The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-03-25
XLth OCNGRESs-Seccnd Session.
The Impeachment Trial.


Ihe bill regulating the presentation of bills
TO the President was taken up.
Mr.. Davis moved to strike out portion, but
,t was not agreed to. After some debate the
bill passed-29 to 10.
The bill making appropriations for mpeach-
meEt expenses was reported and referred.
Mr. Sherman moved to dispense with tickets
OF admission. Laid over.
MT. Wilson, from Committee on Military
Affairs reported iavorably ON the Joint resolu-
non to place at the disposal Of the Lincoln
monument Association certain captured ord
nance.
The Clerk of the House appeared and an
nounceG that the House had adopted repli.
cltion to the answer of the President of the
united States to the articles of Impeachment
One O'CLOCK having arrived the President
pro teni vaeattd the chair for the Chief JUS
tice, who entered and took his seat The
opening ceremonies of yesterday were lie.
peated
The minutes of the session of Yesterday
were then read by the Secretary. The Secre-
tary read the announcement Of the adoption
OF the replication by Che House.
Mr. Boutwell,. OF the managers, then rose
and said:
MIR. Presiden- am charged by the mana
gers with the duty of presenting the replica
non o1ered by the House OF Representatives,
He read the replication.
at the conclusion OF the reading, Senator
johnson said: Mr.. Chief Justice, move that
an authenticated copy be presented to the
Goutisei ior the PRESIDENT.
The motion was agreed to.
The Chief Justice. Last evening a motion
was pend on the part OF the counsel for he
PRESIDENT that such time should be allowed
Tor their preparation as the Senate should
please 10 determine. Thereupon the Senator
from Maryland (Mr. Johnson) presented an
order which will be read by the Secretary
1he Secretary read the oder providing that
ten days time be allowed
Mr. She man. Mr.. President, 1 send to the
chair an amendment to come i'm nediately at
t-r he VOID Order" being in the nature of
substitute.
The Secretary read the amendment as fol-
lows: That now that rep. ication has been
hied. the Senate adhering to its rules already
adopted, shall proceed with the tridl rom day
TO day, Sundays excepted, un.ess otherwise or
deTed. or on reasons shown"
MIR. Edmunds- L move that the Senate retire
to consider that order.
Senator Sumner, and others No, no.
The yeas ami nays were demanded and or
dered, resulting as follows:
Ieas-Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Buckalew,
Coibett, Davis, Dixon, Doolttle, Edmunds,
Fessenden, Fowler, Frelinehuysen, Grimes,
Henderson, Hendricks, Howe, johnson, Nc.
Creery, Morrill,, Morton Norton, Patterson OF
New Hamp hire, Patterson of Tennessee,
SALISBURY, .Sprague, Van Wrinkle, Viekers,
Miller, Williams -2S.
Nays-Messrs' Cameron, Cattell, Chandler
Cole, Conkling. Conness, Cragin, Drake. Fer
~, Harlan, Howard, Mjrgau, Nye, Pomeroy,
ramsey Ross, Sherman, Stewart, Sumner,
Thayer, Tptor, Trumbal, Wilson-23.
30 the Senate retired Tor consu tation at
LIS.
AT 325 the Senate reappeared, and order
having been rest ,red, the Chitf Justice sale !:
am dire cted 10 inform the counsel that The
Senate have agreed to an order in response to
their application, VIII CHI will now be read: =
Ordered, that the Senate will commence the
trial of the President upon the articles of i'm
parchment exhibited against him on Monday,
the 30 day of March, and proceed therein
with all dispatch under the rules OF the Sen
ate seeming upon the trial of mpeach-
ment. After momeEtary pause the Chiei
Justice asked, Have the counsel for the re-
spOndent anything to propose?"
The counsel bowed in acquesence to the
decision.
Mr. Butler, on the part of the managers,
sald:-lf the Chair will allow me, will give
notice to the witnesses to appear here on Mon
day. the 30th, inst, at II IL O'clock.
On motion thereon Court adjourned until
the date named, and the Chief Justice vacat-
ed the Chair, which was Immediately resumed
by the President pro tenn Mr.. Wade), who
called the Senate to order.
Mr.. Grimes moved an executive session,
which, after vain attempt by Mr.. Anthony
to call up the report of the Committee on
Rules, prevailed, and the Senate went into ex-
ecutiva sessi.n, alter which the doors were re-
opened and the Senate adjourned.
The Committee CD Elections reported against
both Messrs. Kerr and Young from Kentucky
and that the Governor of that State Ue notified
of a vacancy. Laid over
The post office appropriation bill was verbal
~ amended, and how goes 10 the President
bill.
The Senate bill amending the act OF March
2 1887. providing for the prompt settlement Of
public accounts was taken up and passed.
The Of fba S-natl N M
the answer of the President was read and the
replication of the managers of impeachment
was read, as follows: Replication by the
House of Repre- en- latives of the United States
to the answer of Andrew johnson, President
OF tie United States, to the articles OF i'm
parchment exhibited against him by the Hou e
of Representatives The Hous, OF Repre-
sentatlves OF the United States have cons d.
cred the several answers OF Andrew Johns IN,
president of the Unit.d States, To the several
articles OF impeachm mt against him, by them
exhibited IN the name OF themselves and OF III
the people Of the United States, and resclv-
ing to the mselves advantage 10 t; he txcep-
tons to the lnsufticiency o. Ia answer to
each and All OF the several artlcl 5 oi n lcIi-
ment exhibited against eaid Andrew johnson.
President OF the United Stat s, do DENY each
aud every avermrnt in said several an .wers,
Or either of them, which den Or trayerses
the &C g. intenJs, crimes or misdemeanors
charged against said Andrew johnson i'll said
articles Of impeachment Or either of them
and for replication to the said answer Go say
that the said Andrew johnson, President o
the United States is guilty of tue high crimes
aid nisdemeanors mentioned IL the SAID arl
Giles, and that the said House Of Representa-
tives are ready 10 prove the same.
Mr. SpauldIng inquired OF Mr.. Boutwei
whether the President bad denied he Wa.
gully Under the articles.
Mi. Fdrnsworh said the President admit!
the tets and denies the guilt.
BIT. Spaulding added that the manager
would be met by legal critics i'll the Senate
njd they had Letter lie careful how they drew
up their replication
MI EousweH said the attention of the man
ayers had eeen drawn to the peculiar form o
the answer flied on behalf of the presiten t
but that the answer was i'll substance thar II,
was not guilty. Therefore the firm of re,I;
cation was different from what has Lc an is ~,
~ used III similar cases. Tue answer TO snr,,
OF the articles amounted to demurrer Nor
~ but on the Whole the managers had chosey
to treat the an ,wer as plea of not puiit .
The managers were Of the opinion no adyan
tage could he taken as against The House a
Represe natives to the form OF replicato I
now reported. He was Willing TO allow al
h"nr tor criticism as to the form OF IeplicJ
con.
az. Woodward called the attention OF tn
managers ~ the fact that the answer oi th
President to the l1th article amonnled to DE-
murrer, which he considered to be very cor