The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-03-13
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week, by launching three aggressive
documents upon the Senate. The
first was thr Presidents message on
the right of the Senate TO share tho
information on which he made official
changes. The second also was ames-
sage from the President cDndemning
in very positive terms, the outragea
committed on the Chinese in the far
West, and urging Congress to REIN
bnrse the victims for their pecuniary
losses. The third document was de-
ciied letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury on the silver policy of the
Administration in which he shows no
disposition to compromise with the
silver men. He describes the efforts
he has made to force the standard
dollar into circulation, that Congress
may see that he has tried to carry out
its purposes in good faith. The state.
ment he makes in regard to this
should at least atop the talk ndulged
in by some that the dollars do not
circulate because the Treasury officials
secretly use the machinery OF the
Department against the coin.
While Senator Beck may not agree
with the Administration on the silver
question, he is with it in the contro-
versy with the Senate. Said he, in
regard ito the coveted appointment, pa
pers, 'tNo one has any right to them
but the persons who wrote them. Mr..
Cleveland can return them to their
writers tomorrow, if he desires to do
so, and no one could prevent him.
The Senate could not make the people
to whom he returned the papers, tell
what was in them"
Since the President sent his mes
sage to the Senate in regard to its de,
mand for papers, there has been nc
doubt as to what he is going to do,
He holds that the question of removal
is one for him alone, and he will not
send the papers. 1t is not that the
Senators are misunderstood and mis-
represented that they complain. On
the contrary, it is because they are
thoroughly understood and as thor,
onghly exposed But say they, acts
OF suspension ought to be public and
the reasons for them explained. While
this is true, the custom and the law OF
the government do not require It.
The law should require ii, but 1t does
not, and the Senate does not wish 1t.
The Senate avoids publicity and fears
it. The Senate has refused publicity.
1t does not want the country to know
all the facts and reasons in these cases.
1t wants to have aportion OF them
given in secret, to be manipulated in
secret, TO be made the basis of political
mannuyers, which cannot be fairly
met because they are plotted and per
fected in secret.
The subject is the chief topic OF
conversation at both ends of the Capt.
toll, and it is noticeable that the Pres
ident's frank and strong statement OF
his determination not to be misrepre-
scented or forced to surrender his rights
or responsibilities has increased ad,
miration for him.
There has been a good deal of com
ment upon the loss of temper over the
Presidents communication, exhibited
by the usually placid, undemonstrative
Senator from Vermont, MIR. Edmunds
The Senate was in secret session when
the Presidents private secretary ar
rived with the message. Business was
suspended when''i was learned what
he had brought with him, and the
document was laid before the body
Senator Harris proposing that it bt
read with closed doors Senator Ken
ma, of West Virginia, and Van Wyck
Of Nebraska, sharply demanded thai
the doors be opened. After brie'
debate the doors were thrown open
the correspondents filled their gallery
and the news spreading rapidly, PEG
pie from other parts Of the Capito
hastily made their way to the Senate
Extraordinary stiffness prevailed OF
the floor. and the scene was unusna
for the reason that every Senator OF
both sides Of the Chamber listenet
eagerly.
rbieftaip Edmunas sat with hi,
ewes closed Ihis chin on his breast
His hands were folded across hii
| knees and .twitcbed neryonsIy dnrinl
the roading Of tie message AT III,
close Senator Harris spra,,g to his fee
Win j motion thot ,tbe document ii,
mon ,be table and he printed. Mr.
| Edmnnds arose to dispute this motion
| In a VOICE that battaVed his lufenS,
excitement. while his figure tremblet
and his face and bald head were scar
let Wllh ahsf1' I 20 no. PFeP''s'