Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-27
CONGR ESsiONAL.
Conclusion Of Yesterdays Proceedings

Hf0Cee0lmRo.
slsArE.-Afler our report closed -
Inesopp1ementary currency act Sas further
consloereo, the psnding question being on the
Mr.. Pool o6-red an amen iment to she amend
10, nj Of Mr.. Wilson, pro- ;diue that ia the dis
trioution of th- additional circulation it shalt
Be made among the different States and Terri
tories on the basse Of population. ~
Mr.. Whom accepted the amendm ant end
Mr.. Pool spoke Ia favor of adopting such tegis-
Inilon as would foster and develop the re-
sourcss of the South,
Pending action the Senate went into execu.
tive 5. ssion. and after q shsrt time spent there.
in, adjourned until Monday.
Before adjournment, tue House bill to abol.
ish the office OF Chief of stan TO the Gen .raI of
the army was taken mp and passed.
HOUsn.-Aftvr our report closed, the pending
question was on the m elton OF Mr. Butler to
ferred tbs Senate bill and amend meuts rel ave
to the snure.of.ohacs act to the Com mittes on
the Judiciary, in order he said to propose
an endments FIRST, TO repeal entirely the civil
tenufe.of-omce act and then q section are.
fully drawn, simply calling upon the Preside emit
10 send in all hW nominations for the action OF
the Sa.atr within thirty days Of the commence.
men. OF the session of the Senate
Mr., bingham (Ohio) took the floor, and made
an houI's speech IA favor of concurrence in the
SrnSte amendments, examining the whole
qIesuoa IN It's eonstitut,onai, legal and practi-
cal BEARINGS. II was perfectly manifest that an
uncopoitionai repeal Of the law was imp ossible
The House could not compel the Senate to
change lis mind.
Mr. Butler, (Mass.)-Can the Senate compel
the Housed
Mr.. Bingham, (Ohio II understand that it
cahnot out until the Senate shall change its
mind IL is impossible to rep al the Lag Simply
ey an act Of repeal. He went on to argue that
the Senate amendment was su bstantial rep al
OF The tenure. of-ofice act in as far rs that act
fettered the President. Therefore he desired
the House to concur in il.
Mr.. DAVIS argued against the Senate amend.
ments Ind in favor of an unconditional repeal
of the law. He regarded this as the most i'm.
Portant measure that would come before the
House this session, or any future session. In
his Judgment the Senate, under the pretext of
laying down power, had drawn to itself all the
executive power of the nation. The Senate
amendment su bstituted for the constitutional
executive Of one head an executive of seventy
heads. He believed as solemnly as he believed
anything that the Law was IN conflict with the
Constitution. The Senate had, under the Con.
stituiion, NO executive power whatever, The
President could be impeached II he appointed
corrupt officers but IL the enate shou Id restore
corrupt officers, where was the unity! Could
the House Of Representatives impeach the
S.natri Could it send the gentleman from
Ohio (Mr. Bingham) to try the Senate as it had
sent him some months ago to try the Presdentl
No. The representatives Of the people would,
In that case, be remidiless and poweriess, the
Executive would be powerless, and there
would be placed IN the SenaIe, unimpeacha able,
irresponsible, not to be reached under the
Constitution or laws, all that executive power
which the Constitution declared that the
President should take care ia thfulIy to exc.
cute
Mr. CHAM (Ohio) replied to the objections
and argument Of Mr.. Davis
MT hotchkiss m W argued in support Of
the Senate amendments
Messre. Garfield and Schenck (Ohio) Also
supported the Senate amendments.
After further debate, MIR. Butler Mass
moved the previous question, and the motion
TO reconsider prevailed.
r.. then moved On.cn in fha
Senate amendments, which was agreed to
yeas ~, nays 90.
The following is the vote in detail on agree.
ing to The S-nate amendments:
feaS-MessTs Ames, Armstrong, Asper, Ben
eley, Beamap, Beally, Benton, Byhar, Bolles,
Burdett, r. K. Butler, Cessna. Churchill, Co
burn Of North Carolina Cohn, Cowles, Dixon
hockey, Donnelly, Duvail, Ella, Farms worth,
Ferris. Fipkleberg, Garfield, GilhIlan. Hanley,
Hlll, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Ingersoll. Jenckes,
Kelly. Kelsey. ketcham, Knapp, Latin, Lash,
McGrew, Mercur, T.. H. Moore, w. Moore,
Packer, Poland, Pomeroy, Prosser, Roots, San.
ford, Sergeant Sawyer, Schenck, Scofeld,
SroughtoD, Strickland. Taffs. Tiighman
Twitchell, Ward, WeIker, Wheeler, j. T. Will
son, and Winans-7O
Ndys-Messrs. Allison, Amber, Archer, Az.
tell, Banks, Beck, Briggs, Bird, Blair, Boyd,
Brooks, Buffin gton. Burr. Il. +. Butler, Oalkiu,
5. Clarke, Cleveland, Amasa Cobb, Cook, Con-
ger. Crebs, Cullum. Davis, Dawes, Dewes,
Fisher, Fox, Getz, Goiladay. Girls void, Haieht
Haldeman, Hambleton, Hamilton, Hawks
Hay, Heaton, Hoar, Hoag, Holman, Hopkins,
Kerr, Knott, Logan, Loughridge. Marshall
Mayhem, McOrary. McNredy, Moffit, Jesse
Moore, Morgan, Mungen, Niblack, O'Neili,
Ortiz, Packard, Pane, Palmer, Phelps, Ran
dali, Ready Reeves, Rice, Rogers, Shumaker,
Sheldon, Slocum, j. A. Smith J. 5. Smith,
Stevenson. Swami, Sweeny, Tanner, Town
send, Trimole. Tyson, Epson, Van horn, Van
Trump, &. @. Washburn, w. b. Wsshburn,
Wellts, Whittemore, Wilkison. w. Willisms,
q. NJ. Wilson, Winchester, Witcher, Wood,
Wood ward-S9.
MIR. Butler mass moved to reconsider and
lay on the table.
Mr.. Garfield (Ohio) moved that the House
adjourn. Not agreed to.
Mr.. Buffers motion to reconsider and lay
on the table was then agreed to and the House
adjourned.