Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-25
Grant County Aerala.
The Papers in the Dustin Case.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1886.
WALTER G. CHANDLER, Editor and Proprietor.
The Papers in the Dustin Case.
Last Friday Mr.. Edmunds, chairman
OF the Senate committee on the natter
OF the Attorney Generals refusal to
furnish the papers in the case of the
removal of Dustin as Attorney for the
Southern district of Alabama, brought
in the report of the majority of that
committee. According to the report,
it has been the uniform practice of the
Senate to call for papers and informa-
ton in cases similar to this one and the
call has never before been refused, nor
the right to make it questioned. The
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is not the servant of
the President, as in this case he assumes
to be. His Office was created by act of
Congress, and the duties of that Office
are to be performed in accordance with
the laws enacted by Congress. The
constitution and the laws enacted under
the constitution have made the Presi-
dent and the Senate partners in the
matter OF appointments. and there is no
more right nor reason for one partner
to conceal from the other the facts in
any case or the grounds of any action
than for similar concealment by one
partner from another in any business
firm. If the President were an ire
sponsible despot, he might carry on
what he chose to call his reforms with
out giving the public or any of its Off
GERS a reason; but as it is, he act in the
matter of certain appointments only
by and with the advice and consent CT
the Senate" This exponent of reform
and pnrer methods of government
wishes to shroud his public actions
with secrecy and mystery as great
as in the days of.the Star Chamber.
A bill is pending before the New
York Legislature to create a State
Board of Arbitration for the settlement
OF disputes between employers and
employees. According to its provisions
the members of the proposed board are
to be appointed by the Governor and
confirmed by the Senate, though they
are TO be settled in some such manner
as the Railroad Commissioners of that
state are selected-by representatives
of the different interests likely to be
affected by their official action. One
of the arbitrator is to be selected from
three names suggested by the Working
mems State Assembly, one from three
names suggested by an organization of
manufacturers, and the third from the
state at large. 1t is evident that the
third man on the commissioning
member from the state at large-will
virtually be the umpire who will decide
all really contested matters. AS mat
tiers go, the appointment of the third
member will depend upon whether
organized labor or organized capital
can bring to bear the stronger Gin
fluence" on the Governor and the
stronger lobby on the Senate.
Gladstone has notified the Irish
nationalist in Parliament that they
must wait while before their demand
for an Irish Parliament is considered:
that financial affairs must be considered
first, and perhaps the land question
next. The Irish members are not first
class hands at waiting, but Parnell
intimates that they may wait for the
settlement OF the appropriation meas
ures, although the land question in
Ireland is one which can better be
settled by an Irish Parliament than by
the British Parliament. 1t is evident
that the Gladstone administration has a
ticklish business on hand, while the
Tories have chance to stand back and
find an unlimited amount of fault.
The Republicans in the Ohio Legis.
lature have given notice of their inten.
tion to re-enact the Scott liquor-tax law
in its main features, avoiding those
provisions which were successfully
assailed in the courts, but making it as
stringent as possible under the past
decisions relating to the taxation of the
ltnt1nts fraf n fnhn f.o I,,I L.
elected Democrats from Cincinnati still
hold their seats, giving the Democrats
majority of three in the Senate, which
will defeat the proposed liquor law, un-
less the Senators who have taken their
seats through fraud shall be ousted.
Joseph Arch is one of the very few
laboring men who have ever been
elected to the British Parliament AS
the members of that body receive no
salary, though their expenses for living
are great, and as Mr. Arch is poor
man, his constituents raised fund for
his maintenance. The amount raised
was f200 more than was needed ana
Mr.. Arch apportioned and returned
the surplus.
At the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can forestry congress in Boston last
September committee was appointed
for the purpose of obtaining proper leg
islation tor the protection of the forests
of the country. The committee held a
meeting in Washington, beginning on
the 23d inst, and will present its views
to the appropriate committees of con-
gress.
The Society of the Grand Army Of
the Republic for Illinois held its annual
session at Springfield last week. There
are now 454 local posts of the organi
cation in the state, with an aggregate
membership of %, 1866. On Thursday
a resolution condemning the Fitz John
Porter bill was passed by an almost
unanimous vote.
The new English cabinet seems to be
not happy family at least Mr.. Cham
berlain seems to be not a harmonious
IL. loo frrooon.