Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-19
Growers GOT Elm.
The Radicals SqueaI and Saulrm,
They Writhe and They Wrlggle,
but Growers Got EN-.
Edmnnds Reasons, Ersrts Evolves, is,
gan Butchers, Sherman shouts,
but Growers Got Elm.
Lainar's Logic, ireiand's Erat, Manning's
Mind, l'ssard's nraia. whitnes's
Wisdom Help Grover Oct I'm.


Wisdom Help Grover dc, I'm.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IS Senator Ed.
muuds to-day reported the following res.
olutions from the senate committee on
Judiciary accompanied by long report
The report quotes tho resolution
adopted by the senate calling upon The
attorney general for papers Ia the above
mentioned ease and his reply thereto,
and continues, "this letter, although IN
response to the direction oi the senate
asking that copies OF any papers bearing
on this subject Within given period OF
time be transmitted, assumes that the
attorney general OF the United States IL a
servant OF the people and can give or
Withhold copies OF the documents IN his
Office according TO the will OF the execu-
tive and not otherwise. Your committee
Is unable TO discover either In the orlgi-
nal OF an act OF 1919 creating the Office Of
attorney general or IN the act of 1880, Gre
ating the department OF Justice, any pro.
vision which makes the attorney-gener
OF the United States in any sense the
servant OF OF controlled by
the executive in the performance of the
duties imputed to him by law or the ma.
turn OF his office. The executive Ia bound
by the constitution aud by his oath TO
take care that the laws be faithfully eN.
ecuted, and he Is himself as much bound
nv the regulations of law as the humblest
officer In the service OF the United States
and he cannot have the authority to
undertake 10 faithfully execute the laws
whether applied to office functions, or
those Of department, by law, other
wise than by causing, 80 far ~ he law
fully may and by lawful methods, by the
heads Of the departments aud otherofilcers
of the United States Of the duties which
the law and not his will lmputes 10 them.
The Important question then IL, whether
IL Is within The constitutionalcompe
of either house OF congress 60 have access
to official papers and documents ia the
various public offices Of the United
States, created by laws enacted
by themselves, IL may fully he
admitted that except In respect 20 the de-
partment OF the treasury there Is no
statutes that commands the head OF any
department 10 transmit TO either house
on its demand any information whatever
concerning the administration OF his
department. But the committee
believes IL to be clear that
from the very nature Of the powers
entrusted by the constitution TO the
houses OF congress II 10 u necessary In
cldent that either house must have at al
times the right TO know all that officially
exists or takes place IN any OF the depart.
ments OF the government. The commit.
teO feels authorized TO state,
after somewhat careful re-
search, that within the for, going
limits there II scarcely until now any In
stance of the refusal by the head OF a
department, or even Of the president
| himself, TO communicate the official facts
for Information Rs distinguished from
private aud unofficial parers,
and motives, Views, reasons
aud opinions TO either house OF con9resi
when condtlonally demanded, Indeed
! the early journals OF the senate show
great numbers NJ instances Of direction,
no heads of departments as matter o
course, TO furnish papers and reports
upon all sorts OF affairs, legiela
| tive and executive. The instances
requesting the president and command
| Ing the heads OF departments by cacl
house OF congress from early days until
now for papers and Information on ever,
conceivable subject OF public affairs ar,
almost inpumertble, for II appears L
have been thought by all the presidents
| who have carried on the governments
now for almost century that ever
In Tesp,c CT TO requests made 10 them BY
an independent aud co-ordinaie branch o
the government they were under con
stitutional duty and obligation TO furnlsl
10 either house papers called for, unleei
II has happened In very rare instances
when the requests were coupled with AZ
appeal to the discretion Of the prcsiden
In respect TO the danger OF publicity
20 send the papers, III IN his iudgmen
IL should not be Incompatible ithpuhli,
welfare.n The report continues az FOL
lows: orhe committee feels safe Il
stating, from the researches y has made
that the course Of the government ha
bren constant and continue aud NJ
changed from the beginning until nov
and In It's belief no instance, within III
principles aud llmltzfDns before stated
has occurred In which calls for oiilcia
papers aud iles, addressed either 70 th'
president IN the form Of request or 4
the hesds o. departments IN The form o
commands, have not been complied with
Rnt II hsa sometimes happened whore ih
request 70 ihe president was merely
conditional one leaving 70 his discretion
whether the papers should b
communicated or MT tina
they have not hem communicated. TIL
practice and Instruction o. the ipatltnilo
ia these respects by all branches " ~
I government for so long a period won't
seem 10 be the Acknowledged principle
10 settle what are the rights and power
of the tHo houses Of congress w ib
exercise Of their respective duties
covering every branch OF IN
& operations OF the government, an
Il Is submitted with contdenc
that such rights and powers are indit
pensibly 10 the discharge Of their duiie'
aud 90 not infringe any right u the "a
ecntige, aud that II does not belong !
. either the heads OF the departments or I
! the president himself 10 take iut
] consideration any supposed motive
/ or Purposes that either house nia
, have, 10 calling for such paper
, or whether their possession or knoT
, edge OF the contents could be applied b
either house TO useful purpose. tn
! constitution Of the United states WI
D adopted in the Hight OF The welI-kuow
: history that even ministers Of the VI
f. gish crown were bound 10 lay beiol
c parliament all papers when q
! rnauded on pain ~ the
g stant dismissal OF such minittc
\ on refusal, through the rapid and efffs
4 raj fundamentally Of vote " want
& condolences, and the confidential conere
had for more than ten years governed 8