The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-23
MONDAY, IANtARY =. 1911.
TIE MAN WIG SAVED a pRESI-
N DEM.

or not guilty OF tho high crimes ana
nisdemeanors with wlict he is
charEcdc' =
rfrt was the question put TO Senator
Edmond c. Ross, OF Kansas. by Chiet
Justice Salmon 7. Chase, presiding
over The Senate sitting as court OF
impeachment in 1865. Upon its answer
hung the fate of Andrew johnson; an
Affirmative reply would mean that
Johnson would be expelled from the
Presidency. An affirmative reply would
mean that ben Made, OF ONO. would
become President. For tie vote
OF Ross was needcd 10 secure The two
thirds vote necessary for the removal
Of an !lnreachcd officer
II must have been a dra:uatic scene.
AS Impartial, IS digniMed as judicial rs
nc was. even the Chief Justice must
have fel, a surge OF emotion as lie put
Tic deciding question TO ROSS For
Ben Wade had been instrumental III
Keeping Chas. himself from the Prcsi-
doncy, and now Chase was asking; the
question upon which hung tie fate OF
Wades presidential ambition,
Packed galleries. II crowool floor
looked upoH Ross, Who for onc minute
was the chief figure In the nation. the
final deciding factor In a great crisis.
His colleagues pressed close 10 hin.
waiting for his reply. knowing that
10 was uncertain, that upon his Vote
hung ono OF tile mighty decisions az
American history.
III q voice that tromhlch With emo
lion, Hoss's answer 10 the query OF
The chief Justice rang out No
"a So in momont, an obscure man
A RayerinG between two factions. de-
eidcd against tho majority Ills vote
Ben Made out or ii, ana what tho re-
suit would have been II Wade had be-
come Presacnt. no man can say Bit
ter hating The South. as mforgiving
and relentless as Thad Stevens it is
possible that Wade nigh, nuvc in
nictcd every political torture in the
calendar upon the Southern people ana
the Democratic party. The vote OF
Ross Kept Andrew johnson. Il real pa
triet, though often misguided ana hot :
headed from removal from office. His
vote decided That in his generation.
At least, partisan hate ant! partisan
feeling could not go To the extreme.
on Thursday. Representative Lam
bcrton introduced into the Kansas
House a bin 10 appropriate 81 600 for
a bronze tablet i'll memory Of Edmond
G Ross. Tho Chicago Record Herald
makes this comment upon the intro
duction OF this measure: "MaNy an old :
time Kansan Doubtless turned in his
grave" ahd as..wc rcilcc. upon the
blind fury which dominated the politics
Of Kansas forty years ago. Ne can Dut
agree
Eortytwo years aso, ROSS was .,he
most hated man III Kansas Almost
every man IN the state rel: deep ami
r mostly against him when ii Was an
npunccd that he had saved JOHNSON
from disgrace, aud passions llumel
high Letters ana kilograms ;loodcl
Ross's desk Tic Malls OF scathine,
cpithet were poured upon him one
letter was, probably 'h4 rope Win
winch, Judas hanged himself is 1851.
but INC pistol with Which JIM Lara
killed himself is 1T Your service y.
Z. Anthony, 4 famous politician. ot
Kansas III thit day ANA time, te,c-
graphed Kansas rcpadiat.s rou as
sho does all refjurers ana skunI5s
That vote ol Senator I;oss was ne
only ding lie did which Brought lin
into the limeieht. III served from
1866 to1lS7l in the Senats. III 1897 nc
went e Now Mayico rs a prir,cr In
1857 he was appointal GovcrnoY Of
New MoAieo " President Cleveland.
Wien Harrison came into TIC Presi-
dency III 1889. Ross was succeeded ~
a Republican H. dies NAV \. 1901.
Why should hot table. bc erected
to the memory II :his m4n' 81 csti-
rates Of Andrew Johnson Rave chang
ed powerfully since 1865 81 nus, cs
inmates of i2osS he rcvis.l iiistoi-
tai, are admitting that tn, removal OF
Johnson worll havc been nat,nna,
intake; thnt JOHNSON was really d
#laici0t5 that il Was bliml pari .ungy
4 and not love u noanory lnlt w3uld
. nave driven him from his high office.
These things are pcing more ana mare
accepted as historic truths AND 50
also must be acepptal tic statement
taht Ross vas pataio. ~ilo was 10;
Il afFuid TO- VOTE. ~ ih,t ,,I.l,t .,l H.,
cav 81 re Know wi.ni MS lot would
be Il he yoted againat tue public scrti-
'nent Of The state which he represents
cd, hni, unninohingly he cav his
sole against AZ act which Would .nayc
shanicd The American people as lie
DECD q party prejudice ana narrow
YindctiTcncss kansas, III licsc times