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VOLUME LXXXIV.
FIRST EDITION.
0147 - E.LVM. O'CLOCK; M.
HARRISBURG.
Proceedings of the Legislature—
• _ Bills Passed in the Senate—
Bills Introduced in the House
--Witness Feet;' in Witham..
RUUD Contested •Election Case
—The Constitutional Amend
ment.
(Brreiegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
^ ct Marcia 16, 1869.
SENATE.
PRIVATE CALENDAR.
, Bills on the private calendar were
ogleci• up by the _Senators named and
passed finally, as follows:
Mr;'KERR: Extending the limits of
Butler borough; relating to -elections of
%echo& directors in Kittanning township,
.
Armstrong county; authorizing the Law
. rence county Commissioners to refund
certain taxes—being all House bills.
• ,Mr.LOWRY: Regulating the salaries
of Crawford county Auditors; extending
'the - Venango Mechanics Lien law of
1868; Upon laase-hold estates, to Craw
..ford. Warren and Clarion counties; an
•thorizing the Meadville Council to fix
the place of holding general, special and•
municipal, elections; protecting livery
.atable keepers of Crawford—being House
bills.
Mr. SEARIGHT: Regulating the mode
of Toting at spring elections in Salt Lick
- township, Fayette county; authorizing
the election of, an additional supervisor
•of Salt Lick township; relating to tax on
sales of lands in Fayette county; author
`-izing the Register's Court of . Greene
-county to hear oral proof , of the will of
"Thomas Calvert; authorizing the Con
nellsville School Board to sell school
property; authorizing the managers of
the Uniontown Gas and Water Company
to transfer its franchises; repealing the
liquor-lawi3 of West Newton and Mount
Pleasant, Westmoreland, county—being
-all Senate bills; also House bill relating
Coroner's Tees in Westmoreland
county.
Mr. ERRETT: Authorizing the School
•• ..Board of Hampton township, Allegheny
-county, to levy a tax to pay Robert Kel
ly commutation money; providing for
the better assessment of taxes in Alle
-gheny county; incorporating the Pitts.
burgh Land and Home-lead Company—
being all Senate' bills: also the House
bills authorizing the grading and pav
ing of Ormsby borough, and conferring
.the chartered privlleges of East Birming
's • ham upon Millvale borough.
Mr. GRAHAM: Senate bill extending
- the time for the collection of bounty tax
in Tarentam borough.
- OBJECTED OFF.
Mr. LOWRY objected to the bill to
prevent the running of oil, tar and refuse
matter into Oil Creek or its tributaries—
being a House bill.
• BILL BRI 7 BATED.
The bill from the House prohibiting
auctions and gift enterprises of certain
classes in Crawford and Warren coun
tietwas defeated.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
- P.E.NONsTBANCEs.
Mr. MORGAN presented remonstrances
from Sharpriburg and Mount Washing
ton against the improvement bills for
said boroughs.
• PASSED FINALLY.
Mr. WILSON caned up the Senate bill
enabling Railroad, Canal and Slack
water Navigation .lompanies to straight
en, deepen, widen and 'improve lines.
Passed finally.•
BILLS INTRA:WOOED.
By Mr. WILSON, of Allegheny: Rel
ative to soldiers' orphans, covering St.
Pants and other asylums not included
in the law; suppleuient to an act consoli
dating the wards in Pittsburgh for edu
cational purposes, which confers upon
the Central Board of Education the right
of collecting their taxes. - .
By Mr. KERR, of Allegheny: Amend
ing Allegheny county road laws by an
.' entirely new bill; extending the time
-for the payment of enrollment tax on
the Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Browns
-vitt° railroad charter. .
By Mr. JACKSON, of Armstrong:
'Limiting the time for relieving mort
• gages, extending the act to . mortgages
and other securities of Armstrong county.
Mr. AMES, Crawford ; Authorizing
parties to testify in their own behalf in
certain cases; regulating granting: of 11-
, censes in Titusyule.
Mr. BEATTY:* Regulating the assess
ment of taxes (llCrawford county;
_
elaring Woodcoc'k creek, Crawford
county, a public highway; r elative to
billiard saloons in Crawford county.
Mr. ED WARDS; Lawrence : Extend
"leg the law. relative to maintenance of
Children in Western House of Refuge to
'Lawrence county. ' •
,Mr. FERRY, of Philadelphia: Extend
ing the right of trial by jury to certain
Ratirowl cases. Thiele intended to pro
tect • owners of lands along the Alleghe
ny Valley Railroad, by bringing all rail
roads chartered prior to 1849 under the
.Railroad act of 1849.
