Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-02-04

the Senate has not abated. The several
committees of that body have addressed
the executive with view to committing
him upon his policy of removing Republi-
cans from office. President Cleveland re-
sponded that the power of removal, with
the power of appointment is vested in the
President, and he did not feel called upon
to submit his views in the cases mention
ed. The Senate committees then petition
ed the different departments for papers re-
lating to the condition Of the Offices affected
by removals, at the time Of the new APP
pointments The President directs his Cab
met members to transmit to the commit
tees all papers relating to the qualifications
of officers selected, but Withholding, as not
promotive Of public interest, documents
bearing upon the parties suspended.
This is the status Of the deadlock. The
President wishes to have the question dis
cussed by the Senate, before he is convinced
of their right to call for matter in reference
to suspended officials. If he is satisfied that
the law cOntemplates a tender Of evidence
by the Executive he will furnish such pa
pers as are asked. 1t is the evident desire
of the Senate to force the President into
some declaration Of civil service policy. If
he is making removals for party purposes,
they say, he has only to 50 declare and
they will confirm appointments. If Re
publcans have been removed for cause the
Senate should be acquainted with the rea-
sons.
The President has made precious few re-
movals in the South. Those who have
been displaced were such open and fragrant
cases that everybody knew the cause. 1t
will not be difficult for the President to ex-
plain most satisfactorily every such remov-
Il i, m
precedent and principle that is involved in
the matter and which, with the light before
him, the President has settled to his own
tisfaction.-1ugatstd Chronicle.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE SENATE
TO the qualification Of the newspaper cor
respondents who would experience an ach-
ing void and sense of disappointment If
the long prophesied contest between the
President and the Senate should not, after
all, come off, Senator Edmunds has secured
the adoption of resolution calling on one OF
the departments for all the papers bearing
on a certain suspension and subsequent
appointment There is nothing either i'm
proper or alarming in this. There is no ne
cessity of it's being magnitied with trump
ct blast. AS the Senate has SO far not re-
jected solitary nomination and has con-
tirmed great many, ana some IN TACT
which might we'll have been rejected, and
has SO far acted generally with moderation,
and as the President gives no indication OF
being unreasonable, the country may pos.
sess its soul in patience and be thankful
that, although the executive and the Sen
ate are of different political complexion,
matters run as smoothly as they do.
The constitutional powers OF the Presi-
dent to nominate or propose and of the Sen
ate to confirm or reject are co-equal. The
former can do nothing in the way of filling
Offices without the consent Of the Senate
while the latter is in session, and the latter
can only act on the Presidents selection.
There is no chance of deadlock if both
obey clearly expressed laws. There is a
moral obligation in the present situation,
however, since the President has stated that
he would make no removals without cause.
A removal therefore places some sort of a
stigma on the individual removed, and un-
der the circumstances the Senate may ask
for information in the premises before seem
ing to sanction the Presidents cOndemna-
tion by the confirmation Of a successor.
There is no law to compel the President to
tell his reasons. He can do SO or not, just
as he pleases. This is very different thing
from furnishing papers from archives which
are public property.-N. Y. World.