Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-02-05

them all in al Dem oclats whom hs
believed to be personally honest
worthy, and efficient. Ifhe has beer
deceived in some of them, he leaves
the responsibility with the Senate
Dem.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1886.
Our lawmakers on Capitol Hill
have had before them this weel
much miscellaneous matter and
many minor measures. 1t would be
less difficult to state what questions
were not touched upon by them
than to mention those that have
been discussed. In the Senate silver
has been tho chief subject of debate,
but in the House, there has been q
little Of almost everything.
The President lost no time in af-
fixing his signature to the Success
sion bill. This measure is thought
by some to be far from perfect.
Still, it will serve for the present to
prevent uncertainty in the event Of
the death of the President, and
it will give assurance that the
administration of the Government
will continue under the party
to which the people corfded it, for
the full term of four years. The
measure will probably always be
known by the name of the Hoar
BILL" but it was, in truth, a concep-
ton OF Attorney General Garland,
and was originally framed and pre-.
sented by him. Failing of passage,
it was afterward adopted by Senate,
Hoar, of Mass. and has taken bis
name.
There is an interesting controversy
now between the Administration and
the Senate in regard to the suspen.
sion of Federal officials. The Re.
publican Senators caucused on the
subject and decided to ask for pa
pers bearing on removals and ap
pointments. The President in
structsd the Cabinet officers to sent
euch papers. The Republican Sen
ators, or rather, some of their man
ayers, Edmunds, Hoar, Morrill, and
others were not satisfied with the in
formation contained in these docu
ments. and forthwith put on thei,
paint. They got all they asked for
but they want more and confessed
that there was an error in the form
of the request for information
Senator Edmunds made q long
speech in which he took the ground
that the Executive branch of the
Government could and should be
made to furnish all of the informa.
ton in its possession and the rea.
sons touching the suspension of of.
ficials. Senator Salisbury, a Dem.
ocrat from Delaware, replied il de.
fense Of the Administration, holding
that the Senate had no right to in.
quire into the reasons for suspen.
sion. The partisan Senator from
Vermont became still more positive,
and said he was in favor of bringing
the members of the Cabinet before
the Senate Committees, if necessary
to ascertain the information upon
which suspensions had been made.
He further gave notice that he would
oppose the confirmation of the sue
cessor of every suspended official,
unless the Administration would al
least say there was no information
in its possession bearing on them.
The Democratic Senators caucused
in regard to the course they should
pursue towards the Presidents ap.
pointments. They had special ref.
erence to what the Republican Sena.
tors might demand in the way of in.
formation concerning the reasons TO,
official changes made by the Presi.
dent. The general sentiment ex.
pressed in caucus was that the Presi
dent should be sustained in what
ever course he may take. Mr..
Cleveland is averse to anything hav.
ing even the appearance OF bringing
executive pressure to bear upon
Congress. He is not willing to ex.
ert any influence, even indirectly
upon the members of his own party
When asked by representatives Of
the caucus as to what he would have
them do be replied, "Use your OWL
discretion, your own judgment as,
to what is right and proper"
The week has been very quiet
ono in the official and social world ol
the Capitol. Through respect tc
the bereaved Cabinet family, that oil
the Secretary of State, Miss Cleve
land countermanded her tri-weekly
receptions and mono of the Cabinet
ladies received. The second State
dinner of the season was held at thu
White House however on Thursday
evening. 1t was given to the Diplo'
matte Corps. The invitations hav'
ing been issued . week ago, Secre
tary Bsyard specially requested th,