The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, May &c.
SENATE.


prayer by the Chaplain.
Chief Justice Chase took his seat AS
presiding officer and proclamation in
the usual form was made by the Ser
gsant-at-Arms.
Senator Williams offered the follow
ing order:
Resolved, That the resolution hereto
fore adopted as to the order of reading
and voting ON Impeachment be re-
scinded.
Mr.. johnson asked the effect of the
order.
The Chief Justice said the question
was in the nature of u debate, and de-
bate was not In order then. .l
! Some Senator called for the reading
of the order to which this order re-
ferred.
The Chief Justice remarked that the
| first business in order was to notify the
House of Represent atives that the Sen
ate was ready TO receive them at the bar,
| and that after that the course would be
to read the journal Of the last days pre-
ceedings.
Ii objections were made to the order
offered by Senator Williams they would
not be in order till both things were
done.
Mr.. johnson made the necessary Oh.
lection.
On molten of Mr.. Edmunds it was
ordered that the House be notified that
the Senate is now ready to proceed with
impeachment.
Soon after the Sergeant-at-ArmS an
nounced that the Managers on the part
of the House had taken their seats, Mr..
Stevens not among them. r
! The President was represented by
Messrs. Stanbery, Evarts and Nelson.
The House having been announced at
the bar, entered III committee of the
| Whole, headed by its chairman. The
Speaker took his usual seat beside Sen
ator Morrill,, of Maine. BY this time
avery seat in the galleries were Occupi-
ed. Every Senator was in his seat.
The journal OF the last days proceed
ings was read and the resolution offered
by Senator Williams came up.
Senator Buckalew said IT the rcsoiu-
tioa required unanimous consent for Its
consideration to-day he would object.
The Chief Justice stated in his opinion
that it did and that a single objection
would lay the resolution over till to-
morrow, but he would submit the ques-
ton to the Senate. A vote was taken
| whether the resolution be received and
acted on now and was decided in the
affirmative.
Mr.. Williams modified his motion to
rescind all orders relating to the time OF
voting and Mr.. Trumbull made the point
of order that AZ order could not be res
cinded 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 Senate
withdraw for consultation, but it was
not agreed TO. .. g
| The Chief Justice submitted the ques-
ton OF sustaining the point of order and
it was not sustained.
Mr.. Conkhng offered substitute for
Mr.. Williams resolution, IAN order that
the Senate sitting. for the trial of An
drew johnson, President of tho United
States, will now proceed in the nlanner
prescribed by the rule in that behalf TO
Gu vote III their order Oh the remaining
artie les of impeachment"
| The vote on the amendment resulted:
Yeas 20; nays ~.
Nj. .MnrrIll, Of Maine, then moved
| that the Court adjourn until tue 23d Of
June.
| The Chief Justice rea affirmed his opin-
| ion that such Il motion was not iii or
der, and submitted the question to the
Senate. IL VAS decided To be in order,
So to Is.
The question recurred on Mr.. Nor
Iill's motion To adjourn to the Odd of
! June. but Senator Ross moved TO amend
by substituting September.
| The first Amendment was lost, 10 to
50 The vote OH Mr.. Morrill's motion
| III rd IN tie, and Ihc Chief Justice
g, ...,u II lost.
, M NII.auI> ttcu moved IA ;IoCred
! i.Nr-r un t., second article, Thicu
Disagreed 10.
RrsulI-Guiit, 70; not guilty, 10.
Senators FesScI.d den, Fowler, Grimes,
Henderson, Ross, Trumbull and Van
Wrinkle voted not guilty; the rest as be-
fore.
The vote was afterwards taken on the
third article of impeachment with the
same result.
At III minutes before 2 o'clock the
| vote on the third article having been
announced, Senator Williams moved
the Senate sitting as Court OF lm-
parchment, do now adjourn sine die.
The vote having been taken by yeas
and nays the Chief Justice said that be-
fore announcing the vote he would re-
mind the Senators that the Odd rule
provided that if the impeachment
should not, on any article presented, be
sustained by vote of two-thirds of
the members present, n judgment of ac-
auittal should be entered. He added,
after some interruption by Senators,
that if there were no objections the
Clerk would enter the judgment of &C
quittal according to rule.
MI. COnkling misunderstanding the
proposition of the Chief Justice, sug-
gested that the rule required vote to
be taken on each article before the
Judgment could be entered.
The Chief Justice assented, but said
he had reference singly to those articles
OH which the vote had been taken.
There being no objections, the Chief
Justice directed the Judgment of ac-
quittal 70 be entered on the second,
third and eleventh articles of impeach-
ment.
The vote on adjournment sine die was
then announced, yeas 81 and nays 10.
The Chief Justice then declared, at
ten minutes before two o'clock, that the
Senate, sitting as Court of Impeach-
ment for the trial Of Andrew johnson
on articles of impeachment, stood ad-
journed without day.
Without any perceptible manifesto
ton of feeling on the part of the spec
tators, the members of the House then
returned to their chamber and the gal
leries were in 4 few minutes almost de-
serted.
Mr.. Anthony rose to personal ex-
PLANTATION, and stigmatized the reports
iu regard to the Chief Justice endeav-
oring to influence him in the matter OF
Impeachment as malignant falsehoed
Mr.. Wiley made a statement of a
similar kind.
Mr.. Johnson contradicted the story
in regard to dining with the Chief JUS