Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-13


Mr.. Drake moved further to amend h..
striking out the above words and inser,ns
cat the time of giving his vote" This wa,
rejected--l2 to 3S.
The question was taken on Mr. Sumner.
motion to strike out the words, "and each
Senator shall be permitted to file, within two
DAYS after the vote is taken, his wrucn
opinion, to 20 on the record and the auo,
ton was determined in the negativc--yeas
nays AZ.
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont then modified hi.
order as follows, which was agreed to, mama.
ly. Ordered, that when the Senate adiou,n
to-day, it adjourn until Monday at II o'clooL
meridian, for the purpose Of celebrating on
the rules of the Senate sitting on the trial Of
impeachment, and that on the Tuesday nex,
following at II O'Clock, meridian, The Senate
shall proceed to vote, without debate, on tbs
several articles of impeachment, and each Sen.
ator shall be permitted to file, within two
DAYS after the vote is taken, his written opin.
ion, to be printed with the proceedings.
The Senate then proceeded to the consider.
alton of Mr.. brakes proposition to amend
the 23d rule, 70 that the fifteen minutes there.
in allowed for debate shall be for the whole
elaboration on the final question, and not on
each article of impeachment, and this wa.
agreed to.
The Senate then proceeded to the consider
alton of the following additional rule PROPOSED
by Mr.. Sumner on the 10th of April
Rule 2 On taking the votes of the Sen.
ate ON the articles Of impeachment the pre-
siding officer shall call each Senator by his
name aud upon each article propose the fol.
lowing question in the manner following:
Mr., how say you, is the respondent
guilty or not guilty a. charged in the article
of impeachment Whercupon each Senator
shall rise ia his place and answer guilty or
not guilty.
Mr. Conkling moved to insert of a high
crime or misdcmeanor, as the case may be-"
After debate Mr. Summer modified his rule
accordingly by inserting after the words
guilty or not guilty" the words "of high
crime or misdemeanor, as the case may be-
/ Mr. Buckalew suggested an amendment
which Mr. Sumner accepted, as follows
" MR., how say you is the respondent
/ Andrew johnson, guilty Of a high crime or
misdomeanor, as the case may be- as charged
Ia the articles Of impeachment.
Mr.. CONFESS moved to amend the rule by
striking out certain words aud adding Others.
so ar to read In taking the votes Of the
Senate on the first, second third, fifth, seventh.
eigh, ninth, tenth and eleventh articles of i'm.
parchment, the presiding officer shall call each
Senator by his name, and propose the follow
ing question in the following manner -
! Mr.. -, how say you, is the respon.
dent, Andrew Johnson President of the Uni.
ted States, guilty or not gailty Of high crime.
or misdemeanors, as charged in these articles ?
And on the fourth and sixth Mr.. --
how say you is the respondent, Andrew John
son, President of the United States, guilty or
not guilty, as charged in these articles -
Each Senator shall rise in his place and an.
swer Guilty or Not Guilty"
Mr. Hendricks moved to amend by iusert-
ing the following at the eud A." But on taking
the vote on the llth Article, the question
shall be put as TO each clause Of said ar
tice charging a distinct offence" After de-
bate the question on Mr. Hendricks amend
ment was decided in the affirmative.
After further debate, the question being on
agreeing to the amendment Of Mr. Comes.
as thus amended, on motion Of Mr.. Johnson
the subject was tabled, % to IL.
The Chief Justice said it would place him
in an embarrassing position to frame ques.
tons, and therefore he should like to have
! the advice Of the Senate on the subject, and
/ would be obliged to them if they would adj.
journ until ten o'clock on Monday. Whereup-
on, on motion of Mr. Yates, the hour Of
meeting was fixed at ten O'Clock on Monday.
WAsmSaroS, May II 1868.
The Chief Justice stated that the Senate
= met this morning with closed doors, and the
\ doors were now to be closed unless some Sen.
e ator desired to make a notion
r Senator Sherman then said that tomorrow
= will be day Of great excitement and he
moved that the Sergeant-at-A be directed
/ to distribute his assistants throughout til,
. galleries with directions TO arrest all disorder
= y persons, without any further direction,
from the Senate.
4 Senator Edmunds said there was already q
e standing order to that effect
/ Senator Williams suggested, as there would
{ be many strangers in the galleries tomorrow
i that the Chief Justice should before the roll
d was called, publicly admonish all present that
Ii no expressions Of appreciation or disapproba-
tion would be tolerated. and all those violating
= the rules Of order would be placed under ar
il rest
o Senator Conness and other Senator'S
That's it,"
0 Senator Sherman then withdrew his motion
II and the doors were closed at 1920 A. NJ.
n Senator Stewart of Nevada made the frt
= speech, declaring that he believed Andrew
N johnson guilty Of all the articles charged AM
should Therefore vote for his conviction.
s. lie was followed by Senator Sherman, VIII
r, said he would vote for the Presidents convic
l. on the second, third. fourth and eight article
y of impeachment.
l. Senator Sherman was followed by Senate
v Grimes of Iowa, who said he could not vot
for the Presidents conviction ON any of tn
articles of impeachment, and therefore woul
1T cast his vote for President Johnsons aequitta
n Mr.. Grimes has just concluded and his speeo
has caused considerable comment among h
d colleagues.
r. As soon as he sat down Mr.. Edmunds 0
IF Vermont took the floor aud spoke in favor o
q conviction.
Of The Senate adopted the following formula
lie which the Chief Justice is to ask each senate
(, when his name is called First DO yo'
believe Andrew johnson guilty of this artic
le as charged ?"
at Second, Do you believe this constitutes
h. high crime aud misdemeanor p
lie Up to the time of adjournment eight sena
H. tors had spoken under the Is minute rule
ne These were Messrs Stewart Sherman, Grimes
as Hendricks Edmunds, Williams, Howe am
h. Morrill, of Maine.
Sc Messrs Stewart, Edmunds, Williams, an
IN Morrill,, sustained all the articles of impeach
ment, while Messrs. Sherman and Howe sus
er tanned, only the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, sth, and llth
~ articles,
Messrs. Grimes and Hendricks took side
n with the President, and declared him innocen
d. of all the articles
he My informant says that all but the End
C. Bird, 4th Sth and It'll articles are sure TO b
defeated Enough senators who have not ye
Dl- spoken have IN exnresaad their oninions o