Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-05-18
The Adjournment
WASHINGTON, 10th.

w IOths
Excitement here this morning reach
ed its highest pitch.
AT Il very early hour swarms of peo-
pie began vending their way to the
Capitol and as early as ten O'Clock an
immense crowd had assembled in the !
rotunda and about the entrance of the
Senate Chamber.
No person was allow ed to pass the TO-
tunda without "a ticket. hese were
again examined twice by the dOorkeep-
ers before the holder was able to get in
to the gallery.
Policemen i'm large numbers were dis
tribute through the galleries, armed
with clubs, to preserve order,
On the floor of the Senate Chamber
lively scenes were presented just before
the Senate was Gale to order.
Groups of Senators and Representa-
tives stood around heie and there, can
wasting and discussing the work of the
day.
At half-past eleven o'clock Mr.. Wade
called the Senate to order. Then there
was half an hour of painful suspe use.
At twelve o'clock Chief-Justice Chase
brought down his gavel and called the
Court to order.
AS the hour for voting on the ar
ticle approached, anxiety could be seen
pictured on tue faces of spectators.
The first business in order was the
consideration the order to take the
vote OH the 18th article first.
On this Hendricks demanded the yeas
and nays which was carried.
Fessenden then demanded the yeas
and nays on the adoption of the ORDER
The vote resulted "a yeas to ~ nays.
While this vote was being taken SEN
atOr Howard was carried in and put in
his seat and wrapped up in great shawl.
He arose and asked if it would be in or
der to file his opinion.
The Chief-Justice said it was.
Grimes came in just after the vote
was taken, anil created quite sensa-
ton. He sat upon the Democratic side.
The Chiet-Justice admOnished the
galleries in advance that perfect order
must be maintained. 1t would 6e a
subject of regret if he was compelled to
clear the galleries.
The Chief-Justice then directed the
Clerk to read the eleventh a,ticle, which
he cid amid profound silence.
After the reading of the article the
Secretary called the roll. Anthony was
first called upon. He stood up amid
breathless silence and the Chief-Justice
put the usual form to him and he replied
''Guilty.'
Then came Bayard and Bucklew, each
mot Guilty"
Senator Cameron said "Guilty" before
the Chief-Justice had time toget through
with the forms.
The vote in detail is as follows:
GUILTY.-AnthOny, Cam rou, Cat
tell, Chandler, Cole, Conklin, Come s,
COrbett, :Cragin, Drake, Howe, Nor
gan, Morrill, (Me.), Morrill,, (Vt.), Nor
ton, Nye, Patterson of new Hampshire,
Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague,
Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Upton,
Wade, Wiley, Williams, Wilson, Yates
.-35.
Not GUILTY-Bayard, Buckalew,
Davis, Dixon, DOOlittle, essenden,
Fowler, Grimes, Henderson, Hendricks,
jackson, McCreery, Norton, Patterson,
(Tenn.) Ross, Salisbury, Trumbull,
Van Wrinkle, Vickers-19.
After this vote had been taken Sena-
tOr.Williams m we'd that the Court adj
jOurn until the tn.
Henderson made point that it could
not adjourn pending the calling of a
vote on question, nor until the result
was announced.
Judge Chase then announced that on
the eleventh article the vote stood
Guilty, 35; Not Guilty, 10. On this al
ticle the President is acquitted:
The Chair declared that it was not in
order to Journ, whereupOn an appeal
was taken, and the, yeas and nays or
dered.
On the question, shall the decision OF
the Chair stand as dhe judgment of the
Senate, the vote stOod-yeas "a, nays 80
So the Chair was not sustained.
McCreery moved that when the Courl
adjouns to-day it adjourn sine die. The
yeas and nays being ordered resulted
yeas 6, nays 47-so the motion was lost
Henderson moved that the Court adj
jouIn until the last day of July next
The yeas and nays We're demanded anC
stOOd-ye..s 20, nays "a. So the Senate
refused to adjourn until the LIST of July
The vote was then taken on Mr.. vii
liam's original motion to adjourn unit
the Goth. 1t was adopted by vote o
80 toll.
The Senate then adjourned.