Mr. GARFIELD. I will modify my amendment so that the section I propose to add will read as follows: Abife:, That it shall be unlawful for any disbursing officer or any officer having charge of public moneyto pay any money out of the Treasur of the U.S or out of any contingent fund, or out of any appropriation whatever, to any person who has been or who may hereafter be nominated by the President to any office for the appointment to which the advice and consent of the Senate is required by law, until the appointment of the person so nominated shall have been confirmed by the senate; and any public officerwho shall pay or receive any moneys, or advise or commiveat or consent to the payment of any moneys, in violation of the provisions of this act, shall be held guilty of a misde meanor in office, and on conviction thereof, by impeachmentor otherwise, shall besentencedto removal from office, and shall pay to the U.S. a sum equal to the amount of moneysso paid or received, to be recovered, with costs, by action of debt, in the name and for the useand benefitof the U.S. This, I believe, will not come in conflict with any other proposition. I can explain in a few words what it is designed to accomplish. I think no one will doubt the constitutional right of Congress to enact such a provision. It simply declares that whenever any person shall be nominated by the President to an office, for the holding of which confirmation by the senate is necessary by law, the person so nomi nated shall not draw pay out of the Treasury of the U.S or any fund belonging to the U.S. until his nomination shall have been confirmed by the Senate; so that, if one man is turned out of office to make room for another, the latter may feel that in assuming the duties of the office he incurs the risk of never getting any pay in case the Senate should refuse to ratify the removal of his predecessor and the appointment of himself. Thus we shall take away the chief motive which actuates men in seeking to make merchandise of the public offices of the U.S., namely, “the bread and butter.” The last part of the section makes it an offense, a misdemeanor punishable by law for any disbursing officer of the country, or any officer having charge of any funds, or any officer whatever, to pay out of any appropriation or out of any fund belonging to the U.S., to any such person until he shall have been confirmed by the Senate to the office to which he has been appointed. It seems to me we may clearly do this within the scope of the Constitution. No one can doubt our right to do it; and it is proper eyen to do it as the most successful mode ofothe bread out of these children's mouths, the children of polities and the children of party. I think it is the most appropriate mode we can adopt.