- Mr. MYERS, of Philadelphia: Incor
. orrating the Central,Telegraph Com_pan y
I.Ane, to run troth' Philadelphia to Pitts
burgh. 'The ourpontors and interested
parties are operators and employes lo
ather oompigues..
Mr. RODGERS, of Philadelphia: Re;
Pealing all laws specially exempting
private proPerty from taxation.
CONTESTIED ELECTION EXPENSE/J.
Mr. DUNCAN, of Venistigo: Providing
ltor the appointment of a police force -for
Petroleum Centre and Rotuseville, Ve-
Longo county.
Mr. STRANG: Joint resolution pay
ing Wm. M. Dunn 1694167 for witness
tees, and Joseph M. Cowell;l79 for sum
moning witnesses In the t ontested eleo
tiOn or Bann. (Rep,) against Witham.
This give rise to considerable discus
sion, in which • Messrs. MoGINNis and -
JOSEPHS asserted the witnesses had
perjured themiselves. The latter genu s ,
an' asserted that one named _Row an
while voting in the VWithamdistrict, r e ..
sided in his (Josephs) ward, and voted
. - the same.day, with him at the polls* for
the Deniocratic ticket. Two warrants
were out against him for murder, and he
Would not have dared to testify as he had
in his (Josephs) presence. Tke knew
him well, and he was not worthy of cre
dence.
Tne joint resolution passed finally un
der the operation of the .preylous ques
tion.
The afternoon session ( f to-m• rrow was
dispensed with, which postpones the
Constitutional Amendment till to-mor
row evening.
El==
The House in the afternoon considered
the private ,Calender, embracing about
two hundred and fifty local bills, on first
reading, but took final action on several
on
The
ye
bill from the Senate relative to
public roads in. Scott township, Alle
gheny county, 'passed finally: -
The following bills were objected to
and lie over one Week : •
For grading and 'paving "In Tarentum.
Relative to certain ordinances in Alle
gheny city.
Incorporating the East End Gas Com
pany, Pittsburgh.
Mr. McCULLOUGH called up the bill
authorizing railroad companies .to in
crease the number of directors to Seven
teen by a vote of the stockholders. Passed
finall.
Adjourned.
NEWS BY CABLE.
Illy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, March 16.—A slight shock of
a earthquake was felt in the eastern
part of Lancashire this morning. No
damage.
LONDON, March 16.—1 n the House of
Commons this evening_ the Mayor of
Dublin appeared at 'the bar and pre
sented petitions praying for the estab
lishment of religious equality in Ireland,
and that amnesty and pardon be granted
'to all Fenian. In reply to a question
from Mr. Torras, the House was in
formed by Mr. .o:way, under Secretary
of Foreign Department, that the Gov
ernment would soon bring in a bill es
tablishing a uniform and permanent law
of extradition.
SPAIN.
DiArmin, March 16.—1 n the Cortes yes
terday, a motion was made by a Repub-'
limn member that the Cortes take ground
in favor of legalizing civil marriages,
and several Republicans spoke in sup
port of the motion. At the conclusion of
the debate it was announced the Govern
ment intended to introduce a bill on that
'subject.
- A discussion arose concerning con
scription, and the recent popular dem
onstrations posing it. Sagosta, Tapete
and Prim accused Orenz and Pirrad of
making speeches to the people on Sun
day
last subyartip of the -Government.
preps Was'."chirted' with incithortise ,
people to oppose the - authority 'of
the Cortes and Pirrad 'was accused
of exhorting the soldiers to diso-'
bey the orders of :their officers. A
violent scene 'ensued in the Cortes.
The exasperation of both parties render
ed discussion impracticable, and after
words from Deputy Figures, pledging
the Republican party, whatever its polit
ical desires, to submit to the decision of
the Constituent Cortes, the 'subject was
dropped and soon after the sitting ad
journed.
FRANCE.
Tour ow, March 16.—8 y orders re
ceived from Paris, all soldier and sail
ors whd were recruited in the year 1862,
have been discharged from the military
and naval depots.
AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, March 16.—Thor Reicherath
strongly favors the proposal recently
made by the Government to subject the
Landwehr to the regular military author
ities.
