The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-07
The High Old Court OF Impeachment

The Washington correspondent OF the
New York World says: 0'-
The "great trial" drones on like an
interminable Chinese plar. Daily my
lords, TIE Senators of the Uaited States
assemble and are known far and wide
as High Court of Impeachment. And
day by day it becomes more evident
how useless, except for appearances
sake, it was to prolong the sitting sf Q
Court nearly every member OF which
had, prior to the conclusion of the evi,
dence, made up his mind as to the issue
WHO COMPOSE "THE COURT"
There are now fifty-four members, OF
whom forty-three are Republicans, as
follows:
Benz + Wade, Ohio, FF FrelinghuyseD, N J
II Anthony, r w Grimes, lows,
Simon Cameron, Penn, James Harlan, Iowa,
A G Cattel, NJ j b Henderson, Mo,
Zach Chandler, Mich, j III Howard, Mich.
Cornelius Cole, Cal, TO Howe, WIS,
Roscoe Conkling n Y, ID Morgan, Y,
John Conness, Cal, u Morrill,, Vt,
II W Corbett. Oregon, Lot P Morrill,, Me,
A II Cragip, n II, 10 P Morton, Ind,
G ID Drake, Mo, u w Nye, Nevada,
+ + Edmunds, VT, JW Patterson, n ID,
o 6 Ferry Conn, sc Pomeroy, Kan,
Vim Fessenden Me- Alex Ramsey, MINI,
] S Fowler Tenn Z G Ross, Kansas,
John Sherman, Ohio, VIM Stewart; Nev'
VIM Sprague, X /, Chas Sumner, Mass
John N Thayer, Neb, L W Upton, NeD,
l. Trumbull' Illinois. PC Van Wrinkle, W v
Geo Ii williams, Or, Henry Wilson, Mass,
Dan'l L Norton, Min, W.T. Wiley, Wv.
Richard Yates, Ill.
The Democratic Senators are eleven,
as named:
j 4 Bayard, Del, Jas Doolittle Wis,
Chas X Buckalew, Pa, rhos c MCreery, Ky,
Garrett Davis XIV Thos A Hendricks, lad
James Dixon, Conn, Reverdy johnson, Md
Willard Salisbury Del d T Patterson, Tenn,
Geo. L. Vickers, Md.
have taken, of course, liberty in
placing the name of Reverdy johnson
In the list of Democrats-a liberty
which is almost compliment that Mr..
Johnson has, since his election to the
Senate, often appeared to deserve.
A two thirds vote-that of thirty-six
Senators-will be required to convict
the President. Assuming, in the first
instance, that the eleven Democratic
Senators will vote in body for acquit-
tai. and that Mr.. Wade will insist upon
being allowed permission to cast his
vote into the verdict, eight Republican
votes are requisite to overcome the de-
cision of twO-thirds Of the Senate, and
thus secure the Presidents acquittal.
Should Mr.. Wade renounce the privi-
lege which a majority of the Senate
would of course accord him, seven he
publican votes would suffice for acqult
tai.
Thus the only doubt whether Mr..
johnson would escape from a verdict OF
guilty las hinged upon the possible de-
lection of a middle class of "cOnserva'
tive Republican" Senators who were
suspected of having opinions, ambition,
even consciences, independent of the
dictatien of the extreme whippers-in of
tho Radical party With this middle
class of Senators rests the balance of
power.
1t has never been difficult to name the
Radicals in the Senate who were almost
certain to sustain the impeachment
They are in order as follows:
Wade, Chandler, Howard, Sumner.
Drake, Thayer, Conness, Nye, Stewart,
Wilson, Morton, Morgan, FIeyliughuy-
sen, Williams, Cameron, Cattell, Ferry,
Yates, Wiley, Upton, Morrill,, of YER
mont, Howe, Patterson, of New Hamp-
shire, Cole, Cragin, Conkling, Pomsroy,
Corbett and Ramsey.
The Senators heretofore regarded as
doubtful were Fessendea, Trumbull, Ed
munds, Grimes, Fowler, Sprague, Ross,
Anthony, Van Wrinkle, Norton, Harlan,
Henderson, Sherman, and Morrill,, OF
Maine. This list of doubtful Senators
has now dwindled until it hardly in
cludes the following names:
Fessenden, Trunlbull, Grimes, Fow-
ler, Van Winkle, Sprague, Anthony,
Ross, Norton, Edmunds, and Morrill,, OF
Maine.