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man to sustain the claim now made on the
Attorney General for those documents.
WHAT HID sESAToR THURMAN SAID

man to sustain the claim now made on thE
Attorney General for those documents.
WHAT HAD SENATOR THURMAN SAID
on the floor of the Senate In relation
to this power of removalH Mr.. Pugh read
I from Mr.. Thurmsns speeches on the oe'
bate Of the tenure of office act, IN which
| he expressed the conviction that the power
of removal WAS an Executive power exclu'
sively, residing in the President alone.
! Yet the Senator from Vermont invoked an
order signed by Mr.. Thurman as Chair.
man ofthe Judiciary Committee, addressed
to the Attorney General, which Mr.. Pugh
would send to the Senate.
Mr. Push then read the letter which was
read Yesterday by Mr.. Edmunds calling for
papers besringon
THE REMOVAL OF JUDGE sHAFFER
of the Territory Of Utah. That person
Mr. Pugh said had been Judge OF the Ter
ritorial Court, and in provision conterring
the power of suspension on the President
here was an express exception of judges OF
United States. The question was whether
territorial Judges were embraced IN that
LANGUAGE. The Senator from Vermont
knes that that question was now
before the Judiciary Committee. DE
knows that q Senator and lawyer from
New York, Me-. Evsrts, Was @ member OF
that subcommittee, with the splendid Law.
yer, Mr.. jackson, from Tennessee, and after
two weeks or more of consideration they
had made no report on that question sub
mitted to them of the power Of the Presi
dent in vacation to suspend Judge OF a
Territorial court. The Senator from Yer
mont knew that the Senator from New
York, Mr.. Evarts had expressed the opiC-
ion that these Territorial judges we've
NOT SUBJECT
to the power Of suspension by the Presi-
dent. That was to-day al open question
before the very committee OF which the
honorable Senator was chairman, and
With q declaration by one Of the
most distinguished lawyers that ornaments
.he Judiciary of the country declaring 1t 10
be mis- opinion that this power of suspen'
ZION given the President IN section 1868
,f the Revised Statutes. did not
apply to the Territorial Judges.
lhen why was it that Senator
Thurman as Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee sent that order or request 10
he Attorney General? He sent 1t under
section 1867, making them subjscs to re.
noval, but only by and
With the advice and consent
# the Senate. There was the predicate
or the order Of Cbairman Thurmsn upon
he Attorney General TO send iu oil infor'
nation and papers relating to the removal,
lot to suspension.
In conclusion Mr. Plgh said his object
lad been to define the
CHARACTER OF THIS CONFLICT
# authority between the President and
senate and to tortiiy the view that had al
Vsys been taken by the Democratic party !
md to fortify it by authorizes. |
Mr.. Cleveland rad no fear Of an appeal
o the people He was responsible 10
hem. He supposed the majority in
he Senate had no fear OF
appealing to the people in favor
f omnipotenee Of the Senate. de
;usw the minority hsd none in appealing |
o the people upon the omuipotencs OF the
Constitution sad the integrity OF Mr. !
IleVelands administration.