The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-13
FUOM WASHINGTON.



The Boutwell, resolution, from yesteT-
day, providing for definite reassem-
| bling on the 10th of October. came up
as soon as the Journal was read, and a
sharp discussion of half an hour en-
sued, in which several gentlemen took
! part. 49,
Mr.. Boutwell, said nothing about the
! doings of the impeachment ommitt.ls,
l but declared, as yesterday. that the
I House would be required to give a
| square vote on the question of present.
1 ing articles of impeachnBsnt, and he
thought it should come together and
| decide the matter before the time for
regular meeting.
! Mr.. Pike said he was in favor of re-
ssembling early in November without
reference to impeachment, SO that Con-
Rress might get its work done earlier
| next year. He thought the real aues-
I ton at the bottom of this struggle
about impeachment was one of Presi-
dent ma king He considered johnson
I politically dead, and did not deem 1t
worth while to mnngle his corpse. He,
as at present advised, would vote
| against impeachment.
Mr.. Stevens wanted the report of the
committee, with the evidence, present.
/ ed at once, SO that the House might
/ meet and act in October. The whole
country, he thought, believed the arti-
Giles OF impeachment should have been
I pEtStnNE1 lOnk &ABO. ~ OuN Vi
every hundred genuine Republicans
favored such a course, and would sus-
| tain them. -.
Mr.. Spalding, with evident desire to
defeat any session. wanted u conditional
| adiournmentto the middle of October,
such as that OF last April, under which
the present session is held.
Mr.. BrOmwell was strongly for i'm
parchment. He said the people were
angry at this delay, weary of waiting
| for the committee to hunt up evidence.
The entire West demanded immediate
action, and { he House might as we'll un-
derstand first as last that 1t couldn't
dodge this question.
Mr.. Fnrnsworth thought with Mr..
Stevens that the report and evidence
ought TO be made public soon, so that the
House might be prepared to act when
il came together again.
Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, who Is one of
the minority on the Impeachment Com
mittee. Tepudiated very energetically
Mr.. Pixies idea that President making
had anything to do with the question of
impeachment. The House, he said,
must decide for or against presenting
articles, and may as well prepare to face
the music.
Mr.. Ross, standing solitary and alone
for the Democratic side of the House,
said he was opposed to hear gentlemen
for or against impeachment before the
evidence is presented. He thought that
the cue had been given time enough,
and the country wanted the question at
issue settled one way or the other.
The debate closed here, and Governor
Boutwell, called for the previous ques-
ton on his resolution to NEE positively
on the 10th of October. His demand
and resolution were lost on rising
vote, by yeas SO. nays 81.
This gave the floor to Mr.. Pike, and
he moved his 18th of November resoln-
ton, as an amendment. -----asL
Mr.. Spalding then offered his October
10Th conditional resolution.
On this General Schenck raised a
question of order, that it could not be
received, because IL was unconstitu-
tional. He argued the question ut some
length, alleging that Congress could
not take from the minority the power
of compelling the attendance of
quorum.
The Speaker overruled the point in a
decision OF i've or six minutes length,
and General Schenck took an appeal.
Mr.. Wilson wanted the yeas and
nays, as that was an important ques-
ton. So the House voted in answer to
the roll call, and Mr.. Colfax was sus-
tHiued by yeas 1876, nays IA. The mega
tive vote being-Ashley, Benton, Bout
we'll, Butler, Clark, of Kansas, Coburn,
Lynch, Schenck, Shanks, Van Arenam,
and Williams, of Pennsylvania.
This point being settled, Mr.. Girls
void moved to lay the whole thing on
the table, SO that adjournment might
be- to the regular time in December,
but that was rejected by yeas AZ, nays
Mr.. Spalding's proposition to meet on
the l6th OF October, If quorum pre-
scented itself, was then lost on yea and
nay vote, by yeas 40, nays los.
Mr.. P.ke's resolution to meet
NkaaaWn
carried by yeas 90, nays 30.
THE VOTE HOSTILE TO IMPEACHMENT.
Ifany vote of all these can be called
test vote between the inpeachers and
anti-impeachers, this Is the one, and
hereon the republicansstooda as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Allison, Banks. Beamar,
Bingham. Blair, BucklAud, Churchill, Clarke
Ferris, Ferry, Fields, Garfield. Grlswold, Hat
sey, Hamilton, Harding, Hin, Hopkins,
Ketcham, Kitchen, Lawrence of Pa, Lough
ridge, Lynch, Marvin, Miller, MOrehJSd.
Myers, Perham, Pike, Poland, P1lsley, Price
SpaIdinG, stevens OF =. H., stewart, Upson'
Van Aernam, Vanhorn OF y y :, washbnrn OF
Wis, Washbnrn OF Ind, wRshburn of Mass,
Williams OF Ind.. Wilson Of Iowa, Wilson OF
Ohio, Wilson of Pa, Woodbridge-6o.
IAYs1MessTs. AndeIson, Ashley of Ohio
well, BrownaIl, Butler, Clarke Of Kansas,
Colburn. Cooke, CovOde, CulIum, briggs, Egg
er, Judd, Julian, Kelley, lawrence of Ohio.
Loan, Logan, McClurg, Mercur, O'Nell,
Payne, Peters. Pike, Plantz, Sawyer. SchO-
bridge TwichelI. Van HI m OF Mo, Ward,
Welker, Wilson of Pa, Windom-45.
This must not be regarded rs strict
test of the strength of the parties, for
some who are known to favor i'm peach
ment, voted with Mr.. Pike, and some
who oppose it stood against him on the
ground that they had rather sit here in
October than next June or July.
After the vote was announced, there
was considerable congratulation among
the friends of the three Republican
members on the Committee who oppose
impeachment, as they interpreted It to
mean that impeachment had received
its death blow.
Messrs. Lawrence and Williams, who
are oTthe impeachment minority on the
COMMITTEES, admitted that they werebeat-
en- to- day, but expressed confidence that
can carry tine House after the evidence
has been read and argued.
no EVIDENCE TO BE MADE PUBLIC NOW.
At subsequent period OF the days
session. Thad. Stevens offered reso-
luton directing the Impeachment Com
mittee TO submit their evidence at once
that il might be printed. It was argued
on one side that 1t might be in possess
sion of the Housr and before the couu-
try, and on the other side, that none
ought to be made public till the in
vestigation Is closed.
The motion was voted down by
yeas, IS; nays, 6S. Some of the strong
est impeachment men were voting in
ed to printing the evidence, unless ac-
lad nv q frrrr