The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-14
IMPEACHMENT
Bolting senators Denounced
senator Henderson Comes to
Terms. .f-1
Vote on Reinstating Secretary
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Vote on Reinstating Secretary
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! WAsHINGToN, d. c., May II, 1866.
9. .,ADJoURNMENT TO SATURDAY.
On the Senate being called TO order,
/ Mr.. neutrality-suspicious. to rescind the
order fixing the hour of voting to-day
| came up. Mr.. Chandler stated Mr..
Howard's condition, and asked for post
ponement till Saturday, when, although
! it was not regularly ordered, the general
understanding was that vote would
be taken.
SENATOR HENDERsoN's POSITION.
The Missouri delegation in the House
took very early steps to bring their ln-
fluence to bear upon Mr.. Henderson.
Together with General Cayender and
Chas. Howard, of st. Louis, they called
at o'clock this morning, and told him
frankly that while they had the most
friepdly feelings for him, they deemed
it their duty to come and consult freely
with him about the situation. He re-
ceived them cordially, and expressed
his views freely. He said he could not
conscientiously vote for some OF the ar
ticles, but that he had the deepest in
terest in the success of the Republican
party; that he had no part or sympathy
with any movement to break it up, or
to form another organization outside of
it; that he thought it his duty to con-
suit with them and take their advice.
He then proposed that they should take
a little time to consider the matter and
notify him of their conclusion before the
! Senate met. He further proposed to
put his resignation in their hands to
telegraph to Governor Fletcher, with
the request to appoint successor at
once. He also promised, in case he
sh. uld leave the Senate, to 60 to Mis-
souri, and stump the State for the sue
! cess of the Radical ticket throughout
the coming campaign. Before the Son.
ate met, the delegation had agreed upon
the request contained in this following
letter and presented the same to Mr..
Henderson
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May II.
Hon. j. d. Henderson, United States Sen
ate:
SIR: On a consultation with the Rad
! ical members of the House of Represent
atives from Missouri in view ofyour po
sitiou on the impeachment articles, We
ask you to withhold your vote on any
article upon which you cannot vote al
| firmatively. The request is made be-
cause we believe the safety of the loyal
people of the United States demand the
| immediate removal of Andrew johnson
from the office of President of the Uni
ted States. Respectfully, &c.
Signed by Anderson, Pile, Newcomb,
Gravelly, McClurg, Loan and Benjamin.
Van Horn is absent from the city.
After reading this Mr.. Henderson
promised to do as requested, and if a
vote had been taken to-day he would
have voted for the Eleventh Article
and have RETAINED from vote on most
of others. The delegation was greatly
pleased with the manner in which Mr..
Henderson received Them and with tho
willingness he exhibited to do as the
State delegation thought best The
delegation has second meeting this
evening concerning the matter.
THE RESOLUTION REINsTATING STANTON.
The following is the resolution rein
stating Secretary Stanton, adopted on
the 18th of January last:
Resolred, That having considered the
evidence and reasons given by the Pres
ident in his report of the 18th of De-
cember, 1867, for the suspension of Ed
win NJ. Stanton, the Senate do not con-
cur in such suspension.
This resolution was voted for by the
following Senators, all of whom may
reasonably be supposed to believe the
civil tenure act applicable to Stanton's
case and can scarcely escape the con-
clusion that his removal was an infrac.
tion of that law: Messrs. Anthony,
Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, COnk-
ling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake,
Edwards, Ferry, Fessenden, Fowler,
Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Howard, Howe,
Morgan, Morrill,, Me-; Morrill,, Vt; Nor
ton, Nye, Patterson, n. H.; P0meroy;
Ramsey, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tip
ton, TrumbulI, Wade, Wiley, Will
Gams, Wilson.
On this vote not single Republican
Senator voted in the negative. Those
absent were Messrs. Grimes, Hender-
son, Ross, Sherman, Sprague, Van Win.
kle and Yates.
| THE RESOLUTION ON AID INTERIM Az
POINTMENT.
The following is the resolution adopt
ed by the Senate, in executive session,
Oh the night of the 2lst of February
last: 4
WHEREAS, The Senate have read and
considered the communication OF the
President, stating that he had removed
Hon. Z. NJ. Stanton, Secretary of War,
and had designated the Adjutant Gen
eral of the army to act as Secretary OF
War dd interim; therefore,
Resolred, by the Senate Of the United
States, That under the Constitution
and laws of the United States, the Pres
ident has no power to remove the Sec
retary of War and designate any other
officer to perform the duties ofthat office
dd interim.
| This resolution was voted fer by the
following Senators: Messrs. Anthony,
Cameron, Cattell, Cole, Conkling, Cra-
gin, Drake, Ferry, Harlan, Morrill,, Me-;
Morrill,, VT; Morton, Patterson. N. H.;
Pomeroy, Ramsey, Ross, Sprague, Stew
art, Sumner, Thayer, Upton, Trumbull,
Van Wrinkle, Wade, Wiley, Williams,
Wilson and Yates. The only Republi-
can who vsted against this was Mr. Ed
munds, who new sustains impeachment.
Those absent were MeSsrs. Chandler,
Conness, Corbett, Fessebden, Fowler,
Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Henderson,
Howard, Howe, Morgan, Nye and Sher-
| man.
PRESSURE ON SENATOR FOWLER.
The whole Tennessee delegation is
waiting on Fowler tonight, to present
the opinion to him that he should refrain
from voting entirely unless he can rep
resent what he we'll knows the senti-
ment of the loyal people of his State to
be.
THE MAINE DELEGATES
Have had considerable talk among
themselves regarding the propriety of
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