The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-08
Ghnqateltiqetner,
WASHINGTON.
by NALL
WASHINGTON, May 6, 1868.

I
lowing took place in the secret session
this evening, after Mr.. Bingham had
concluded:
The Chief Justice announced the first
question to be on the following propo-
sition of Mr.. Edmunds.
Ordered, That after the arguments
shall be concluded, and when the doors
shall be closed for deliberati ion upon
the final question, the reporters ofthe
Senate shall take down the debates
upon the final question, to be reported
| in the proceedings.
Senator Williams offered an amend
ment, that no member shall speak
more than once, or longer than fifteen
Senator Frelinghuysen moved to lay
the whole subject on the table. Agreed
to. as follows:
YEAs-Cameron, Cattell, Chandler,
Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Fer
| ry, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Henderson,
ton, Norton, Patterson of New Hamp-
shire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Ross, Stewart,
Sumner, Thayer, Upton, Trumbull,
Williams and Yates-2S.
NAYs-Anthony, Bayard, Buckalew,
Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Edmunds, Fes-
senden, Fowler, Grimes, Hendricks,
johnson, McGreery, Morrill,, VT; Pat
Wrinkle, Vickers, Willey-20.
The following is the vote on the mo-
tion to adjourn the court OF impeach-
ment until next Saturday, the motion
being decided in the negative.
YEAs.-Anthony, Cattell, Cragiu,
Dixon, Doolittle, Fessendsn, Fowler,
Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Henderson,
Howard, Johnson, Morrill,, Me-; Nor
ton, Patterson, N. H.; Patterson, Tenn:
Ross, Salisbury, Sprague. Trumbull,
Van Wrinkle, Willey-2l.
NAYs-Buckalew, Cameron, Chan
dler, Conkllng, Corbett, Davis, Drake,
Edmundsr Ferry, Harlan, Hendricks,
Howe, MSCree5y. Morgan, Morrill,, vi
Norton, Nye, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sher-
man, Stewart, Sumner, Thayar, Upton,
| Yickers, Williams, Wilson. Yates-29.
Directly after the doors were opened,
Mr.. Cragin made report, of which the
| following is condensation, viz: That
the total sum advanced to Col. Forney
as Secretary OF the Senate is 81, Us, ,7l4,
which is satisfactorily accounted for by
vouchers duly examined by the COM
mittee. The actual control and dis
bursement of the Senate contingent
fund is with the Financial Clerk, Saml
Wagner, who is responsible for the
larger Dortion of the whole deficit of
S35, ,4S5. Hs acknowledges a misapPli-
cation of 10000, and admits he is re-
sponsible for whatever deficiency ex-
listed at the date of his resignation, but
his explanations are not entirely salts
factory, as they leave unaccounted for
Sl2, 600. The. Secretary incurs the loss
and must bear 1t, unless reimbursed by
the transfer of property by his subor-
dinnte. In any event there is no loss
to the Treasury.
Tho Court and Senate adjourned Mt
4:l5.
HOW TIE GALLERIES WE'RE CLEARED.
Towards the close of Mr.. Bingham's
speech, the attention of all present was
united on him. He seemed to be in his
best mood, and the audience was evil
IDENTIFY greatly moved by his words.
With the close of his last sentence a
murmer of hearty approval ran over
the assembly, and in one portion fthe
gentlemen's gallery a clapping of
hands began and the applause of this
kind Immediately became quite mark
ed. The Chief Justice rose and in a
very excited manner raped and called
for order. and directed the Sergeant.at-
arms to clear the galleries. The whole
thing had been involuntary and was
stopped in moment, bnt the order for
clearing the galleries was persisted in.
Policemen were sent into the ladies'
galleries and among the gentle
men to clear them out. After this
part of demonstrations had been
made, and the galleries were perfectly
quiet, it was thought the order would
not be insisted on Messrs. Trnmbull,
Garrett Davis, Grimes and Reverdy
johnson insisted on even going so far
as to call Mr.. Cameron to order, who
moved that the order be suspended, SO
policemen went to work and cleared
all but the diplomatic and reporters'
galleries. No one in either OF these
had participated in the applause, but
theiorders nevertheless came up origin
ating with the Chief Justice to clear
these also, thing never before done;
so foreigners, among them the British
Minister, and the associated press re-
porters and all others were put out by
the capitol police. All circles, both
social and political, are buzzing with
the matter tonight and the five hun
dred ladies who were dispersed by the
police were greatly disconnected by
the movement, and the occupants of
the diplomatic gallery were especially
indignant. It may be remarked that
the noise in the galleries to. day did
not exceed that caused by the laughter
which followed Mr.. Evarts' attempt
ed dissection of Butler, Bingham and
Boutwell,.
MR.. WADE HAS AN OFFER.
There is.no doubt whatever of the
fact that Senator Wilson has made a
.
Wade's friends and in fact to Mr.. Wade
in person, that If the latter would re-
sign his position as presiding officer OF
| the Senate, vote for conviction and al
low Speaker Colfax to succeed Mr.
johnson If he should be convicted, then
he (Wilson) would publish a letter
withdrawing from the field as a candi-
date for the Vice Presidency at Chicago
in favor of Mr.. Wade, and that both he
and Mr.. Colfax, and their respective
friends, would use their influence to
secure the nomination OF Wade To
the whole thing Mr.. Wade replied that
he was making no political bargains
its present aspects. Mr.. Wilson placed
his offer upon the ground that be was
willing to resign all his desires for a
nomination, If by SO doing he could
render the Presidents conviction. cer-
tain.
HOW FALSE RUMoRs ORIGINATE.
Those Republicans who frightened
themselves by their own talk, into a
panic yesterday, have almost entirely
recovered. Some of the amazing stories
in circulation were tracked to their ori-
gin, and the result has been . good
deal of laughing at the shadows which
so thoroughly scared q large number
of impeachment men. The story that
Fessenden had prepared a written
opinion against conviction had for its
sole foundation the fact that at the re-
quest of Fessenden, q friend of his, q
! lawyer in one of the departments, had
| prepared a legal analysis of the civil
tenure bill and the bearing of its sever.
al parts for Mr.. Fessenden's use in
\ final consultation of the Senate. A page
or two of this document was seen BY
by an alarmist, and from this the whole
story sprung. It can be said further
that II Mr.. Fessenden respects the