The New York herald., 1869-03-19
Debate on the Bill to Repeal the Tenure
Of Office Act in the Senate.
A VOTE TO BE PRESSED TO-DAY.
The Removal Of Civil Officers in Virginia Under
Discussion in the House.
ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR GENERAL BUTLER
The Public Credit Bill Signed
by the President.
WASHINGTON. March is, 1889

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WASHINGTON, March 49, 1869.
Special Meeting of the Cabinet.
messenger was sent from the White House about
two O'Clock this afternoon with messages to the
members OF the Cabinet requesting their attendance
In the Executive Chamber at four O'Clock r. M. to-
day. At that hour all the Cabinet officers arrived,
and meeting was held, which continued for over
an hour It is understood that matters OF an
important character were discussed but nothing
has transpired in regard to the Of the meeting
The Committee Foreign Affairs and the
Proposed Recognition of Cuba.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs have a
meeting tomorrow. when Banks Cuba and St. Do
mingo resolutions will be considered again. Since
the meeting Of the committee on Tuesday last Gen.
eral Banks has been rummaginQ among the official
papers Of the State Department relating to AFFAIRS In
Cuba and ST. Domingo, and he thinks he has sufficient
data not only to warrant the committee in making
favorable report on the resolutions before It, but to
secure their passage by the House, 1t Is the theory
Of some Of the members OF the Foreign Affairs Com
mttee that as soon as the Cuban insurgents able
to establish government OF their own they will ask
to be taken under the protection Of the United States
and that ultimately Cuba will be numbered among
the possessions Of our government. In view OF
such contingency General Banks thinks 1t i'm
portant that the President should be placed in po-
ston by Congress to recognize the independence OF
Cuba az soon as he Is 0icaly informed that the in
surgents have formed provisional government.
With regard to ST. Domingo the correspondence on
nle at the State Department shows that the govern
ment and people OF that island are anxious for an
nexatton to the United States
Crowds at the White House.
The White House continues to be the Mecca at
which the pilgrimage Of once seekers terminates.
The crowd which filled the to-day was just as
large a. ever and during the hours devoted TO inter-
views with members Of Congress an unusually large
number OF Senators called upon the President.
Among them were Senators Morton, Mcdonald,
Warner, Sherman and Yates; Lieutenant Governor
Cumback, OF Indiana; Chief Justice Casey, OF the
United States Court Of Claims; Associate Justice
Swayne, OF the United States Supreme Court. Henry
J. Raymond and General fitzpatrick also had au-
diences with the President.
The Presldent's Family at the White House.
The Presidents family took possession Of the
White House to-day, the last Of the furniture having
been brought In this morning.
Tho Tenure Of ONCE Bill Debate.
The debate en- the Civil Tenure bill, has exhausted
another day, and from present indications will not
reach conclusion until next week, though there
are some people 30 sanguine here as to suppose
that vote win be reached at late hour tomorrow
This ss hardly possible. AL the Senators desire to
be heard on the subject, have speeches ready, and
WIN not miss the opportunity Of letting them or for
the edincation Of the world. Not one half OF those
thus prepared have had the floor yet and therefore
my prediction that o vote viii be deferred until
next week, II not longer, Is very reasonable. The
latest speculation as to the result OF all the
eloquence which Senators have furnished on
the subject is that repeal will be carred-uncondi-
tionai repeal at that and no more suspension for
session, an administration or any nxed time. Since
the debate commenced several Of the Senators have
undergone changes Of views, produced partly by
public opinion and partly by Grants determination
not to make any more important nominations until
the incubus of civil tenure is removed from his back
The cohesive power OF the public plumber proves to
be better argument In Grants favor than the con-
stitution or anything else. Senators perceive that
Grants policy OF mastery inactivity as regards
patronage will defeat all their nicely ar
ranged plans for getting personal friends into
snug berths, and that II won't pay after
all, to try to Johnsonize him. Better give
him full swing, they say, and II he don't act hand
somely We can muzzle him again. so the proba-
bity seems to be, after ALL that Grant will force
the Senate to unconditional repeal. As regards
Carpenter, OF Wisconsin, who made such strong
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tionng that story is being circulated here to the
effect that three weeks before his election as Senator
he called on General Grant and remarked that the
Civil Tenure bill was an unjust measure and ought
TO be repealed. II this be true Mr.. Carpenter has
certainly undergone radical change since that
time.
Unfounslcd Rumors 0f Nominations.
The air for the past week has been thick with
rumors about who has been nominated for this
ONCE and who leads ia the race for that oflcc; but
there Is not grain OF truth In hundred OF them.
The fact s that the applications for all the more i'm
p0rtant offlces have been slowed away In the desks
OF Cabinet officers to await convenient opportunity
for introducing them to Presidential notice. Mr.
John Allison OF Pennsylvania, therefore, has not
been nominated for Register Of the Treasury, nor
sstant Secretary and Third Auditor Of the Treasury
Fitzpatrick Preparing to Return to Chile.
General Fitzpatrick had interviews with the Presi-
dent ana Secretary OF State to-day and left for New
York tonight. lie win leave for Chile as soon as
She necessary preparations for his departure are
made. BENJAMIN r. Gregory, Of New Jersey, win
accompany him as Secretary OF Legation.
Probable Close Of tho session of Congress
Next Week.
There very general indisposition among sena-
tors to do anything in the way Of committee work
that may Involve legislative session longer than
this month A number Of them--a majority, proba.
ply-favor concurrence in the House resolu-
tion to adjourn next Friday, and unless the
discussion on the repeal OF the Tenure or once bill
should consume large portion OF the intervening
time The nrst session OF the Forty-nrst Congress
n III terminate on the 25th OF March.
uf4 citing Of the Comnsittcc on Post Omcss and
Post Roads.
The Committee on Post 0fIices and Post Roads met
today and did little else than distribute to subcom-
mittees the business that had been referred to the
committees bill making the New Orleans and
Mobile Isall-oad q post road ana permitting the
bridging OF havtgabe streams was reported favor