, 1876-06-20
a. passed BY tho House, while tho dtshonor that
would follow would forever destroy the Demo.
csattr party.
IMPEACHMENT.
ACTION or THE SENATE.

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ACTION or THE SENATE
WASHINGTON, u. G., June lo.-The action Of
the Senate on the tmpcachmcnt casc Of Gen.
Be]knan tn-<,ov eccms IN ahow ctcorlv lint tbo
,5io,,.r,,a,. - $500. :" ~. tsH! ~ -.
aa!ou'.n"e"t y, eons1es' 10 yet Mt III 'ne 'o'
thfc, lilo contingency being that tho aessIon,
With short recess, may Inst all summer. 1t
decided to.{]ny to ru an with the finnrarhmrnt
trial n, N. C,l, ~ 1nt. ons tto, !. ,,o,,1a r.,
illegal to proceed. durifg the scccss OF Con-
gross. In other words, 1t decides that It cannot
proceed
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Ths s"n,,. ri,,o,1 1s"r ,s W liz
:, 4ne SENATE soteu uao"a W afefylargcm
The proposition to postpone the trial until next
fall. The House cannot adjourn without the
consent Of the Senate, Thr SENATE, however.
obn,,,t w.. ma,,.n 49,. .a.,,n,tn. ..' as..
,oat ~, :. tlo' 49,. .sa."' "5 ~
Ilouse. 1t would sccm, however, that both will
he willing to stay In anticipation Of any rontin-
genssy In tue political future. In any event, If
tho Impeachment is conti,ucd, It can hardly b.
disposed Ut in less than I. month Or st1 weeks.
+,,. WITNESSES.
With the view Of preventing uscless delay,
, sne senate took important Il, ncson to-day. i
naked that 190 witnesses might be summoned
frotn oil parts Of the country, Tho object was
apparently to delay and confuse tue case. Tie
scnatc to-day lad COMMITTEES appointed, con-
sisting OF Frclinghuyken, Thurman. and Chris
anTsy to udIa ,o s cn'N
thought NECESSARY, requiring Dc)knap to sum-
mon such others as he might desire, stfp,i-
lating to pay their cxpcnscs himself. Take It
all in all, the condition 0f the business Of
Congress Is very serious. The prospcct Of al
early adjournment is very unccrtain.
counr rNocEzplNos.
70 ts hf,tf + 1;,nss1fa ,;n; % ;hc sor,.
=, MAeAlftiVN, y. -, 1unc le.-ln the SENATE
cd, and tho Senate resumed consideration Of
thu articles OF impeachment against Bellsnap.
Mr., lugalls asked thu opInIons OF the Man
sss s aaras 's du;e e rersi. OIL 's Senate to cit
Manager Lord saia the Managers were d.
yitcl 0u this puint, although be himself
thought the Senate possessed such authority.
ThG scnatc then went tntu secret session on
Der.
After the doors closed Mr.. Howe moved to
reconsider the vote BY which 1t was ordered
TINT they be closed. RejeCted-ycas, 10; nays,
The question then being on tic motion sub
m!tted on Saturday to postpone the trial Until
solur convenient day III tue month OF November
next, Mr.. Thurman moved that the applca-
ton Of respondent for postponcment o1 the
DEFENDANTS rLEA.
On motion of Mr.. Etlfnuu.ls, the Senate, slt-
thy as . Court Of ;Impeaea.,'ncnt:, thsn pro-
puper % read on Filthy last by Judge Baek, >.cf Of
counsel for defense, assigning the reasons why
articles Of impeachment y required BY order Of
the Senate. adopted on the 9Th instant, Which
paper Judge Black requested to lavc placed
on file.
hlr. Sherman submitted The following for con-
6ldcEatiQn:
0rdrtd, Tint thu nsper presented by defendant
on The 16th mt ne ales IN thls ssusc and defend
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tceef wv W nr..teG Ge ot W ~ ~ r'suse
sau.o' , H. ,1ofordn,+ ,'"t ~ s"E TAX. ps,
tfra.a. su ~ .s 81 ays sS uee'aea IN 1no aff'
The G,,rsiton ,ci, r!er,,r1,rr nm the 1,s+ c,o,..
of thc rslrr Vt sIr sherman, as foows.' Nn%
cfsna,t hayin ~ fni1rd to nnswer to liz me1s
With len says W allowed by the order Of the San.
s,a ~ +ha eth insi thc triai sal nrocccI IN
e1 H. n t nf iii njy t next a. mpon p{ca Of not
rmi1tv.,; cMi w. y 'o'5 "e"' '7 "1'SA fS" AS'
Mr t,,tson movcl tn nmcnd thu c1ausa nv
et.;nr nut Is nj, nf In1r II nnft fnscrtfnfy In 1Ic
thrreof i3tl, of Noycuibcr.U KeiuctcI-ycas
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son, SI!tstaMvy, 1H5 IT,, 1TlSo n ~
gan, iofflll lAaaluc}, "Aate!et, "ladoW, 2nu
Wright.
THE HOUSE MUST nH PRESENT.
Mr.. Morton moved to amend the sccund clause
of the prt}cr submitted by Mr., Sherman by iu-
scsttng at the end thereof the following:
Prorid,d. That Impeactmept can only proceed
In the presence Of tho 1louse Of Representatives.
Mr., Frclinghuyaen muyetl to amend tho
amendment III sfrtkinf out tIn wprt]s rronnaef
by Mr Mur.on, a,,d l,iscrt in lieu thereof Is foi-
i1ws: "W'hilu CongrcFs is In session.,
Mr. Morton then Withdrew the amendment
proposcd by lin, a,,l TINT submitted by Mr,
Frtlturfluysci, wns avrrcti TO,
Nr. 1unklinr moved to further amend the
c]ause 80 III to make # rca,l; aProyi,icd that
Impeachment eun only proceed while Congress
is in sessiou.n Arrccd to,
clause By adding thereto as followe: "And In
tne pIgseHee " Wy 1imute IL. " Ne14ceentHtlFcS.
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