The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-17
CONGR E5 5IONAL.
xLIst CONaREss-FiRsT SESSION

SENATE-..........WAs W AsHINeToN, March l6
The House resolution to adjourn on the
6th was received and laid on the table.
A Joint resQiuttOn amending toe V r
ginia and Texas Provisional Government
resolution was passed.
Ramsay introduced a bill gran ing lands
to Minnesota TO improve tue MISSISSIPPI
river near st. Anthony Falls. Referred 10
Public Lands Committee.
Also-to incorporate the United states
Postal Telegraph COmpanY. Referred I'd
the Committee on Post Offices.
sherman introduced JOINT reSO utlOn
auth rizins the recognition OF me @ @inue
pendence Of cuba. Referred TO the com
Tntttee on Foreign Relations.
Pomeroy inti oduced a Joint resolution ia
relation TO the BurlingtOn and missouri
Railroad, a branch OF the Uniou Pecihc
Railroad. Tabled.
Sumner. from he Committee on Foreign
A Affatrs reported the following btllS u
carry into effect the DEGREES OF the New
Yor< Southern District Court in the cases
Of the British steamer Leba on and the
SchO 5uer s. bel: Also. the DEGREES OF the
Louisiana Dis5rict Court. IN tfie case OF
the vessels VoisnI, Science, Dashing wave
Kice introduced a bill to aid ia the con-
| structIon of the international Pao nc IL
from CAIRO, Illinois, 10 the no Grandt-, II
| the direction OF san blaS Or Mazttlah' on
| the Pacific coast, autn irtzsng Lne conSol- :
/ id Att II OF certain railroad com pan 'es, ana
/ to provide hOmestetdS Tor iaborefs on me
/ road Referred to the ConmIiGee on IA
| cine Railroad. 1t proposes guar Antee OF
| intei est 10 the extent OF Sf5,8O0 IN bonus
Howard introduced bIIt to graut lands
| to he Northern Michigan Railroad COM
| pany, in the extension OF the Northern
| Pacific Railroad. Referred to the Com
| mittee on Pacific RaiIroad.
| Carpenter Introduced bill 10 provide
| remedy Tor the loss or destruction OF the
Judgment records or DEGREES appertalnlng
! TO the proceedings in the United states
| Courts. Referred to the judiciary Coh-
Spencer introduced a bill to renew GER
| tain grants of lauds to Alabama ISeler-
Pomeroy introduced a bin to define the
qualifications Ol voters IN Utah- II estao'
fishes women suffrage.
| Drake int, oduced bill to create the
| Office of Snrveyor-GeneraI of Wyoming,
and TO provide lor the survey OF the pubic
| lands therein. Referred
The Senatcs resumed the consideration oi
| the unfinished business OF yesterday.
| The bill to reOfganIZe the navy ana Ihe
| remaining amendments reported 10y the
committee, We're greed to. ,-.. -,
viding that the pay OF mIdshlpmen snail
be one thousand dolIAfs per anhuh
6 Agreed TO. ,.-,
was agreed 10, limiting the office OF soho
itor and Naval Judge Advocate General
until June 30th, 1859. The Dlll then p tSsed
A message was received from the Pfesl
dent. transmitting the report or the III
; rectors of the UnIOn Pacific Railroad.
The Senate insisted on its amendmenH
! ! to the resolution providing for Join
/ Committee on Retrenchment, and asked 9
, | Committee of Conference.
on motion of Trum buIl, the Dill to repea
| the Tenure of-Oifice act was taken up
! rhe Secretary read he DILL, with tn
amendment reported by the Judiciary
| Committees Yesterday, striking out tn
| word "repealei," and inserting tnstead-
suspended until the II ext session OF Con
TrUubuIl briefly reviewed The practic.
aud Iegist sion IN regard to appoint
!. mentS and removal from odice IN tn
past and said that while the Jud tciar
| COmmlttee were Sattsfiet that the re>en
Administratlo ought 70 be relieved iroI
l -EaT hE- ne
| OI-O dice act, yet they thOug hb II regard 10
consistency TO the principle undeTlytn
e the bill required that ~ should not D
h | abolished, but only suspended.
Thurman said tnat in the Judici2I
Committee he had not voted TO amend I
any way the bill OF the House 10 repea
the act because he bellsVe IL ought 20 Z
repeated; either the Consultation Vesle
in the President an unlimited aud uuqua
inad mower of removal rom office, or
made the concurrence OF the Senate nece
70 80. ii fhe constitutional power of IL
=. President to remove from Office was al
10 solute, Congress had, OF course, no right
So restrict it. and if, on the her hand, a
cOrdiug TO the theory of the Tenure oT-O
fice act, the Constitution provided that Il
! iolnt action oil the President and Sena
:: | should ne necessary IN order 70 femoV
Is Then Congress had NO right TO eyade Ihe
l. | provision by SuSpendIng Inc law. III
= proposal to suspend the law implied a tn
rs 6rv of the Constitution which was who
)y untenabIe If the Tenure of-Ofice ".
a good, and a constitutional law 10 suSPeI
II | ~ would be TO disregard the Consututto
the conclusion that Congress lnterpre
| the Constitution to mean one thing wis
le q - man is President and another thil
~ | when another manis President.
70 Morton made an argument in favor
| the unconditional repeal OF tue act.
Id cOuid not see any reason for suSpending
OF until the next session, which was not {
e0uaIIy Aood reason tor suSDending it du
a no The whole term of President GraL
O6 or lor, repeating IT, The e. lansuags Of I
no amendment reported py Ine } Judl lcla
= committee was the language OF dIstru
ed II proposed to put the President on prop
I'D | Uon until the next session OF Congre'
- saving to him, ''Ir your conduct duru
ny | me iHtervaI do s not please us, the Ii
v i'll again go INTO tull force" far better
40 the law stand unchanged tnan suspend
eIsnL and a malt months. Up To the e.
ne aciment of this law, there had be
ry | n grs4t unanimIty of opinion amO
| the leading men of the count
u | i'm favor of the right OF the President
ed remove from Office without consulting [
no Seuata, and at The time OF It's passage q
"o act was regarded as IA innovation; "A pie
en- | of exceptional legislation designed to mS
of a sl,t.cIaI occasion, the like of which b