The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-19

ton of the facts. lie was sustained
by the unanimous vote of the Re-
publicans, and has been comph-
mented upon the strength of his
argument. We have not seen the
speech, but it is highly spoken of
by those who have read it.
Grants Last Victory Over tIae
COnfederaaes.
Grant has done another good
Aahlng. He has proved too much
- Confeds again. A few
woot -, 49, Confederate House
passed a resolution rCqd9Sstss.as -
President to inform hat b0dS;s'
when and what official ac;s bad
been performed by him while alb.
sent from the established seat of gov
eminent. Il will be remembered
that a great howl has been raised
annually by Democratic and sore
head papers at the time the Presi-
dent sought recreation at the Vari-
Gus summer resorts. This resolu-
ton was intended TO "smoke out"
the President, and manufacture q
little political buncombe at his ex-
pense. The Presidents reply is too
long for us to copy, but he very
properly minated to the impudent
confederates that it was none of
their business where or when he
had performed the acts of his Office.
The reply is everywhere prounced
n good one, even the New York
Tribune endorsing it as proper and
right.
We copy the following portion OF
the Presidents message as an i'm
portant matter of history, and be-
cause it will be read with great in
terest. The President giYes many
precedents for his sbsenting
himself from the capital, and trans
acting business at such points as he
may happen to be at the time. 1t
will prove an eGectual squelcher OF
the howl raised against him for
some years, because he does not
remain at the White House con-
stantly when there is no particular
necessity for it.
President Washington was fire.
quently absent from the Capitol.
lie appears TO have been thus absent
at least lSl days during his term.
In March, 1901, the seat of Govern
ment being then at Philadelphia,
he issued a proclamation dated al
Georgetown in reference to run.
ming the boundary foT the District
lof Columbia. lie signed at ht.
Vernon an official letter to the EN-
peruf OF Morocco, AID from the
same place issued the commission OF
Oliver WolcOtt, "a Comptroller OF
the Treasury, and a proclamation
respecting the Whisky Insurrection
, in Pennsylvania also the proclama-
ton of the treaty of 1875 with
Spain, and the Executive order OF
August, 4, 1892, relative to duties
on distilled spirits, etc. When al
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commissions. lie proposed to have
Yrujo officially presented to him a.
: Mount Vernon as Envoy Extraor
/ binary and Minister PlenIpotentiary
from Spain, and Mr.. Yruio wen
there for that purpose, but the GER
emory of presentation was prevent
ed by an accident, the omission Of
the Minister TO have his creden
tails.
President John Adams was alb
sent from the capital, during hi
term of four years, on various &C
, casions, 1888 days. lie discharged
. official duties and performed mos
= solemn public acts at Quincy, Mass
in the same manner as when at tn
I seat of Government. Several O
= them are recited, and it also appear
ed that on the 18th of September
1897, he forwarded to the Secretar
OF State q commission for Justic
: of the Supreme Court, signed /
e blank at Quincy, with instruction
n to fill in the name of John Marshal
y if he would accept and if not, tina
of Bushrod Washington.
~ President Jefferson was abser
Is from the seat of Government duI
= ing his two terms of Office 796 day
l. or more than one-fourth of til
! whole official period. He signe
aud issued from Monticello, anon
Ie other things, seventy-iive commit
y sions.
le President Madison was abseI
re G37 days, and President MonrC
was absent 70S days, independel
of the year 1924, and two month
of 1926, for which period no da
y are found. The latter transacte
IL public business wherever he hal
r pened to be, and sometimes viii
travelling.
~ President John Quincy Adam
p was absent during his single ter
t. 222 dave, and his memoirs, vol.
It page as. speak of his practice
n leaving with his Chief Clerk blan
papers, signed by him, to be use
10 when necessary for proclamation
of remission of penalties and commi
Y sions of Consuls. He speaks ais
of doing the same thing in regaI
to patents and land grants.
~ President Jackson was absel
:. from the seat of Government 81
). DAYS. Among other importal
q acts performed by him when ava
"a from Washington, was the slgnin
= at Boston of the famous order II
. the removal of deposits from Il
,. State Banks.
<. The memorandum at this poi
n refers to President Jackson's refus
10 in 1888 to furnish the Senate q cor
g. of a certain paper alleged to ha1
to been read by him to the Csbine
CO and mentions that in Januar
to 1887, he refused to allow q commit
a. tee of the House of Represent,
!" tiVes to make q general inyestig
tion of the Executive Department
y, without specific charges, on q
- ground, among others that the use
In official books and records of su
N. purposes interfered with the di
re- charge of public business.
in Other Presidents were abse
from Washington and perform
- numerous official duties while a
/ sent.