The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-25
CONGRESS s.
SENATE.
WAsH1NaToN, March "a,

Mr.. Trumbull, from the Committee
on Judiciary, reported a substitute for
the bill to repeal the Tenure of. Office
Act, as follows: Strike out all after the
enacting clause and insert as follows:
"That the first and second sections of
an act entitled an act regulating the
tenure of certain civil offices passed
March 2. 1869, be and the same are here
by repealed, and in lieu of saidsrepeal-
ed sections the following are hereby
enacted:
"That every person holding any civil
Office to which he has been or NAV
hereafter be appointed by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, and
who shall have become duly qualified
such Office during the term for which he
shall have been appointed, unless soon.
er removed by and with the consent and
advice ofthe Senate, or by the appoint
ment with the like advice and consent
of successor in his place, except as
herein otherwise provided.
"SEC. Q. Amd be IL further enacted,
That during the recess OF the Senate,
the President is hereby empowered in
his discretion to suspend any civil Off
Ger appointed by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, except
Judges of the United States Courts, un-
til the end of the next session of the
Senate; and to designate some suitable
person, subject to be removed in his dis
cretion, to perform the duties OF such
suspended officer in thesmeAntime-and
such person so designated shall take
the oath and give the bond required by
law to be taken and given by the sus-
pended officer, and shall during the
lime he performs his duties be entitled
to the salary and emolumenis OF such
officer, no part of which shall belong to
oh
the duty of the President, within thirty
days after the commencement OF each
session of the Senate, except for any
office which in his opinion ought not to
be filled, to nominate persons to I'LL all
vacancies in Offices which existed at the
meeting of the Senate, whether tempo
rarily filled or not, also in place of all
officers suspended; ;and If fthe Senate dur
ing such session shall refuse to advise
and consent to an appointment in the
place of any suspended officer. and
shall also refuse by vote to assent to
his suspension then and not otherwise
such officer at the end OF the session
shall be entitled to resume the possess
sion of the office from which he was
SUSPENDED, and afterwards to discharge
its duties and receive it's emoluments,
as though no such suspension had ta-
ken place."
Mr.. Grimes stated that he could not
vote for the bill.
Mr.. Morton said the report of the
committee preserved the shadow rather
than the substance of the Tenure-Of-
Office Act. 1t was merely bad photo
graph of dead body, therefore he did
not feel called upon to argue against 1t
or oppose II actively in any way, but he
could not vote for it because by pre-
serving the veto power of the Senate 1t
violated the theory he held on the SUBJ
ject.
Mr.. Harlan argued in favor of the ex-
isting law.
He made general argument against
the Tenure-of-Onice Act, and was fol.
lowed by Mr.. Ross in similar terms.
HOUSE.
The Committee on Civil Service bill
was ordered continued.
The bill regulating the manner of APP
plying to Congress for the removal OF
political disabilities, was referred to the
Reconstruction Committee.
The bill enforcing the Sd section of
the 14tn article of the Constitutional
Amendment, was referred to the Recon-
structiou Committee.
Several other bills were introduced
and referred
Mr.. Paine introduced bill to enforce
the Sd section OF the 14th article of the
amendment to the Constitution.
Mr.. Payne, from the Select Commit
tee on the Census, reported bill for
taking the 9th and subsequent CEN
suses. Ordered printed and recon-
mitted.
The Senate bill to incorporate the Ma
tional junction Railroad Company was
amended and passed.
Mr.. Butler, of Massach usetts, from
the Committee on Reconstruction, re-
ported bill for the organization of
provisional government for the State of
Mississippi, and addressed the House
in favor OF the bill.
Mr.. Wood obtained the floor to oppose