Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-10

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they should know what becomes of Il,
would II be within The power % The sec.
fenry OF state or the president OF the
United states 10 say no. II 80 we had
oettcr be extremely careful hereafter AZ
70 now much money We put In the con.
alngcnt fund for foreign intercourse.
me improvement in public methoda, 50
iar ms we have yet gone, would seem
70 DC chiefly and most conepicuously
inc suppression and concealment oi
puhlic papers, with the best intnntions
undoubtedly, bu, MIR. Edmunds would
repeat that for the first tlmo In forty
years, or more, so far as he bad been able
70 discover, had either house OF congress
failed 10 get the Information II hAd ASKED
Tor from the public departments OF the
government why,i In respect OF this
very Instance, which illustrated
the importance by standing uD
Tor this right OF good government.
when this resolution was SEM "a
the Encouragement, there way pcndlna
IN ano'hcr branch OF congress nill NO.
yidtng for a deficiency OF about aigs. naD
In the department ~ justice, for fees of
jurors and witnesses, and there was
there, without doubt, a letter OF the at.
torney-general, stating there must be tor
this current fiscal year ending the 30th of
June next, n year covering twelve montha|
OF purely Democratic control, a deficiency
OF sisb,0l0 n the case OF Dustin was
iaifly illustrative OF the clrcnm.
stances OF all the district ATTORNEYS
aud marshals OF the United States, every.
thing that went TO make up tho autonomy
OF the administration OF Justice, then we
nave drawn In the question what has be.
come OF the money TINT was annro.
prlated Rt the reguIar session ia carrv ON
tho administration Of Justice through the
apartment OF justice Ia the United
States2 Dustin was one az the
persons who were TO draw unon
that fund. In that district
be was the very person whose agency
more than that OF any other man would
20 to an economical or axtravanani. lust
or an unjust, expenditure of 10 public
money. Could we not know anything
about M Take the other sixty or aey'
enty dstrlcts In tho United States, n Il
were denied 10 us as TO Dustin. il
must be denied as 10 Dorrhelmer,
As To Henry, the marshal of Vermont
and every other marshal and every other
district attorney. what then were we 10
dor III we had passed this resolution
while we were acting IN Legislative way.
as IL there were any difference In novyers
Of the senate whether sitting with omen
or with closed doors, n we had sont ma.
ciscly ths resolution and applied
it To all the districts In thg
United States, II tho attnrnev-
general aud the president were ripbt nov
they would be right then In saving. ,,No.
We can give YOU no Information. beonnsc
a
reason who SO many OF these marsbnis
and district attorneys have been Ana.
pended, and that Ia purnly within Inc
of the presidcnt OF Tho
United Statos.n That was the lople
OF our good friends. the minority
OF the committee and their rood
friend aud the president of the Unitod
States who, with a courage coriainlv nm. !
equaled, Ind inleriected his snpplc.
mentary report TO the report of ihe
committee before the senate had |
even considered Il. Was IL poseible Ia !
carry on tho government In that wny |
lie (Mr Edmundsl Thought not. 30
far as the constitutional relations between
the two houses of congress and the cxecu.
tive department Of the government and
their respective rights 20 Information or
iuN h'ulhl VI w htptHNH upon NutLutI |
one house or the other was acting at the
time Of its call with the doors closed, |
why there were no two bodies horp, |
There were no two jurisdictions here. |
About fifty years ago very celebrated |
senator from Southern state was on o !
similar occasion, IN executive session !
the Panama mission (Mr. |
llayno of South Carolinn), discussing
a resolution which Il was proposed |
the senate should adopt for the
purpose Of getting possession OF |
all the facts relating TO an assembly |
OF congress Of the South American and |
Central American states and the United |
States. Some very jealous friends Of the |
president, apparently opposing The roso-
luton, said "howeyer the government |
may be cnamorcd Of this new doctrine of |
confidence rulers 1t Is not the grounds TO |
apprehcnd on which the senate ought 10 |
net In fuhlling their constitutional |
duty OF giving advice TO the president.
II we arc TO act by faith and not by
knowledge we have no business to be
here" lie (Mr, Edmuuds) thought so,
too. Knowledge was denied, and II The
senate acted IN the direction that the
att rney.genoral and tho president de-