Mr. SHERMAN. This is a question of parliamentary practice. Undoubtedly, if a vote is given by any person, whethera Senator or not, it is the right of the Senate at some time to supervise teauthority of the person to vote. There is no doubt that if a Senator is directly involved in a measure before the Senate he is excluded by a general parliamentary rule from voting; but the question arises, when can the objection be made? It cannot be made pending the vote; and the same ditheulty would arise if the suggestion of the Senfrom Illinois were now adopted.Suppose Mr. Stockton, m Senfrom NewJersey, should again offer his vote. Pending the division of the Senate, can you stop and discuss hisright? Can that question he raised and decided in the midst of a vote, during the call of the yeas&nays? I say, certainly not. His name may be called; he may vote; but it is the duty of the Senate after the vote is given to determine whether or not the vote was properly given, whether he had a right to vote 11 on the question. It seems to me, therefore, that it is wiser and better to decide the right of Mr. Stockton to vote on this motion to amend the Journal. That is the properway, and the only way in which you can present the question. this true that if the motion had been made on Friday, after the Chair announced the result, to correct the amendment on the ground that one of the votes given was given Without authority of law, or in violation of parliamentary rule, the objection might then have been made, and the question presented to the Senate. It seems to me that the lapse of time from Friday to this day does not change the right of the Senate to pass upon that question. This, I think, is the only way in which we can pass upon it now. Suppose that the proposition of the Senfrom Illinois is now put, and we reconsider the vote, we are placed in precisely the attitude we were in before the vote was taken. suppose the roll is again called upon the passage of the resolution, a;.d Mr. Stoc ton again offers his vote, the some difficulty occurs. Noquestion can be raised pending the vote or pending a division of the Senate which will give rise to debate. Any question that does arise in the midst of the vote must he decided romptly by the Chair, without debate, from the very necessity of the case. There must be a time when the Senate can pass on this question. It seems to me that can be done immediately on the announcement of the vote, in correctin the announcement of the Chair, because the air is but the organ of the body in announcing the vote; or it may be done in passing upon the Journal, which is always acted upon at the next session after the vote is given. It appears to me, therefore, that this is the time and this is the properoccasion to determine whether or not Mr. Stockton had a right to vote in this particular case. I will not pass my judgment now on that question or upon any other question involved in this matter, but simply as to the question of time and manner. It seems to me the Senfrom Massachusetts presents l the question in the propermanner, and that now is the time to act upon it, before we pass upon the correctness of the Journal.