The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-03-20

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made a good impression,
though Mr.. Curtis evidently was bet
ter received but when Mr.. Stanbery
spoke q second hme, thsxe was an
manner, an EXCITED tone,
and a style of remark strangely aug
gestiye of sundry ugly passages j.
the /Presidsnt's veto messages and
other communications, which have
heretofore heen attributed to other
pens than that of the Attorney Gen
erai.. That there was an uneasy feel
ing over large part of the audience
and it began to look as if needles:
delay in the vote would yet be secured
~ the Presidents party. and til;
eeliHggLMss-semewhst-seFeagtaeRe@
~ q notiop submitted. by eEdmond:
as substitute for the President
request, as the feeling had been quite
general that the, Senate would Hst
grant over zen dgys.E E. =
Upon this Gov. Morton immediate
ly moved that, the Senate retire ts
consult, and -thas savote without s
full and free interchange, Of opinion
was avoided.
The Senate retired TO the marble
room, and was absent two hours an6
ten minutes. At the consultation
the Chief Justice presided, but die
not vote. Many present expressed
their views brielyJOIt soon thecam'
evident that the Republicans, while
not onlyiwhlmg5b1k desirous to give
the President all the time that coulC
properly be asked, there was no dis
position on the part Of any to yield 4
single day merely for delay. Thu
Democrats we're upitin favor of th,
full forty days asked for, but in thi.
no Republican gave them the, suppor
of vote. The first vote taken wa.
upon proposition to require anIan
swer a week from to day, the TWEEN
tieth. 1t was carried by four major
ity, number of Republicans being
absent. Afterwards it was urged thai
little could be gained by beginning
so late in the week and the vote wa:
reconsidered by two majority. in or
der to change to O day earlier in tht
week. Opinion then was somewhat
divided between Monday, the 23d
and ednesday, the 25th, the propo
sition for the latter day was, after .
short debate, withdrawn, and Mon
day, the 23d, fixed by nearly the en-
tire Republican vote.
At ten minutes after four, the Sen
ate returned to the Chamber The
Managers, who had also been in con
sultation, and the counsel for the de
fense, who had retired to a private
room, had proceeded the Senate
Chief Justice Chase announced the
decision reached, when Mr.. Bingham
on the part of the Managers, moved
that the trial be ordered to begin i'm.
mediateiy after the Managers should
file an answer to the Presidents re
sponse. Upon this, the first vote ap
preaching a testoccurred and, while
it should be distinctly understood
that most Republicans voting no
were actuated alone by the opinion
that it would be more in accordance
with all the proprieties to grant {
little longer time. the vote was also
regarded rs SO dividing the Senate a:
to show that their voting in the af
irmative may be relied upon as thai
of men determined that the matter o
impeachment shall move on prompt
ly. = -i'- 49,
1t will be noticed that among them
are the names of the Senators whom
malicious persons have attempted to
injure by statements that they could
not be relied upon in a close vote
The vote on Bingham's motion was
%, nays 26. The Republi.
cans voting aye were Cameron, Cat
lett, Chandler, Cole, Conkiing, Con
ness, Corbett, Drake, Ferry. Harlan,
Howard, Morgan, Morton, Nye, Pat
terson, ofNew Hampshire; Pomeroy,
Ramsey, Ross, Stewart, Sumner,
Thay er, Upton, Williams, Wilson,
Yates. - r-
The Republicans voting no were,
Anthony, Edmunds, Fessenden, Fow.
Ter, Frelinghnysen, Grimes, Hender.
son, Howe, the two Morrills, Sher.
man, Sprague, Trumbnll, and Wiley.
1t will be noticed that Mr.. Wade
did not vote; he was present through.
out. On the contrary, Mr.. Patter.
son, of Tennessee, the Presidents
son-in- law, voted in all cases. His
conduct is exciting general comment
considering The fact of Mr.. Wade's
constant refusal to vote. Mr.. Sher-
man., of OHIO, next made the propo-
sition that the trial should begin on
the 9th of April. Mr.. Wilson, oi
Mass, wanted to fix it the. 5th OF
April, but subsequently withdrew to
allow the proposition Of Senator
Conkling to be entertained, that un.
less the Senate should order other
wise for cause shown, 1.-THE trial should
proceed whenever the Managers
should respond to the President s
answer.
Mr.. Butler was put forward blythe
Managers to oppose the motion OF
Sherman, and the number of the
points which he made were thorough
ly appreciated by the Republicans.
Among them, he pointed out great
stength of the articles as shown in
the fact that such able lawyers as
the Presidents had asked for forty
days in which to prepare a formal
answer.
After. a short response from Mr.
Nelson, which impressed the hearers
rather favorably, so far as voice and
manner were concerned, the propo
sition of Senator Conkling passed by
a party vote, with the addition of Mr..
Van Wrinkle, of West Virginia, the
vote standing 40 to 10. With this
result, the Republicans are well
pleased, and the misgivings which
some felt during the earlier part OF
the day, have entirely disappeared
this evening, and general confidence
and satisfaction prevails.
COLUMBUS, March l6.
The refusal of the House to pass
the bill depriving County Auditors OF
compensation for services under; the
School Law continues on the people
a burden of over sixty thousand dol