Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-04-02
The Republican Policy.

Now that the Senate majority has de-
clared, Ivy the adoption Of the Edmunds
resolutions, its views of the relations ba-
tween the executive and legislative branch
es Of the Government in respect to nomi-
nations, there will be numerous and inter
esting executive sessions. The nomiaE-
tions thai have been hung Up 70 await the
end Of The debate will be reported for ac-
ton, and nearly all Of them will be con-
tirmed. The thiri rcs0 utica of he Ell
munts series is Interpreted t. mean that
nominations sh Ill be reie..c Only when
the cause Of suspension is deemed necos
sary for the Intelligent action of the SEN
ate. In other words, when it is known
that an otficiai has been suspended upon
charges affecting his official or personal
character, the Senate will reject the nomi-
nation Of his successor ua css the nature
# the charges is made known and he has
| an opportunity to vinticate himself Ii
any Senator shall state upon knowledge
5hat there were no such charges against
a suspended official. the papers viii not be
deemed necessary" and tie successor will
re confirmed
1t seems to be conceded that only few
removals have been made tor other cause
tlan offensive psrtisanship. The number
which have been removed for oli:ill i'll
capacity will, it is siii, number less than
zen per cent Of The 6i3 removals that have
| been made. TheTstere. it seems p:oolble
that the result Of the hostile position as
'umed by tbs Republican minority will
merely be the rejection of about ten per
cent of the nominations n ada 10y the Pres
ident to fill vacancies caused by removal.
lhe refusal to confirm he pres-nr incu.n-
DENTS, appointed i,y tn Pesadsnt. wi
| not effect the reinstatement Of tuelr K =
publican predecessors, VINO were removed;
but will mere Y devolva upon 4, Presj-
dent the appointment Of new Dem pcr4 ic
officials to succ,ei his irst .pppI1taes.
very strong pressure will pr.b ,bIy c
brought to bear upo. 81. Presllen rs t e
friends OF tie officials who hold in the
place of persons removed FOR cause other
than partistnsaip, t, max spmc c.Gccs-
sion to th7 Scua'a whereby tn 1nf,rma-
ton which the mni3-ity pres-ni 10 J..
mand as condition prscedsnt - their
action in confirming tls nnmin,ti5ns Of
successors, may be furnished to them l.
las been intin1ted ii son- qls-sars crrt
ne President will recede - some Slight
sxtent in respect to that class ot nomln l.
lIo.s from lhe posi- ion he IS taken, s.
as to give the Senate the valid reasons upon
which he acted. Thoash this does not
seem probable. The case Of Duskin. over
whom the dispute with the Senate arose.
presented, it is said, one of the strong sst
cases of otiiciai ihcapacity and moral ob-
iquity to he found among any OF these
.sses, and the opinion has been expressed
that Mr.. Eimunds selected that case cs-
Decially for that reason, believing that the
President wou i be tempted t. Justify
his action in such a strong case even ny
the surrender Of his executive pr,roea-
i've. Bat the President declined to do so
and it is not now probable that he W Il
recede in any degree from the position "a
has taken.
Some Democrats, Who do no. symps-
thize with the President il his civil ser
wee principles, sag that lie h 5 brought
ali this trouble upon himself 10y the re-
strictions be has placed upoa his execu-
i've powers in the unnecessary pledges he
has made hat he would make no renew
ais except for offensive partissuship or
othsr cause. Bat Mr. Cleveland seems 20
let things 90 along as they ara aud while
preserving his executive prerog.t;res ua-
impaired, let the Poop. judge OF lie sr-
cerity with which be adheTes to his civil
service pledges and leave he Republican
Senators to take what comfort thsy en-
by refusing 10 confirm his appointees.
The determine ion OF the Republicans
to confirm whenever a Democratic Sena-
tor vii! undertake 10 say that the removal
was made for offensive paitis1nship a.
mounts to practical back down on heir
part and caves Ii tls fruit lett to them for
their lahorious contest over their resolu-
tions. They perceive doubtless. thai the
country is against them in this contest
and that they have failed utterly TO make
any poll ical CAPT al out OF this last little
comp De etdt OF Sir. Edmunds