The Van Buren press., 1868-03-06


Davis moved to amend by requiring
that all elections provided for shall take
place the same day in each State Agreed
70 The bill passed, @6 70 g.
The Chair appoiatcd as Select Com.
mittee on Howard resolution on i'm
| Ipeachment, Howard, Trumbull, Conklin,
Edmuuds, Morton, Pomeroy, and John
son. On motion Of Nr. Sherman the
supplementary reconstruction bill WAS
postponed til Thursday Dictator bill |
Hou-Attwenty five minutes before two
O'Clock the Speaker called the House to
order and the Doorkeeper announced the
/ presence az the Bar Of the House Of the
| Committee which hsd been appointed 20
/ lmpCach at the Bar of the Senate the Pres
| ident ofthe United States. Alr. Stevens,
OF Pennsylvania, standing in company
with his colleague Bingham, then made a
I report ss follows: Mr. Speaker: In
! obedience 10 the order of the House we
have proceed 10 the Bar of the Senate, and
proceeded in your name and in the maine
/ OF this body and Of al the people of the
1 United States TO impeach. as we were di.
|rected, Andrew Johnson, President ofthe
United States, Of high crimes and misde
meanors in office, and we demanded that
the Senate shall take.an order to make
/ Qm appear that body aud answer for the
same, and stated that the House would
/ forthwith or soon, / did not say which,
present articles otimpeachment and make
them good to which the response was,
the order shall be taken"
Mr. Washburn, Of Illinois, asked leave
TO offer the following resolution:
RssolVea, That the rules be suspended
and it is hereby ordered as follows:
When the committee to prepare articles
Of impeachment Of the President of the
United States, report the said articles, the
House shall Immediately resolve itself in.
to a Committee of the Whole thereon !;
that each speaker in the committee shall
be limited tO fifteen minutes, which de.
bate shall continue until next day, 70 the
exclusion Of all other business except the
reading Of the journal that at three o.
clock IN the afternoon Of said second day
the fifteen minute debate shall cease, and
the committee shall then proceed to con
sider and vote upon the amendments that
may be offered uader the five minute rule
OF debate, but to merely pro JogmQ amend
ment shall be entertained that at four D.
IN, Of said second day the said committee
shall rise and report its action to tie
House, which shall Immediately and with.
out dilatOTy motion vote thereon; that ii
tue atliGle5 UT fufIre.oi4.s,rrV a. ecu
upon, the House shall then Immediately
aud without diiatory motions elect by bal.
lot seven menagers to conduct said i'm.
peachment on the part of the House; and
that during the tendency Of the resolu-
tions in the House relative TO said i'm
peachment thereafter no dilatory motions
shall be received, except one motion on
each day that the House do now adjourn.
Adopted
Mr.. Boutwell, offered a resolution that
q committee be appoiuted.to prepare and
report articles OF impeachment against
the President, and tha. the committee on
reconstruction be authorized TO sit dur
ing the session of the House. Adopted
Tho excitement in town relative to the
question of impeachment and matters in
cidental thereto, has very sensibly dmin.
ished THIS morning. AT the War Depart
meDt and General Grants headquarters
nothing of particular interest is being
transactel the routine of business being
attended TO as usual General Thomas
made no demand this morning for the
Records of the War Department, but
merely called at the Adjutant Generals
office, and after receiving his private mail
returned home He had short inter.
view with the President during the fore
noon. Secretary Stanton was buslly en-
gagged during the morning signing requisi.
tions and attending to other business of
public character, which accumulated to
a considerable extent during the past few
days. Several visitors called upon Stan
ton during the forenoon, among whom
were several Senators and Representatives
including among the former Cameron and
Edmonds Considerable interest is mani.
tested in the result Of General Thomas
examination before the Supreme Court
Of this District tomorrow. and various
specnlations INDUCED in regarding it,
WAsuINGToN, Feb 20.
Scnate--Mr Howard, from the Select
Committee Of Seven to whom was refer.
red the message ofthe House on the sub
ject Of impeachment, reported the follow
/ ing resolution:
Whereas, The House Of Representa-.
tiyes, on the 25th day Of the present
month, by two Of their members, Me3sls.
Stevens and Bingham, a. the Bar Of the
Senate impcached Andrew Johnson,
President OF the United States, Of high
crimes and misdeneanors in office, aud
Informed the Senate that the House OF
/ Representatives viii in due time exhibit
| particular articles otImpouchmelt against
him and make good the same, and like.
wise demanded tua. the Senate take tue
proper order therein: