Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-11
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THURSDAY, MARCH IL. 1886
PRIVATE DOCUMENTS AND PAPERS

PRIvATEDOCUMENTs AND PAPERS
Pugh Makes a Speech In Relation
to the Contest Between the
| President and the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 1O-The Chair placed
before the Senate the resolutions of the in.
dietary Committee concerning the relations
of the President and the Senate.
Pugh said he had expressed his views
fully upon the subject of this debate in a re-.
port from the Judiciary Committee made nv
the minority, and the main object he had in
now addressing the Senate in reply to The
Senator from Vermont, was to prevent. if Il
were IN his power to do so-which he adj.
mltted was difficult undeItakino-to pre-
vent that Senator from changing
THE CHARACTER OF THE QUESTION
between the Senate and the President, The
real character of that controversy cannot be
misunderstood or misrepresented, as il had
arisen from the facts apparent upon the re-
Gora ana reported by the majority of the
judiciary Committee. When this Senator
was at the wheel he steered by his own
chart. He never ran on straight line. he
never consulted other sailors, and he lost
ms temper when there was any question of
Lne Skill OF his seamanship. When the Of
ncer OF the ship undertook to select the crew
to man without his advice and consent, he
constantly headed the mutiny at the risk of
mourning the displeasure of his honorable
and distinguished friends. He should call a
where we are and whittier we are drifting.
: What were the facts by which it is the duty
OF all OF US to be guided? They were few
and simple.
Pugh related the facts connected with the
Duskln case, and said the Senate resolution
did not call for the public or official docu-
ments, but for
THE PRIVATE DOCUMENTS AND PAPERS
Relating exclusively to the official act of the
President in the suspension of Duskin as
District Attorney. Yet the refusal of the
Attorney. General five weeks after the expira-
ton of his term of office to send in private
documents relating to the suspension of
Duskin was criticised in the resolution of the
majority as an act SO wrongful as to be
sufficient ground for instant impeachment.
AS to the relations between the President
and his Cabinet officers, Pugh quoted from
one of Edmunds' speeches on the tenure of
office act, showing Edmunds held that Cab
met officers should be gentlemen personally
agreeable to the President, being his con-
identlal advisers. Yet the Senate was asked
to pass resolution condemning the Attor-
ney-G General for obeying the President.
whose adviser he was. Pugh, in the course
OF his speech, averred the non-existence of
any case in the history of the Government
for eighty years where any such documents
as those called for in the resolution were
ever transmitted to the Senate, in executive
or public session, on the order of the Senate
upon the Acknowledgement or President
AFTER SPEAKING IN REBUTTAL
Of the various other points made by Ed
munds, among which was that relating to
the circumstances of the removal of Judge
Shaefer, of the Territory of Utah, Pugh
called the attention of the Senate to the ex-
pediency and practicability of such a power
being exercised by the Senate. He read
from the report of the minority, as bearing |
upon the point, portion of the extract |
from the message of President Grant in |
1869, calling attention to the embarrass-
ments likely to arise from leaving on the
statute books the tenure of office act, and
asking what faith the President could put in |
forced upon him and how such |
officials would be likely to serve an admins |
ration knowing that it had no faith in him. |
In conclusion, Pugh said his object had been |
10 define the character of this conflict of the |
authority between the President and the
Senate, and to fortify the view that had al
ways been taken by the Democratic party, |
appeal to the people. He was responsible
10 them. He supposed majority in the
senate had no fear of appealing to the peo-
lie in favor of the omnipotence of the
senate. He knew the minority had none in
appealing to the people upon the omnipo-
ence of the Constitution and the
INTEGRITY OF CLEvELAND's ADMNIsTBAT ION.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, was recognized by
he Chair, but upon the suggestion of Sena-
or Allison consented that the pending bust
less be temporarily laid aside in order that
he Senate might proceed to consider the
rgent deficiency bill, which was then taken
Committee on Appropriations was agreed to,
ppropriating $4,000 to defray the expenses
f General Grants funeral.
AN ITEM OF S1S5,OOO DEFICIENCY
n the Department of Justice gave rise to
ONE debate.
Mr. Edmunds, Mr.. Ingalls, and Mr.. Plumb
on the fact that the deficiency
,as greater than under the Republican ad-
and Mr.. Voorhees,, Mr.. Beck,
Ir. Cockrell and Mr.. Call defended the pres
ut Administration, and insisted that the e1-
raordinary expenditures were necessary in
onnection with the execution of the laws in
tab.
Mr.. Teller said the reason why the de-
cheney bills came before Congress at all
as because Congress did not do its duty in
taking the appropriations in the first
lace.
Mr.. Beck wanted the bill held. over until
,-morrow so that he might look into it,
ut the majority of the Senators wanted it
assed at once, and it was accordingly |
assed.
The Senate adjourned, leaving Edmunds'
solution as the unfinished business for 2 !
clock, Wilson of Iowa having the floor.
A Victim Of Monte Carlo.
LONDON, March 11.-Viscount Duplin, heir
the Earl of Kinnoul, died at Monte Carlo
sterday. 1t is rumored that he committed