MARINE NEWS,
LONDONDERRY, March 16.—The steam
er . Moravian, from ' Portland, arrived
to-day.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
LONDON, March 16.—Consols, 92;,; for
for money and 93 for account. Ameri
can securities quiet. Five-twenties. 83M.-
Erie, 25; Illinois, 97V0 Atlantic dr (Leat
Western, 81. Tallow active at 47-i. 9d.
Sugar, 39s 6d. Linseed, cakes of 10
pounds, at 10®15s.
ANTIVERP, March 16.—Petroleum at
56®56%.
FRAN'EPORT, March 16.—Bonds easier
at 87%.'
LIVERPOOL, March 16.—Cotton quiet;
sales of middling uplands at 12@12}4d;
Orleans, 12%@123bti. Wheat—sales of
3,000 bush California white at Os 10d; red
Western, 8s 541. Flour at 23s 6d. Corn
at 30s for old, and 20s for new. Oats at
at 85s 4d. Barley at ss. Peas at 418.
Pork at 98a Hd. Beef at 90s. Lard at 755.
Cheese, 765. Bacon; 625. Common rosin,
58 6d; fine do :.15s. Petroleum un
changed. Tallow, 465. Turpentine, 31s
6d. Linseed oil; X3O. -
ANTWERP, March 16,—Eveniag.—Pe
trolum closed st 55%@)86 francs for
standard white. •
Arnansao lbegblature—Penttentlary Con
tract Swindle.
tßy Telegntnh to the Pittsburgh Gesetted
MrimPsis, 'March I6.—The Aria/cache's
Little Rock special, to-nfght says the
Goverrior sent a message to the Assem
bly to•da notifying that body that the
Board of Commissioners had awarded
the State aid, including the Memphis and
Little Bock and other roads left out in
the Omnibus bill, • y
Investigations into the Periltendary
contract, make startling developments.
It appears that Hodgegir arid Weeks, the
contractors, who recently notified the
Governor that they would vacate the
grounds on the first of April, have drawn ,
from the State Treasury $lO,OOO, none, of
which has been returned Bathe contract
specified.. Their bond for 610,000 has
been' purloined from the Secretary's
The Georgia Ithualux-Klan.
CB/ Telegraph to the Pittsburgh lEthsette.l
ATLANTA, March 15.—0 n Friday night
last, while Dr. Darden.wtm..l:oeing_ mur
dered in Warren co n 00pred man,
mined Martin. wad f6Mbkir-tligan from
jail at" Spring Place ' Murray county and
banged by band' of Ku-Klux, P After
Martin's arrest, hisikther , engsged tbe
services of Gen. Glenn as colitussi, and it
is said that the assassins heltrt long de
bate whether or not they would wait the
arrival of the counsel and hang him too.
but it was finally decided to hang the
prisoner at once.
PITTSBURGH,
SECOID EMTIOI.
FOUR O'ci-aOCEL A. M.
1 . •
(By Telegraph to the Plttabirgh Gazette.)
WASHINGTON, March 16, 1869.
THE CAPITAL.
VIRGINIA OFFICES.
The object of the joint resolution passed
by the Senateto-day, postponing remov
als in civil offices in the Provisional Gov
ernment ofVirginia until thirty daysfrom
after its passage, is to afford time to make
such removals, as the limit of the former.
joint resolution expires this week. Gen:
Stoneman, who is now to be succeediffby
Gen. Canby,Will not have time to Make
changes before his retirement. s
ARMY ORDERS-CONSOLIDATION OF IN: ,
FANTRY REGIMENTS, &C.
The following general order has been
issued by the War Department :
Washington City, March 10th,
compliance with section two of an act of
Congress entitled "an act making appro
priations for the support of the army for
the year ending June 30th, 1870, and for,
other purposes," approved March 3d,
1869, - the infantry of the army will be
consolidated into twenty-five reglarats,
as follows: - The 43d regiment will be
consolidated with the Ist; the 16th regi
ment with the 2d; half of the 37th with
the 3d; the 30th regiment with the 4th;
half of the 37th with the 6th; the 42d
regiment with the 6411; the 36th regiment
with the 7th; the 33d regiment
with the Bth; 27th regiment with the 9th;
the 22d regiment with the 10th: 24th
regiment with the 29th, and will there
after be designated the 11th; the 46th
regiment eith the 14th; the 35th regi
ment with the 16th; the 11th regiment
with the 34th; and thereafter will be des
ignated as the 16th: the 44th regiment
with the 17th; the 25th regiment with
the 18th; the 28th regiment with the 19th;
the 32d 'regiment with the 21st: the 31st
regiment with the 22d; the 38th regi
ment with the 41st, and thereafter it will
be designated the 24th; the 39th regi
ment with the 40th, and thereafter it will
be designated as the 25th.
