The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-05-21
Failure of Impeachment.

Every reader Of the TELEGRAPH, has
doubtless long before this learned the vote
of the Senate on the question of I'M
peachment Ii would be useless to add
any structures on tho course of the Senators
from whom we had a right to expect a
different action, because their previous
expressed opinions warranted the conclusion
that they believed the President guilty of
high crimes and n1isdemeanors. The pub
lie mind is much excited over the result,
and no good can follow from any attempt
to increase the dissatisfaction Tic I.e-
publican Senators who voted against Ina
peachment, will be left to give an account
to their constituents in their respective
states as best they can.
A summary statement of the proceedings
Of the Court of impeachment on Saturday
last is as follows:
At III o'clock in the forenoon Mr.. Wade
called the Senate to order Then there
as half an hour Of painful suspense. At
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his gavel and called the court to order.
AS the hour for voting on the articles APP
preached anxiety could be seen pictured on
the faces of the spectators.
The first business in order was the con-
sideration of the order to take the vote on
the 18th article first. On this Hendricks,
of Indiana, demanded the yeas and nays on
the adoption Of the order. The vote re-
suited 80 yeas and Is nays
While this vote was being taken, Senator
Howard was carried in, put in bis seat and
wrapped up in a great shawl He arose
and asked if it would be in order to file his
opinion The Chief Justice said it was
Mr.. Grimes came in just after the vote
was taken and created quite sensation.
Hesat upon the Democratic side.
The Chief Justice admonished the gal
leries, in advance, that perfect order must
be maintained that it would be subject
of regret if he was compelled to clear the
galleries.
The Chief Justice then directed the Clerk
to read the eleventh article, which he did
amidst profound silence.
The vote in detail is as follows:
Gu5Jty-Anthony, Cameron, Cattell,
Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Corbett,
Oragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Freling-
huysen, Harlan, Howard, Howe, Morgan,
Morrill,, Of Maine, Morrill,, Of Vermont,
Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire,
Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague,
Stewart, Sumner, Thayer Upton, Wade,
Wiley Williams, Wilson Yates-35.
Not Gutlty--Bayard, Buckalew, Davis,
Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Fowler, Grimes,
Henderson, Hendricks, Johnson, McCreery,
Norton, Patterson, of Tennessee Ross,
Salisbury, Trumbull, Van Wrinkle, Vickers
--19.
The Chief Justice then announced that
''on the eleventh article the vote stood .
Guilty, 35; not guilty 10. On this article
the President is acquitted"
Mr. Henderson moved that the court ad
journ until the LIST DAY Of July next. The
yeas and nays were demanded, and the
vote stood Yeas 20, nays "a. So the
Senate refused % adjourn until the 1st OF
July.
McCreery moved that when the court
adjourn to-day, it adjourn sine die.
The yeSE and nays being ordered, the vote
stood yeas, 6, nays AZ. So the motion was
lost
The Chair decided that it was not in
order to adjourn; whereupon an appeal was
taken, and the yeas and nays ordered on the
question, "Shell the decision of the chair
stand as the judgment CT the Senate ?''
The vote stood yeas "a, nays 80. So the
decision of the chair was not sustained.
4 vote was then taken on Mr.. Williams
motion to adjourn until the 26th instant
1t was carried by a vote of 80 to 81, and
the Senate then adjourned.