Show iirth washington SO 30 house churchill in introduced Irod a b bill bili 11 I 1 to amend the act of march 1792 relative to vacancies in the offices of president and vice president requiring a new now election in the case of an interval of eighteen months montha between the double vacancy and the ordinary termination of the presidential term referred to committee the senate assembled reassembled re at fit 11 edmunds E called up the bill to regulate appeals to the court of 0 f claims which was amended and post boned till tomor to mor row at 1230 the tho president pro nto iem tern vacated the chair which was immediately taken by the chief justice the ser ber geant at arms made a proclamation commanding commanding silence the presidents counsel too took their seats the house managers mana gers gets entered ami and butler commenced III ili hig his is speech at a quarter before one house haight presen preben presented til a joint resolution from shenew the new jersey legislature with withdrawing drAving the consent of tho the S state tate from the proposed amendment to the Const constitution ution washburne of III ili illinois nois desired to return the document as a rebuke to the disloyal legislature the speaker said that was not in order as all papers presented in the morning hour must bo be referred washburne gave gate notice that he would move to suspend P e nd I 1 the rule rules ain sin aln in order that the document m e nt might be taken up and ret returned to the new now jersey legislature the house then proceeded to the th senate chamber to attend the impeachment trial the house reassembled at haio half past four and resumed business several suggestions were made as to the hour of meeting tomorrow to morrow tile the house resumed consideration of the the new jersey legislature lf gis finally washburne obtained tho the suspension of the rules and offered ered a resolution returning the resolution to the legislature of new jersey jewey for the reason that the same is disrespectful to the house scandalous in character and the title on lyshall be referred to in the globe ross boss demanded the re reading ailing of the resolution the speaker said the gentleman had no right to demand the reading eldridge remarked we are required to return a resolution as being scandalous without knowing what it is fis 11 the speaker overruled over ruiea ruica the point of order and after considerable filibustering ter I 1 ng Wash burnes motion was adopted the rules were then suspended and on motion of schenck a resolution was offered to print copies of butlers speech with the accompanying accompany ln 9 brief and without the brief adjourned jour ned senate butler spoke over three hours after the conclusion of butlers speech wilson Wil wll on the dart part of the managers offered in evidence certified copies les ies of the oath of office of president johnson of the appointment of secretary stanton by president lincoln and the ratification of said nomination by johnson with a communication to the senate assigning his reasons for the BUS sus pension of stanton after which the court adjourned till 12 tomor to mor row san franciaco francisco 80 30 the legislature adjourned adjourn ed sine die today to day having passed acts creati creating nj a state university and providing funds for the same granting terminal privileges to the pacific railroad and finally settling the outside land ti titles ties of san francisco abolishing the state geological survey an appropriation ap ro pria tion of fifteen thousand damars dollars being made to meet the deficiency during the past two years to wind up affairs it refused to repeal the present sunday law or elect a state harbor commissioner slight shocks of an earthquake were experienced in the city on saturday and sunday nights washington 31 gen hancock Hancoc kilas klias las has issued assuming command comina comins rid tid of the new military division it includes the departments of the lakes and of the east cast of washington which includes all the states north of ohio and east cast of mississippi also maryland and delaware kouse souse the report of the conference committee on manufactures states that the tax bill is agreed to and the bill goes to the president presidents the house Hou then jhen proceeded to the senate cham chamber chambee bee bei the senate adjourned when the impeachment peach each bach ment court opened wilson continued offering he documentary evidence commenced yesterday and included a resolution of the enate senate in executive session in response to the presidents message notifying the senate of the removal of stan stanton ton tou also u correspondence on the same subject witnesses were then called the first two were officers of the senate who tes tilled to delivering livering di copies of the senate resolutions to the president and gen thomas the next witness was C W creery clerk in the treasury department who testified as to the difference iu the form of the commissions used before and after lifter the passage of the tenure of office act in reply to the question butler expected to prove by the difference of the commissions used in the treasury department before and after the passage of the tenure of office act that the president had bad ordered tho the treasury department notto recognize the act as valid vv vanhorn member of congress testified test as to what transpired between thomas and stanton when the former demanded possession of the war office this witness was examined at considerable