Mr. HARDING, of Kentucky. At this stage' of the case, I suppose every member of the House will require temperate remarks. It has been suggested by some gentleman on the other side that perhaps the Governor of Kentucky has not yet accepted the resignation of my late colleague. Now, it seems to me that there is nothing whatever in that suggestion. My late colleague did not receive his office as representative here from the Governor of Kentuc 'y. The Governor has no power over him at all. My late colleague has resigned his office to the constituency that conferred it upon him; and it is not in the power of the governor to prevent the resignation. I can to dny resign my office as a Representative from the State of Kentucky, make that resignation public, and whether the Governor accepts the res ignation or not, my constituents have returned to them the office which they conferred upon me. The sending the resignation to the governor is only. one method of making it public. That is all there is of it. Now, in support of the sound view of this matter taken by the Gentfrom Ohio, [Mr. SPAIJHNG, Ibo leave to su gest that the judgment of this House is that Hovsu. H. Roussssu, a member from the State of Kentucky, be brought to the bar of the House and there be reprimanded. Now, I ask whether that is not a punishment peculiar to the character of a man as a Representative in this body? If an outsider, a stranger, commits a violation of the rules of the House, you would punish him appropriately by fine or by imprisonment. But a simple reprimand is a punishment peculiarly adapted to the character of a member of this House. M colleague is no longera member of this be y; therefore he cannot be reprimanded as such. But gentlemen may say that in accordance with the practicein judicial proceedings, when any tribunal acquires jurisdiction it can go on and complete its action. With some exceptions, this may be true. Butwhen a court has Ordered a fine to be inflicted, if the man dies the sentence cannot be executed. This House took jurisdiction of my colleague as a Representative, and in that character it has attempted to punish him by inflicting upon him the cen sure of the House. But now the representative character of the gentleman is dead. He is now an individual, and you cannot punish him as a Representative, as a member of this House.