Second—The field. officers of the 25th
regiment will be selected hereafter and
will be announced in general orders
from the headquarters of the army. -
Third—The senior company officers of
each grade present for duty with any '
two , regiments to be consolidated, and
fit for active service, will be the officers
of the consolidated regiment; the super-I
nnmerary officers will be ordered to their
homes to await further orders, and super
numerary non-commissioned offieep
they elect to remain in the service In a
lower grade.
Fourth—The places; of all officemoUthe
first,,,twenty-tive regiments, who Are ab
sent from their regiments on detached
service, leave of absence, or otherwise,
more than thirty days, will be regarded
vacant and be filled as prefided for
above.
Fifth—All vacancies that may hereaf
ter. occur in the twenty-fine Infan-.
try regiments will be filled by assign;,
merits of the senior officers of the same
grade from the list of officers awaiting
orders.
Sixth—No new ehlistments will he
made until the number of men is reduced
to the maximum , number authorized by
law for - the twenty-five regiments, bat
reenlistments will continue to be made
In the twenty-five authorized regiments ,
according.to existing regulations.
Seventh—Commanding officers of the
veteran reserve reelmentasre authorized
to grant honorable discharges, on appli
cation, to any of the enlisted men of
their regiments, whs are nt fit for active
service. ,
(Signed) J. M. SCHOFIELD,
Secretary cf War.
By command of Gen. Sherman. -
The following order Was issued this af
ternoon:
[OENERA.L • ORDERS No. 18. ]—/lead
quarters of the Army, Adjutant General's
Office, Washington, March 16, 1869.—8 y
direction of the President of the United
States, the following changes , are, Made
of military divisions and department
commanders:
First—Lieutenant General P. H. Mer
iden is assigned to command of the Mili
tary Division of the Mitsiouri.
Second—Major General 11. W. Halleck
is assigned to commaud of the Military
Division of the South, to be composed of
the Departments of the South, Louisiana,
the Fourth ••Military D,strict and the
States composing the pref., en t Department
of the Cumberland; headquarters at
Louisville, Ky. Major General Halleck
will proceed to his new command as soon.
as relieved by Major General Thomas.
Third—Major Gen. Geo. H. Thomas is
assigned to the command or- Military
Division of the Pacific.
Pcnirth—Major Gen. J. M. Schofield is
assigned to the command of the Depart
ment of the Missouri. The State of Illi
nois and the Post of Fort Smith, Arkan
are transferred. • •
Fifth--Eirigadier., and . Brevet Major
General 0. O. Howard Is assigned to the
command of the Department of Louisi
ana. Until lila arrival ttufnenlor officer,
-Brevet Major Genbral J.-A. , Mower, will
command, according to his brevet tank.
Sixth—The Department of. Washington
will be discontinued and merged in the
Demirtment of Abe Easti;',.Thei records
whi be sent to. he Adjutant. General of
the Army. , , k
Seventh—The leirist Military I:64nd
will be added to the Military 161Viabin of
the Atlantis • .
Eighth—As soon as Major General
Thomas is ready to , ruling the com- ;
mend of the Department of the. Ouriiber
land, the Department De discon
tinued and , 'States comprising it will be
added to other Department& The rec
ords will be Ibrwerded to the Adjutant
General cd the Army.
By command' of erotism Sherman,
r ' E. D. Towilitiiitii;A.
.
MGM( PACIFIC R I LILROAD? •
The President to-day, in a IWittf flies.;
_saws, invitatthe attentio of CongraletO
the accompanying co unicatioh to
the Seoretary.of the Interfori'nanfiely, l
To the Secretary of the Interior:, Under
an Act of "Congress approved July 2d•
1864, it is made the duty of th GoV,
ernment Directors of tbe Union Pacific
Railroad at any tinie timeto reportto the Sea
retary of the Interior such information
as should be in possession of the Do
partment. According to the previsions.
