Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-15

amount is now in the Treasury.
Adopted.
By Senator Plumb, Kansas: Au
thorizing the President, whenever in
his Judgment the exigencies of from
tier service require it, to add $500
enlisted men to the army to serve
during such. exigency, and not longer
than one year. Referred to the COM
mittee on military affairs.
Senator Hoar's resolution for a
select committee on the rights
of women was taken up,
but the discussion was not conclud
ed when the floor was claimed by
Senator Beck, to whom it had been
awarded upon unfinished business.
The subject of Presidential success
sion, in the event of the removal,
death, resignation OF inability OF
both President andsViee President,
was considered, the resolutions
introduced by Senators Beck and
Maxey, and the bill of Senator Gar
land being before the Senate for dis
cussion. Senator Beck spoke of the
serious difficulties and confusion
likely to arise from an enforcement of
the Act of March l, 1892, giving
line of succession to the President
of the Senate, or if there is none, to
the Speaker of the House, in the
contingency therein provided for,
and referred to many instances in
which, if any such contingency had
arisen these difficulties would have
been illustrated.
Senator Beck regarded the sub
stance of the bill reported by the
| judiciary committee of the Senate in
1856, making the succession fall on
the Judges of the Supreme Court,
officers who had the qualifications
required for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency, as bridging over a diff
Guilty.
Senator Beck was opposed to Sen
ator Garland's bill for succession in
Cabinet officers, because iD the event
of the removal of the President the
Cabinet might not only be implicated
with the President, but might be
shown to have advised the offense
for which he is removed. Then too
Cabinetmembers lnay not possess re
quisite qualifications for the Presi-
dency in age and nativity.
Senator Maxey said that, taking
the reason and the spirit of the Law
and the consequences which led t.
it's enactment as the best exponen
of its meaning and application, hi
conclusion was that the Vice Presi
dent does not become President, no
is he entitled to take the oath as sucl
pending the inability or disability O
the President, but discharges, how
ever, the duties of the Office by vii
tue of his Office as Vice-Presiden
pending disability and no longe,
He commented at length upon th
claim that the President of the Sen
, ate is not an officer of the Unite
States in a constitutional sense, an
said that in 1876 the Senate had b
resolution declared that the Office c
President pro tenn. of the Senate
held at the pleasure of the Senat,
> If called to the Office of actin
: President of the United State
while still remaining Presider
pro tenn of the Senate Would no
the power of the Senate to chang
, its presiding officer continue, an
could it not thus secure a daily rota
ton in the Executive office by chang
its President pro tenn every da,
thus perhaps affording to each {
it's members, an opportunity to |
acting President of the Unite
Statess The interim between the r.
tirement of one and the election I
: another President pro tenn, tt
g Speaker of the House might clai
: the time had come for hil
Il to exercise the functions of actin
e President of the United States. ]
n his (Maxey's) judgment the law as
8 stands vests in the President of Il
II Senate dangerous power.
e Senator Anthony followed on Il
., same subject, and Senator Garlar
d obtained the floor, but the Sena
10 went into executive session, and a
, journed.
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