White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1862-07-17

thing was hot. and it would not do to le
it cool therefore, in very short tim
after, the Committee offered a resolution
impcaching the Governor, Auditor, an'
Secretary Of State-without having fur
nished the House with any additions
testimony. Some members thought thi
was premature, and that it was q ste]
which should be taken cautiously. Ba
ker, of Nemaha, in particular, cautione'
the House against doing in haste what j
might afterwards be ashamed of. Thel
the members Of tho Committee let loose
Their strong point was, that the session
was drawing to close, and there was NJ
time to lose, as there was much to b.
done in the matter, and they would doubt
less have to contend against an Executive
veto. There was sufficient to condemn
the Governor, as they would fully show
they had little more testimony t.
take. which would settle the thing. An
derson beloved away like an old he buf
falo. and it was hard to tell whether th,
severity of his onslaught fell more heavi
ly upon the Governor or the English Ian.
guage. Jones. of Salina. (the "trench.
ant and eloquent" Jones.) bounced up
and blatbered. and squawked, and squeal.
ed, drawing extensively apon the agony
of all the spread-eaglo speeches and poe.
try he had ever heard or read-evidently
thinking that this question was to bo de.
cided by noise. and that Gov. Robinson
could not survive his whitening TRADE un-
til All Fools Day. We do not think
that a male swine undergoing a surgical
operation, ever made more noise, that
amounted to SO little. Sidney Clarke
was the next one on the floor. He edi.
fed the august body with tho same old
speech which he had delivered upon eve
ry question before the House. from the
time he appeared there contesting the seat
of Judge Smith. The substance of it
was, that Charles Robinson and Bob Ste.
vens had walked up to the polls, arm-in-
arm, to swindle him out of his election.
The gabby portion of the Committee ha-
wing had their say, other members pitch
ed in. The House. they argued, should
adopt the resolution, as a warning to
evil doers in the future. The Committee
had said they were on tho track of suffi.
cient evidence to convict the Governor ::
and should they not have confidence in
their own Committee I?
In short, the confidence" game work.
ed, and tho thing went through in o per-
feet storm of excitement, every member
present voting for the resolution-ourself
among the rest. And more than ono
member felt that they had made fools Of
themselves, as soon as they reflected over
The matter. The Committee had taken
The cute plan Of embracing all three of the
accused officers in the same resolution,
'hus, in manner, compelling the men,
'ers to vote for the impeachment of all,
'r for the acquittal of all. Sev eral blam-
ID themselves, before the voting was en-
shed, for not having demanded a divis-
on of the question, in order tina, but one
mans case might be passed upon at
ime. But they contented themselves
With the reflection that they would still
ave another vote on the question, when
hey would try and keep their wits about
hem. Besides, they were not as we'll
osted in the underground wire-working
Ding on, as they afterwards became
nd things which now arc perfectly clear,
'ere then hidden from the view. That
applause loud and long, which follow {
! the announcement of the result of the {
otc, was o disgrace to the House, and 1
as scene which we think we may truly G
" was never before witnessed upon such /
solemn occasion as the impeachment of q
igh officials. 1t shocked many who d
onestly believed the decision Just one. f
ut it was in keeping with the spirit in q
bich the whole affair was managed. 1t Il
as regular high-pressure, brow. beat. d
g. hurrah. boys" piece of partisan s
ZIP, and the applause" kept it in per- Fl
ct character. "
Thus ended that act in the farce. This "
the vote the Conservative has in its u
ind. and SO far is correct. We have P
en thus lengthy and explicit, in order II
show the process by which We became n
terly disg'sted with tho impeachment Q
'siness. and because most of our read u
), as we'll as a large majority of the :
ople Of the State, know nothing what. e
e: of the skullduggery and knavcry that o. o.
IRE going on, under the pretence of l
inging swiudlers of the State to justice. oi
The next step of the House, was to W
point Committe to prepare articles of o"e "
peachment, and to prosecute the i'm. Ii
ached officers at the bar of the Senate. pa
lese articles had to be submitted to the La
ma. is