The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-03-29

the committees Of this House to still fur
ther enlarge the number.
The Department of Ssate W. create,
| BY the act Of Jaly 81. 1880; the Wa
Department By act Of August Z, 1899
the Treasury Department BY tho aos o
Of September 2, 1889; The Navy Dnpart
msnt By the act Of April 80, l7sS; III,
Interior Department By The oct Of Marel
3. l849. The heads Of these department.
we're members Of the Cabinet from th.
fot estahlishnsnt of th1ir respectiy,
Office.
The Office Of Attorney General W,
created by the act Of September a.
1859; but he did not become ! Cabinet
officer ustil, believe. The year .lS45.-
The act providing for the appointment o1
: Postmaster General VAS approved March
8, 1926, bat, If my recollection serves me
correctly, he did not become Cabinet
officer until some time afterward-I car
not now name the year.
We now have seven members OF the
Cabinet whose Offices were created Il diff
feat periods - the sxigensies Of the Gov
ernmsnt demanded. This bill proposes
to admit them oil to this noor; from
which it b fair 70 presume that Ill heads
ef Dspartmssts whieh future legislation
may create will Be clothed with the came
privilege. To what number 10 shall ar
rive the future alons can determine. Dur
ing the Thirty Seventh Congress and the
present oas measures have been suggest
Cd for the establishment Of these adj.
tioaal Hkscstivs Departments Depart
mests Of Agrissltare, Department of In
dustry, Department OF Mines and Mineral
Lands, and Department of Internal Re :
veaue. Should these propositions receive
the approval Of Congress four more Cabi.
vet officers would be added to the num-
Der il 10 now proposed to admit to the
privileges of this foor, making eleven in
all. How many more may be added in
response to the demands of the marvellous
development of our material resources no
man can tell. But it is not difficult to
determine the power . numerous body OF
men holding the immense patronage OF
the Executive DspArtnenu in their
hands would exercise upon the deiibers-
tions Of this House. There is no safety
in following the line of action which this
bill marks out
Mr. Speaker, thus far my remarks have
been guided By the state Of facts now ex-
lsting. The executive aud legislative de.
partments of the Government are posses.
sed By the same political party. But an
other state of facts may hereafter be pro-
duced, and then We should witness results
quite different from those which I have
presented. What would be the effect up
the country of majority in this House
hostile to the occupants of the executive
Dfices. With this House opposed to the
President and the Cabinet, and guided by
the relentless bitterness which often
marks partisan warfare in this country,
who can calculate the disastrous conse-
4uences which might Aow from such
fountain of gall
Unfortunately for rs, partisan feeling
and prejudice often make the embarrass-
nent and overthrow of an Adminis,ra-
ton the objective point of all party action.
In such case no more powerful belliger-
ent party enginery could be devised than
that which this bill proposes to establish.
With this power hostile majority in this
House could drive any faithful Cabinet
into retirement and practically defeat the
end designed TO be reached BY the pro-
vision Of the Constitution which author
ICES the President to appoint, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
those officers Who scs - his confidential
advisers. No man Of sufficient pride Of
character to enti.le him TO occupy q posi-.
ton in the Cabinet would accept an Office
which should subject him to the reckless
partisan bsdgering of = hostile majority in
this House. A practical absorption By
this House of the independent character
with which the Constitution designed to
clothe in the executive department, or q
rupture between the two, must be the re-
suit Of the system we ara considering
Let such a struggle commence here and
who can measure the extent OF the mis-
chief which the Republic would realize :?
A determined Executive aud an obsti-
nate House could soon make up IN issue
which would drench this land IN blood
English history tells too plainly Of the
bittar fruits which such Z rupture be-
tween two departments Of the Govern
ment may produce. The experiences Of
England during the contest between
Charles and the Parliament should ad-
monish Us to beware OF measures which
may cause repetition in this Republic
of the fearful tragedy which was enacted
in the mother country.
Mr.. Speaker, there is no safety il the
which We are asked 10 make.
1t is an .infernal machine which were
better left unopened and untouched. It
is dangerous departure from the theory of
the Government and the established
usage OF the nation. I trust the House
will meet it with : most emphatic and de-
terminsd disapprovsl.
IOWA lTEM0.