The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-10


4th Of March, 1879, the Demo
Gratis had msjoi,y Of this
body. Their Committee on the Ju-
dietary was Mr.. Thurman Chairman.
Mr. Mr.. McDonsli Of Iua;anG, Mr..
Bayard Of Delaware (pTesent Secretary
of STATED, Mr.. Garland Cf Arkansas
| present Attorney. GeneIal), Mr.. Lamar
OF Mississippi (presen. Secretary of
the Interior, Judge Davis Of Illinois
and Messrs. Edmunds, Cohkling and
Carpenter.
Referring to the committees letter
book, Senator Edmunds said: 81 do
not know but that il is private and
confidential, but will take the liberty
Of reading it (aughterl even IL 1t gets
to the ears of the Attorney. General
and the President Of the United
States" Senator Edmunds then read
copy Of letter from Senator Thur
man, as chairman Of the committee,
10 the Acknowledgement, dated March
"a, 1879, calling for "such Information
as may be in the possession of your
department concerning the following
no limitations, together with any sug-
gestion You may be pleased TO note"
"0n the 7th of April" continued Sen
alto; Edmunds, there came in horse
OF different color-the same hind Of
an animal that we have here now.
[ laughter Accordingly, on that
cay, this letter was written 10 the At
torney.General:"
The Attorney General Of the United States:
SIR-Under the direction OF the
Judiciary Committee OF the Senate,
/ have the honor 10 request that you
will communicate to the committee
any papers or information in your
possession touching the question OF
the propriety OF the removal (empha.
sis by Mr.. Edm unds) Of Michael Shat
fer, Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of the Territory Of Utah, and
the appointment of David +. Corbin
to the office. Very respectfully, your
obsd.ent servant,
ALLEN G. THURMAN, Chairman.
Alls for the DEMOCRACY Ct those days.
[ Lsughtef] Think, Mr.. President, Of
the intinit, idiosy, the uppatIiotism,
the ursurpation of that number of
five Senators Of the United States of
the Democratic party, assisting a Re.
publican Atiorney-General and a Re-
publican Pr, sident VITA the insulting
and imperiineDt inquiry as to papers
and information touching suspended |
officer whose successor was nominated |
to accomplish his removal, aud yet
those men were, in their day-in these
times-amopg the headlights of the |
Democratic locomotive. Laughter I |
There was Thurman. His light is put !
out Renewed laughter The great
est Democrat in the UAited States,
applause in the galeries), and the |
best one, and the noblest one, and the |
bravest one, for he had the courage
not long ago in your State, sir, to de. !
nounce the Democratic frauds at |
the ballot. There was Thurman,
and there wac 'Jo' Mcdonald, |
name familiar in the West |
as in the East as the embodiment |
of upright Democratic pluck and con-
ttltutional law; and there was Sen
ator Garland, whom we oil know here,
the leader on the Democratic side OF |
the Senate, full and running over with |
constitutional and statute and re- |
ported law-knowing his rights as a |
Senator. as member Of the COM
mittee, aud knowing his dutiee,
and Senator Lamar, and then |
all the rest OF us on this |
side, joining in what the present |
President Of the United States calls
an impairment innovation of his
rights in asking for papers. Mr.. Pres
ident, If were going to be rhetorical, |
l should say just there, Ca shame,
where is thy blush p But that was not
the only Instance" Senator Edmunds
said, "the same Chair and on many
occasions had called for that same
class OF information and got it,"
In conclusion, it did not seem
to Senator Edmunds that the Senate
could fail TO get papers on the ground
that the statute on the subject had
become obsolete or gone into state of
innocuous disuetude. The President
himself had sent the Senate 643 in
stances Of obedience to that law; 643
msde under it. Senator
Edmunds therefore took it that the
law was still in force.
Senator Pugh obtsined the floor, and
the Senate went into executive session
aud soon adjourned.