Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-04-08

are, or whether any proposed mode oil
acting is " departure" from them
g without example" or whether II be es-
sential to the "public interest" that some
supposed " usage" of the Senate should
be "preserved unimpaired."
Resolved, That it is not competent
for the President, on a call from'the Sen
ate, TO decline giving information, whe.
Their " the publication OF documents ne
Z cessary to be referred to in debate, will
be pre)udciei 10 existing negotiations,
on the ground tina, he disapproves OF The
mode Of proceeding which the Senate
proposes to follow, on the subject to
which those documents relate.
On motion, by Mr.. Barton, to post
poDe the same indefinitely, division oil
the question was called for. On the
/ question to postpone indefinitely the first
resolution, II was determined IN the al
frmative-Yeas "a, Nays 90.
The question was then taken on the
other five resolutions, successfully, and
decided in the same manner, by yeas and
nays.
Mr.. Holmes submitted the following
resolution:
Resotped, That the Senate having, on
the 18Th day of February, passed the fol-
lowing resolutions
Resolved, That upon the question
whether the United States shall be rep
resented in the Congress of Panama, the
Senate ought to act with open doors;
unless it shall appear that the publica-
ton Of documents, necessary 10 be refer
red to in debate, will be prejudicial to
existing negotiations.
Resolved, That the President be re-
specially requested to inform the Senate
whether such objection exists to the pub
LEGATION OF the documents communicated
by the Executive, or any portion OF them;
and, i! so, TO specify the parts, the publl-
cation of which would, tor that reason,
be Objectionable.
10 which the President returned the
following message in answer.
WASHINGTON, FEB. l6, 1926.
To the Senate Of the United States:
In answer to the two resolutions OF The
Senate, OF the 5tb instant, marked Exc
cot,ve,) and which have received,
state, respectfully, that all the commune
cations from me to the Senate, relating
to the Congress at Panama, have beer
made, like all other comm unica,ions
upon Executive business, in confdence,
and most Of them in compliance OF q re
solution oil the Senate, requesting them
confiden,ially. Believing that the es-
tablshed usage OF free confidential com
municallons, between the Executive and
the Senate, ought, for The puolc int
rest,to be preserved unimpalred, deem
j. my Indispensable duty to leave to the
Senate itself the decision Of question
involving departure, hitherto, so far as
am informed, without example, from
that usage, and upon the motives for
which, not being informed of them, DO
not feel myself competent to decide.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Resolved. That, as the Senate have
not been informed by the President, whe.
Their the publication OF the documents, in
relation 10 the proposed mission to the
Congress at Panama, would affect any
pending negotiations, it is exped'cnt to
proceed to the discussion of the sublec,
of that mission with closed doors.
7Hursdar, FEB. %.
The Senate resumed the considera-
ton oi.the motion submitted yesterday
by Mr.. Holmes, ~ relation TO the pro-
posed mission to the Congress at Pana-
ma.
On moton by Mr.. Dickerson to amend
The same by striking ont all after the
word resolved" where it first occurs,
and inserting in lieu thereof, the follow.
ing:
Resolved, That although the Senate
cannot find in the answer of the Presi-
dent of the United States to their reso.
iullons of the 18th inst. relative to the
proposed MISSION to Panama, any distinc,
information that the publication of the
communication alluded 10 in said reso.
lu'lons, would or would not be prelude
c,al to existing negotiations, they find
strong objection on the part Of the Pre-
sldent to the publication of those COM
municatlons, inasmuch as they were
made in confidence, and most of them
in compliance with resolution OF the
Senate requesting them confdeniial'y.
A lthooeh the Senate have the RICH, to
publish communications SO made, and 10
discuss the same with open doors With
out the assent OF the President, when in
their opinion the public interest may re-
quire such publication and such discus
sion, they do not mink that.present cir
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