Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03


chamber Indicated that the House com-
mittee was approaching. MeaHB. etsv.
ems and Bingham. the committee. were
then seen to enter the door, followed ~
q large number Of members Of ne
cupying the moor at the moment ana
was requested by the President Of tho
Senate to give way for a message frem
the House. Mr.. Stevens then advanced,
and. in deliberate. clearly enunciaAsA
words. addressed the President OF the
Senate. as follows:
I'm obedience to tho order Of the
House of Representatives. We appear
before you. and in the name Of the
House of Representatives and all the
people of the United States. do impeach
Andrew johnson, President Of tho
United States. of high crimes and mis-
form the Senate that the House Of RsD-
resentatives will in due time, exhibit
particular articles Of impeachment
against him and make good the same:
and in their name We demand that the
Senate take due order for the appear.
ance of said Andrew johnson to answer
to said impeachment
Mr.. Stevens having concluded, M.
the position occupied by Mr.. Stevens
arose and rendered his seat to Mr..
stevens. which was accepted by the
e eas.er; who no see seemed exhausted BY the
The Senate. after a debate. referred he
message Of the House to a select commit.
tee Of seven.
Much speculation prevailed az to Tie
status of the President pending the dis.
posal OF the impeachment
Presidents charges. The Star In .
St,4 second extra issued Feb
us' ruary rs said:
Much Of the feverishness in the pub
lie mind in regard to the impeachment
proceedings arises from the suppose.
ton that Congress will attempt to sus-
pend the President while the trial %
in progress. that he will resist the
same. and that serious difficulties viii
ensue. From what we can learn there
is not the least ground for belief that
it will be attempted to suspend the
President: On the contrary, the indica-
lions are that the impeachment trial
will go on under the usual well estab.
lished forms of procedure and full time
allowed for deliberate confederation,
such as is due to the importance and
dignity and the question and the Office"
+ In a subsequent Issue of the Star e
was stated that it was held in republi-
can circles that from the moment he
was formally impeached the position OF
the President toward Congress would
be that of a prisoner toward Judge and
anu ltdI S>oUSf cSS Couio nave no
legislative communication with him
while the trial was in progress.
X X
During the latter part of the week the
city was enlivened by various side de-
velopments. such as the
Gen. Thomas filing of suit against
Mr. Stanton by Gen.
DAAnSs ouat. Thomas for false i'm
prisonment and damages of $4,000.
President Johnson's friends also threw q
brief scare into the ranks Of the advo-
Gates of impeachment by declaring that
the articles were invalid through their
description Of him as President Of the
United States" whereas they contended
he was only Vice President, discharging
the duties and powers Of the President
The articles Of Impeachment were form.
ally presented to the House by the COM
mittee of seven on Saturday. February
90, and a debate began upon their adop-
ton. Meanwhile the officials of the Senate
were making preparations for the trial
with provisions for seating the senators
on a raised platform on each side OF the
presiding officer.