:~~~ . _
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17. If-69.
of the act, it ecoines • our duty now to
•
report the foil wing facts :- • ,
In obedient to the call of Congress of i
December 27, 567, the stockholders of.l
the Unioti Pa Ade Railroad met in the
city of New York, and proceeded to the
election of d rectors for the ensuing
year, when an injunction was served by
Judge Barnard, of the Superior •Court of
the city of New York,. upon the officers
'f the Company, .some of its directors.
some of rte stockholders, and certain of
r the Government directors, restraining'
them-from and' prohibiting an election
of.any , officer or directors upon the day
detiguated by the Federal law of Decem
'ber 20th, 1867, for the ,ensuing year.
The whole number. of votes given.
we. ban.- ascertained to be 207,240
shares, 'bf which 205,840 shares were
given for the, gentlemen whose
~ SUMS are hereto appended, and no
~ .-r votes wad have' been given
:that, would haVe changed the vote.
'Xlnder they injunctions and attach'.
inents, som them not bailable, and
' threats of mprisonment if disobeyed,
' the inspectors of the electlen were
advised not 'to declare the result.
though believing themselves authorized
so to do by the Federal laws. And since
the new board thus elected remains in
abeyance, under injunctions and attach-
Ments which may. endure a year or more.
and thereby render the company and
stockhOlders liable, to expensive litiga
tion, and thus endanger and obstruct the
progress of the road, fearful of these re
salts, we, as government directors, have
felt it our duty to make an early report
of the facts to the Secretary, with the
view of his calling attention thereto of
the President and Of. Congress in order
that such legislation may be had as may
be deemed ,necessary to protect the inter
ests of the 'United States and to keep un
interrupted this great national work.
Signed] JAS.Bitooirs, of New York.
J. L. WiLtrams, of Indiana.
D. L. HARRIS, of Springfield, Mass.
J. D. WEBSTER, of Illinois.
H. Paws, of lowa.
New York City, March 11, 1869.
• The names of the Directors are ap
pended. The document was referred to
the Pacific RaiWoad Committee of both
Houses.
The New York Herald's correspond
ent says : It was the "Treasury Ring."
and not the law of 1789, that ruled out
Secretary Stewart. That law, the cor
respondent says, has been a dead letter
on the books for years. It provides no Sec
retary of the Treasury shall purchase
public lands, or public securities, and
yet the official records show that eem
tary McCullough, since he took the
office, purchased one thousand and ten
acres of land. The correspondent insists
that were it not for the weakness of
some of the President's friends, who
quailed before the clamor of the ' , Tress=
ury Rings" against the appointment of
:Stewart, two-thirds ,of_Oungruwi r would
have willipgly , voted for the repeat of s
law which had become obsolete and use
,
less.
Mr. Fish qualified as Secretary of State
this morning by taking the oath of office
before Chief Justice Carter, and after-
Wards attended. a Cabinet meeting, at
which all the members wore present.
The resignation of Uen. Rawlings has
been accepted, to date from the 12th inst.
The usual large crowd of members of
Congress were received this morning by
the President. A• few others had inter
views, Generals Schotiela and Neg,ley
among them.,
The position, of additional Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, latelY held by
Mr. Looper, has been tendered to W. A.
Richardson, of Boston. It is understood
no change will be made in the Assistant
Secretary position now held by Mr.
Hartley. •
The resignation of Third Auditor Wit.
son has been accepted, and until his suc
cessor is appointed Chief-Clerk Gauge
mer will perform the duties of the office.
The Revenue Office was besieged to
day by crowds having business with the
Commi.sioner. None but members of
Congress were admitted, other partiesi
being referred to the Deputy Commis
sioner. Applications for Assesiorships
and Colleotorsbips are becoming greater
in number every day. They are filed in
the orderof their receipt for reference.
The following midshipmen have re
signed: W. G. boot; Charles H. Brokes,
D. Whipple, D. S. Little, Ed. Lloyd,
Walter Frazer, F. L. Green, W. S. Long,
D. L; Worsley, W. L. Baldwin,J. H.
Barns, J. D. McCarty, H. B. 'rown,
Pnuicis Winslow, Z. S. Babcock, J. D.
Carnahan and G. H. Saunderson. l
Commander B. B. Taylor is detailed
from the Naval Academy andtilaced on
waiting orders. Commander Greer is
detached from the Philadelphia Navy
Yard and ordered to the Naval Academy.
Commander Ralph Chandler is de
tached from ordnance duty at the New
York Navy Yard and placed on waiting
orders. ComManders Austin, Ponder
great and D. L. Brain are ordered to
ordnance duty respectively to Philadel
phia and New York Navy Yards.
