The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-28


this should not be carried vote should
be taken on the second and third arti-
cles, after which, If they were lost the
court should adjourn sine die.
The Senators mostly came into their
chamber about ten minutes before
noon. The appearance of those who
had been IN consultation did not be-
token a hopeful prospect for impeach-
ment. They gave out word that four
| weeks postponement had been agreed
upon. The galleries hearing of this
supposed the question settled, but cor
respondents and others who had been
canvassing the situation saw that the
vote on adjourning would be very
close, while the proposition stood bare
chance of being defeated. The crowd
outside was not so great as usual.
Some scores Of persons waited in the
rotunda and halls beyond the southern
doorkeeper, hoping that something
might turn up to give them admittance
| to the galleries. They worried MEM
bers of the House who passed through
for tickets; they sent cards innumera-
BILE to Senators begging for admission;
they declaimed loudly about fayorite.
ism and rights of the people; they ca
gerly inquired OF every man who pos
sibly might know. what were the con-
illusions of the caucus and the prospects
for conviction.
The court opened promptly at noon,
with Mr.. StanberyI of counsel, and
Messrs. Boutwell,, Wilson, Bingham
and Butler of the managers, present.
There were almost no privileged per-
sons on the floor, except half = dozen
ex-members of Congress. Mr.. Will
liams, spokesman of the caucus, hur-
ried in with his preliminary motion for
adjournment, but the court kept itself
in hand and went through the usual
form, sending for the House and read
a.. 90 Il 81.
The galleries were about three-fourthS
full, though twenty minutes later
every seat was taken. The day being
clear and warm, there was great pre-
dominance OF bright colors throughout
the ladies' gallery, and the other side
even presented a much less sombre ap-
pearance than usual. AS for the
of persons who have been pres
ent nearly every day since the trial
began. The ticket system generally
secured q we'll dressed and we'll be-
haved auditory, but 1t easily fell into
ruts, for 1t was far less trouble to Sena-
tors to give and continue TO give their
tickets TO personal friends than TO pass
them over to the great public, which
regards members of Congress as supe-
rior beings. The diplomatic gallery
was full at an early hour, and 1t was
noticeable that, whereas on the former
uaVS OF NOGln& WIS
by the higher members Of the dtplo-
matte body, it was to-day principally
held by ladies and secretaries. The
scene on the floor of the chamber dur
ing the reading of the journal was, ex-
cept for the presence of the House,
hardly less prosy than usual. Mr..
Stanbery, pale and thin, wearing an
overcoat, sat bolt upright at the head
of HE table. Mr.. Butler, on the other
side, was tumbling a bundle of papers,
and because of near-sightedness, fire.
quently dropping his face down among
them. Mr.. Fessenden leaned forward
and chatted few minutes with Ed
munds. Trumbull sat lazily in his
chair, picking at that everlasting scrap
OF paper. Wilson was clearing out the
drawer of his desk, as usual, and look
ing at numerous papers. Summer was
correcting the proof slips of his i'm
parchment opinion. DOolittle and
Dixon sat close together and whispered
into each others ears. Howard WAS in
his seat, apparently as we'll as ever.
Grimes, worn and huggard, came in
with the aid of cane and and a friend,
and sat in an easy chair down at the
right of the Chief Justice. Reverdy
might have evil designs on the Presi-
dent, and therefore Williams, its
spokesman, needed watching. Sauls-
bury showed himself to the galleries by
walking up and down in his old fash
ion behind the outer row of Senatorial
chairs. Ross, the most sought for man
in the chamber, sat most of the time
perfectly quiet in his chair, looking
straight at the Chief Justice.
At halfpast twelve, when the journal
had been read and the preliminary pro-
ceedings were over, Mr.. Williams again
presented his rule resembling all orders
heretofore made requiring vote to be
taken in a particular way. In the
course of the next half hour three or
four points of order were madeleine
clearly in spite or stupidity, and one SO
well founded that 1t could hardly have
failed in calmer times. The galleries
didn't know anything about technical
matters, and impatiently indicated that
they wanted them ruled out of court at
once. 1t was not difhcultto see where
the Chief Jastice stood with respect to
most OF the questions, but ne wisely
concluded to submit each one AS it was
raised to the Senate without himself
formally deciding. The result in evary
instance was that the Impeachment
men carried their point by majorities
running from four to eight. The inn
parchment Republicans who voted with
the other side on these points were AM
thony, Corbett, Ferry, Edmunds, Nor
gan, Morrill, of Vermont, Patterson of
Hampshire, and Wiley. All this was
be sure, but not involving the main
question.
The real struggle began when the
clerk submitted Conkling's order to
vote on the articles at once. This was
lost by two majority, the vote being
yeas 26, nays %, the Impeachment men
who voted with the other side being
Cole, Conkling, Ferry, Morgan, Morrill,
of Vermont, Morton, Patterson, OF
New Hampshire, and Wiley. This
proposition being rejected, Mr.. Morrill
of Maine, presented his order for an
adjournment to the 23d of June, which
was also lost by a tie vote of 21to q.
The impeachers who now voted in the
negative were Cole, Conklng, Ed
munds, Frelinghuysen,Pe Perry, Morgan,
Morrill,, of Vermont, Morton, and Pat
terson, of New Jersey.
The vote was, in fact, direct rever-
sal of that on Conkling's proposition,
and the result shows that at twelve
O'Clock and forty minutes Messrs, Ed
munds, Frelinghuysen and Wiley yo-
ted one way, and then, just twenty-five
minutes later, voted another way. The
curious thing about the proceedings on
these preliminary questions was that
on each and every one of them Mr..
Ross voted squarely with the extreme
Radicals against all points OF order
and Conkling's rule and for MI MOI
rill's adjournment resolution. He even
wanted TO adjourn the Court till Sep
TENDER, his profered theory being
that it would be a good thing to keep
Impeachment pending over the Presi-
dent. It must be admitted that these
various votes very much served to con-
fuse spectators. As for Ross himself,
he sat stolid and Indifferent, looking
apparently at nothing out of sleepy
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