The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-03-17

the Senate is now organized as q distinc'
hodv from the Senate sitting IN ifa leris.
lIat;yo canacitv. II perfofI1s 4 aistinc,
function: its members act under ! differ.
emf oath and the presiding officer i moi
President pro tenn, but the Chief Jus.
tice
Under these circumstance the chai,
lconceiges that the rules ado1ted by The
Senate in its Legislative capaeity. are moi
tba rniea for the Government of the San.
| ate sitting for the trial Of an impeach-
ment, unless they are adopt8d BY body
lin the judgment Of the cliair. IF It be
erroneous, he desires to bocorrected BY
the Judgment Of the court sitting for the
trial Of the ingeachm Of - Resident
which, in his Judgment are synonymous
terms, and, therefore, if he be permitted
to do so, he will take the sense of the
Senate on this question, whether the rules
adopted on the I'd OF March shall be con.
sidered as the rules of the proceedings in
this body.
Cries of HQuestionl question:"
The Chief Justice put the. question.
There was but one faint no from the
Democratic side.
The Chief Justice-The ayes have it
by the sound. the ruleswill be considered
as the rules of this body.
Chief Justice-Will the Senator have
the goodness to repeat his motion.
Mr.. Howard repeated his motion given
above, which was put and declared adop-
ted.
APPEARANCE OF THE MANAGERS.
After few minutes DELAY, at quarter
to three. the doors were thrown OPEN
The Sergeant-at-Arm announced the
managers of the impeachment on the
part of the House Of Representatives,
and the managers entered and proceeded
up the aisle arm in arm, Messrs. Bingham
ard Butler in the advance. Mr.. Stevens
did not appear.
paooEEp1Nas ArrERwARD.
Chief Justice-The managers on. the
part of the House of Representatiyeswill
take the seats assigned to them.
They took seats accordingly inside the
bar; whereupon, order having been restor-
ed, Mr.. Bingham rose and said, in almost
an ipaudible tone, until admonlshed by
Senators near him to speak louder:
We are instructed by the House OF
Representatives, as its managers, to de-
mand that the Senate take process against
Andrew johnson, President of the Uni
ted States, that he answer at the bar of
the Senate the articles of impeachment
heretofore preferred by the House Of
Representatives, through its managers
before the Senate. ass
MIR. Bingham having taken bis seat, Mr..
Howard offered the following order:
Ordered, Thata summons be issued, as
required by the rules of procedure and
practice in the Senate, when sitting on q
trial of impeachment, to Andrew John
son, returnable on Friday, the 18th day
Of March, instant, at one o'clock in. the
afternoon. gs 81 .n 81,
The question was put on agreeing to
the order, and was decided carried and di.
rected to be executed. 49, IS.
Mr.. Howard-I move the Senate. sit.
ting uuon the trial of Impeachment, do
now adjourn.
Several Senators addressed the chair
simultaneously. but Mr.. Anthony was re
cognized. He offered an amendment to
rule seven, to strike out the last clause,
providing ssthat the presiding officer may,
in the first instance, submitto the Senate,
without division, all questions Of evil
dence and incidental questions, but the
same shall, on demand of three-ffths Of
the members, be decided by the ayes and
nays and insert in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing:
The presiding officer Of the court may
rule all questions of evidence and incl
dental questions, which ruling shall stand
as judgment of the Court, unless some
member Of the Court shall ask that q for
NAL vote be taken thereon, in which case,
it shall be submitted to the court for de-
cision. He may, at his option, in the first
instance, submit question to vote OF
the members of the Court.
The amendment would restore the rule
to the original form.
Mr.. Anthony did not desire to press
the amendment Immediately, and it was
laid on the table. s.
Mr.. Howard moved that. the court. adj
journ to the time the summons was made
returnable. m I'll
Mr.. Sumner-Befor that motionis put
tor from Rhode island whether under the
rule now adopted he regards that as de,
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