Several delegations were at the Execu
tive mansion this afternoon awaiting an
interview with 'the President, which,
however, tbby were obliged to postpone,
owing to the great length of the Cabinet
session.
The Judges of the Supreme Court paid
their respects to the President this after
noon.
Colonel James R. O'Brien has resigned
the °Moe of. Register ,of Wills for this
District, and will, be ; succeeded by Colo
net. Webater t of General Grant's staff.
, ~Congress not hiving made provision
'Bathe payment of temporary clerks in
the"Vressury. Department, about eighty
of thistlass will be dismissed on the first
of April, daless the necessary appropria.
Ilona for their salaries ba made before.
The President sent. to the. Senate to.:,
day several nominations for naval pro
motions. The Senate confirmed only
one nomination, J. Lindsey, icr pensiOn'
agent at Mt. Louis.
A large number of citizens of Illinals%
this evening, by appointment, called ,
upon the Secretary of War, Gen. -RAW-
Dna, at army headquarters.''
President Grant, ' ln reply to an appli-,
cation by an Ohio Representative for the
appointment of Hon. James M. Ashley,.
who has the endorsement of the entire
Republican. delegation, as Governor of
Montana, said it was his intention to se
lect the nominees for that_and other like
.pcsitions from the residents of the, terri
tories they seek to' govern, when proper
Men can be , found. This decision, how
ever, is not , expected to interfere in the
ease of General Campbell, as Glovernorof
Wyoming.
' ~ A,
THE THEASIIRYSHIP
SECRETARY OF"STATE
VARIOUS 'MATTERS.
mA N.
.
VZN
FORTI-FIRST COAGHESS.
[FIRST SESSION.]
The Tenure- Office Act in the
Senate—Extended Discussion
of the Propositions . for Sils••
pension and Repeal—Ad.
J,ournment Without a Vote—
(h.li for Reorganization of the
Navy Passed.
Eby Telegraph to the PlttabtuTh Gazette.)
WASHINGTON, March 1.8, 1889.
SENATE.
The House resolution to adjourn on the
28th was received and laid on the table.
The joint resolution amending the Vir
ginia and Texas Provisional Government
reeolution was"passed.
Mr. RAMSEY introduced a bill granting
lands to Minnesota to improve the Mis
sissippi river near St. Anthony's Falls.
Referred to Public Lands Committee.
Also,
to incorporate the United States
Postal Telegraph Company postoffices.
- Mr. SHERMAN introduced a joint re
solution authorizing the recognition of
the independence or Cuba. Referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mr. POMEROY introduced a joint re
solution 'in relation to the Burlington
and Missouri Railroad. Tabled.
Mr. SUMNER, from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, reported favorably
bills to carry into eltect the decrees of
of the New York Southern District Court
in the cases of the steamer Labuan and
the schooner Sybil; also decrees of Louis
iana District Court in the cases of the
vessels Volante, Science, Dashing Wave
rtild Flying Scud.
Mr. RICE introduced a bill to aid in
the construction of the International Pa
cific Railroad from Cairo, Illinois, to the
Rio Grande, in the direction of San Blas
or Mazatlan, on the Pacific coast; author
izing the consolidatien of certain rail
read companies and - to provide home
steads for laborers on the road. Re
ferred to Committee on Pacific Railroad.
It proposes a guarantee of interest to the
&stem of $15,000 of bands per mile.
Mr. HOWARD introduced a bill to
grant lands to the Northern Michigan
Railroad Conipany, in the extension of
the Northern Pacific Railroad. Referred,
to Committee on Pacific Railroad.
Mr. CARPENTER introduced a bill to
Provide a remedy for the loss or destruc
tion of judgment records or decrees ap
pertaining to proceedings in United
States Courts. Referred to Judiciary
Committee
7 - I.lx, SPENCER introduced a bill to re
new certain grants of lands to Alabama.
Referred to Committee on Public Lands.
Mr. POMEROY introduced a bill to de
fine the Qualifications of voters in Utah.
establiiihers woman suffrage.
• Mr• op4KE introduced a bill to oreate
the "cdfice of Surveyor Generator Wyom
ing, to proidde for the survey of public
lands therein. Referred to the Com
niittee on Public Lands.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of unfinished business, of yesterday,
the bill to reorganize the Navy. The re
inaining amendments reported by the
Committee - were agreed to.
