Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-25
A MINT

The C~arsOniIes and Others Present
are Addressed by Cen. CLARKE.
Last Saturday evening a large number
of the leading citizens Of Carson and the
surrounding country convened in a hal
at that town to confer among themselves
concerning the closing down of the Mint,
Secretary Drury called upon General
Clarke to address the meeting, who-ac-
cording to the Carson Appeal-in re-
spouse, said that she had examined the
statutes relative to the Mint. The laws
upon the subject were very clear and
should receive the careful attention OF all
interested. He found under the law pro-
vided by Act OF Congress the Carson Mint
with other MINIS was erected and the offices
created. An appropriation was made at
the last session OF Congress to provide for
the expenses of running the Mint. The
statutes in terms provides that any citizen
OF the United States could take gold or
silver bullion to the Mint and receive coin
in exchange for his bullion. The General
then read extracts from the revised stat
utes of the United States, and showed by
the statutes that the Treasurer Of the
United States had violated the law OF the
land. The General believed that il he took
bullion to the Superintendent Of the Mint,
and the bullion was refused, that an action
could be begun and the Superintendent
compelled to receive the bullion and pay
for it.
AFTERWARDS he read voluminous ex-
tracts from the statutes, all OF which ex-
pressly provided that a citizen could secure
the coinage of his gold and silver at each
Mint in the United States. The General
held that this was q denial of the rights
of a ~citizen-rights given him by law; that
the redress was a legal action, and that q
could be made to compel the
United States Treasurer to obey the law.
"No power existed by which the Presi-
dent could possibly remove an officer OF
the Mint except for cause, while the Senate
was not in session. The appointing power
rested with the President and Senate and
that power alone could remove. The con-
~stitution OF the United States provided
that the President must appoint these Off
cers; it was mandatory. Any attempt on
me part Of the President to override or
Constitutional duties renders him
liable to the law OF the land.
"He showed very clearly that the law
expressly provided that any officer ap-
by the President must be with the
and consent of the Senate, and that
all removals must be made also with the
and consent Of the Senate. During
q recess the President was only able to
suspend and not remove an officer. and in
case of suspension, another appointment
be made to hold until the Senate
met. He believed the President OF
the United States was acting in good
faith, but had not Investigated the law.
The Secretary OF the Treasury had been
nothing but a banker all his life and
believed in running the Government just
as he would run a bank, and close 9 Mint
as be would discharge a bank clerk.
"Neither Manning nor Kimball were
men. If the President had
the law properly laid before him he would
obey 1t. He did not consider such a
movement would be a reflection npon the
Congressional delegation Of Nevada at
Washington; such an idea was foolish. The
cut no political figure at all, but an
agent at Washington was right and proper.
The reason assigned for closing the Mint
was that the bullion output of this State
had fallen off, was false, and q discrimins-
ton had been made against the Mint in
the very face Of the law.
"The General closed his speech, only
portions of which are given here, with
loud applause"