Show special to the deseret evening bews yews my y chicago 22 the posts special says stanton is beaten by the president at his own game ahls this morning general lorenzo thomas thomaa was waa arrested by marshall gooding for attempting to interfere with the duties of the secretary of war in violation of the tenure of office act and was brought before beffre judge carter of the criminal court who waived an examination he was waa released on 5 ball bail to appear at 10 on monday the reconstruction committee at a meeting this morning agreed to report articles of impeachment atrain against st the president today to day there is intense excitement cit ement among the members and in the galleries over the action of the president A special says after the release by judge carter of general lorenzo thomas he went to the war office and demanded possession stanton ordered him to leave the 0 office fal ce threatening to put him under mil mii military I 1 tary arrest whereupon thomas went t to 0 th the white eWhIte house to consult the president washington 22 eldridge rising to a privileged question moved that the clerk read gatons farewell address the speaker ruled it was not a privileged question eldridge dridge Ei moved to adjourn the yeas and nays were called several times on various motions but the house refused to adjourn at ien len ten minutes past two stevens rose to make a report from the committee on reconstruction the speaker admonished the spectators and members to observe order during the proceedings roce 1 edings about to take place and fo to manifest neither approval or disapproval stevens made the following report that in addition to the papers referred the committee find that the president on the of february signed and ordered a commission or letter of authority to one lorenzo thomas directing and authorizing sald said thomas to act as secretary of war ad interim and take possession of the books records papers and other public property in the the war department then follows a copy of the order issued to thomas upon evidence selected by the committee which is hereafter presented and in virtue oi of the power with which they have been invested by the house they tiley are of opinion that andrew johnson president of the united states should be be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors and they therefore reco amen d to the house the adoption of the accompanying resolution signed by stevens boutwell bingham beaman hubbard farnsworth and paine resolved chatan that andrew johnson president of the the united states be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors the senate met in the evening and adjourned to monday washington it is reported here that the maryland Legislature legislatures egi egl slature ls i s highly enraged at the there rejection action of senator thomas it is said sald 0 that they will request reverdy johnston joh Job to resign and refuse to allow the federal tax to be collected london sullivan of the dublin Dubli nYa iva tion hagreen ha hag been sentenced to six months imprisonment and figot of the dublin irishman has been sentenced to twelve months washington there were present at secretary St antons office this thia mornin morning 91 representatives morehead and kelly of pennsylvania and horn and van wyck of new ark york dodge of iowa ames of massachusetts mr MK freeman clark dark of new york ex member for columbus and delana of ohio about 1130 forenoon gen lorenzo Ij orenzo thomas having just been released on bail ball by judge carter presented himself at the door and told blanton stanton he would voula like ilke to see bee him stanton requested him to proceed with anything any thing he had to say thomas remarked he had come to discharge the duties of secretary of war ad interim haying having been ordered to do so by the president of the united states stanton replied he would do no such thing and ordered him to his room to perform his duties as adjutant general thomas replied he had been ordered by the president to act as secretary of war ad interim and he intended to doit dolt do it stanton again replied he should not and again ordered him aim to his hia own room and denied d thip tho power of the president to make any such order thomas said he would not go that he should obey the orders of bf the president and would not obey the orders of stanton stant d As secretary of war I 1 or order orden der den you to repair to your place as adjutant general thomas do so stanton Th Thew enyou you may stay there as long as you please if the president orders you but you cannot act as secretary of war thomas 1 I shall act a as secretary of war 11 thomas then withdrew into a room opposite being the general scriveners scriv eners room stanton followed him after some conversation stanton said then you claim to be here as secretary of war and refuse to obey m my orders romas womas thomas 1 I do sir air I 1 shall require the malls mails for the war department to be delivered to me and shall transact all the business of tile the war department althis at this juncture general granland grant and aid came in and aon don gen gon grant said playfully to 0 mr stanton friends I 1 am surprised to find you here I 1 supposed you would be at my headquarters for protection chicago 23 the house sab sat till past one this morning and then took a recess till monday when a vote will be taken but there is no doubt as to the result it is believed that every republican will vote for impeachment except stewart and casy neither of whom were elected on the republican ticket specials state that after a long conversation with robt hobt J walker thomas left the war office it is reported that walkers advice was to remain passive carry out all the orders of the president and wait the action of the courts but not to forcibly eject stanton grant took no part in the contro controversy versy between stanton and thomas after leaving the tho war department thomas in company with robt J walker went to grants headquarters and thence to the white house where he was admitted without delay attorney gen eral stanberry secretary welles Welle sand and R J kennedy were present at the interview gen thomas conversed at some length with the president giving an account of his interview with stanton the president then withdrew to the library with stanberry where a private consultation was had ina lna in a short time the president appeared and wrote out some order which was borne away 05 col moore it was way rumored that this was a peremptory order to stanton tc to withdraw forthwith from the war department part ment chicago 23 the republicans special says gen gep beoh thomas telegraphs to senator wade declining til the e two brevets tendered and requests the senate will not confirm him robert J JW walker alker has received are a rb port from the interior of maryland that the militia are arriving to assist the president stanton will have gen thomas arrested again tomorrow to morrow for attempted interference with his duties the house agreed to defer derer the