The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-08-05
Belknap Acquitted.

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Belknap Acquitted.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Delknap has
been acquitted, the vote standing 35 for
conviction, and % not guilty less than
the requisite two.thi DIS.
THE VOTE ON TuE FIRST ARTICLE
The Senate at 10 o'clock to day pro.
ceeded to vote upon the articles of i'm
parchment against w. w Belknap, late
Secretary of War, in accordance with
the or Ter adopted yesterday.
Mr.. Belknap was not present to day,
but was represented by Mr.. Carpenter,
of his counsel.
Upon the first article OF impeachment
35 Senators voted guilty, aud 2j not
guilty Tor want of jurisdiction. Those
who voted guilty were
senators Bayard, Cameron tPa).. Cockr,lh
Cooper, Davis Dawes, Dennis, II minds, Cor
don HAMILTON, arysy H,1rncqoE Ks,ey
Mitchell, Morrill, OTwOOd glesby Randolph,
Ransom, Robertson sargeH. Saulsou,y.. stew;
Winners.
Those voting not guilty were :
Senator'S Alnson Anthony, Boutwell, Bruce,
Cameron (Wis), Christinncy, iOnkling, Con-
over Cragin Dorsey, Eaton Ferry, Frcinghuy.
sen, llnmln, Howe. ingalls,, Jones' tNev) LO-
Gan, MCMILLAN. Patterson Paddock, spencer,
West. WINDOW and Wright
Mr.. Jones, of Florida, declined to
vote on the ground that the Senate had
no jurisdiction.
The presiding officer announced that
two.thirds of the Senate had not voted
guilty, and therefore the respondent
was acquitted of the charge in the first
article.
VOTE ON THE SECOND ARTICLE.
The Senate then proceeded to vote
upon the second article, when 30 Sena-
tors voted guilty and "a not guilty.
(Mr. MaXey, who did not answer on the
first roll call, voted guilty upon the
second article).
Those Senators who voted not guilty
repeated their reasons for doing 81, be
ing for want of jurisdiction, as stated
upon the first roll call.
THE FINAL voTE-ADJ oURNMENT OF COURT.
Upon the third and fourth articles
the vote stood as given, 80 voting gull
ty and 25 not guilty.
Before the roll call on the fifth ar
tlcle was finished, Mr.. Morton, who
had been detained on account of Sc
we're fall which occurred to him this
morning, came in and voted guilty,
making the vote on that article 81 gull
ty and 20 not guilty.
TwO-thrds of the Senate not having
voted in favor of sustaining the articles
of impeachment, it was ordered that a
judgment of acquittal be entered, and
the Senate, sitting as a Court of I'm
peachment, at 2 20 adjourned sine die.
THE FEELING IN WASHINGTON.
There was little excitement at the Capitol in
regard to the Bclkn"p case. 1t was foregoue
CONCLUSION that sufficient numDer OF RepuD-
lican Senators would avail thems Ives of the suO
teriuge about jurisdc lun TO vote not guilty, and
thus save the great CRIMINAL from the punish
mrnt he 50 richly deserved. There was, tn re-
tore, but slim attendance of spec ots IN the
gallares, although 1t had been announced that
the vote would be taken III open Senate. The
only one of Belknap's counsel present was Mr.
Carpenter who sat At the DEFENDANTS counsel
table with tally sheet before him. and kept
the tally as the Toll-call proceeded. Bel6naD's
son was also present but Belknap awaited the
verdict at Carpenters office on street. lie
had. however, n Ounted messenger III waiting
at the Capitol to bear hun the earliest news
There were a few Representatives III the Senate
Chamber when the roll call begin Dut the most
of them left when JOhn A, LOgnn voted not
guilty, 1t being evident by thai time that AN ac-
quittul was certain When the result OF the vote
On tnt nISI dIllClt-OO gullIN anu - uJb Hullll
was annOun ced, two or three females in the Ia
dies gallery made a feeb o attempt 10 applause,
but meeting with no response they dessled with
slamed faces. Messrs. Nnght OF Iowa und
Patterson of South Carolina were the only Sena-
tors who had the courage to say that in thelr
judgment the evidence against Belknap was
Insufficient to warrant hts conviction. Senator
Eaton of Connecticut. II Democrat voted not
guilty. because he did not believe the senate
had jurisdiction, aud Senator Jones of Florida
another De nOcrat, declined To vote at al be-
cause he believed likewise
AS soon as the vote on the Fl st article was an
nOunCed, Belknap's mounted messenger was
given the esuit, and he sped away with the
news to the dIsg aCed SecretaTy. The salts
faction of most Of the Republican Senators at
the result was quite appnrent,and some OF those
who had voted guilty manifested their Joy quite
as much as those who voted not guilty. The
President received the tldings with great salts
iactOn and reiterated to some OF his friends his
oft repeated declaration that he had the fullest
confidence III Beknaps integrity. II Is SO.
cret that the President has been quite ANXIOUS,
since the arguments iu BelknaD,s case were
made. about the result of the trial. He telt that
the convection OF Belknap would have been q
most emphatic condemnation OF himself for gift
taking.