Evening star., 1918-05-19

seen that the difiiculty. is a continua-
tion OF the old deadlock"
Great excitement prevailed in WASH
ington May l2. 1865. because It was
expected that
Senate Postpones the Senate.
Impeachment Vote. high court OF
impeachment for President johnson.
would reach a vote that day. The Cap
itol was thronged. the Senate wing being
overwhelmed with people trying to secure
admission to the galleries. During the
a caucus and decided to postpone the
final vote until Saturday. The Senate
met soon afterward and Il motion
or Senator Chandler to recess the
trial until Saturday was adopted. The
general opinion was that the delay
was to the advantage OF the Presi-
dent. Senator Howard was dangerous
ly Ill with brain fever and the post
ponement was had in part in the hope
that he would be able to attend. II
was known that the vote would be
very close on the final test OF
strength.
Washington had no filtration system
fifty years ago and consequently the
Potomac water was fire.
Hvdranfa quentiy so filed with
p dirt that it was unpal-
VI. 1umps. atable and actually dan
gerous to health. a condition that pre-
vailed for a long time afterward. Con-
sequently. there was very general use OF
well wafer and many pumps were scat
tered in the city to supply this demand.
In The Star of May IA. 1868. is an edi-
torial protesting against the proposed
substitution Of hydrant water for pump
water. saying:
'.Hydrant water ia a handy thing to
have about the house. but il has not
arrived al the purity or the salubrity to
make II a proper substitute as drinking
water for the excellent well water to be
| found in most parts of the city Unless
very thoroughly filtered it is by no
means a sufficiently attractive beverage
to the eye to be much hankered after.
It takes various shades, according to
the state Of the river. but may be de-
scribed as being on the average about
the color of a hen. Most persons wha
swallow it prefer to go 1t blind. Poto-
| ways. but we shall need the well water
for table usage"
Il X
Saturday. May is. 1868. was a busy
day for The Star. for it issued four ex-
ira papers covering
Senate Votes nm the successive stages
Impeachment. Impeachment. in @ The he
Senate met as a high court at II 30, but
owing to overnight rumors that a vote
would not be taken there was compare
| lively little excitement at the Capitol.
Unexpectedly the leaders OF the i'm
peachment forces elected to make their
trial of strength directly on the eleventh
article, regarded as the strongest Of the
charges against the President. alleging
that he had been guilty Of a high mis-
demeanor In office in declaring that the
Thirty y-ninth Congress was not IN law a
Congress of the United States. but that
Of only q part Of the states. At min
| utes past IL o'clock Senator Howard
was brought into the chamber closely
muffled In a shawl. and it was then
moved to proceed to a vote on the elev-
! enth article. and on the motion to this
effect the vote was thirty-four in the
affirmative and nineteen in the negative.
which was Immediately set forth in an
extra Star az indicative OF an acquttal.
The second extra carried the vote on the
article, 35 to 19. or one vote short of the
necessary two-thirds. As soon as the
vote was announced motion was made
to adjourn the court until the 26th OF
May. which the Chief Justice declared to
be out OF order, the Senate overruling
his decision. 80 to "a. and then voting
80 to 21 to adjourn till the 26th OF May
This. however. merely postponed what
was believed to be a foregone- conclusion,
namely. the formal acquittal Of the Pres