The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-10
rr,o FINAL Debate and Vote ON I'm
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On Saturday, in the House OF Repre-
.,,,atiyes, the regular order of business
ING been demanded, the Speaker AN
need INC, that to be the motion of Mr.. Will
, ~, Of Iowa, to lay the impeachment mat
,,r on the table.
10 y r. LOGAN, Of Illinois, asked leave to
make proposition.
NJ NJ SPALDING objected.
NJ, INGERSOLL asked if the motion
lav on the table did prevail, whether it
,ro,d be In order to move postpone
The SPEAKER replied affirmatively.
Mr., LOGAN moved call Of the House,
and mon that Mr.. KELSEY, of New York,
Scmanded the yeas and nays upon the
cnestion Of calling, upon which tellers
Tr-c demanded, and the yeas and nays
, mo,o o~aered: but the call of the House
was refnsed-yeas, 46; nays, 90.
Mr.. LOGAN rose TO question of privi-
Icre. and asked to have paragraph in
paper read.
Question of privilege before the House,
end another could not be entertained.
Mr.. LOGAN then asked unanimous con-
sent.
Objection was made on all sides.
Mr.. LOGAN turning to one Of the OBJ
iectors) What's the matter with you?
The SPEAKER.-The gentleman has
right to object.
Mr.. LOGAN was then about to renew
the proposition made lastnight to allow the
jmpcachers fve-mfnu.e speeches., when
Mr.. SrALDING, of Ohio, objected, saying
he did not wish to hear the gentleman's
proposition.
Mr.. LOGAN again moved that the
House adjourn; and upon that question
demanded the yeas and nays, and the mo-
ton was not agreed to-yeas, 46; nays,
l03.
Mr.LOGAN said if the Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee would withdraw the
motion to lay on the table and take q vote
on the direct resolution of the majority of
the committee further opposition would
lie withdrawn, as all they desired was
direct vote on the subject Of impeach-
mcnt.
Mr.. WILSON, Of Iowa, agreed to accept
the proposition provided vote could be
taken al once on the original proposition,
and without further delay.
Mr.. LOGAN agreed to that, and was
proceeding to explain his position and
that of the minority, when he was called to
order by several gentlemen, and Mr.. WILL
son insisted upon his demand for the pre-
yiouS question.
The demand for the previous question
was then seconded, and the yeas and nays
were demanded.
Before taking the vote, the SPEAKER
notified the galleries that if there was any
demonstration of approval or disapproval
The galleries would be cleared.
The vote was then taken upon the reso-
luton declaring that the President should
he impeached, and the resolution was dis
agreed TO by a vote of yeas 81 to los nays,
as follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Anderson, Arnell, Ash
icy of Ohio, Boutwell,, Bromwell, Bromall,
Butler, Churchill, Clarke of Ohio, Clarke
Of Kansas, Cobb, Coburn, Covode, Cullom,
Donnelly, Eckley, Ella, Farnsworth,
Gravely, Harding, Higly, Hopkins, Hun
ter, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Law
renee of Ohio, Loan, Logan, Loughbridge,
Lynch. Maynard, McClurg, Mercur, Null
Inns, Myers, Newcomb, Num-, O'Neill,
Orth, Paine, Pile, Price, Schenck, Shanks,
Stevens of New Hampshire, Stevens of
Pennsylvania, Stokes, Thomas, Trimble,
Trowbridge, Van Horn of Missouri, Ward,
Williams of Pennsylvania; Williams of
Indiana, and Wilson of Pennsylvania-57.
NAYS. -Messrs. Adams, Allison, Ames,
Archer, Ashley of Nevada, Axtell, Bal
ley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barnum,
Beaman, Beck, Benjamin, Benton, Bling
ham, Blaine, Boyer, Brooks, Buckland,
Burr, Carey, Chanler, Cook, Dawes, Dix
oa, Dodge, briggs, Eggleston, Eldridge,
Eliot, Ferris, Ferry, Fields, Garfield
Gctz, Glossbrenner, Golladay, Griswoid,
Grover, Haight, Halsey, Hamilton, Haw-
kins, Hill, Holman, Hooper, Hotehkiss,
Hubbard of Iowa, Hubbard Of West Vir-
ginia. Hubbard of Connecticut, Hulburd,
Humphrey, Ingersoll, johnson, Jones,
Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Koontz, Latin,
lawrence Of Pennsylvania, Lincoln, Mar
shall, Marvin, Mccarthy, Mccullough,
Miller, Morehead, Morgan, Mungum, Nj
black. Nicholson, Perham, Peters, Phelps,
Pike. Plants, Poland, Polsley, Pruyn,
Randall, Robertson, Robinson, Ross, Saw
yer, Sitgreaves, Smith, Spalding, Stark
weather, Stewart, Stone, Taber, Taylor,
Epson, Van Aernam, Van Anker, Van
Trump, Van Wick, Washburn of Wiscon,
sin, Washburn of Illinois, Washburn OF
Indiana, Washburn of Massachusetts,
Welker, Wilson of Iowa, Wilson of Ohio,
Woodbridge, and Woodward-1OS.
ABSENT OR NOT voTIN G.-Messrs.
Barnes, Blair, Cornell, Finney, Fox
Jenckes, Kitchen, Mallory, Moore, Nor
rill, Morrissey, Pomeroy, Raum, Schoheld,
Selye, Shellabarger, Taffe, TWichell, Van
Horn of New York, Window, and Wood
q.
During the roll-call it was stated that
Mr.. Cornell, of New York, had paired with
Mr.. Cake, of Pennsylvania, and that the
latter would vote in the affirmative ano
Mr.. Cornell in the negative.
Mr.. BROOMALL, of Pennsylvania, an
nounced that Mr.. Schoield was sick, but
here he would vote - right. Laugh
Ter.
Mr.. HOOPER made the same announce
ment as to Mr.. Twichell.
Mr.. MYERS, of Pennsylvania, said as ne
was refused permission to offer resoiu-
ton of censure he would vote yea.
Mr.. MILLER, Of Pennsylvania, said ne
voted no because the evidence was not
sufficient to Justify impeachment.
Mr.. ELDRIDGE Democrat SAID ne
voted no for the same reason. Laughter
After the vote was announced, mot,on
10 reconsider, and another motion TO lay
the latter on the table prevailed, thus pre-
venting resurrection of the subject.
THE CoTToN TAx.-The House bill ex-
empting all cotton grown after TINS year
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