The New York herald., 1869-03-25
THE FORTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.
First Session.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March "a, 1869.

MI CONKLiNG, (rep) OF ". r., rose 10 question OF
privilege and had read by the Secretary the follow
ing paragraph in the Washington Chronicle Of yes
terday:-
Indiana Senator Senator Eanunas replying thai eente
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had desire 70 He had attended weeks since
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s s Day az Ounce was T. settle n.n finally and
making such statement and spoke in favor of the Ppo
understand why there should be such disposition among
an and nss e repeal = had been daned Il
him to for repeal but he rejected the claim Of any
Legislature Of 70 become The keeper Of his
the state OF New thought or Is he Senator
Mr.. CoNKLISG said It had never been his habit to
call public attention to matters personal to himself
put a. TINS statement charged him with uterance Of
Legislature he thought it his duty to notice 1t and
to pronounce 1t without the slightest foundation in
fact as the presiding officer and every other senator
present at the caucus could bear witness. 1t was
somewhat noticeable that there should be any ac-
the only persons who can have any accurate knowl-
edge OF them are forbidden TO dvulge them. He
lated the Obligations Of Secrecy. and he supposed
that the extreme maccuracy Of the accounts gwen
by the reporters was to be attributed to the fact
that they had to rely altogether upon guess work.
Mr. GRIMES, rep.) Of Iowa, said that the state
ments concerning him in this parag graph were wholly
unrue but since his experience of last year he mad
ceased to care FOR misstatements about him In the
public prints.
THE TENURE OF OFFICE ACT.
Mr. TRuMBULr. trep.) OF Ill, from the Committee
the judiciary reported the Dill to repeal the Tenure
Of Office act, with an amendment in the nature Of
substitute, as ioll0ws:-
Strike all after the enacting clause fol-
the first and second sections q an act entitled
March 1887 be and the hereby repealed in
lieu Of said repeated sections the following are hereby
every person holding any civil Office which he has
and consent the Senate have become duly
during the term for which he have been appointed u
less by and with the advice and Of
place. except herein Otherwise
And :: u.sf, enacted That during
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for any oice which IN his opinion ought not e bs
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% =. duties les and receive as though
Mr.. BAyARD. (dem.l Of DEL. moved to lay the re.
port OF the committee ON the table. Lost.
MI ou me q g. K s
ing the bill passed by the House absolutely repeating
IN Mr.. a TRuxBuIL % said that as that bill had been
struck out by the Senate in Committee Of the Whole
1t was not now in order to replace It.
The PRESIDENT pro tenn. QMr. Anthony decided
that In order.
Mr.. DAVIS thought the Senate had right to re-
verse verse the action or the the Committee Of the Whole
Kentucky desired to appeal from the decision Of the
.iss. o.vs hurricane . s i sssss ss Hss sr' to assg
Mr.. wARNER, Crepl OF Ala, moved to lay the bill
on the table and order II printed. There were seua
to consaer hs "a s nna anS
under the circumstances he did not think 1t fair to
p. fsuMnpsttt had no desire to do anything I'M
fair but the objection OF the democratic Senators
was TO the substance rather than the form OF the
Tenure OF once act and as they would not be salts
fed with anything short OF its unconditional repeal
he saw no necessity for delay.
The motion 10 lay the bill on the table was lost by
Mr. GRIMES thought this bil II made a law. " ouId
tend to perpeuate at least some OF the evils caused
by the existing Tenure Of once act, and therefore
he could not vote for IT,
Mr.. DAVIS moved substitute absolutely repeating
The PRESIDENT decided that although in direrent
words II was substantially the same as tile House
bill, and therefore out OF order.
Mr.. MORTON, rcp.l OF Ind, said that the bill re-
ported by the committee would remove all the
objections on practical grounds TO the Tenure
OF 0iice act by relieving the President from
the obligation to give reasons Tor suspension
from once and the Senate from the duty. impos-
sbe OF performance, Of considering the reasons In
each case. II still reserved to the Senate the power
OF vetoing the Presidents removals by non-concur.
renee, which at the end OF the session would rein.
state the offlcer removed. But the President might
Immediately suspend him again. 80 that practically
the veto power would amount TO nothing. The re-
port OF the committee preserved the shadow rather
than the Substance Of the Tenure OF ONCE act II
was merely q bad photograph OF dead BODY, there
tore he did not feel called upon to argue against It
TO oppose actively IN any way but he could not
vote for II, because BY preserving the power OF
the Senate Il violated the theory which he held on
the subject.
Mr.. HARLAN. trepl OF Iowa, made an argument in
favor OF the existing law. He saw no reason why
the President should have absolute control over
federal officers any more than State Governors have
such control over State ofilcers IL was only IN an
absolute government that the chief executive oncer
should have arbitrary power 20 appoint 70 ana dis-
mss from onlce. The argument against ibe Tenure
OF once act because removal under II would be
disRracefu to the oiilcer removed was really, when
properly viewed, an argument IN favor OF IT, " was
the sure Disgrace consequen upon dismissal rom
the army and navy that made army and navai