The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-05

| 1riiast bNtE It's pItolutllt pro- ttllPNh'i Nil'H
exists in the nature ofits own body and I'M
der the constitution, cannot be cut short by
any act ofcongress whatever.
Regarding the same point, s1lator Nor
| ton said Ii was seriously discussed
among senators when the impeachment of
| President Johnson was pending, whether,
| in case the president pro temporc of the SELF
ate should have the duties of the president
| of the United States deyOlved upon him,
he would have To leave this chamber, and
we elect another, My own impression is
that he is still president of the senate, and
that he has the duties of president of the
United States devolyed upon him in addition
thereto. r-s think myself the law OF
1872 was erroneous in the beginning. Such
a provision
OUGHT NOT To HAVE BEEN MADE
Senator Morton argued that the senate
any time When the senate comes to
make the removal, he said, lit is not bound
| to assign a cause; it is not bound TO give
any reason for it. IL is presumed there
must be some cause but whether the cause
is sufficient, reasonable or unreaSOnablc,th the
senate is the exclusive judge. Therefore 1t
amounts simply to this, that the senate
may change the presiding officer at pleas
ure."
Senator Wallace insisted that the pres-
dent pro temporc is an officer OF the United
| States. He called attention to the debates
pending the passage of the act Of l1'2: 1T
was then both asserted and denied that the
president pro tcmpurc is an officer Of the
| United States within the meaning of clause
of section of article ,, but after II pro
longed struggle the question was set
| tied aflirmatiyely, and the bill be-
came Il law Both ROdger Sherman and
ElhriJsr "t G'rrrv asserted the position that
! ihe nrrsidcnt ira temporc was an officer of
thc {fnj,ed States Madison objected to the
snI,cti,, of the president nrn tenure for
tho snccessinn moi because Inc was an officer
btn mt hecansniT he hec,m, prrsdrnt Inc would
pun puJ"uac II Nv IVAN, ,rr;J""t md ,ni,Lt
~, ;, Wor, L,, Lis .tatc That
Nv Az rn,,,r,od nc moro than
-, ",s n,,,nnr nftLr senate il shown nv the
.na't;o,, ~, ,ri,in,tnJ ot his cle,tinn
NJ, hntL thn nreaident and
~ "',,o "a .,,'",,' therpnf This nc.
n,,rrod j., R,,riI i7o1 i'm March t7O3. and
ba. baa,, cn,,,inneJ ,inrn If hr he n mere
ntticor ~ No senate why should wedignifv
| him hv sending information of his election
10 thS Ln,,sn If rnnresentniyeS and To the
| ,r,s;dartl"
aonotnr Wallace ouotcd a declaration of
sanat"r Iyillian II SewarI of New York
| ma Ia N / AL tIIrinB tlp second SESSION. OIL
tha y, ir,r-,hi,J rnn,,ross ~ win state very
Trnol,, NO "vyn nninion y" said Mr.. Seward
anu Il ia ihis. That there cllta be- hut one
Gnu :. - III, ~ ina Ln iah, the oilce
~ ,n,n,nro Of Me- senate md
a. r. ,I',,, ,yilI hnll Lis Office mill IL
I'll tai, We, ,'' w
'''"'' 'e"'"
coNSrlrurl"NALN BECOME NAoNN'
so that in the case ola vacancy occurring IN
! the office of president OF the
! United States, the person now To he
] chosen to ill the office OF president pro
| tenn of the senate would succeed to that
/ high trust and become the Chlcl magistrate
/ Of the United States
Senator Wallace continued. "Thc dig
uity OF the plHcc rs shown by the plan
words of the fifth clause of section one of
/ article two, and hy cOntcupuraurous legal
Interpretation the necessity for GER
| tantv in the official upon whom the
| succession may fall the conservative
character ofthe senate, the plainintCn Otthc
| trainers of the constitution and the meaning
/ otthe words used cunsrain me to the con-
cuson that the office of president pro tenn
/ pore of the senate is an Office as well OF the
/ United States as OF the senate, ana tital ms
official term Is ended only by the expiration
| of his service ex-senator, by the the return
of the yiCc-prcsidcnt, by impeachment and
conviction for offences committed rs pres-
dent pro tcmpore, or by expulsion from the
senate"
Senator Thurman declared; In yicw.otthc
language of the constitution, and in view OF
the fact that it seems to have been The idea
of the trainers of the constitution that the
presiding officers Of this body should have
certain independent status, acorlain pcrma-
ncncy of tenure of office, and with the