Mr. TRUMBULL. I have 2 answers to the Senfrom Ohio. The 1st is, that there is no such thing as a vacancy in the case that he speaks of. A removal is not made and a vacanc occasioned, and then a person appointe; the President does not remove and then appoint, but he appoints to the office, and until the man is commissioned and qualified, the office is not vacant. That is the way where the removal is made by the appointment of a new man. It is not done by removing an officer and leaving the position vacant. Now, where a nominatioh is sent to the Senate and it is occurrin here every day A B is nominated for mars ml in one of the districts of Ohio in place of C D removed. The Senfrom Ohio is aware that C D goes on exercising the duties of that office, and is not out of the office until It is not, AB is confirmed and gets his commission and qualities; and does not turn over the papers of his office until then. The removal is conse qpent on the confirmation and acceptance of teothee by his successor. If we reject the new, the ol marshal continues and is not out of Office at all. That is an occurrence which happens here daily. That is not a vacancy contemplated by the Constitution. It is the same we in the recess of the senate. Suppose the resident thinks proper to remove the postmaster at Cincinnati. How does he doit? By the appointment of another person to that position, and the man in the position at Cincinnati continues to exercise the duties until his successbr is commissioned ajid qualified, and then the papers are turned over to him. In the case of post otiiccs, the postoffice Dept I think there is a law to that effect; I am not very familiar with the statutes on that subject have a way of sending out a special agent, sometimes without any appointment at alas postmaster, to take charge of the Office; but the mode of creating a vacancy by removal is by the appointment of another person to the office. That is the practice. That is one answer that I have to make to the suggestion of the Senator. In answer to the suggestion which has been made during all this ise ussion in reference to this measure, that it should not go on an appropriation bill, but that we should have a general bill on this subject, I beg leave to say that no such bill will ever become a law. That is very clear, and everybody, I think, in the Senate must be fully aware of it. There are differences of opinion upon that subject which I am quite satisfied would prevent the enactment ofialaw. The Seuatorfrom Maine is for such a statute made perfect so that he could vote for it; but when it was perfected and made perfect so that the Senfrom Maine could vote for it there would be a great many members of the Senate, I apprehend, who would not vote for it in that shape. lhave had some conversation with Senators, and I am quite aware, I think, from the conversations 1 have had, that no general bill limiting and defining the power of removal from office by the President would receive even the sanction of a majority of the Senate, and if it did of a majority I am quite sure it would not of 2/3rds, and unless it had 2/3rds there would be very little probability of its over becoming a law. The constitutional question is not involved in the payment of an officer. Every one admits the Senfrom Ohio admits that we may control the money of the Government; that we may appropriate to the payment of officers what we please, and when we please. I believe the practice of the Government is to pay most of its Officers quarterly. I am not sure about that, whether all the salaries are paid quarterly or annually. This provision that is proposed would not prevent tesalary from being paid annually. 1; would prevent the salary from bein" paid for a short time. As the law now stau sI think it will be found that salaries are never paid oftener than quar terly. Perhaps I ought. not to say never; but I think the general practice of the Government is to pay salaries quarterly. I may bein error, though, in reference to that. I am not sure what the period is, but if it is quarterly they have to wait 3 months for it, and the long est reccss that ever takes place