The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-02
REPORT.
Belknap Acquitted.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Of impeachment against VIM. w. Bel
knap, late Secretary of War. Upon the
first article Of impeachment, 35Senators
voted guilty and 25 not guilty for want
Jurisdiction.
Those who voted guilty were Bay
ard, Booth, Cameron, of Pa, Cockrill,
Davis, Dawes, Dennis, Edmunds, Cor
don, Hamilton, Harvey, Hitchcock,
Kelley, Herman, Key, McCreery, Nc
Donald, Merrimon, Mitchell, Morrill,,
Norwood, Oglesby, Randolph, Ransom,
Robertson, Sargent, Salisbury, Sher-
man, Stephenson, Thurman, Wadleigh,
| wallace Whyte and Withers.
Those voting in the negative were !:
Anthony, Boutwell,, Bruce, Cameron,
Con,,iDo no0ns ro,oxar nns0n, @,.u' unr's5lancy'
Eaton Ferry Fral;nohnvssn us,s,;.,
Howe. Inoalls Jones of Ney-do ~
ean. McMilIan PaddocL .potta~so,,
Spencer West xvirdor, ord w~;.h+
Iores - r,o..1. s--,.. ~ "--e.''
:. ~. .ua ueciinou W Sote on tne
ground tnat the Senate has no jurisdic-
tion.
| The presiding officer announced +t.+
tvo-tb;-d. h.a Il. -, 'A'"s
>' ''au .ioe so'oo guity, and
therefore respondent was acquitted of
the charge in the first article.
On the second article 3s Senators vo-
tod o,,;,+v .v,d OK -,
g. 'A.1 - lo' s.iiey. MANY
VINO oiu not answer on the first roll
call voted guilty upon the second arti-
Gle. Those Senators who voted NOT
Quiltv reneated tba;, ro.so,, 81. sa;-
90 ssfor .r..t - -. ...-.-..~..s ~ uoiis
~ ""ns " JuiiSolction.
Upon the third and fourth articles
the vote stood as above, SO voting guilty
and Ok not g,,,1tv p.s,-. a.. III III
-, 49, a<., y' sn0 .on can
on ''.e nlIn aftlcie was nnished, Morton,
VINO mad been detained on account of
severe fall. this ,ss--.s-,x
voteo gunty, making tno voce on thac
article 81 guilty and 25 not guilty.
Two-tb;rds of the Senate not having
.,~tos :. s,,,o- - .,,st, ;,,;,,. ~. ,,+;,,.,
'o'ou IA iasoi VI suns 'liins s'lo .. '.e'es
OF Impeachment, IL was ordered tnoI
Judgment OF acquittal be entered, and
the Senate, sitting as a court OF I'M
Inc cnair iaid Delore tne senate 9
message rom the fresloent IN answer
70 a resolution OF the judiciary commit-
Tee transmitting copies Oh correspond
ence petween nimseH ana GOV. Cnaln-
Deriain, and otner reports IN regard 70
tne recent .roupie az hamburg, 2. ~
Ordered printed ana iald on tne liable.
a letter Hom tne Secretary o., 9l w AL az II
t.n,u;tt;r ..S :. ~ .o o,sn,t =, yaorJ 20 +hos
number Of Employees in that department
from 1859 to 1875. inclusive. was ordered
printed and laid on the table.
The chair announced a new confer
ence Committee on the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill.
The Joint resolution providing for the
restoration Of the writing of the orig
;ual Declaration of Independence was
nassed.
THE Senate agreed to the conference
committees report on the West Point
appropriation bin. The amount is
S74. 600 less than last wear.
Allison called ND the conference re-
mort on the military academy appropri-
alton bill. and it was agreed to.
The House bill to establish a new
land district in the Territory of Wyo-
ming. to be known as the Evanston dis
trict was passed.
The chair announced West and Cock
rill as members of the Commission to
consider the work of recognizing the
army as authorized by the army appro-
priation bill recently passed.
Kelly called up the House bill to
create an additional land district in the
Territory of Idaho. Passed.
uousr
oos,'
lmmeGiateiy alter tne reaong OF tne
Journa sne OH Ieporseo ~ oianu 70
uIllze tne pLo1ucts Oh g9l1 anu sl,vel
mnes was taken up homan ASKED
Leave to oner an amendment providing
tnat 50 much OF the resumption ACT as
provides that on and a1ter the ISL OF
January, 1879. the secretary OF yne
lLessuIy snan reoeem IN com all Uni
teu otaVeS legaA Venoor uoUeS tnen OUT