The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-01
aoUsE............. WASHINGTON. March 81

H0ES E1.-....-...... W ASHINGTON. March 81.
AR order was adopted to clear the floor
OF persons not entitled TO the privilege,
ten minul es before the hour OF meeting
several bills we're introduced and refer
REQ, including one for the tablishmeut
o. port ot entry and custom house al
Charleston, West Virginia.
A resOi utiJu was accepted directing the
Committee on Public Lands 10 inquire
into tie eXpediengy of amending the
Homestead Laws so as cOuat service in
the army as part of the five years required
The bill prohibiting the secret purchase
or sale Of gold or bonds on accoun' Of the
Government was referred to the Ways
anu Means Committee.
The Senate 5ili authorizing tue prepay
IN Mt of lni ierest on the public debt was
To Otted back from the Ways and Means
Committee, and the committee discharged
from its further consideration At appears
a similar bill was passed in ISGL
Ihe JOINT feSOlutiOu pOstpOninZ the cleo
ton IN Texas was referred 10 the Recon-
slrUcttOu Committee.
resolution was adopted that the Ways
and Means Committee consider the expe-
dlency OF revising aud enfooclng The dt.ect
tax on the late rebel States.
A resolution was ado pied that the Man
ufacturIng Committee consider the expe.
diency Of Government aid to the Icxhioi-
on OF Iudustfy IL New York in 1876.
a bill extending The time for tue corr
pletIOn of the Portage Lake e. lake Supe
Iior Suip Canal, was referred TO the Conn
mittea on FuDHc Lands
Il = House then proceeded 10 the consid-
Grafton of the bI ! epOfted from the Re-
tiOn of Provisional Government for II 5
sisSti pi.
Farms orth. a member of the Recon
sirucilOn Committee, offered a substitute
for the btll, proposing r re-subm isslon 10
tine people Of Mississippi Ol tEe COnstitu-
ton already framed, witn separate votes
on some Of IT object enable lectures. He
argued against Inc b II reported from The
CO l mittee, Wn1cn proposes TO re-a~se I'm bic
the Convention and authorizes H. 10 APP
point Provisional Governor, with power
on MS part 10 nj al otEer State OH -es.
That tOnve ZION. he said, was not popular
Wi n tn best classes ofthe Union people IA
Mis~i Sippi. To revive it would Ue 10 throw
in "A fresh apple OF dtscord and proiOug iII-
Stead OF quiet the disorders reigning
Ward inquired whether the gentleman
had any charge - make against the Inem-
be Of tnat cOuNe. ton.
FaruswOrth declined TO i.cuss the per-
SOHHet OF tbe convention, but rem .fked
that most of the men beTs were them
selves candidates for Cnces, and H. was
suspected by Union men bhal the Whole
game was Gotten up in the interests of
those cand dates The proposition that
these candidates should elect Pre- JistOnaI
/ Governor. who wouid have the appoint
ment Of all Stale officers, was exceedingly
dIstasteful TO the people.
The dlscu SION was interrupted AT two
O'Clock, when Butler rose and made a re
port from the Conference Committee on
/ the Tenure-Of-O nee Bill.
The bill rs proposed to be 1opted re-
/ pRats he first ana second sections Of the
/ original Tenure of once act of March 2,
/ 1857. The uT>t section Of the senate
+ amendment il left untouched. The Sc Ond
/ section is amended so as TO read as follows:
! - That durtng aay recess OF the senate the
! President is hereby empowered, IN his dis
/ cretion. to suspend any civil officer ap-
/ pOin ed by and with the advice and con-
sent OF the senate, except Judges Of the
/ United States Courts, until the end Of the
/ next session of the Senate. and TO desig-
/ nate some able person, subject to be re-
] moved IN his discretloH by the deStgua-
/ ton Oi another to perform the duties Of
/ such suspended officer, in the meantime;
/ and such pereOn so designated shall take
; q bonds
/ law to be taken and given by the sus-
4 pended Officer, aud shall, during tue time
/ he performs his duties, De entitled to the
/ salary and emOluments OF such Of
flee, no part OF Wh'ch shall belong
Z 10 the officer suspenced :and II shall be The
/ duty OF the President, within thirty days
afer the co a mencemeut OF every sessiOu
ofthe Senate, except for any office which, ,iu
/ his opinion, ought 10 be iiled, TO nominate
persons to iii ali vacancies ia offices whicl
/ exist, 10 the meetIn OF the senate, wncfn-
I er temporarily h!le I'd or not. ana 50 in the
! Senate, during such session, shall refuse to
I a3Vise and consent 10 an appointment ia
/ the place Of any suspended officer, then,
and not otherwise, the President shall
/ nominate another person as soon a. praC-
/ ticabie. to the said session Of the senate,
for said Office"
Bingham, one of the Conference Commit
tee, made an explanation OF the rep0r,
an said IL would be acce ptable TO the Re
publican party and 10 the country.
Davis suggested that the whole thing was
Welded to the senate in Ieavtnz the first
section Of It's amendment untouched,
which fol bids the removal Of officers with
out the advice and consent of the senate.
Butler, OF Mas ach usetts, Chairman Of
the Conference Committee, also made an
explanation of the report, which struck
out, he said, everything that gave TO the
seuate power To reinstate the suspended
officer de was bound 10 sav. he thought
the section on The removal and relnstate-
mpnt OF officers repea ed the Tenure-Of-
OFF e Act though it had new p bren
passed He did nor think 10 "A tered the
power Of the President from what he had
under he Constitution.
LO an sugg sted W1ef her the diff renee
bel wgen the repeat of the Tenure-Of OfIic.
bill aud the .Ort Of the committee WIS
not the dIffereu u between tHeedie dunn
and tweedle dee2
b tier said he would not put IL so strong
He thought the q ference was right the
o her way. Il Wa he difference be tyveen
Jweelie dee and tweedle dum.
Banks stated what he undefstO q ia fyzf
the effect of the report Bv he first sec
ton, If the President made a removal of
an officer, calling il a + moval. nd If the
Senate retuseu To COu0Fm Lh- nomination
of the person designated 10 iii The on q
then The removed officer was restored.
But err o, sir
Btnks-But If the President rernova a.,
officer and caIl- it 4 III pension. aud III fhe
Senate r. use TO C nnrfn Ia nofufnaffol
male In . ace Of he fl ser, then IA, Sus-
p ndtd officer Is not restored and IL the
Sena fan TO cltnfirm a.. ina ion al tine
end of the session, the Pres dent can make
another nomination durfng the session