resumed.-Af,er il was discovered that
no senator or employee OF the Senate was i'm
pncateu IN The publcatiOn of that investsga-
tiou u should then have stopped and jurisdic-
.loh oi The Senate closed. They had no right to
!huc', accuse or arraign any citizen and whe Ii
e sIo te Witnesses declared they had not obtain
gu the treaty from any Senator the proceed
Inss should have been stopped. Ii he had been
present When the vote was taken he never
would nave consented TO keep, them in custody
Tor "A hour.
The Senate had placed itself in a false posi.
tlou. 1t bad not the right TO go beyond an in
curry INTO the conduct Of its me mbeIs and it
appea'ed II had no power to keep these men
imprisoned one day alter the eLd of this ses-
200. Any Justice of the peace would ride
fough-sho1 over such sham pretence
Mr.. Edmunds asked MIR. Sherman if the
y OF representatives had not imprisoned
iatllck Woods for three months after thew
had adjourned, and if it was OF legal.
MT. sherman replied that the Imprisonment
OF fatfick Woods was clearly Illegal aud that
hls constitutional i2h,s were grossly assaulted.
There was no precedent for his Imprisonment
in this country.
Mr.. Sumner-There are no parliamentary
precedents anywhere.
Mr.. Thurman said in reference to the ieves
tigation, that no one SenalOr was more re-
sponsible for it than another
Mr.. Sumner said that what he had said in
executive session was that an inquiry should
be instituted or the rule given up, 0aying his
rue.) =
Mr.. Wilson made brief reply to Mr. Conk-
ling, saying he thought tine Senator meant to
do-rlght, but he had strong will, firm pur-
pose ana strong power OF expression, and
sometimes might offend, but he (Wilson)
wished TO say in regard 20 this matter that he
he'd himself Just as responsible for the inaug-
nration OF this investigation as the Senator
who drew and the Senator whs offered the
resolution, but when the investigation had
gone so far as to relieve Senators from sus-
picion, he wanted it stopped. -.-.l
Mi. Stewart said this appeared to be the
nour Tor confession. He did not believe anv
Senator guilty OF wrong in voting for invest-
gatIon or any of its logical consequences
~, M; Freilnghuysen said he had acted with
the Senate committee from the beginning to
the end, and was DESTROYS of taking his share
OF the responsibility. He gave his views on the
subject, remat king that the power of the SEN
ate to imprIson terminates with the session
when by law recusant witnesses are reonired
TO 1e certified TO the Court. III
Mr. Edmunds merely wished TO enter his
protest against the expression of Mr.. Freling.
huysen that the Senate's powers over a sub.
ject ends with the session.
Without further proceedings on this subject
the Senate adjourned till TO- morrow at II
O'clock.
SPANISH CLAIMS.
The American and Spanish Claims Commits
sion has agreed 90 Baron Lederar, the Aus
titan Minister, "a umpire.
a VOTE ON THE TREATY SECRET.
An unsuccessful attempt was made in the
Senate executive session to-day to remove the
Injunction 81 SECRECY from the vote Ws1nes-
day.
MR.. COLFAX IMPROVING.
Vice President Coltax passed a comfortable
night and slept WE'LL He sat up half an hour
this morning. The physician reports: he is
generally improving.