The New York herald., 1868-05-31


answer every question which the House directed
Mr.. BUrLER-That was entirely outside OF the mat
| ter before the House.
After further discussion Mr.. BUTLER moved the fol
| owing resolution
wOoIsy pc far podihed that the Arms shsl
the witness that commancaiions in wrisn,
or 6y s,csP. open be delivered
delivered to him through his counsel. ''A' y
Mr. POLAND, (repJ Of VT, questioned whether II
undertake 70 interfere with the correspondence Of
witness He did not see necessity, propriety or de-
Mr. ELDRIDGR remarked that he had note sem
from the witness to him, which the witness desired
| him TO present to the House.
Mr.. BUTLER objected to anything being presented
| Mr.. ELDRIDGE said 1t related to what the gentle
man from Massachusetts, had said yesterday.
Mr.. BUTLER persisted in his objection and moved
the previous question on the resolution, and the pre-
vio9s question was seconded-yeas 81, nays o.
table. Negatived-26 to 70.
subsequently Mr.. BLAINE moved and Mr. BUTLER
accepted the following as substitute for the resou
| tiOn-
% Resolved That the resolutions relating to Charles W.
S SGSe % De % 50 as to place the witness in the safe
House & and that his counsel family and physician have
Mr.. HIGBY, (rep.) of Cal inquired whether that
| meant in the presence of the Sergeant at Arms
Mr.. BLAINE said II did not. 1t meant free access,
| in the brOadest sense.
The resolution being acceptable to the members on
both sides, 1t was adopted without division.
| WINNIE REAM AND THE STATUE OF LINCOLN
Mr.. MARSHALL, (dem.) OF Ill., offered as q question
OF privilege, resolution reciting that room A. In the
| Capitol, had been In the occupation Of Miss Winnie
| Ream as a studio where she was modelling statue
OF Lincoln under orders of Congress- that the statue
was in such equation that it could not be removed
without destruction and quoting letter addressed
| by Miss Ream to the Sergeant-at. Arms
When the CLERK had progressed thus far In the
reading OF the resolution Mr.. HIGBY objected to the
resolution, and the SPEAKER ruled that 1t was not
| question OF privilege.
. Mr.. MARSHALL asked to have the resolution printed
Messrs. BUTLER and CULLoM objected.
| THE INDIANA APPROPRIATION BILL.
| The House then, at two O'Clock, went into Commit
zee OF the Whole on the state Of the Union, Mr..
Blame In the chair and resumed the consideration
OF the Indian appropriation bill.
Considerable debate arose on the last section Of
the bill, authorizing the issue of five per cent bonds
| Mr.. WAsHBURNE, rep.) Of ILL.,, denounced 1t
measure got up by the "Indian ring" in coluson
with the Indian Department-one OF the rottenest
| departments OF the gOvernment-and with which
ring Perry Fuller was connected. -
The section was struck out of the bill
The committee then rose, and the amendments of
tne Committee OF the Whole were agreed to and the
! bill was passed.
fAF~ THE NEW TAX BILL.
the Indian Appropriation bill being out Of the way,
he proposed on Monday next after the morning
to h a the aSpse H Use e. into @ 1T e Of
! He would occupy an hour in explaining, In plain,
conversational way the peculiar features Of the bill
/
| Mr.. WoOD inquired whether it was designed to
proceed with the Tax bill continuously until dis
| Mr.. SCHENCK said he proposed to allow day or
two for general debate and then to go on from day
! to day with the business admitting amen dments and
communications on them.
PORTS OF DELIVERY.
on motion Of Mr. PIKE, lrepl OF Me-, the Senate
and Booth Bay In the State OF Maine, and San Anto-
| Mo- Texas ports Of delivery, and authorizing the
establishment Of bonded warehouses at Bucksport
| and VlnalhaVen, Me-, taken from the Speak
| er's table and cOncurred in. The bill now goes to
the President for his signature.
THE NAVAL FORCE AT HAyTI.
The SPEAKER presented 9 message from the Presi,
&c ae1 aSa raye to nsya force Ct Hy Referred
| The House then went into Committee Of the Whole
the state Of the Union Mr.. Maynard in the chair.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE cONsrITUTIoN-THE
PRESIDENCY AND VICE PRESIDENCY.
Mr.. ASHLEY, (rep.) Of Ohio, introduced Joint
ton Of the United States providing that President
shall not be eligible for reelection that the once
| OF Vice President shall be abolished, and for q
thorough revision Of the mode Of eecting the Pres
| dent.
Upon introducing the measure, Mr.. ASHLEY stated
during which time Ire had submitted several propo-
stions Of this character, but without argument,
they had gone to the committees, under the rule,
and there 'slept the sleep that knows waking -
on this occasion however he would ask the indul-
leagues and countrymen some Of the considerations
which impeled him to renew his proposition for an
ae thought s The pposs o aDoS SarSe Se
ONCE Of Vice President would favorably commend
few se M Or Sens as bens on
portant mainly from its contingency In case Of
cancy arising in the Presidency. He thought the
Senate could elect Its presiding officer with much
propriety the House could It's Speaker The cOun-
try had upon several occasions been distracted and
Vice President especially In 1S0O during the contest
between Burr and Jefferson Had there been
the peridy OF Tyler the betrayal OF Fillmore and
the 6aseness and iniamy OF Johnson. Party In
terest often bndly selects candidates for Vice Presf.
the locality in which they lived but the country
joiced with him that no such consideration con-
Convention in placing Mr. Speaker Csifax h nomi.
nation Locality was against him, yet he received
the nomination for his faithful public services, his
fidelity to republican principles and for his per.
sOnal worth, and for this reason is he placed
upon the ticket with the most extraordinary
for Vice President as rule, represents
faction Of the party IN opposition to the President,
between antagonstic IDEAS Such the case with
Harrison and Tyler Taylor and Fillmore and Lincoln
President upon coming into the Presidential ONCE
attempted to build up party to secure his election
to forward this The NO ane mcs
dangerous part Of our executive system for
the ,. personal safety Of the President is
dent IN the event % Of death or incapacify inc ,sfy'
involved, and the life OF one man stands between
the Of unscrupuous ambition and the hatred
OF conspiracy. He then proceeded to show that
whether Vice President Johnson had or had not
plicty In the crime of the assassination OF Abraham
Lincoln, the indications palpable that the rebels
defeated the field OF battle, sought TO regain their
lost power and rule by the assassination OF the Pre-
sdent and the constitutional substitution OF the Vice
President According to his proposed amendment
to the constitution the occupant OF the Pre-
sidental ofiice is forever as enectuay guarded
against all political c0nspiraces which thrive |
by assassination for in addition to the presiding
officers Of the two houses OF Congress each OF the
eight members OF the Cabinet and the entire Senate
stand ready by seniority, 10 assume temporarily the
Office OF President until Congress could elect sue
for the remainder OF the term. The adoption
Of his proposed amendment would by the abolition
OF the Electoral College, do away with the undemo-
cratic plan Of electing President by ndir6f-
ton, and would ultimately do away with nominating
conventions, thus relieving voters from the despot,
ism or party ciiques and party caucuses. For
years he had been opposed to the present system Of
convention nominations, and he believed that nomi