Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-02

General Grant, Admiral Farragut an.
other celebrities. The result M ~
tour was not favorable TO him. hn, u u
refused to yield his position. and w,,s
the adoption by congress Of a doer,.l
reconstruction policy the crisis beca,se
acute, Bill after bin was yetood
him and as regularly passed over ri,
veto. H's
Ultimately the troubles he,n.
congress and Mr.. johnson reached
climax with his dismissal OF secro,a,"a
stanton Congress viewed this ac,i,gy
both us n usurpation of power and os
violation Of the tenure OF Office lav -.
proceedings were set on foot (, ~"
house to bring about the presldon,,a
impeachment. The trial that fol,ov.,S
wa the most remarkable I'm tho histo.,'
OF the country. 1t was presided o,a,
10y Chief Justice Chase and took ,
In the senate chamber, the sepa,o,.
acting rs judges ana Benjamin r. Rut'
Ter conducting the proceedings in No
half of the house. The trial hag,.
March %, 1868, but the decisive vo,a
was not taken until May &c, WHOM NV
president was acquitted. His csc,.
from an adverse verdict was very rar
row, but one vote being lacking to ,bo
two thirds majority necessary 10 con-
Wet.
Although Mr.. johnson had ZOO,
elected vice president on a Republicsr
ticket. that party had no Thought y,
naming him to succeed himself a. pres,
ident. The Republican nomln,fir,
convention of 1865 was held a fcw dsys
before the decisive Impeachment yo,o
was taken and on the first ballot ura,..
imously named General L. :. Grant r.,
president. At the Democratic conyen.
ton, held in July, President Johpsop,s
name was presented. and on the irst
ballot he received sixty-flye votes h,t
his vote decreased rapidly until tbo
nineteenth ballot, when his name aid
not appear. The ultimate choice n,
the Democrats was Horatio Seymour
who was defeated by Grant. president
J%ohngon's last important official act
was to proclaim, on Christmas day
1865, complete amnesty to all con.
cerned in any way IN secession.
Chester A. Arthur, who In 1850 was
elected vice president on the Republic.
an ticket headed by James A. GARFIELD
took the oath of Office as president Of
the United States Sept, 20, 1881, the
day after Mr. Garfield died at Elberon.
y. j., victim of Guiteau's pistol. Mr..
Arthur's administration was not mark
ed by any event Of momentous impor-
lance. but vas characterized by his
opposition TO extravaganza In appro.
priations, his views on this matter
leading him to veto the river and har-
Dor bill Of 1852. Although he had coma
from an opposite wing Of the Republic
an party TO that which Mr.. Garfield
had represented, he showed no marked
tendency to reyolutionlze the latters
policy, and his administration was IN.
dorsed by the state conventions Of his
party, That he was not named TO sue.
coed himself by the Republican national
convention Of 1884 was due largely 70
the personal popularity of James G.
Blaine. Mr.. Arthur vas a candidate
for the nomination and ON the fms
ballot received 27S votes, on the secon
976, on the third ga and ON the fourtf.
when Mr.. Blaine was nominated, TO-.
At the same time the convention adopt.
ed a resolution indorslng Mr., Arthur
administrative policy, In the cnsuln
election Mr.. Blaine raj defeated b,
Grover Cleveland, the Democratic non.
inee. JOHN H. SEMPTHEN.