The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-05-30
FRIDAY, MAY Is.
The Senate was not in session ,


The Senate was not in session. esq.,
Hoase-Mr. Woodward called attention to the
published correspondence between the Represent
tatives from Missouri and Senator Henderson of
that state, and characterizing it as disgraceful
attempt TO intimidate said senator into voting
against the dictates of his conscience, offered a
resolution to raise committee of investigation
TO report on the character Of the offence and how
it should be punished. The House refused to al
low the resolution to be presented. ,~,-
The House then took up and passed the bill
confirming the claim of one NcGarrahan to a
quicksilver mine in California, after which it
went int committee of the whole and spent the
balance OF the day in general debate, Mr.. Gar
field using up most of the time in an elaborate
speech on the financial question.
SATURDAY, May 16.
Sendte-Ths senate met at IL o'clock, This
being the day set TO take the final vote on i'm.
peachment the galleries were crowded to suffo-
cation. ....
Mr. Trumbull reported back from the iudici.
airy committee the bill for the admission of AR.
kansas. After some other unimpertant prelim-
mary business, the senate resolved itself into
court of Impeachment, Chief Justice Chase in the
chair, who announced the first and only business
in order to be voting on the articles On motion
it was agreed to take the vote on the 18th arti.
Gle first. The vote resulted, as our readers have
known for two weeks, in 10 for to 50 against
prcnouncing the President guilty" on the
charge, and thirty-fve votes were less than
two-thirds, the President stood acquitted.
The vote ON the balance of the articles was
then postponed to Tuesday of the present week,
and the Court adjourned to that date.
The Senate then took up the house resolution
to adjourn over to the 10th Of june After a
lengthy, and at times somewhat angry debate,
arising out of illusions to the vote on impeach-
ment just taken, the House resolution to take a
recess was voted down, and the Senate adjourned.
MONDAY, May 49,
!Snate-Mr. Grimes obtained indefinite leave
OF absence on account Of Ill health. See IS
The bill was taken up and passed TO supply
the deficiency in appropriations to carry the re-
construction laws into effect.
The vote on Saturday, refusing to concur in
the House resolution to take recess, was recon
sidered and amended 30 as to adjourn over to the
25th, and then passed.
The Senate refused to take up the bill for the
admission of Arkansas by vote of "a against 10,
Adjourned
~ I6use-A largo part of the day was taken up
in the presentation and reference of new bills.
The Missouri members, feeling themselves ag-
grieved by the intimation in Mr.. Woodwards
ASSohubAoh VA e"tuiuov, VI attempting
ly to influence the vote of senator Of that state
on impeachment, asked that Mr.. Woodward's
resolution for a committee of investigation be ia
ken up and passed, which was accordingly
done.
Mr.. Boyer offered resolution that, as the i'm
parchment managers had resolved themselves in
to an investigating committee, the democrats
ought to have representation on the board.
Voted down.
A lively discussion arose on motion of Butler
to compel the attendance Of Chas. Wooley before
the managers to give evidence The matter
was finally dropped without action. Adjourned.