The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

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General Logan. In the last part Of
the foregoing quotation gave" the
secret Of the passage Of the present
| Tenure-of-Oficc act 'away." The
Republican representatives were a.
most unanimous in favor Of repeal.
and. Of course. the Democrats repre-
sentatives were 70 : man. So vera
| Sherman, Morton. Yates and others Of
| the senators But Trumbull. Edmunds
and Conkling were strenuous for main
| tanning .sthe dignity Of the Senate"
| and holding on to all the power they
had got into their hands; and they
were able 20 control . majority Of the
Senators BY promising that the law
would not be enforced while Republic
an Presidents should continue 70 occu-
| py the White House. That promise
was kept No attempt was made to
enforce the law until Mr.. Cleveland be-
came President
MeSsrs. Hoar. Dawes. Cullom. Hale.
Conger and Allison were members Of
| the House with Logan and are now Re-
publican Senators with him. They
acquiesced in his remarks and voted
with him in favor Of repeal. Holding
such opinions in 1869. which, by the
way. are the simple truth. how do Gen
eral Logan and the Others above named
| justify their present course? An ex-
PLANTATION i in order Il they have one
to give.
The doctrine which Senator Sherman
asserted to be true in 1S69-that AL the
important Offices ought to Be in tho
hands Of members Of the party in power
lis true now. The President has GER
tainly been moderate in making
changes. and there Il no tenable g-ound
for maintaining thar any greater ne
cessity exists for the enforcement Of the
Office act than existed then.
when all these gentlemen were in favor
Of abolishing il. because il might be
made TO hamper the President in the
exercise Of the executive power which
rightfully belonged to him The fol-
lowing was the language Of one Of the
leaders Of the Republicans Of the House
in 1869. which General Logan. Senators
Hoar and Dawes and the rest Endorsed:
We have nov before " . Proposition %
apo nfments made bF the Executive Nov.
I holi t1at IL Il against the principles Of this
Government that ~ execut.ve omcer snaL .
troll independent ~ the odiccrs to 90 thas
work WHY do prefer the Execu-
rble Anv ofnc-r can b called before him
and the Executive can say % him. why do
| you do thisF Anr representative Of the peo-
before the President but the Senate sits
there. one senator being = shield for another.
fon 20 % se2stor and ny -wny Vas NOS
the senate refused 20 turn him out" Each
senator fs able 70 make the same answer to
such An inquiry You can hold no man ~
By the constitution. the Senate has
| the right to advise and consent. or to
refuse to advise and consent to the
Presidents nominations When they
undertake TO 60 further. and seek to
interfere with his right Of removal. a..
under the lead Of Mr.. Edmunds. tho
Republican Senators are seeking TO do
now. they are cversfepping the consti-
tutional boundaries Of their power. and
| the President will be sustained BY the
country in his refusal 70 comply with
their demands
II must not be forgotten that Sen
ators Sherman. Allison. Hoar. Dawes,
Cullom. Logan. Hale and Conger are
on record as protested believers in tho
right Of the President alone to control
| the removals. and that Senator Evarts
| has solemnly declared that the inter-
ference Of the Senate in such matters
/ Is unconstitutional. Yet they are now
asserting the right Of the Senate TO re-
store suspended Republican Office
holders 70 Office Circumstances alter
cases with them. and AL regard for
consistency Is flung = the winds. Boo
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