The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-19
The speaker ruled that this motion

The speaker ruled that this motion had precedence.
 When the hour for the vote drew near the galleries of the House filled rapidly and when the voting began there was not vacant seat and many persons were in line for admission in the corridors.
 A Vote is Taken
 Mir. Littlefields motion to table the first three articles were lost 16s to 16o. Speaker Cannon had his vote re- corded for the motion. Three Demo- crats, Bell, (Cai); Moon, ITenn.): and Taylor. (Mass.) voted to table, while twenty-four Republican voted against the Littiefield motion. They were: Bede, (Minn.); Cooper. (Wisconsin) {; narragh, (Pa); Dayton. tW. Va-G Driscom, (N. Y.); Gibson. (Tenn) {; Haughen. Qowa); Holiday. Uowa) !: Jenkins, (wis.): Mccarthy. (Neb.): i: olmstead. (Pa.); otJen. tWis.): Palmer. tPs-); Pearre, (Md.): Perkins. (N. ID; Roberts, CMass.); Smith. Uowa) 1; spalding. tN.- D.); Sherry. tConn.); Stafford. twis.): Thomas, Uowa); yard. (w. Val; Bourke Cochran and Goldfogle voted present as did Hughes. (w. Val; and Wachter. tMd) and Wilson. tIll)
 Mir. Palmer at once moved to adopt the first three articles and this was agreed to 1e5 yeas. 160 nays.
 Mir. Palmer moved to adopt together the fourth and firth articles. After the fourth article had be rean, Mr olmstead said he would object to their being voted on together unless MT Palmer would accept al amendment to both articles. Mir. Palmer declined to
 Al l.A a lenghty substitute, changing the form of the articles. The two articles re- late to the use of the private car of railroad. for which Judge Swayne. had appointed a receiver. Mir. Olm- stead obtained permission to discuss his amendments and five minutes were allowed for Mir. Palmer to make a re- ply.
 Mr. Olmstead said he believed the use of the private car was wrong. but the judge had not demanded the car. but accepted its use as a courtesy from the president of the road. On a viva voce vote MT. olmsteads amend ments was lost and Mir. Palmer's mo- ton to adopt articles four and five was carried. 162 yeas and 13S nays.
 The same motion was made with re- ference to articles six and seven, charging Judge Swayne with non-res- Idence in his district MT. Littlefieid secured a roll call on his motion.
 Articles six and seven were adop- ted. t15S to 1s7. MT. Palmer at once moved the adoption of articles eight, nine, ten and eleven, relating to the Davis Belden contempt cases. A roll call was not demanded oil this motion and it was declared adopted on a viva voce vote. The same motion was made with respect to the remaining article. No. twelve, relating to the o'Neapco tempt proceedings and 1t likewise was adopted.
 Mir. Palmer offered a resolution em- towering the speaker to appoint seven managers in the present House to con- duct the impeachment against Judgp Swayne. This was agreed to. without objection. He followed It with an' other resolution empowering the sev- en managers to present tho articles of Impeachment to the Senate in the name of the House and of all the people of the United states. This resolution was agreed to without opposition, wheraI upon the House at $40 o'clock ad- journed.