Mr. TRUMBULL offered an amend
ment
_providing that the pay of mid
shipmen shall be $l,OOO per annum.
'Agreed to. •
Mr. CRAGIN offered an amendment,
. which Nies agreed to,limiting toe office of
Solicitor and Naval Judge Advocate Gen
eral until June 30, 1869.. -
The bill then passed.
A message was received from the
President, transmitting the report of the
directors of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Senate insisted on its amendments
to the resolution providing for a joint
committee on retrenchment, and asked
a committee of conference.
On motion of Mr. TRUMBULL, the
bill to repeal the Tenure-of-Office act was
taken up.
The Secretary read the - bill with the
amendment reported by the Judiciary
iCommittee yesterday, striking out the
word "repealed" and inserting Instead
it , suspended until the next session of
Congress.
Mr. TRUMBULL briefly reviewed the
;practice and legislation in regard to ap
ipointments and removals from office in
'the pate, arid said that while the Judici
ary Committee were satisfied the pres
ent administration ~ ought to be re
lieved from the embarrassment caused
by the Tenure-of-Office act, yet they
thought a regard for consistency to the
principle underlying the bill required it
should not be abolished, but only sus-
I pended.
I Mr. THURMAN said in the Judiciary ,
Committee he had not voted to amend
in any way the bill of the House to
repeal the act, because he believed it
ought to be repealed. Either the Con
stitution vested in the President the un
qualified power of removal from office,
.or it made the concurrence of the Senate .
necessary. If the power of the Senate
to remove from office was absolute, Con
gress had of course no right to restrict
it. And if, on the other hand, according
to the theory of the Tenure-of-Office Act,
the Constitution provided that the joint
action of the President and Senate shoe id
be necessary , in order to remove them,
Congress had no right to evade that pro
vision by suspending the law. The pro
posal to suspend the law implied a theory
of the Constitution which was wholly
untenable. If the Tenureof Office Act
was a good and Constitutional law, to
suspend it would be to disregard the
Constitution, and the people would' nat
wally come to the conclusion that Con
gress interprets the Constitution to mean
one thing when one - man is President
and'another thing when another man is
President.
Mr. MORTON made an argument in
favor of the unconditional repeal Of the
act. He could not see any reason for sus
pending it until next smaion, which was
not an equally good reason for suspend
ing it during the whole term of President
Grant, er,for repeallng it. The language
of the amendment reported by the Judi
eiary Ocimriiittee was the language of die:
trust. -It proposed to putthe President
on pribatlon until the neat session of
Congress, saying to him, if your
conduct. during the interval does'
not please us, the law will then
go again into full force. Far bet
ter let the law stand 'unchanged than
suspend it for eight and a half months.
,Up to the , enactment of this law there
had been great unanimity of opinion
among the leading men of the country
in favor of the right of the President to
remove from office without consulting
the Senate, and at the time of its passage
this act was regarded as an
i innovation, a
piece of excepti onal legislation, delagned
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to meet a special occasion, the like of
which had never before occurred
in the history' of the country,
and prgbably would never occur
again. It was not intended to govern all
future Pre•idents;.but only as a tempor
ary protection against the would-be ad.
ministration . of President Johnson, as
was shown by the - indefeasible fact, that
if the law bad not; been called into ex-
istem e by the conduct of Johnson, no
Senator or Representative wtiuld think
of proposing such a .law at this time.
Why, then, continue the law, after the oc
casion for it had passed? He believed ita
immediate repeal was demanded by the
best interests of the country, be
cause "the administration could not
be carried on successfully under its
operation Fie would ; go farther, and
say the country had gained nothing by
the law even during the adnunistzation
of President Johns9n, and that the Re-
publican party had gained nothing by it.
It had been a mistake from the begin-
ning. The Senator (Mr. Howe) in the
course of his argument in the last Con
gress in favor of the law, had said the
President might just as well be allowed
to remove a Supreme Court Judge at
Pleasure, as to remove a Cabinet officer;
but the cases were entirely dissimilar,
because, according to the theory of our
system of governMent, the Judiciary is a
separate department of the government.
wholly independent of the Executive,
while a Cabinet officer is dependent upon
the Executive for his tenure of office.
