The Portland daily press., 1871-05-26

III O'Clock, and Mr.. Cameron at the request of
Mr. Sumner moved the motion for executive
session i'll order to allow the latter 10 make a
personal explanation. Mr.. Sumner said he
had seen in the DAILY Chronicle statement
pupoIting to give what he did in executive
session yesterday. He was astonished that
the paper conducted by gentlemen who official
ly occupied q seat in the executive session of
the Senate should attribute to Senator what
he never said. He had now to state that what
was attributed to him was a fabrication. He
made no such speech.
f SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate refused by tie vote of q to q
to 60 into executive session, but on MIR. Car
penter's statement that the special investigat-
ing committee on the disclosures of the treaty
would report in three quarters Of an hour,
went into sc cret session, the presiding officer
stating that Mr.. Wilson's motion for the dis
charge OF White and Ramsdell Immediately on
the final adjournment OF the Senate would be
the first business in order on resuming open
ses sion.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRIBUNE CORES
t srr PoNDENTS.
The doors were re opened at quarter past 8,
when Mr. Edmunds moved to postpone Mr.
Wilson's resolution in order to take up his
fixing the time for the adjournment of the
session, adding that as the Senate had met at
the call OF the President. it would be indecOr-
Gus to adjourn without Indicating to the Presi-
ished. .s.
Debate ensuing on Mr.. Edmunds' motion,
MIR. Conkli ling made n full statement of his
share in the investigation of the disclosure and
wishing he said to take the whole responsible
ty OF every part of bis participation in it. He
said his course in this matter had been entirely
official and judicial and not until White and
Ramsde1l had been recalled and refused to
testify had he ever seen either to his knowl-
edge, or known that they We're correspondents
OF any paper The committee did the only
thing thing they could have done to report
them in contempt or abandon the investiea.i
ton. Mr.. Conkling said he had refrained
from taking part in the debate. lest he mig ht
be regarded as melted by personal hostility to-
wards the Tribune, and denied warmly that he
had been actuated by any desire to compro-
mise or disgrace before the country his col
league (Fenton.)
Mr. Chandler followed, in complaint of con-
tinual reports of the proceeding in executive
session and the Republican Senatorial eau
cuses, which had been kept up ocular for the
past ten years, and demanded that the offender
be discovered and punished. He said that he
himself incurred the enmity OF this reporter in
the Kramer case and had been misrepresented
ever since. He also cited the report OF Mr..
Sumper's alleged speech last Friday as evil
dence of the inacuracy of the late reports of
the executive sessions, and advised cores
pondents it they could not get back of the reg
ular reporter, to give up sending accounts of
executive sessions.
MI. Carpenter, from the investigating COM
testimony and siptina int manoaar fT;nta
and operator Kirby of the W.ste1n TJnion
TsIeoranb Comnany wars i, oon'amnt of ~
senate tnr refnsin" 4" answer certaim y, .no
questions.
The reading of the testimony was then be-
6nlI's motion tn law the ranort on tho ,ahia u,n
carried. "a to II. ''''e %
Mr.. Wilson then withdrew his resolution
and Mr.. Sherman offered n substitute ~ ,ba
effect that the witnesses Summoned h. fora tho
COMMITTEES aying refused to testify vhere , tno
conv of the tIeaty was ohtainad tor nah;no,;no
and no nroof anne,ring that anu Samo,ar ~
empl1 wee of The Senate was connscted in an vi
wav with the nnhlicaton Tho saI.ot oo',,n,;',ay
he d;scI,arged tom fnr,hor onSaoro,; III &c
subject and the Witnesses now in cns,ndn 10 ' ho
discharged. - Nv" - o'''''S VIC
MIR lesmnnds are,ed that 70 noss his ,o,o
lntion II vvonld ii Tho osas ot az oon,s. eS ~
looked mon "A coniession Of Tho Somata y D y.
it had abandoned the inyes,ioainn hecans.. .nas
of its own n,smhars ms o,'ii,n ''n 'o'"1'o ohe
Mr.. Wilson den;aa tbst ny oonn+r, ,,,a
nut any such INTERPRETATION mon ts n,Ssano
He did nat hel;eva anv n;,:.an ,nonIa $500,
anv Senator had disb9norad him .aif H,,;ao
his remarks Mr. w;lson stated ,hnt ~. vanai.!
ton ia raise a committees of invest;oat;on ba 4
heen nrenarcd Inv Mr. Conkl;na ma ;ntrodr nad
Inv Mr. Carnenter WHEN M S,arnon,ar oo ILL.,
Mr. Wilson To ordar for J;r,Ia;,,,r ,rIat 80.
nIaee in execntive session ALL Mr w ;iso y
heoged harder for his fn,oatruinass "'o"
Mr.. Conklino asked Mr. Wiser 70 ro,,oo.
h;s statamept N''' ''oD W iep0s'
M, W;lson ro,ootod ~ o,d so;a .h.h
intended IN add tbst the rasoin,;on bod N ro'
oa;vaJ tLo uron;mn,,s ,nto ~ ~ Sna. ."u &c,
that every member of tbe Senota ,vsra .", anu
,asoons;S,a for II WV '' 'au""y
M ConLi;nn l.h,r;nr ,,ndou uroo. o..o;.,
ment then TOOK tho f1oor He said ~. 49,
ment of Mr. Wilson whatbar g" ;nta'5o oJ"' =,
not would CONWAY +%a ;n,nross;nn ~. VI
fConkiinol had stateS ;ucnrrpcts b;s nos;,; no
in this matter III. statom,ant "?y tho SSos,s,on
hore a stranoa sim;i;tnaa ~ tra onrt i;ho'
RECENTLY float;ng tbrmgb Tho nrsI, III 81 e
wmId not snsnect that Tic mas r. seo',a Lt1
fence of the Sanator Int q. ,hat Sanotnr ~ \
given what nurnorted ~ have occurrad IN o na.
cnt;ve sass;nn bo IConLl;nnr 49,, ;atonIoJ ~
stato ,rhat Ak ,oh.o 49, INV !neenuea ~
not w;tbsta ndina tba rnio hoS 'pos ,s',fl;o
GA nnnt;nnnus t o, Wish w G Puoi.oy
wss 1;rst hra',ght ~ tb upon. Inc a.a.t ~
Samata hr ti,o Sanot"v e. o GS:a 1S vi w.
~ ot,a;. vmo GU .I run Onio lohsrma
pct uo onai l, y: 'he Couliniteee on rorelsu
s'ni, ~ hs.ooia 81 10 lnSonueH 70 pass ''o'
The Sanator rrpn, Mes oi ,ne M.
nov sa;S H. n,It h WI, oau
wa1s Of tho Sanat" "a !. 'a .roIi
was dom"n1aJ thot -, was Passeu W. -;
Rai, I;nns oho td'e ..e Houi,i.tee on fo.eis
Laced tha oa,",.,;..ao .. .uto ~. ~ -, =
work Some Senator thsn ronnSad that The
Jnd;c;orv Comm;,tao .hn"Ia pI 81. ' ;st;
oatnn Mr. Thnrmon Sn"h ma me Cue
On P,intina and on EoI;Snn '" y, '1 LEU fto,
tbesa sunaast;nns .n;. Son y, ttus. H ANY,
rested nnf nv me npr hu. M tr;nnd NJ ~
nnenter hat nv voicas oil ovar y ,ha Thar,hor n
was then at The request of tho Sen.t"rs aron nd
him, he put on paper the hastily drawn resolu