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Show tILTY OK SOT Gl'ILTV.j Tho lEelliunn 1 ii:;cueliiiieii( . I Chicago, SI. The Tribune' Wash-,H ington special says: To-morrow at j c noon .he high court of impeai-iiment j jj wiil be opened with the usual proela-lf, uiation by the sergant-at-arms. The!s; house of represeuLatives will bo noli- j ji tied, tho minutes of the delibera-! a tions will be read and tho voling will 1 A then h commenced. The secretary of the senate will read the first ar-lij Lielo of impcaehment and calljii tho name of Alcorn, who! j will rwo in his place. Pro- t siding officer -Ferry will say "air. 1 1 Senator Alcorn, how say you; is the respondent, Win. W. Belknap, lulu ( secretary of (ar, guilty or not guilty of a higherimuor misdemeanor charged in this article V Senator; A I coin will then reply "guilty" or! . "not gi'ihy," and by the decision 1 1 adopted to day can give hia reason I therefor in one minute. Tho name , of iho next senator will then be called alphiibe.iic.dly, and the samo routine huobseivid until all the senators have ; voted. Ferry will then announce the ; vote find say, "Tto thirds of tlie senators having pronounced guilty, William W. lielknap is therefore there-fore found guilty on this article;" or ho will say, "l'wo-lhirds of tho senators not having pioiiouneed guilty, Win, W. Belknau is therefore aequitttd 0.1 this arlielc." The indieatlons ure that the latter will he the vereliet. not only 011 the lirht, but on the other threo articles. Over thirty s-Miators will vote squarely "guilty," but not t wo-thuds , as several members will voto "not j . guilty," believing tlie Bfnate lus no ; juriKla tio;., though there may also be a lew who will dodge the vote. |