The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-18

waa for the purpose OF effecting such
chndge AZ would make the government
conform TO the popular will-it was
that the former marahala aud collectors
and pOatmaateTa ard C0uRula ana min.
ialera should g0-so far ab necessary,
and llat II necessary TO carry out the
purpose OF the government In good
faith, then that they should oil 20.
MI kenna then discussed the question
OF q sound cvll service, In connection
with Mr., Cleveland's public utterances,
comparing those ulterancea with
the declarations OF tho early
anthorill les In our government, parlicu-
larly Jeff-rsOn'r. and finding, no said,
Mr.. Clevrland'a declarations IN no way
dlsparaged by the comparison.
He then took up Mr.. Blaine'a new
book, "Twenty Years OF Congress-" aud
read number Of spicy extracts from II
on lhe tenure OF Oillea act. fhe writer
OF that hook, MIR. Kenna eald, came
within thousand yOIea OF belng the Ob
ject OF this warfare on the Cxecutlya
power; for OF course the war w0ull have
come all the same. The galleries rel
ished the OK exlracta--th0ugh hardly more
90 than the Senators no occupants OF
both the floor and < llerlra were thrown
into considerable Laughter Oyr
DLAINE's cAUsTlo COMMENTS
on the craftsmanship involved IN the
passage, AMI attempted repeal OF the ten
ure OF office act, III a4ter,0! that the
Senator from Vermont waa perfectly
| consistent for he was working fhr his
political friends llkna TUX IN 1867 aud
Ike II beaver In 1859, ana tnat Nas the
whole spirit ana lag aud meaning aud
fact OF the controversy o, to-day, Let
the country understand that the parties
which had majority In both houses In
1867 had handicapped Andrew Johnson
by law which aflerwurd hey had re-
penled, yet proposed 10 ~ bstlJute now
IN the absence Of u m jDrity IN The Other
branch by the performance Of commit
tee OF the Senata-a majority on the
Republican eid1-and n Republican
caucus. Now no would Aak any candid
minded Senator what was tho pfOpOs.
IiOn Of 10 day but practical re.enact'
ment by the senate OF u law which both
hou es had repeal ID, The Senate m gut
approve or disapproye q suspension, but
II wac M
PowERLEss AS THE STARS
10 affect the question. The man was
suspended until tho end OF the next ses.
alOn and what did II matter II at the
Il OF the session no resumed ha lllte,
alnce by u stroke OF hla pen the PrJsi
dont could suspend him again.
II the proposition was that In all OF
the matters the President must sub
INIT without law 10 every degradation
aud wary humiliation aud every de-
maud by the Senate, The report OF the
Judiciary Committee said that he Pfes
dent, Notwithstanding his civil service
uttrralce-, had sent In within thirty
dils after q o Sennto met six hundred
and forty three Suspensions, " would
have 6aen ~ least fair II the committee
nad stated that those TX hundred and
forty three suapeualona cover period
0f eight monthl. Bat In 1862 when
General Grant assumed tho fuhctiOLa OF
the ex cutiye oillge, he sent tO tho SEN
ate six hundred aud eighty removals
within seven weeks aud during six
wetka OF that time the original net Of
1867 waa still In force, In eight months
President Cleveland had m tde ak hum
dred aud fOrty.three tuspeneiOns, aud In
seven weeks General Grant had made
aix hundred ~ d eighty, and they didn't
90 fast enough. The popular demand TO
carry out the policy Indicated by Mr.
BlHino'a letter was 40 overwhelming
that n gentleman now n member OF the
Senate, then y member OF tho House, Of
| red an amendment which ho would
read a9
A MATTER or HISTORICAL INTEREST.
Mr.. Logan, of llllnols, whom all re'
epeCtNd for HIS open aud manly way Of
dealing with all aul c'e, recognizing
tho popular demand for haste, and for.
g(tung, doubtless, for the time, any
question OF constitution or statute or
anything else save tine gubaprvlency 10 n !
Auiabo purpose, offered In the House
the following amendment: "Pfoyted, !
that oil civil OH oi except those OF |
Judges OF United Stateo courts, that fail !
OF appointment by the President Of the |
United States by and with tho advice |
and consent Of the Senate before the 4th !
day OF March, 1860. ehlll become vacant |
on the 3Oth day Of June, 1862" All civil !
III ieg except judges who hold by con
etiiutiOnal tenure, were 10 bo struck '
down IN n day by this amendment Prea,
ldent Grant was to DO 0yerw helmed In '
an hour by tho fact that hundi Il thou. |
SAINT lllces through whose incumbonts |
he was TO administer tho public alfaira
were vacant.
Why, Mir Mckenna asked, did not the
Senate work itself into n passion aud ,
declare that II somebody did not furnish
certain Information on certain topic
II would paes no lawgp That would bo
nv sensible ~ tho declaration that II tho
Pfeel lent does not send 10 tho Senate
information touching suspensions Il
will mako no conllrmatlons. II the do.
sires OF tho majority Of tho committee
were carried out, II would mako tho
committee room what tho Senator from
Ohio had denounced 40 courts Of asslzes,
u court upon
THE PRINCIPLE or 8 TOT.
"Where's tho President of the United
BtateeY" naked an American citizen.
'0yor before the committee on judic'
iary prosecuting John Jones TO get him
him out OF Office no maishal."
"Whero's tho Secretary OF tho Treae-
"0yer before tho committee on finance
with his eubordinates 40 witnesses max
Ing q police court Of tho committee, 10
establish reasonable cause for the aus
pension Of Bill Wright 10 collector In
Weet Virginia."
"Where's the Postmaster Generalp"
"0ver before tho committee on post.
ronde trying 10 prove with the witnesses
IA hA a.l l..t a..
johnson, who 10 postmaster ut
some place. ought 10 be removed
for larceny or tome other sort e rascal
Ivy, t,r even perhaps porverting the posi-
tlon he holds ard antpgDnizing the nd
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