Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-05-22
Congress-.

"ne present Of the SenatQrs rer1tte4to
i'll. He appeared somewhat ~.
Mr. Trumbull from the Committee
the Judiciary, reported favorabiy bill
admit Alabama ~ a State.
MIR. Hendricks announced his intcntl
of vating a minority report. s.sssssssassssa~q
Mr.. Trumhul thought it hardly propc
since majority Of the Cou,sittec- ~
made no written report TIE Schaf
expresscd his Views.
Mr.. Drake submitted an amendmcn
which was ordered to be printed. Son
formal legislative business was done beio'
13o'clock, at which hour the Chief Ju
ticc assumed the chair and called the Sen
ate to order.
In the meantime Mcssrs. Stevens, Bin;
.-s ham, Isegan aud Evarts had entered all
taken their places. a.,i se.
On the adoption Of an order TO take
% vate on the Hth article the first vote was
q follows: ,a r
.a'i Ycs Anthony. Cameron. Cattell
Chandler, Cole. Conkling. CONFESS. Cor
bett. Cragin. Drake. Edmunds. Ferry
Frclinghuvsrn. Harlan. Howard. Howe
Morri.f of Me-, Morrill, of VT. Morton
Nv. Patterson of N. H.. Pomeroy. Ram
/ scy. Sherman, Sprague Stewart. Sumner
Thnvcr. Upton. Wade, Wiley, Williams
Wilson and Yatcs-35 ~ saeu "a
i'ss Nays-lsayari. Buckalew, Davis. Dixon
lsDoulittIc. Fcsse,dc,,, Fowler, Grimes
Hcndcrsan, Hendricks. johnson. McCree-
: ~, Norton. Patterson Tenn. Ross. Sauls
bury, Trumbnll, Van Winkle, vickery--
10. %=... ,-.e. ~
At the beginning Of the impeachment pro-
eccdings Mr.. Fcssendcn rose to postpone
the vote for one hour Oh account Of the alb
sence Of Mr.. Grimes. hut on being inform.
Ell that tina. Senator WAS in the Capitol he
did not make the motion. ....... r., IL.
Mr. Grimes Immediately aftcrward came
into the Senate Chamber and took his
seat in one Of the side aisles.
Mr. Edmunds then submitted an order
that the Senate do now proceed t" vote on
the article according to the vote Of the
Senate. which was agreed to.
The Chief Justice rising said: BY Iii
rec;ion of the enatc the Chief Justice dc
sires to alunonish the citizens and strangers
in tic galleries that absolute silence and
perfect order is required. 1t will be sub.
jcct of infinite regret if any violation Of
the order of the Senate will nccessitatc the
intention Of the further order that persons
guilty Of disturbance will be immediately
removed. E..
Then addressing the Senate the Chiei
Justice said: ScnatOrs-In conformity Ia
the order Of the Senate the Chief Justicc
will " proceed to take the vote on the
18th article, as directed by the rule. The
1lth article was read by the clerk.
Z q s1Nl,.. G.,t - h. .,n hot nj
Anthony.
Being called that Senator rose in hi,
place and the Chief Justice, also standin &
addressed to him this formula: Mr.. Scna
tor Anthony. how say you. is the. respond
ent. Andrew johnson, President of til,
United States, guilty OF not guilty Of higl
misdcmeanor rs charged in this article!
Senator Anthany responded guilty.
So the vnte went Oh till all the S SENATOR
had responded. The votes Of Senators
were waited Tor viii, the utmost anxiety
though nothing more than general mo
tion as Of snspenee relieved Was mad
manifest when the vote Of doubtful Sen
atOr was given.
1t was noticed that Senator Camera
voted ahead Of time The Chief Justic
had not concluded the formal question he
fore the Senator's vote Of guilty. wa
pronounced.
Senators Fesscndcn. Fowler. Crime.
Rose, rrumbull and Van Wrinkle anon
the Republican Senators voted not guilty
Senator Wade, when hi name was call
ed. stood up unhesitatingiy aud vote
guilty
Before the result Of tho vote was III,
nounced, but when it was known, Senate
Williams rose and moved that the Senate
u ting as Court of Impeachment, adour
lll the 9th of May.
senator johnson addressed the Chis
Justice, who said that debate was not i
order.
Senator Johnson-Is it in order to ad
jOurn the Senate wheni it had already dcci6
cd 0n ono Of the articles +r7
Chief Justice-The prrcedcnts are. cs
ecpt in one case-casc OF Humphrey-ths
the announcement will not be made ii
the end Of the case. The chair will how
ever, take the decision Of the Senate
the Senate desire the announcement Of til
vote it will be made.
Sherman The announcement Of th
vote had bctteik5e made.
StuUtW Dtdhc-l tuDuttt ho a VucStO
al order, tha: u Inot;nm to adjourn 10 pend
ing, and that the motion takes precedence
Of all other things.
Chief Justice-The Senator from Mi:
souri, is perfectly right. A melton to ~
iourn had been made, and that motto
takes precedence.
Mr.. Hendricks--Thc mot on to adjour
cannot be made pending vote. and tn
vote is not complete until it is anno:ncct
NJ: Conkling-A motion cannot be mad
pending the roll call.
Several Scnators-Certainly not /; let til
vote be announced.
Senator johnson ask that the vote Il
announced.
Chief Justice-Thc vote will he au
nounced the Clerk will read the roll.
The roll having been read by the Clerl
the Chief .Just,ce rose and announced til
result in these words. "On this articl
there are IS Senators who have vote
guilty. and 10 Senators who voted nj
guilty tho President 10 therefore acquitte
VII this article.
No manifestation Of sentiment Was mad
spcithcr side II the question. Whatcvs
were the fe~iings Of the Senators. men
hers aud spectators, they were thorough
Mr.. Williams motion to adjourn Ii
Tuesday. 2tth inst, was then taken up.
Mr.. Hendricks submitted as qrcstio
Of order that the Senate was now cxecR
ing an order already made, which was
the nature. and had the effect Of the pr,
yious question:, therefore. the motion
adjourn; otherwise than simply to adjourn
was not in order.
Calls of question, "''question.
chief .Ius:ice-,Ihc motion that whe