Mr. HOWE explained he had been
replying to the argument, that in order
o secure an. efficient administration of
_the public service, it was necessary that
Cabinet officers and heads of depart
ments should,be removable at the will of
the President, and had said in reply
that if the argument was a good one it
applied also to the Judiciary, because il
was equally necessary, in order to secure
an efficient administration of the j udicial
system, that the President should have—
power to remove Judges at will. •
Mr: .MORTON said his statement of
he view of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Howe) was substantially correct,
and that the explanation did not affect
the fokce of his. reply to it. He then pro
ceeded to discuss the operation of the
law as it stood,,and to show that instead
of purifying the public service, -it actu
ally served to keep corrupt men in office.
The President could not remove any offi
cer. unless for cause, and the result was,
that although he might have a charge
entirely satisfactory to his own mind, that
an officer was unfaithful and' corrupt,
yet not having tangible proof he. would
let him remain undisturbed, rather than
take the risk of failing to make out a
case before the Senate, and subjecting
himself to the suspicion .= of asking the
removal from unworthy motives.. He
(Mr. Morton) had talked a short time on
this subject with Commissioner Rollins,
who had told him: that in the Internal
,ItevAnue. tiao,4l4.•gregit many officers
wereliffi'undistUrbed tot -4 Witit of tangi
ble nroof•of wrong doing, While the
moral evidence was most convincing.
Mr. EDMUNDS inquired whether the
instances referred to had occurred during
recess, The Commissionse had been ex
amined before the Committee of which
he (Mr. Edmunds) was a member, and
stated he could not get the President to
remove anybody from office during the. _
session of Congress. •
. Mr. MORTON did net think the ques
tion pertinent to his argument. He had
been talking on this subject: ith Corn
missioner Rollins, and he had expressed
the opinion that the law was 'a pretty
good one for a bad President, but a very
bad one for a good President. - He (Mr.
Morton) believed if the Government was
to be carried on for the benefit of the
public, and not merely for the benefit of
officeholders. the Executive Should be
left free to make removals at pleasure.
Mr. WILLIAMS thought that having
been a member of the Finance cvmmit—
tee since the passage of the Tenure-of-
Office Act, he knew as 'much as any one
of its action on, the revenue :service, and
stated, so far is he knew, whenever an
officer was to be confirmed or rejected,
the opinion and advice of the COMMIIII
- of Internal Revenue, had always
been taken. The difficulty complained
of by the Commissiottor lay in the fact
that the President did not bring the cases
to the attention of the Senate.
MORTON insisted that this state
ment did not affect the force of the argu
ment against the law. The difficulty
was, that under the act the President
could neither remove an officer himself,
or ask the Senate to remove him; without
making such charges against him,
which, if sustained, would ruinlibs rep
utation, and if not sustained, would sub
ject the President himself to the Charge
of recklessness or malice, arid-that the
officer and the President were personally
Interested in the result. If the law
should not now be repealed, the Presi
dent, in carrying on his work
of reform, would ' probably have
to make so many suspensions during . the
recess, that Congress, at its next session,
woultibe wholly occupied in
_consider
ing them, or what was more likely, would
be unable to consider them' at all. The
principle of expediency" and the general
sentiment of the people demanded that "
the law should be unconditionally re
pealed, and that the President should be
left free toinangurete and carryout the
great reforms demanded and expected of
him by Congress and the people.
Mi. YATES, without going into an ar
gument as to the constitutionality of the
law, expressed the: opinion that it ought
to be unconditionally repealed. lie
thought that in the , matter, whether
with referenbe to the interests of the
whole country, or merely to those of the
party; Congress ought to be governed by •
the same considerations • that influence
men in. their business transactions.
Where a man had employed - an agent,
the first thing he did was to try to satisfy
that agent that he had celindencein him
and was willing to trust him. So the
Congress of the TJnited Stately repre
peopfe, ought to do all 'nits
seating the
power to satisfy the lately elected Preai
dent that the
people trusted him. The ad
ministration ought to be giVen fair play.
The responsibliity • for removals trona
office, rested with , the president, and he
should' be left free to make them, and
then be . held responsible. He (Mr.
Yates), if he.were to consult hispersonal
inclinations, would rather light against an
administration at any time than support
iii ,b u t he was , determined to give to 4he
presen t administration his hearty sup
port until he should see good reason to
withdraw it. The act was an obstacle in
the way of the President, and an lumina
brance upon him in reforming the public
service. • •
Mr. EDMUNDS called the attention of
Mr. Yates to a• --legal opinion which he`
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