Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-12
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The Deadlock.

/ ngi affairs ef@ States to the neglect Of tho
!; public tbuslness, 3as broken last week. In
a'hakihg the motion 70 60 into executive ses-
sths6n Dives gaye q thrust asi the Democratic
y Min6tity, alleging that tho defeat Of the
! ! ,Pfpblio, abpsipess,s through an effort Of the
minority to rule, threatened to continue in
SdcRpitely, fand that whiie donounoing such a
d theory as wr0nga ahd revolutionary, the Rc-
,eppblican pnrty had the patriotism 70 yield a
10 nt,temporarily for the pressing good Of the
country. The idea of such q party looking
'.toHho good Of The country is q strange sound.
aiTas lools 10 party and party supremacy as the
!, tt,otupfetneS good, and as eeen in the many
ffa1dsf Of fthsS past, the Do Golyer, Credit Mo,
20 ..ooisli6r and esSch Ike, and the recent Star
StS.9dte Postal frauds, 20 wrong not promotive
y y Of p6fty saecess meets proper condemnation.
a'tWie VI Watt to see an end Of this in both par,
hes, apd to feel that Congress represents the
country and not a. faction. We need that
! AonestyJbe sustained in every, department of
ogpyerpment5 and fraud and dishonesty be
condemned. When this is done it will mat
,tseilittle which party is in the majority, since
Lbothswould be laboriug for honest govern
ruasnt!u We believe the Democrats are on this
vline'and hopeto see power put into their
hands. It isT9idle to say the Star Route
,Ffa1d6 were not known to the party, for bav~
Apg the entire control Of the government they
Were Of should have been known. They not
ply Agst, have been known, but efforts to
,cbpeeM them seem to have been made in
Withholding from the information of Con-
gFess the register of1postal allowances from,
Desember last until recently, reporting that
pseessary statistics could not be obtained and
puhlishing the statistical information in two
cedent and evidence will be taken to open out
the whole system Of jobbery.
In the past fow days the Senate has trans
saoted o great deal of business. ratifying
seSeral treaties and confirming large number
'of appointments to office.
The Chinese treaty, so strenuously demand
eddy California, gives the United States the
poWerjto regulate. limit or suspend tho in.
coming of Chinese labororr. but not to pro,
whenever che good order or tho interests Of
the country are endangered or likely to be
endangered by Chinese immigration. Mcr~
chants andall other classes Of Chinese immi-
granta. except laborors. arc exempted from
the terms Of tho treaty. A commercial
treaty between the two nations was also rati-
fed. s9s%9 1"' .'.
.Se%ar the work Of the executive session
has been smooth sailing. The body, &earied
byllopg contests, has avoided the shoals and
rocks on which tho motion to go into session
stranded, but the issue must come. The split
between the President and Conkling has not
beeh'hhealed but has grown wider. The
President stands by Robertson as an efficient
officer and sound Republican; while Conkliug
supports Conkling and Conkling's friends
Tho President will not hear to withdrawal
of tho nomination of Robertson, whilo Conk.
ling cannot brook his confirmation. Both
seek t. o..rule, tho President by prerogativo of
Office and ,Conkling by audaoious presump-
tion. Efforts having been made to induce
the President to consent to lot Robertson's
nomination stapd until December, he agreed to
permit this provided all the nominations for
Office in Now York take tho samo course.
This was refused assent on the part of the
friends Of Copkling, for among the appoint
vent such q course, being forced on him, as
is thought, the President on the 5th with
drew from The Senate, without assigning
any rrsaapns, oil the principal Now York
nominations except that of Robertson. lie
ineisks;they should take the same course and
that the Senate should confirm or reject Rob-
ertsons i This brings the matter to direct
issue, and, we hope the President will win
the fight gIfe is responsible before tho
country for the integrity and efficiency Of
his appointees, and unless his appointments
are known TO be made for partisan purposes
or the hppointee is Of known incompetenoy,
they ,shopldIb be confirmed. The prerogatives
of the president have been whitfield down to
fine point in the past fifteen years, and
unless Mr. Garfield shows the backbone to
hold his own, he, like Hayes, will become q
figure hsad., ave hope the Democrats will
stand by him in all proper GASES and rescue
the ghe'ofico he holds FROM it's present
nomihal power. If frauds arc committed by
an officer who is responsible? The President.
He then and not Conkling or other Senators
should make the appointment. That Sena.
tors ssohld be consulted, we admit, but only
in cases where they look to the good Of the
countf Y aud not' to rewarding party friends.
Judge BoB4ttson is man Of admitted COM;
potency aan1 hopesty. and though Q Republi-
can. hss, heSn, endorrsed BY tho ,bo.tor Re-
publieabs 1apd Demosrats ;of New York.
His acceptabilsty To- both parties ia q guaran-
tee OF his integrity and fitness. The action
of the President 10 withdrawing other homir