Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-12
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FEBRUARY ~, 1886.
y 8 TIE DOORS.

Tho New York Sun wants the doors
open, and says: When the Credit Mo
bilier investigation was started in the
House of Representatives, the first act Oh
the packed committee was to close the
doors against the public. They proposed
to conduct the examination Of witnesses
in private; to whitewash the bribed
members of Congress, and then to make
a report, which the Republican majority
would adopt quickly under the operation
of the previous question.
This was Mr.. Blaine's plan to silence o
scandal which blackened the reputation
OF several Republican leaders, some Of
whom are still figuring in public life,
without having outlived the disgrace OF
their connection with that foul job. But
the tactics OF the Speaker, who had quit
the chair to initiate the movement with
q flourish of v%irtuous indignation, did
not succeed. The people demanded pub
licity, and the committee were forced to
open the doors, with o result which has
passed into history.
The Republicans Of the Senate have
organized an attack on the President,
because in the exercise of his discretionary
power he has superseded some OF their
partisans with Democrats. They demand
the reasons for Executive acts, over
which no control can be asserted, any
more than the President can interfere
with the action of the Senate on treaties
or nominations. Each is independent Of
the other, and the line of separation is
distinctly drawn by the Constitution.
Mr.. Logan very properly proposed to
discuss this and kindred questions in
open Senate, but his associates absolutely
rejected that offer as an innovation on
the practice OF the body not to be toll.
Grated. Then Mr.. Edmunds opened his
battery on the Administration, hoping
with that advantage to attain the end he
has cherished since the removal Of his
Collector at Burlington. The party has
fallen into line.
1t is in the power Of the Democrats of
the Senate to force the hand of the Re.
publicans and to spoil the present game
by introducing resolutions in open Senate
declaring their view Of the principle at
stake, and compelling a full debate in
presence OF the country. This can be
done without reference to anything in
executive session. II the Republicans
shrink from the public encounter, after
provoked it in secret, so much the
worse for them. If they are afraid to
discuss the proposition to manacle the
President and to deny him any authority
but that subordinate to the will Of o par.
tisan majority, the people will soon
understand the underlying motive Of this
scheme to p%rolong the tenure of Repub.
lican otficeholders, fifteen thousand Of
whom are already sheltered under cover
of the Civil Service Act.
MIR. Edmunds and his followers
threaten to reject the nominations in all
cases of Suspension" unless the Presi.
dent gives them satisfactory reasons for
the changes. They have the right to do
this without assigning any cause, and
they have the power to enforce this
right. Many distinguished public men
have been rejected by the Senate, solely
On account of political differences. When
Mr.. Calhoun led in defeating the nomina.
tion of Mr.. Van Buren, as Minister to
England, he thoughtlessly prepared the
way for his advancement to the Presi.
dency. There is an %admonition in that
historical fact.
Fiery Republicans announce ON inten.
tion to block the appropriation bills n
the President yields his executive
to their Senatorial e~xactions. They
would stop the wheels of government to
a a few oficeholders who served them
as political serfs, and used their places
promote the interests Of party. If
violent partisanship is ready to 60 to this
extreme, the Republicans ought by all
means be allowed to try the experiment
on public forbearance. They have never
hesitated to take desperate chances, and
this attempt would be in keeping with
many presidents.
MINING IN INVESTMENTS.
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