Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-12-04

The House OF Delegates, after two
or three weeks holly Contested skirm-
fishing, found bills Of impeachment
against Hon. John S. Burdett, State
Treasurer, and Hon. E. A Bennett,
Auditor. Their trials will now come
up before the Senate, to be decreed
guilty" or mot guilty. On Saturday
last, the question Of impeachment in
the House, in reference to John S.
lburdett, Treasurer, came up as fol-
lows
Mr. Good resumed his argument on
the Impeachment cases. When he con-
Guided Mr.. Depue called for the previ-
Gus question, which call was sustained.
MIR. Jackson demanded that the ayes
and NOES be taken.
The Speaker announced the questions:
"Shall the articles of impeachment be
indefinitely postponed?' and the roll
was called, with the following result:
AYEs.-Messrs Speaker Monroe,
Agree, Chapman, Chidister, Derue,
Dix, Enoch, Fleming, Ice, Jackson,
Kirtley, McCulloch, McEldowney,
Miller, Montgomery, Prichard, Rey-
nolds of Mercer. Rogers, Roles, Sehon,
WEIGH, West, Williams, Wooddell-25.
Nots- Blakemore, Campbell, Garlic,
Coruwel!, Dyche, Farnswo:th, Furge-
sun, Gitlingcr, Good, Hall, Huston,
Huffman, Hutchinson, Jordon, Long,
Tough, Mason, Morgan, Powell, Pugh,
Reynolds Of Taylor, Shiun, Simpson,
Small, Snider. Spencer. Tanner, Taylor,
Thornburg, Turner, Upton, Vaughn,
White, Wilson, Zinn-36. Lost.
MIR, Reynolds, of Taylor, offered as a
substitute resolution directed the i'm.
parchment resolutions to be rescind-
ed.
ATEs-26.
NoEs-35.
The only change IN the former vote
was that OF Mr. Reynolds of Taylor.
On motion of MIR. Stuart, the vote
was taken on the lst article preferred
against John S. Burdett-Ayes, SO
Noes, 25.
The vote on the 2nd article stood
Ayes, SO; Noes, 25.
The vote on the Sid article stood
Ayes, SO; Noes, 20.
The vote on the 4th article stood
Ayes, 81; Noes, 2l'
The remaining articles, being twenty
one in all, were adopted by about til.
same vote.
On Monday, the impeachment mattel
in reference to Auditor Bennett, came
up as follows
The House took up the motion o
Mr.. McEldowsny to indefinitely post
pone the articles of Impeachment agalns
the Auditor.
Mr.. Hutchinson moved to lay on thu
table the motion to postpone indefinite
" and called for the ayes and noes
The vote stood ayes p, noes, 80. Lost
The question then came up on the
motion to indefinitely postpone, ant
Mr.. Stuart demanded the ayes and
noes:
AYEs-Agree, Chapman, Chidister
Depu, Dix, Enochs, Fleming, Houston
Ice, jackson, Kirt!y Mason, McCulloch
McEldowney, Miller, Montgomery
Powell, Prichard, Reynolds of Mercer,
Reynolds of Taylor, Rogers, Roles,
Sehon, Squires, WEIGH, West, Williams,
Wooddell, Mr.. Speaker-29.
NoEs-Babb, Blakemore, Campbell,
Carlile, Cornwell, Farnsworth, Furge-
son, Gettinger, Good, Huffman, Hutch
insou, Jordon, Long, Tough, Morgon,
Pugh, Shinn, Simpson, Snider, Small,
Spencer, Stuart, Tanner, Taylor, Thorn
burg, Turner. Upton, Wang han, White,
Wilson, Zinn-32.
The question then came up on the
adoption of the articles of impeachment,
on which the ayes and noes were taken.
The articles, eight in number, were
taken up ser,af'm, and adopted by
the same vote that the motion to post
pone was lost.
The Board Of Managers were in
instructed to present the articles OF
Impeachment to the Senate.