length moorhead member of congress was also examined on the same subject stanberry cross examined him very minutely burleigh delegate from dacotah territory being examined said he knew gen thomas and had been on terms of intimacy with him stanberry asked the object of calling this witness butler said he expected to prove that gen thomas said to the witness he intended to get possession of the war office through force St stanberry auberry object ed ato to the evidence and appealed to the chief justice juaice who decided that the evidence was out this caused considerable commotion in court senator drake instantly appealed from the decision of bf the chair the chief jus sui 1 tice stated that he as presiding officer had the right to bay eay what evl evi evidence dence denee should be allowed drake dratie again arose but senator johnson called him to order butler addressed the court in opposition O i t to the view taken by the chief 0 justice u s t i lle iti and claimed that the latter latte rhad had not ot t the e power to decide upon the admissibility of evidence the chief justice stated st ateL if it his rulings were not satisfactory he was willing the senate should decide upon them he was about to put rut 1 I 1 the question to the senate when W bingham i n abam of the managers arote arob 0 addressed the court senator wilson moved that the senate retire for consultation which met with aith kite general disapproval senator sherman submitted the question in writing asking the mangers for information as to american precedents p precedents rece dents on the subject boutwell I 1 of the managers responded in an argument that the constitution vested in the senate exclusive authority over all questions which could arise in this trial bingham read a number of quotations from authorities bearing on this subject evarts from the tho counsel for the president took the opposite view of the ii iatter matter senator wilson then insisted on his motion to retire thayer called for the yeas and nays the roll was called aud and there being 25 ayes ays and 25 nays a tie tle vote the chief justice said he would vote in the affirmative the court then retired senate afternoon stanberry argued against the attempt of the managers to prove a conspiracy between thomas and the president butler replied at length showing that the president was guilty of conspiracy judge curtis followed against the tho adlissa ability of the evl evi evidence Jence bingham for the managers replied at the conclusion of his speech bingham made a point that the hour on both sides had expired chief justice said ha he understood too the rule entitled the chief counsel on both sides to have one hour on all questions several senators dissented to this ruling and the question was put to the senate on mr chases ruling which was decided against the question of admitting burleighn Bur leighs testimony was decided in the affirmative by 39 to alp ilp 11 a strict party vote Burl buri burleigh elgh te testified stifled that on the evening of df february he badan hadan had an interview with gen thomas who informed him he be had been appointed secretary of war ad interim and should take possession of the office at ten next morning I 1 he also aiso stated he would use force to OU obtain I 1 I 1 a possession 16 if refused thomas said if PS stanton tanton barred the doors do ors orb he would break them down the question gasthen was then asked whether the witness had any conversation with thomas while acting as adjutant gen eral or had heard thomas thoma s say what be he would do in case be became secretary of war evarts objected the court here at a quarter past three took a recess upon reassembling the question e B tio in writing after debate denat tat nat e the chief justice decided the question out of order senator howard hdward appealed from the decision which was overruled overruled 22 to 28 the question was put pdt witness had bad heard thomas make an address to fi oi number numb er of clerks in the war office about a week or tennys prior to february in which lie he said he would relax the harsh rules of his predecessor and treat the clerks as gent gentlemen lemen lemeh thomas subsequently told witness if lie he had not been arrested orf on the mornin got february he would have broken the doom doors and taken possession of the war office seve several 1 ral rai other witnesses testified to similar language on the part of thomas the court adjourned ata at a quarter past five and the senate went into executive bees sees session loti uhl chicago cago 2 washington specials s say a that after jerry black had cone conc conclude concluded lud iud his argument in the mcardle case before the su supreme reme court judge grier submitted tre tro the following paper which was read this case which was fully argued at the beginning c of this month is a case which involves not only the liberty and rights of the appellant but of millions of his fellow citizens the country therefore had had bad a right to expect that it would receive the immediate and solemn attention of the court bytho bythe by tho 1 postponement of this case the court has subjected themselves whether justly or unjustly nn justly to the imputation that we had evaded the performance of a duty imposed upon us by the constitution and waited for legislative interposition to supersede our action and relieve us from our responsibility I 1 have only to say I 1 lam iam am ashamed that such opprobrium should be cast upon the court and that it cannot be refuted |