Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-16
BLAINE VS.. EDMUNDS.
a Few More Facts Ou, Of the OmcIsI
Record.
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Inc tOloWlnR eNtfhot from blhlneb IWen-
tv Years Of Conureaan vaa read In the Senate
dabata Tho otbar dav aud is ooing tho rounda
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OF the Demoorauo ana HympethlzihB hePuo-
licRn newspapers. The question under oon-
Alteration was a bill reported by the Judiciary
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~ o,,a 80 " sha o,losa,iar - ~ ttan,,.a 80
ogioa 40; o., Grapt ,sho Ma ;ns, snnaraed
ed Jobnson Nisrcb 1sGoS bsvin9 nIsiniv in
aiootad ~ ,,NSa,,Lo.5 ~, Cor,s.aaae ihot -,
ohanS,os c,,,ht a., ba ID FL bo oo,ld A.
nn,hiS, 70 this 40, mo- ~ yau,ain IN ,o,ca
nIai,o sa,,s
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the act were MT, Trumbuli MI Fdmunds and Mr..
schurz. Mr. Edmunds, pressed by Mr.. Grimes to
furnish good reason ioT suspendlng the act replied
attended he ast Sdmnstratiop II is desirabe tbst
there should be immediate aud general removal Of
the ofiee-hoders Of the country as rule and as an
& meet sgs n 20 bor
these bad men being put out we are willing to trust
this executive with that disereton;' ..-..
decaratios was regarded AZ e,trsordnsrv. Ths lad
men to whom Mr.. Edmunds referred we're the ap-
pontees Of President Johnson, and every Of them
hid been 9onhrmed by sne senate 81 the United states
The bodv NJ these appointees we're mad men wby.
II was pertineny aud forcby asked by the aggreved,
nS. mr. hanG9as s1om, prooI 81 the iaet 20 nis
lie knew, the accused men declared as much about
their characters when their names we're before the
senate as ne knew now when he sought behind the
my To srm,t them % bs oored iIg m 1,e senne
aud confidence Of an executive session. and then in
open senate when their places we're wanted for 9TH
nrncsdnrs ai n, h Siainad M ,h bad ni 'uJ
OF statosmanship or even on the common law Of fair
dealing
1t must be regarded as a high compliment
to Eimunds that the astute historian could
ind no other vulnerable point in his record
OF nearly 20 years in the Senate and even
here he has no case, AZ will be seen on exam
ination of the Congressional Globe in which
the nrooeedinos refsrred 10 are reno,,ed In.
- io'0'iON W 9o loPO''eu' Au-
ueeu, u might De claimed that Blaine himself
answers the criticism except as to the obiec-
tionable epithet emploved On the naos NJ
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nus oook preceding that from which the above
extract IL taken he says There was a gen
eral desire TO remove the man whom presi
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uen' oVhnsoh hhu loroeu lnto ONCE oeiofe tue
restraining act was passed. The question
naturally arises Why should Edmunds be
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crltciseu lot lAhure 10 Keep out OF once the
men WhOm johnson, having the power before
| the restraining act wae passed chad forced
| into =, Aica ~
IL shoulu 90 borne IN mind In THIS connec'
! tion that Edmunds did not take his seat in the
mil EnnN lad av,
So - - ~ ioo' S'oH1Vi - e'Vu ~
hatcn VI thh' year, Aiter Johnson hau oeen
| running his mad course q wear in defiance of
the Republican party and OF Congress, aud
that the session lasted only about three months
after he entered the Senate, and Congress did
not meet again till the following December.
Ihen Edmunds did not originate and intro
| duce into the debate the term "bad men az
Rlaina popld baya HE raada-s Ioti..a m
"a, - -, - s 10 ~ -, A"'
/ "a VI AiuuA'
used the foIloving Isrgrs9e CW.rcb ~ 80
| ~ of the ConoressionsI Cilobs1 vbiob aIone
il a compIets SindicsIion oS FdmnnSs.
"t, has b.o, ,he ~, ,to,hr,, a.. ,,,,,,.
that the ofces have been badly lled In man Instances
during the last two three years arising OF the
GO C9nnics oi op9'oh petween we daereni departments
ta5 nominations. have sought friends To 1ecommend
them to the favor Of the Executive, and made profess
sons ol oeang log III narony Win the Executive 10 many
t5ey were rspresented 10 The senate To he i'm bstmonv
with Congress in order to obtain combinations In
TINS way, doubles, @ men have obtained Once who
hi. remarS To- sppv 10 III ocs. VsrS 10 mU' VIZ,
ceent men have been appointed by the President and
confirmed by me senate within the last two or three
h nc o, ,ns oe
give the positions to men who we're represented il
they did not represent themselves, as entertaining
one one set o. 70 ihe Lieeatve ana smother %
the country is reauTed At tbis time and there ia
|
en- s na oPpori3ny TO correct the abuses
pointments to once" wv ~ ~
Morton of Indiana ona NJ the mos, d;s,;,.
quished Republicans in The oonntrv tool tbs
| aoor nav, and in ,ha oorrsa 90 ~; an...L
| mage OF Y said
1Tr presIIor, ,,o ,u ho,,ov. &, A.. ,o.o..,,,. .,
administrative reform We believe that there are
many bad men in ONCE. webelieve that there should
De general renovation general cleaning out
Trumbull put it badly hlled" and Morton
bad men, 3" but they seem to escape the Gen.
sure OF the historian. Yates of Illinois fol
lowed, and fired his adjectives at johnson
himself instead of his appontees. After FEES.
sender OF Maine and Howard of Michigan
had spoken, Edmunds took the floor and in
the course Of his remarks was pressed with
interrogatories from all sides (even at this
early period of bis service the Senate was
wide awake when any important question was
up and he bad possession OF the hoor) and
then (page 9G) occurred the incident which is
referred to-the language which attracted no
attention when used by the senior members
of the Senate, but was extraordinary" when
adopted by Edmunds at a later hour Of the
same day. The fact is, It was not regarded
as extraordinary by any body except perhaps
the Office holders who were stigmatized as
bad The historian seems TO have been in
their confidence sufficiently 10 be able to
speak for them. The whole tenor of the de-
bate, which was prolonged and able, shows
that Morton accurately voiced the sentiments
OF the hepuOncans OF the Senate when he
said, We believe that there are many bad
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