The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-03

addressed to him, or any mem
Der OF his cabinet or in
possession OF either and relating
TO the subject of removals or suspen-
sions, or containing charges, causes or
reasons and proof thereof. for making
such removals or suspensions. and no
law, public duty or public policy re,
| quires or authorizes the Senate TO call
] for such information existing in any
form from the President or any men,
Der of his Cabinet to enable the Senate
to review or question the action of the
President in exercising his executive,
discretionary and exclusive power OF
removing or suspending the Federal
! officers from the powers and duties OF
their offices, or 10 put the President on
trial by the Senate, or to enforce &C.
counta oility to the Senate for anything
he may have done in exercise of such
jurisdiction.
Sixth-That to obtain information
considered by either House of Congress
useful in passing necessary and proper
laws, either House of Congress may
request the President, if not deemed by
him incompatible with the public
interest, to give any information
within his knowledge or contained in
any public document or records on file
in, or in lawful custody of, any OF the
departments and relating to the adj
ninistration of any public office or
Official conduct or acts affecting the
official conduct or duties of any public
officer or acts affecting the official con-
duct or duties of any public officer, but
for the Senate to make such request
of the President or to direct any
members of his cabinet to transmit to
the Senate any information, or any
public documents or papers in open or
executive session, to review the propri-
ETY. or reason, or the information upon
which he acted, or may have acted, IN
making removals or suspensions would
be an attempt to obtain such informa-
ton by false pretenses and for uses and
purposes not authorized or justified by
any law or public policy of the United
States, and should the Presiient grant
such request, or require any members
of his cabinet to obey such direction
| from the Senate, when deemed by him
to be made for such unjustifiable
and unlawful uses, and pur-
poses, would be to recognize
and encourage an improper practice
and an injurious innovation upon his
exclusive and indie pendent rights, pow
ers and duties as President of the United
States.
Mr.. ingalls, gave notice that when the
original and substitute resolutions
should come up tomorrow, he would
move to refer them to the committee on
privileges and elections for further con-
federation.
The resolution, according to request,
was laid over until tomorrow.
The next bill on the calendar was the
| bill to permit the United States Consul
at Warsaw, Russia, to accept certain
decorations rendered him by the Rus
sian government. (The Consul is a
Russian subject, and lot an American
citizen).
Mr.. Edmunds, Mr.. ingalls, and Mr..
Logan, opposed the bill and Mr.. Nor
gan stoke in its favor. Mr.. Logan
evoked applause from the galleries by
his remarks, concluding as follows:
''Let the decoration OF the American
citizen be his daily walk and his de-
meanor toward his fellow men. That IS
the only decoration that an American
citizen should, in my opinion, wear.
The electoral count bill then came up
and Mr.. Evarts took the floor. He
favored the recommittment of the bill
| to the committee. He thought section
should be added to the bill, making 1t
the duty of the governor of each State,
under the seal of the State, as
soon as practicable, after the final
act of the State in the electoral
appointment, to communicate to the
United States government the result OF
that process. This communication
should show the names of the persons
elected or appointed as electors, and
what vote had been cast for such per
sons respectively. Mr.. Evarts was salts
fed if this was done the difficulties sur
!. L. 81 fTYaor q
vote would disappear. For we should
have the highest public authority show
ing the final act of the state in the cleo
ton.
Mr.. Teller denied the right of Con-
gress to submit the question to the
Supreme Court. The question, who are
, electors, for any given State was the
| question for the State alone, and
Mr.. Teller, therefore, favored leaving
| to the government OF each State
the matter of certificates, and proposed
an amendment to the effect that in the
2 case of the Inconvenience of the two
houses, and in case such nen-concur-
, renee land consequent failure to count
the vote of state) resulted in taking
away the majority required by the con
5 stitution, or when by not counting the
vote of a state, ar election should be
udu VI q I'm SAO pei
2 son who would be elected if the vote
were counted; that in those two
: emergencies it should be declared that
: there was no election, and that the
House of Representatives should make
: an election as required by the constitu-
g ton.
: Mr.. Evarts submitted, as an amend
ment, that it should be the duty of the
executive of each state. as soon as prac-
r ticable after the final ascertainment
5 of the appointment of electors in such
e State to communicate under the seal of
j. the State to the Secretary of State
n of the United States, certificate show
7, ing the result of such ascertainment
r setting forth the names of the electors
o and other particulars and deliver to the
electors of such State similar certlfi-
s. cate in triplicate-such certificates to be
e transmitted by the electors with the re-
It suit of its own action.
l. Mr.. Edmunds opposed the motion to
e recommit, but it struck him that Mr..
y Evarts' suggested amendment embodied
l. an extremely valuable idea-it could be
/; discussed in the Senate, however, as well
n as in the committee. After further