The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-09
Tho rRllibustering ON the Impeach.
meme Question.

rho FRllibrsfering ON the Impeach-
meme Question.
After Mr.. WILSON (RadicaD had conclu.
,od his speech against impeachment, he
,aovcd that the subject be laid on the ia
bic.
.hat This motion would be made by Mr..
T,,soS. it caused much excitement
.,,onc the members who were in favor of
enactment, and hum of disapproba-
,;,n came from them.
Mr.. STEVENS, Of Pennsylvania, ex-
n-cssed the hope that Mr.. WILSON would
rof ask vote on his motion. It was the
most extraordinary thing he had ever heard
The SPEAKER reminded Mr.. STEVENS
that the motion was not debatable.
Mr.. FARNSW0RTH desired to know,
os a parliamentary question, whether. if
This subject were laid on the table, that
would prevent any member from calling it
m again rs q privileged question, and
moving the impeachment Of the President,
The SPEAKER replied, that if this sub
ect were now laid on the table, no men,
her could call It up as privileged ques-
ton; but any member could propose the
impeachment of the President or any
other civil officer at any time, even though
that officer had already been presented to
the Senate, tried, and acquitted.
Mr.. SCHENCK intimated, iocularly, a
desire to know whether it would be in
order, in connection with this motion to
Jay on the table, to propose that gold
medal should be presented to Andrew
Johnson.
The SPEAKER replied, seriously, that
the motion was not debatable.
Mr. LOGAN desired to ask question,
bat did not get the opportunity. He there
fore took the floor, and moved that the
House do now adjourn.
Mr.. MAYNARD moved that when the
House adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet
on Monday next.
On that motion the yeas and nays were
called, and the vote resulted-yeas, 62;
nays, los.
Then the vote was taken on Mr.. LoGAN's
motion, that the House do now adjourn,
and it resulted-yeas, ga; nays, 107.
These two votes indicated the relative
strength of the impeachers and antrim
peachers.
Mr.. SCHENCK moved that when the
House adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet
at half-past ii tomorrow.
The SPEAKER reminded him that that
motion would require unanimous consent,
the hour of meeting being fixed by rule.
Mr.. SCHENCK then modified the mo-
ton so as to adjourn till Monday, and re-
marked, as that was a very important
hn %, ~, nd
nays.
The motion was negatived-50 to LOG.
Mr.. SCHENCK then asked the unani-
nous consent Of the House for himself and
Mr.. LOGAN to occupy five minutes each in
explanation Of their position. Then the
matter could be disposed of by the House
without further opposition on their part.
Mr.. RANDALL objected.
Mr.. SCEENCK then moved g call of the
House.
Mr. ROBINSON, rising to parliament
tary question, said !: Inasmuch as the lead
ing charge against the President is that he
is obstructing the action of Congress, and
inasmuch as, under the Constitution, q
member of Congress is civil officer,
would it be in order to move, as privi-
legged question, that the gentleman from
Ohio (Mr. ScHENCK) be impeached for OBJ
structing the action of Congress, and that
he be suspended from office during the
tendency of the case. [Laughter.l
The SPEAKER replied-stil preserving
his seriousness Of manner-that it would
not be.
The yeas and nays were taken on the
question whether there should be call of
the House, and resulted-yeas, Al; nays,
Ia.
Mr. LOGAN made further efforts to get
ghc House to listen to proposition of his,
but there were objections from members
on both sides of the House; and the voting
by yeas and nays on dilatory motions con-
tinued.
Finally Mr.. LOGAN was allowed to
make his proposition. 1t was the same as
that already made by Mr.. SCHENCK-that
those who were in favor of impeachment
might have five minutes to defend their
position.
Mr.. SPALDING objected; and again
the interesting business Of calling yeas and
nays was resumed.
Mr.. MYERS attempted to get in reso-
luton Of censure of the President, but OBJ
lection was made to its being even read.
Mr.. SCHENCK again renewed the pro-
position that those in favor of impeach-
ment should be allowed five minutes each,
but the objection was insisted on.
Two hours had been wasted in dilatory
motions, and empty galleries showed that
the spectators at least had become tired OF
the pastime. Still the Clerk went on call
ing the names of members. and another
clerk kept recording the responses as
gravely as if the vote was being taken on
an important question.
Finally, the majority appeared to yield,
for on vote by tellers on adjournment
there were IS yeas to So nays. Then the
yeas and nays were insisted on by the I'M
yielding ones, and the vote resulted: Yeas,
so; nays, II.
So the House, OF twenty minutes past 5,
adjourned till tomorrow.
Mixed Marriages.