Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-01
The Belknap Impeachment Trial.
Vote of MOT Guilty" on all the
Articles.

Soon after twelve O'Clock to-day the SEN
ate resuming its session as a court OF I'M
parchment proceeded TO vote on the first art
icle OF Impeachment in the Belkpap case.
The galleries set apart - men were well
filled; there was a sprinkling of diplom attic
representatives In the diplomatic gallery
and the ladies gallery was Comfortably filed
Seated on chairs placed behind the rows OF
Senatorial seats and on the sofrs were per-
maps hity or sixty members of the House.
Martin /. Townsend; Chief Justice Waite,
Hon. VIM. NJ. Evarts. counsel for President
johnson curing his Impeachment trial, ex-
Stewart, and Col. 9. G. Shea,s, ex-Sixth
Auditor also occupied seats on the Il JOr
of the Senate. All the managers were
In their seats, but no one representing
Gen. Belknap, except Hon. Matt. IL. ar
penter, occupied seats at the table of the
counsel for the respondent. Mr.. Carpenter
Kept tally list before him on which he re-
corded the votes as they were given, appar-
emily with much satisfaction. When the
name OF Senator Logan was called, who
of the House rose and left the chamber. be-
ing apparently convinced that the respond
ent would be acquitted. When the result
was announced on the first article-35 vot-
ing guilty and Is not guilty-several euthu-
siastic females in the ladies' gallery gave a
few feeble claps of the hand, but at once de-
sisted, finding no one TO join them.
The vote on the second article OF fmpeach.
ment resulted yeas SO, nays 25-Mr. NJ sxey
having come In and voted guilty" Seua-
tors who voted "nOt guilty" on the first
article voted In the same way on all the
other articles.
AvERDIcT OF "NoT GUILTY.
Most If not all Of the Senators voting
against conviction explained that they did
SO because they did not believe the Senate
had jurisdiction IN the premises, General
Belknap being private citizen, and not an
o1ncer OF The government, when imDeached
by the House OF Representatives. But one
democratic Senator Mr.. Eaton OF Connscti-
cut) voted "not guilty." and he took the
same view as regarded want of Jurisdiction.
AS 81 Senators voted, Al two -thirds) votes
were necessary to convict
MI. Morton was lot present, having met
with q slight accident this morning by the
overturniDg OF heavy chair in which he
was sitting.
General BeIknap's son, a young man of
perhaps twenty-five or three, was in the
chamber while the vote was being taken on
the first article and was evidently consider
ably agitated. When the result was au-
nounced be exhibited unmistahable signs OF
delight. Gen. Belknap himself was ''wait-
ing for the verdict" at Mr.. Carpenters law
office, on street, aud the moment the re-
suit was announced mounted messenger
In waiting was dispatched to carry him the
glad tidings. Mr.. Carpenter himself was
warmly congratulated, he having made a
special plea before the court against juris-
dictiOn.
While the vote on the nth article was be-
ing taken, Mr.. Morton was aided into the
Ser ate chamber and took his accustomed
tors voting not guilty, q did so without
reference TO the evidence, but because they
did not believe the Senate had Jurisdiction
in the case. Senators Wright and COnoye
voted mot guilty" because they did not re-
gard the charges as sustained by the evil