Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-05-30
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met this morning, nnd ON motion al
Senator Williams il was decided hy
a vote of % Ia ~ To vote on the llll
: article first, Messrs Ross aud Wiley
voting with those in favor oi aoquit
tai. Wade voted in the ailirmaliv,
for conviction. The vote Is consid,
cred conclusive Of acquittal, rs II
shows only a strength of3i for con,
viction. The vote on the llth mr.
ticle stood - to 10,
Ross, the doubtful Senator voted
nay. giving the day for tho Prcsi
dent, aflcr which Chase declared
the President acquitted on the llth
article, which was ordered to be
read first.
Williams moved fifteen minutes
recess, which was ncgutivcd, aud
then moved IN adjournment tc the
2Gth.
Johnson suggested announcement
of vote.
Chase said hc would not announce
the vote until taken on articles, un-
less tho Senate ordered otherwise.
Drake raised n point that nothing
was in order pending the motion to
adjourn.
Henderson said the motion to ad-
journ was not in order while roll
was pending.
Chase sustained the last point,
and directed the Secretary to read
the roll, which being read, the Chief
Justice stated that there were 30
votes for guilty and 10 for not guilty,
and that the President was, there
fore, acquitted on the 1lth article.
Chase then stated that the Senate
was now in process of carrying out
the order to proceed to vote upon
the articles of impeachment, and no
motion was now in order while that
was pending,
Conness appealed. Appeal sus-
tained by 80 to 24, and then by n
vote of 32 to 81 adjourned to Goth.
Wade resumed the chair, and, af-
ter n long debate, the joint resolu-
ton adiourning to 25th was mega
tived, and the Senate adjourned, as
usual.
The House refused to entertain
the resolution appointing Commit
tee of Inquiry on the conduct of the
Missouri Delegation by 28 to 80.
Private bills were resumed.
A resolution that for the future
and more efficient prosecution Of
the impeachment of the President,
the managers be directed and in
structcd to summon witnesses under
oath; to send for persons and pa
pers; to employ stenographcr,
and to appoint a sub committee and
to take testimony, the expenses
thereof to be paid from the coutin-
gent fund of the House. Adopted
House adjourned to Monday.
The excitement to-day has been
too great for wild demonstration
but the feeling is intense.
The President was surrounded by |
his Cabinet officers, when the vote
was announced by telegraph.
The congratulations were hearty,
but quiet On the announcement
of the postponement of further ac-
ton to the Goth, the party at the
White House dispersed.
An unusually large crowd gather
ed at the White House grounds to
hear the band which plays there
every Saturday.
The President occupied his usual
position on such occasions; there
was no demonstration.
Republican Senators who voted
for acquittal have been subjected to
no annoyance. Much money chang
ed hands on the 18th article, an i'm
mense amount remains in the hands
of stake holders on the final result.
The House resolution setting the
impeachment managers to work
again, has the following preamble
Whereas, information has come to
the managers which seems 10 them
to furnish probable cause to believe
thatimpropcr and corrupt influences
have been used to influence the de-
termination of the Senate upon the
articles of impeachment exhibited
to the Senate by the House Of Rep
resentatives against the President
of the United States -
The statement that Chase paid
congratulatory visit to the Presi-
dent yesterday is untrue.
Salutes in honor Of acquittal, were
fired in several northern cities.
A doubtful rumor that Grant has
written letter declining the Re
publican nomination, unless the
platform conforms to his views, Gre
ates excitement.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-In the
Senate yesterday, Senator Nye said:
'Let Arkansas come in to- day. Let
us have birth with a death. Let
us pass a concurrent resolution ad-
the State of Arkansas, and
relieve him of his embarrassment
by passing a concurrent, resolution,
and not sending it TO him at all to
have it sent back here at the end of
ten days with another defiant veto.
We have had enough of them. Let
us admit Arkansas before the sun is
down, and let the President have
sweet morsel to roll under
his tongue"
The Morning Chronicle says the
House Of Representatives should
prepare forthwith a now article of
impeachment and arraign the Pres
idential culprit at once, and that
the Senate, as constituted after the
of the Southern States,
should take short, sharp and deci-
sive action up0n it.
1t is stated that a Cabinet change
is pending. and that it is assured