Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-01
PRESIDENTIAL PATRONAGE.
Edmunds Proposes TO Increase the
Dutie'. of the Chief Executive.

GumundS proposes 10 increase Chc
Dutie'. of the Chief Executive.
WASH, NGroN, June Ex-senator Ed
munds fj-day introduced in the Senate
bill to vest in the President of the United
states the appointment of sundry in
ferior officers thereof, to regulate their
tenure of office, and to provide for their
removal when the public interests shall
require. 1t provides that the President
shall have the power, and it shall be his
duty to appoint the several officers of the
United States who are now appointed by
and with the advice and consent OF the
Senate, excepting heads of de-
partments, assistant secretaries In
the various departments, assistant
postmasters general, assistant attorneys
general, ambassadors and public minis
ters and cOnsuls, justices and judges Of
courts Of the United States, including the
Supreme Court Of the District of Colum-
bia, the supreme courts OF the territories
and the court of claims, the officers of the
military and naval service, collectors OF
customs at ports In which the gross
revenues collected in any one year exceed
$, the treasurer aud assistant treasu-
rer Of the United States, the comptroller
internal revenue, comptroller OF the
treasury, auditors of the treasury,
commissioner of customs, register and
solicitor OF the treasury, director OF the
mint, supervising inspector general of
steamboats,, supervising surgeon general,
| solicitor general, chiefs of the bureaus of
ordnance, equipment and recruiting,
| yards and docks and provisions and cloth
| ing, medicine and surgery and construc-
| tion and repairs OF tue navy department,
| commissioner of Indian affairs, OF the
general land office, patents, pensions,
| education, railroads and agriculture,
| public printer, members of the national
board of health and civil service commits
sioners. Each officer so appointed shall
hold mis- office for four years. They may
be suspended or removed in the following
manner: Whenever the President or head
| OF the department in or under which the.
officers serve shall have reason to believe
| that such officer has been guilty
OF malfeasance in office. or neglect of
! duty, or OF any official or personal mis-
| conduct, rendering it injurious to the
| public interests for him longer to hold
such office, he may temporarily suspend
| such officer by an order of suspension in
| writing, served on him, or, If he
! cannot be found, by depositing the
same at his official place of
| business. In any such case of suspension
! or in case the President shall be OF the
| opinion that such officer ought to be re-
moved without suspension, application
shall be Immediately made to the circuit
| justice, circuit judge or district Judge of
the district, Cor in case such officer is
serving in territory or in the District OF
! Columbia) y to any justice Of the supreme
court of such territory or district for the
| removal of such officer, stating the
| grounds of such proposed removal, where
| upon said justice or judge shall cause
! reasonable notice to be given to such
| officer of such application, ,and citing him
By personal service, or otherwise, as the
| justice or Judge may direct, to appear be-
| fore such justice or judge at the time and
place named and show couse why he
should not be removed from office, and on
such day such justice or judge shall hear
In summary way the matter alleged and
the defense of such officer, if any be made,
and determine and decide whether he
| ought to be removed from the Office or
not and shall order and direct accord
ingly.