vote on the impeachment resolution till monday evening and continue the debate up to that time washington specials are mostly made up of various rumors which prevail in the city many of them absurd the situation this morning morning P appears to be without change stories have been clr cir cir that the president intended to arrest grant and stanton St anton aaton but they adeall are all nii false stanton still remains in the war wa r office the question regard regarding ipg the position of gen emery commanding the district is fully set settled tied he called on grant after leaving the president and says he will not obey any order that does not purport to come como through the headquarters of the army but will first send to headquarters to ascertain whether the order really camo came through grants office every precaution is taken to prevent force being bein used to eject stanton grants own ody dody guard composed of veter ansis placed on duty aa as a guard agaard it is not known how hoir Johnson talks with hla hia own advisors lifs his friends seem despondent and surp surprised at the united action of congress many politicians ticiano here hero are giving the president the worst possible advice the maryland politicians especially strive to make trouble gov swann has been here in consultation with the president it is rumored the rebel militia of the maryland army are ready to sustain the president the presidents loyal democratic friends say he only intends to test the question of the constitutionality of the tenure office act in the courts he says the clause in the constitution regarding appointments point ments during the session of the enate senate him to rem remove ovean an of mider officer therefore he removes stanton under the authority of the constitution and he next appoints gen thomas secretary ad interim under the act of 1792 giving him the power to make tem temporary 0 ris appointments now under his constitutional right lie he nominates the hon thomas ewing senior as secretary of war this last nomination was sent to the senate on saturday afternoon but the senate had already adjourned there is good authority for the statement that the president will apply today through attorney generah stanberry to the district court for fora forn a writ quo warranto carranto war and directing stanton to show the authority by which he retains the war office it is positively known that the army is thoroughly with grant in support of congress yesterday grant caused to be transmitted to all the headquarters a copy of an order containing the law directing all orders to the army to pass through his headquarters and making it high misdemeanor meanor to obey any other sunday pm the president has sent for col wallace who commands the pos post at washington and went over the who whole I 1 61 ground of authority with him but it is understood wallace declared he should feel bound to obey the law and not recognize any order except from grant thad stevens has prepared a written speech to close the debate on monday stanton will probably have thomas again arrested this morning fir a second attempt to obtain possession ol 01 the office attorney general S stan tan berry jerry black and charles oconnor will defend the president before the senate senat both the chicago republican Republic ari ati and tribune favor immediate impeachment the new york tribune declares that thai hesitation to do so now would be crimi nal the sentiment of the Ee party sp so far as ascertained seems to be unanimous in that direction the republican members of congress declare the conviction that the president can be impeached tried convicted and removed within the next one hundred days they say the republicans can not now avoid the issue which tha the president has forced upon them by having haying taken the first step but they inest prosecute tho the work to its conclusion the presidents friends are dissatisfied with he action of general thomas for not instantly assuming tho duties of the ommie offie when he first presented the order directing him to assume the place to stanton the latter said he wanted time to pack up his papers and unquestionably intended peaceably to re resign sign the office but said he would give lve ive him till till next day to vacate in the iho m meantime ean can time timo stan stani i ton consulted his friends and ed not to yield his office the president on sunday night positively denied that lie he intended to use uso either soldiers or marines to enable him to obtain possession of the war office both the tile president and stanton receive reee rece ivo dispatches from all parts of the coun country trye asking them to stand firm new york 24 the heralds special has th the tho o details of an interview with gen thomas last night thomas said III iel 1 I shall go down to the war department nt at i the usual hour as secretary ad interim to all intents and pur purposes oses without any reservation or doubt t that rat tat my powers aa US such areas are as perfectly legitimate as weno were those of gen grant I 1 shall set about the business of the department issue or j em ders in the name of the president give instructions to subordinate officials and direct the general genera work of the department of course it will be very uni un t pleasant for moro moto mo to find off omm meers officers there who may bip be prepared to disregard my orders it may muy perhaps happen to bo some personal friends of my own but 1 have no other resource than use fhe tha power conferred upon me and order them under arrest if they tiley refuse to obey legitimate authority dibut but what about the great mogul himself Is stanton to be left severely alone the question he has already refused to vacate and I 1 suppose he will persist in his refusal on my ray own option I 1 should decline to use any force but if the president instructs me to employ forcible persua sion I 1 must do so however I 1 shall await further developments of this disagreeable business before saying what I 1 shall do in an interview with secretary stan ton and the same correspondent the former stated he had not issued any or der to prevent general thomas enter ing ng the war department he also stated it was wag impossible to say what action he would take if thomas insisted on assuming the duties of the war depart ment his action will depend altogether on the movements of general thom thorn as the same correspondent is also informed that numerous dispatches have been received from the grand army of the republica Ee secret organization with posts established in all parts of the country endorsing the action of congress the general tenor of these dispatches is that the members of the G A B R will not see congress overthrown if violence is used in the ejection of stanton a hundred thousand men are ready to come to washington and put him back the order is reported to be in a great state of excitement and they have unanimously resolved to take sides with congress and defend it in all measures if affairs are brought to an extremity |