The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-11

act, showing Edmunds held that Cabinet
omcers should be gentlemen personally
agreeable to the President, being one of
his confidential advisers. Yet the SEN
ate was asked to pass a resolution con-
der ng the Acknowledgement for obey =
ing The President, whose adviser he
was. Pugh in the course of his speech,
aYerred the non-existence of any
case in the history OF the gov
eminent for eighty years, where
any such documents as those called for
IN the resolution were ever transmitted
To the Senate in executive or public
session, on the order of the Senate,
upon The Acknowledgement or the Pre-
sident: After speaking in rebuff
tai OF various other points made
by Edmunds, among which was
that relating to the circumstances of
the removal of Judge Shatfer, of the
Territory of Utah. Pugh called the at
tention of the Senate to the expediency
aud practicabillty of such a power being
exercised by the Senate. He read
from the report of tie minority,
the extract from the message of Presi-
dent Grant in 1869, calling attention 10
the embarrassments likely to arise from
leaving on the statute books the tenure
OF office act, and asking what faith the
President could put in subordinates
forced upon HIM and how such
official would be likely to serve in
the administration, knowing that it had
no faith in him. In conclu on Pugh
said his object had been to define the
character of this conflict of authority
between the President and Senate and
to fortify the view that had always been
taken by the Democratic party, to
fortify it by authorities. Cleveland had
no fear Of an appeal to the people. He
was responsible to them. He supposed a
majority in the Senate had no fear of
appealing to the people in favor of the
omnIpotence of the Senate. He knew
the minority had none in appealing to
the people upon the omnipotence of
the Constitution and the integrity of
the Cleveland administration.
Mr.. Wilson, of Ohio, was recognized
by the Chair, but upon the suggestion
of Senator Allison, consented to the
pending business to be temper
arily laid aside in order that
the Senate might proceed to consider
the urgent deficiency bill, which was
then taken up and an amendment
recommended by the committee en- ap-
preparations was agreed to, appropria-
ting $50, 900 to defray the expenses of
Gen. Grants funeral. An item of $685.
900 deficiency in the department
of justice gave rise to some
debate. Mr.. Edmunds, Mr.. In
gals and Mr.. Plumb commented
on the fact that the deficiency was
greater than under the Republican ad-
ministration and Mr.. Voorhees,, Mr..
Beck, Mr.. CockrelI and Mr.. Call de-
Tended the present administration and
insisted that the extraordinary expendi-
lures were necessary in connection with
the execution of the laws in Utah.
Mr.. Teller said the reason why the
deficiency bills came before Congress at
all was because Congress did not do its
duty in making the appropriations in
the first place.
Mr.. Beck wanted the bill held over
until tomorrow, SO that he might look
Intv it, but a majority of Senators
wanted it passed at once and it was ac-
cordingly passed.
The Senate adjourned, leaving the
Edmunds resolution as unfinished
business for O'Clock. After
Wilson, of Iowa. having the floor,
the Senate committee on foreign
relations to-day passed suitable
resolutions regarding the death of its
chairman, General. John F. Miller and
sent letter of coincidence to Mrs.
Miller.