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off with Messrs. Wade ans Howard. but "a


fused to consider It for o moment.
Senator Simmer and others of like ilk de.
clare that If the eleventh article is brought
up first on Saturday conviction is certain.
Senator Morrill,, Of Maine, declares that
with proper care the second and third srti.
cles may be carried. senptor Thayef de.
clares that the second, third, eighth. and
eleventh articles will be carried. Senator
Conkling and his colleague, Senator Nor
gan, DO not think that the culprit can pos
sibly escape. Senator Nye Is also hopeful.
Senator Wilson, while appreciating fully
the terrible betrayal of country and party
which has occurred, does not give up.
might mention others Of equal prominence,
both in and out of the Senate, who enter.
tain similar opinions but II 10 sunicient TO
say that our TRUST friends have recovered
somewhat from their last nights despon'
dency, and now look on conviction as tue
inevitable result of the hnal vote. They DO
not, Of course, pretend to claim It on any
hut the most serious charges but, as pre-.
dicted last night, they think 1t more than
possible that such will he the result on the
civil tenure act charges and on the eleventh
article. Il is not absolutely certain that
the votes will be taken on Saturday, as it
is possible that a further adjournment may
he effected for reasons which are satisfactory
50 the msjority of the Senate but it Is not
probable that the next recess, il one is
taken, will be for more than two or three
days.
Tie following is generally believed to be
the result of the vote ON the second record
articles For conviction-Siessrs. Anthony,
Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling,
Conness, Corbett, Cragip, Drake, Edmunds,
Ferry, Frelinghuyseu, Harlin, Howard,
Howe, Morgan, Morrill,, of Maine, Morrill,,
of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New
Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Ross. Sher.
man, Sprague, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer,
Upton, Wade, Wiley, Williams, Wilson,
Yates-36.
For acquittal-M Messrs. Bayard, Bucka.
lew, Davis. Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden,
Fowler, Grimes, Henderson. Hendricks,
johnson. McCreery, Norton, Patterson, of
Tennessee, Salisbury, Trumbull, Van Win.
ke, Vickers-lS.
Of those who are included in the list for
acquittal, Mcssrs. Fowler, Henderson, and
Van Wrinkle may vote in the affirmative
On the eleventh article the names of Messrs
Van Winkle and Wiley may be added to
the affirmative. and that of Mr.. Edmunds
may he placed on the doubtful list. Dur.
ing the day the following letter was ad.
dressed to Senator Henderson:
Hon. John B. Henderson, u s. Senator
SIR /: On consultation of the Republican
members of the House of Representatives
from Missouri, met in view of our position
on the impeachment articles, we ask you TO
withhold your vote on anyarticle upon which
you cannot vote sffirma.ively. This request
is made because we believe the heart of the
loyal people of the United States demands
the immediate removal of Andrew johnson
from the Office of President Of the United
States.
Very respectfully, &C.,
GEORGE ". ANDERSON,
WIN. A. PILE,
G. A. NEwcoMB,
JAMES j. GRAvELLY,
JOSEPH w. MCCLURE,
BENZ. F. LOAN,
john +. BENJAMIN.
The remaining Republican member Of the
delegation, Mr.. Van Horn, is absent, aid
consequently did not Sign the letter. 1t
was in response to this that Senator Hen
derson offered to resign, and it is now un-
derstood that he will do 80 unless he can
constienciousiy comply with the request.
At any rate, he has promised to stump Mis-.
souri, for the Radical ticket at the coming
election.