The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-03-12
IMPEACHMENT,

The Rules Adopte d by The
Senate.
The Great Speech Of Hon. Thal
stevens.
Tho House Monday adopted tn,
articles Of impeachment presented
Saturday, except the seventh, which
was stricken out as being q mere
rcpitition of points made in other ar
ticles.
The managers duly elected by the
House, viz: Bingham, Boutwell,, But
Ter, Wilson, of Iowa, Williams, Lo
gan and Stevens.
The Senate devoted the entire
time to the consideration of the rule.
of procedure, and it was not till II
o'clock at night that the las,
rule was passed. They remain sub
stantially as they were as follows:
y l. Whcnsoever the Senate shall re
ceive notice from the House of Rcp
resentatives that managers are ap
pointed on their part to conduct an
impeachmentagains any person, and
are directed to carry articles of i'm
peachment to the Senate, the Sec
retary Of the Senate shall immedi
ately inform the House of Represen
tatives that the Senate is ready to
receive managers for tho purpose
exhibiting such articles of impeach
ment, agreeable to such notice.
2. When the managers of an i'm.
parchment shall be introduced at the
bar Ofthe Senate, and shall signify
that they are ready to exhibit arti
cles of impeachment against any per-
son, the presiding officer of the Sen.
ate shall direct the Seargt-at-Arms tc
make the proclamation, who shall
after making the proclamation, re
peat the following words, viz:
"All persons are recommended to
keep silence, on pain otimprisonment
while the inquest of the nation is ex.
hibiting to the Senate of the United
States articles of impeachment
against
After which the articles shall be
exhibited, and the presiding officer
of the Senate shall inform the mana.
gers that the Senate will take the
proper order on the subject of i'm.
parchment, of which due notice shall
be given the House Of Representa-.
tives.
8. Upon such articles being pre-
sented to the Senate, the Senate shall
at I o'clock, afternoon, of the day
Sunday excepted) following such
presentation. or sooner, if SO ordered
by the Senate, resolve itself into q
High Court of Impeachment, fol
proceeding thereon. A quorum oil
the Senate shall. constitute quorum
of the court, and it shall be in session
from day to day, Sundays excepted
after the trial shall commence, unless
otherwise ordered by the court, until
final judgment be rendered, and &C
much longer as may, in its judgment
be needed. Immediately upon tho
Senate resolving itself into such High
Court of ofImpeachment, the Secretary
Of the Senate shall administer to the
presiding officer, unless he shall be
Chief Justice, the oath required by
the Constitution, and thereupon the
p1esiding officer shall administer such
oath to the other members of the
Senate as they shall appear, whose
duty. it shall be to take the same
4. The presiding officer of the Court
Of Impachment-except when the
President Of the U. s., or Vice Presi
dent of the U. S., upon whom the
powers and duties of the Office ol
President shall have devolved, shall
be impeached-in which case the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
ofthe U. S.,--shall preside; and, in q
case requiring said Chief Justice to
preside, notice shall be given to him
by the presiding officer of the Senate
Of the time and place fixed for the
organization of the High Court Of
Impeachment, as aforesaid, with O
request to attend, and he shall pre-
side over said court until it's adjourn
ment.
5. The presiding officer of the court
shall have power to. make and issu {
by himself, or by the Secretary of the
Senate, all orders, mandates, or pre-
cepts authorized. by these rules, OF
by the court, to make and enforce
such other regulations and orders in
the premises as the court may author
ize or provide.
6. The court shall have power tt
compel the attendance of witnesses
to enforce obedience to its orders
mandates, writs, precepts, and judg
ments; to preserve order; to punish
in . summary way, contemptssant
disobedience to its authority, orders
mandates, wrlts, prscepts, or judg
ments, and to make all lawful orders
rules, and regulations which it may
deem essential or conducive to thl
ends Of justice, and the presiding of
ficer may, by direction Of the court
require the aid and assistance of any
3 officer or person in the military, ma
val or civil service of the Unitet
States, to enforce, execute ..or carry
j into effect the lawful orders, war
rants, precepts, writs and judgments
of said courts.
Z. The presiding officer of the Sen
ate shall direct oil necessary prepare
tions in the Senate Chamber. and tn
presiding officer Of the court shall di
rect all forms Of proceeding while tn
Senate is sitting for the purpose 0
trying an impeachment, and all form
during the trial not otherwise spcci
ally provided for, ard the presiding
officer Of the court may rule all iues
tions of evidence and incidental ques
tions, which ruling shall stand as
iudDmAnt of the coNrt unl0as a0m