The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-05-28
YELEGRAPBxC
Congressional.
Washington, May &c.

Washington, May &c.
SENATE.
The Senatemet in open session at
noon.
The Republican Senators had been
in consultation couple of hours be-
fore on the question whether vote
on impeachment should be taken to-
day.
The proceedings were opened with
prayer by the chaplin.
The Chief Justice took his seat as
presiding officer, and proclamation in
the usual form was made by the
Sergeant-atarms.
Senator Williams offered the fol-
lowing order:
Resolved. That the resolution
heretofore adopted as to the order of
readiE., and voting on the articles of
impeachment be recinded.
Senator Johnson asked the effect Of
the order,
The Chief Justice said debate was
not in order.
On motion of Mr. Edmunds it was
ordered that the House be notified
that the Senate is now ready to pro-
coed with impeachment, and shortly
after the Sergeant-at-al ms announced
the Managers on the part of the
House, who took their seats. Mr..
Stevens was not among them. The
President was represented by Stan
berry, Evarts and Nelson. The
House having been announced at the
bar, they entered in Committee on
the Whole, headed by the Chairman.
The Speaker took his usual seat be-
side Morrill,, Of Maine. By this time
every seat in the galleries were oc.
cupied. Every Senator was in his
seat.
The last days proceedings were
read and then the resolution offered
by Senator Williams came up.
Mr.. Buckalew said if the resolution
required unanimous consent for its
consideration to-day he would object.
The Chief Justice stated his opin-
ion that it did and that q single OBJ.
lection would lay the resolution over
till to-morro ", but he would submit
the question to the Senate. The vote
was then taken whether the resolu-
ton be read and acted on now, and
was decided in the affirmativc-yeas
20, nays %.
Mr.. Williams stated that his mo-
ton was to rescind all orders relating
to the time of voting, and Mr.. Trum-
bull made the point of order that an
order could not be rescinded which
had already been partly executed and
that a change Of rule could not be
made without one days notice.
Mr.. Edmunds moved that the Sem
ate withdraw for consultation. Not
agreed to.
The Chief Justice submitted the
question of sustaining the point of
order, and it was not sustained-24
to 80.
Mr.. Conklin offered o substitute for
Mr.. Williams resolution, an order that
the Senate sitting for the trial of An
drew johnson, President of the Uni
ted States, will now proceed in the
manner prescribed by the rule in that
behalf, to vote in their order on the
remaining Articles of Impeachment.
The vote on the substitute result
ed, yeas 26, nays %.
MIR Morrill,, of Maine, moved that
the Court adjourn until the 23d of
June.
The Chief Justice reaffirmed his
opinion that such motion was not
in order, and submitted the question
to the Senate which decided it to be
in order by o vote OF 35 to 18.
The question now REQUIRED on Mr..
Morrilps motion to adjourn to the
23d of June, but Mr.. Ross moved to
amend by substituting September LIST.
Amendment lost, Is to 80.
The vote on Mr. Morrilrs motion
resulted in a tie, and the Chief Justice
decided it lost.
Mr.. Williams then moved to ipro-
coed to vote on the Second Article,
which was agreed to.
The vote resulted, guilty 35, not
guilty IS.
Fessenden, Fowler, Grimes, Hen
derson, Ross, Trumbull, and Van
Wrinkle voting not guilty. Rest las
before.
The vote was afterwards taken on
the Sd Article with precisely the
same result.
At 10 minutes before 2, the vote on
the Sd Article having been announ-
ced, Mr.. Williams moved that the
Senate sitting as a Court of Impeach-
ment do now adjourn sine die.
Chief Justice said before he announ-
ced the vote he would remind the
Senate that the ed rule provides
that if impeachment should not on
any article presented be sustained
by q vote of two thirds of the men,
bers present judgment of acquittall
should be entered, he added, after
some interruption by Senators -
That if there were no objection the
Clerk would enter ajudgemen of ac-
quittal according to the rule.
| Mr. Conkling misunderstood the
proposition of the Chief Justice, and
suggested that tho rule required a
vote to be taken on each article be-
fore judgment could be entered.
The Chief Justice assented, but
said he had reference simply to those
articles on which the vote had been
taken.
There being no objection the Chief
Justice directed the judgment of ac-
quittal to be entered on the I'd Sd and
18th Articles.
The vote on the adjournment sine
die, was then announced. Yeas, 4,
nays Is, the nays being Bayard,
Buckaliew, Davis, Dixon, Dolittle,
Fowler, Henderson, Hendricks, John
son, McCrary, Norton, Patterson,
Ross, Salisbury, Trumbull, and Wick
ers.
The Cheief Justice then declared,
at ten minutes before 2 O'Clock, that
the Senate, sitting as Court of I'm
peachment, for the trial of Andrew
johnson on articles of Impeachment,
stood adjourned without day, with
out any possible manifestation Of
feeling on the part Of the spectators.
| The members of the House then
returned to their chamber, and in a
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