The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-25
CONGRE5 SION NAL.
xLIst coxGRgss-F.Rsr SESSION.

SEN 'FEs.--..-.....W AsHINGrON, March u.
ConIzling rose TO a question OF privilege,
and denied tn + he ever made any uch
statement as was attributed TO nm IN me
recent caucus, thai IT was 10 settle hGaiiy
and forever the Teuure-Of once aW. ne
then favored the proposition To uspend IL
for four years, and expressed the DslleI
that it would be satisfactory TO PRESIDENT
Grant He then stated Jhat IL had peeh
dfnned in his ears that the New York Leg
isiature had instruct ed HIM to vote lot the
repeaL but be rejecl ed the claim OF any
Legislature or any man TO become Inc
keeper OF his honor and conscience; ne
should vote as he thought proper, ana n%ot %
as the state OF New York thought, or the
senator from Indiana thought, or any
other man thought
Grimes said some statements made
con erning him We're wholly untrue DlI
since his experience OF last year he nac
ceased to care Tor misstatements In the
TruInbuiI, from the judiciary Commit
/ tee, reported a substitute Tor Uhe Dill 70
1 strike out all aftrr the enact1ng clause,
\ Tbat'the first and second sections of an
! net EMIT ed An act regu atlng ire tenure
/ OF certain civil office :, passed Mafcn q,
! 1865 be. and the same are hereby, repeated.
! and in lieu OF said repealed sections the
| following al e hereby enacted: -
! That every person holding any civil
! once TO which lac had been or may mere mere
! after be appointed. by and with llie a1lE ~, lcG
/ aud consent Of the senate, and VINO shlil
be entitled to hold Sucn office during the
| term for which he should nave Deeh tp,
/ noiuted unless sooner removed by ana
| With the consent and advice OF the senate
| or by the appointment, with the ike ad-
! vice and consent, of a successor IN MS
place, except as hereinafter otherWlse pro-
vided. -, rrt,o+
/ during any recess of the senate the trtSl-
cent is hereby empowered, in hlS ulscie e
ton, to suspend any civil ONCE appott ppt Nv ~
ed by and with the auNice ana con Tf,t a. "a ~
the Senate. except Judges OF me hlteg t
states Courts, until the enu OF lne neAI ne
1 session of the Senate, ana 70 uesls ~ ustLS
some uitable person, sublecJ 10 De f6luOF--
ed in his discretion Dy tue resi- Slgnabloh Oi
/ anoI her, and perform the duties OF sncn
/ Snspended officer IN the meantime; and
I such person 50 Il Siguated shall take oatls
aud give the bonds required by law 70 N DC
taken and given by the suspended oflcerSt
/ and shall, during the time he performs nIs
duties be entitled TO the salary and emoi-
umeDts of such officer. no part OF Wnic5
snatI belong TO the person Suspended; ana
II shall be the duty OF the President
within thirty days after the pmmence-
{ rnent of each session of the senate (eAcePi
: for auy Office which, in n s opinion, oug1i
Z, / not to be fiued) to nominate persons 20 ~ ~
= / ain the vacancies in offices which existed
; at The meeting of the Senate, whether tenn
#, porarilv filled or not, also In the place o
an officers suspended; and If the senate
= 6urir,r slch session, snail refuse to advise
: and consent To an appointment u tti'
/ place ot any suspended oIhcer, anu snal
~ / also refuse BY vote to assent To ms Sospen
; siOp tn n. an not otherwise, such oIhcer
e at the end OF the session, shall be entlU'e'
= I 10 resume the possession. OF the once IRON
which he was SuS pended, and ait 'rWafu
: 10 discharge his duties and receive IL
!. / emOlum1 ntS as though nos OSucll su u-k'SoSAOt
% had taken pl ce.
= Boud moved to table the report. Lost
= Davis moved a substitute Tor the nous
!, hill winch was derided not III order, as n
j Senate had already struck out tnat OIL.
IL Warner moved the bill be lald on the Ia
e BILE and printed LcSt-22 TO "a.
Y, Grimes stated that he cOuid not vote 10
= the bill.
e Davis moved substitute, absolutely re
= peaIing the Tenu e-Of-Office Act
n President Anthony declared IT out OF or
y. der. as being substantially the same as tn
I'D House b N.
Morton said the report of the com mite
= pre ervea he shadow rather Than tue sub
n Stance of the Tenure of Office Act. IL wa
i merely a bad phCtOsraph of - dead body
- therefore he did not feel called upon 10 ~
~ one against 1t or oppose II actively III an
~ yyav Dut he could not wi Je Tor II. uecauSe
n ~ DresfrviSg Z the veto power Of the sen
al ale il violated the theory ne had on th
n, subject. go - - y, ,vis+t,,4 ID
II gov1 He said he saw no reason why IN
le Prpsi lent should have absolute contro
"a ot.er Fedora officers any more than th
i STATE a 5veInors have such conIEoA oNt
- the state or1eerS. -.
ut Fowler nude a general arg gurneilJ tgAih'
T, the Tenure III Office act
Hewa~ l!OWeu by rOSS, n 81 "a ~ ~ ~
IS, The latter had no words OF apology for u
= ! rnaI-adufni~ ~tratiOn OF the last Fresldeh
- / but he believed the eV Is resulting from
~ had been aggravated by the operation
as this law.