Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-03-10
F0RTIETH CONGRESS.
This Afternoons Proceedings,
TUESDAY, March 10.


Mr. Howard from the Select Committee on
In peachmeni. reported a substitute for the or
der presented by Mr.. Anthony, relative TO th.
ADMISSION OF spectators during the Impeachment
trial. -.
THE substitute provides that during the N, al
OF the Impeachment of Andrew johnson. Prrsi-
az mt OF the United States, person. other than
tnoee enniied 10 the privileges OF the noor and
clerks OF standing committees of the Senate.
shall be admitted thereto; that one thousand
tickets TO the galleries shall be issued daily,
under the direction of the Sergeant-at- Arms:
that the Diplomatic gallery shall be reserved
exclusively for the Diplomatic Oorp. and
forty tickets TO that gallery shall be issued 10
the memb mbeIs Of the foreign legations: four
tickets 10 be issued 10 each Senator; four 20 the
Chief Justice and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; TWO 10 each member of the
House OF RepreseD tatives: two TO each Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court. two 10 each
Judge OF the Supreme Court OF the District
OF Columbia; two TO each iudge OF the
Court OF CLAIMS; two 70 each Cabinet officer;
TWO TO the General commanding the army: one
each TO the Mayors OF Washington and George
town; one to the Smithsonian Institute one
each 10 the Commissary General, the q uarter-
master General, the Surgeon General. and the
Paymastsr General; ne to each Of the Ad-
mnals OF the Navy; one 10 each minister of a
church IN the District of Columbia; six TO the
President OF the United States, and 60 10 the
reporters of the press and the resid ue shall be
distributed among the members of the Senat.
m proportion 10 the representation of their
States IN the House Of Representatives.l
Mr.. Cole thought that some portion OF the
galleries should be thrown open 20 the public
Mr.. Wiley doubted the propriety Of any
such arrangement. He did not know that his
family were any better than the FAM lies Of any
of his constituents.
Mr.. Williams did not approve of the ticket
system at all. The galleries should be thrown
great many people would be attracted here by
this trial, and if they were unable 10 obtain
seats there would be much dissatisfaction.
Mr.. Howard said the committee had careful
" Sid rod and ha hon hat
this provision was the best that could be made
Mr.. Fessenden hoped the report OF the COM
mittee would be adopted. If the galleries Were
thrown open lndlscrnninately, there would be-
a rush OF that class of people who were not
agreeable in any sense. The mob would obtain
all the seats, and well behaved people would
be crowded out. Among those who would be
attracted here by this trial. would be a class of
people whom II would be hard TO restrain
Now, II was not proper that the Senate should
beliable u be disturbed by the expressions like
ly 10 arise from such people. He therefore
thought ii proper that tickets should be issued.
They had experience the other day OF wnat
they were liable to, when, on a mere question
OF order, applause was INDUCED in by those in
the galleries.
Mr.. Anthony was informed that the capacity
OF the galleries was but go, and therefore
moved TO reduce the number of tickets from
1,tCO TO 900. II the steps and passages were al
lowed 10 be occupied, il would be impossible
for the officers of the Senate to preserve order.
Mr.. Thayer was glad that the Senator from
Maine had alluded TO the disorderly demon
strations in the galleries. He wanted every
body to understand tnat, whether friends or
mics of the President, that il was not their pro-
vince to give expression 10 their feelings when
in the Faesence Of the Senate.
Mr.. Grimes thought the means proposed by
the committee would be entirely Inadequate TO
the occasion, and that no better system OF con-
fusion could be adopted-no better method of
annoyance devised. He thought the mob whic ch
had been spoken of would be transferred from
the Senate galleries to the Senator's themselves
He bad alI eady received applications for tickets
from 200 or moe persons.
MIR. Wiley said another objection 70 the
ticket scheme was that many persons would
get tired out, and leave before the session was
half over, and that no one else could come in
and occupy their private seals.
