The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12
MAY BE OF INTEREST.

Tho Right of the Senate to Call for the
Presidents Reasons for Removals Before
the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. SIN the Senate
yesterday Senator Kiddleberger offered the
following, and asked its immediate consid-
Grafton:
Resolved. That It is the sense Of the Senate
that the Executive of the United States is
not restricted by constitutional law in re-
moving or suspend ny appointees, or that
the Senate has no right to require that rea-
pensions; that it is the right of the Senate to
call for any PAPER relating to the conduct Of
removed or suspended Apprentices or to the
qualification and fitness of all persons whose
names are presented to the Senate for con-
flrmatiOn or rejection. and it is the duty of
the Executive to comply with all demands
for the same.
Senator Pugh offered the following sub
stitute, and the matter went over:
First-That the executive power Is ex-
pressky vested by the Constitution In the
President of the United States SO that he
shall take care that the laws be faithfully
executed.
second-That the power of appointment to
Federal Office Is an executive power to be
exercised by the President, under the liuiita-
ton in the Constitution that he shall NOM
mate by and with the advice and consent o..
the Senate.
Third-That the power Of removal Of sus-
pension from the powers and duties Of Fed
exclusively in the President, without any
such limitation in the Constitution as is i'm
posed thereby on the power OF appointment.
to the people and not to the senate.
Fourth-Thas the right of the President to
make nominations to the Senate and of the
Senate to advise and consent thereto are
exerc sed by the President and Senate re-
spectively and separately and independently
within their absolute discretion; but in rela-
ton to the person or persons SO nominated
the Senate may request information of the
President affecting the character or qualiica-
tons OF those as to whose appointment he
asks the advice and consent of the Senate.
Fifth-That when the President makes
nominations to the Senate Of persons to be
appointed by him to exercise the powers
and duties Of Federal officers who have been
removed or suspended by him, no law, pub
lie duty or public policy requires that he
shall send or communicate to the Senate
any cause, reason or informal on within his
own knowledge Or Ontained in any letters,
petitions, papers or documents addressed
to him or any member of his Cabinet, or in
the possession OF either, and relating to
the subject of removals or suspensions or
containing charges, causes or reasons and
the proof thereof for making such removals
or suspensions. and no law, public duty or
public policy requires or authorizes the Sem
ate to call for such information existing in
any such form from the President or any
member OF his Cabinet, to enable the Senate
fdent in exercising his executive, discretion
ary and exclusive power of removing or sus-
pending Federal officers from the powers and
duties of their Offices or to put the President
on trial by the Senate, or to enforce account
ability to the Senate for anything he may
have done in the exercise OF such juris-
diction.
Sixth-Tbat to obtain information con-
sidered by the other house of Congress use
full In passing necessary and proper laws.
either house of Congress mag request the
President, if not deemed incompatible with
the public interest. to give any information
within his knowledge or contained i'm any
public document or records On file or in the
lawful custody of any of the departments
and relating to the administration of any
public Office or affecting the official
conduct or duties of any public OFF,
Ger; but for the Senate to make such re-
quest OF the President or to direct any men,
Der of his Cabinet to transmit to the Senate
any information or any public documents or
papers in open or executive session to enable
the Senate In open or executive session to
review the propriety. or the reason, or the
information upon which he acted or may
have acted, in making removals or
suspensions, would be an attempt to
pretenses and for uses and purposes
not authorized or justified by any law or
public policy of the United States. and
should the President grant such request or
require any members of his Cabinet to obey
such direction from the Senate when
deemed by him to be nisde for such unjusti- |
fable and unlawful uses and purposes. it |
would he to recognize and encourage an i'm !
proper practice and an injurious innovation |
powers and duties as President of the United |
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