Mr.. Drake would ask Of the Chair whether
any arrangements had yet been made for the
convenience OF Senators during the trlal. and
what they were.
The President pro tenn said that he had given
directions to the Sergeant at Arms to make all
proper arrangements for the convenience of
Senators. for the members of the House, the
managers of impeachment and the President
and his counsel, but as 10 the special arrange
ments made by the Sergeant-at-Arms be had
no knowledge
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE MIR. Stevens,
pa, from the Committee on Reconstruction,
reported bill for the admission of the State of
Alabama. The bill is as follows:
Whereas the people of Alabama, in pursu-
ance of the provisions Of an act OF Congress
entitled "An ect for the more efficient govern
ment OF the NJ bel States" passed March ., 1867,
and the acts supplementary thereto, have
framed constitution OF State government
which is republican in form; and whereas at
an election held, commencing on the 4th of
February, ls6s, O large majority of the legal
voters OF said State voting al said election voted
for the adoption Of said constitution: Therefore
Be ii enacted DC, That the sald Sta.e OF Ala
bama shall be recognized and admitted as one
oI the States of these United States of America.
and shall be entitled to representation in Con-
gress as soon as the Legislature OF said State
the members of which We're elected al the cleo
tion mentioned in the preamble TO this act, shall
nave duly ratified the amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States proposed by the
Thirty Ninth Congress and known as article A..
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted, That sad
State OF Alabama shall be recognized and be
admitted into the Union upen the following
conditions, to-wit: That the right of suffrage of
citizens of the United States shall never he de-
MED OF abridged In said State on account Of
race, color, or previous condition of servltude,
and Congress shall have power TO repeal any
act OF said State Legislature in violation or in
derogation OF the provisions Of this act.
The bill was ordered TO be printed, and was
made the special order for tomorrow.
Accompanying the Bill was report from the
Committee on Reconstruction.
Mr.. Eliot (Mass. introduce petition OF the
Colonization Society, asking fer postal faeiii-
Ties between this country and Liberia. Referred
10 Comm ittee on Commerce.
Senate Joint resolution providing for the is
sue of clothing to soldiers in lieu of clothing
destroyed to prevent contagion, was taken up,
and, on motion Of Mr.. Garfield, was passed.
Mr.. Garfield, from Committee on Military
Affairs. reported the bill TO establish a un form
system OF military education; which was or
dered 10 be printed and recommitted
On motion Of Mr.. Pike (Me.) Senate resolu-
ton for the relief of Commodore George Il.
Preble, u. = N, and Senate resolution for the
relief Of Paymaster John II. Cunningham, u.
5. N, were referred to the ComnIttee on Naval
Affairs.
Mr.. Cook (Ill. }, from Committee on Roads
and Canals, reported a substitute for the bill
for postal and military railway between
Washington and New York; which was or
dered to be printed and recommilted.
Mr. Eliot, lMass-.) from the Com mittee on
freedmen's Affairs, reported bill for the sale
of certain lot of ground in St Augustine
Florida, TO be used for educational purposes
for the freedmen. The Secretary of War Is di-
rected to execute the bill
MIR. Wood IN. W suggested that the bill be
executed by the Secretary OF War ad interim
instead OF by the Secretary Of War. He called
attention TO the IA CT that the Secretary Of War
od iwei tm was the official who was now recog-
mig. by the Executive and the Cabinet.
Mr farnsworth (Ill.) reminded Mr.. Eliot
nas aan,snt msn rs0mss yet signed himself only as
Mr. Wood doubtsd that. He thought the Sec.
retAry od inferim was the proper oflcer 70 exe- |
cute this bill, as Mr. Stanton, who claimed to
be Secretary OF War, was guarded behind
bastile OF bayonets. -
Without further discussion, the bill was |
Mr.. Paine, (wis.,) from the Committse on 1
FreedmenS AHairt, reported hack the bill for 4
the sale OF certain lands and Lots on the Sea 4
Islands, in Beaufort district South Carolina.