Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-04
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
What Papers Have to Say of the Presi-
dent's Posltion,

What Papers Have to say OF the Tresi-
dents Position.
II "a clear ioreible, manly document, showing
that he knows his II ,hts and darss maintain Them
Richmond Dispatch.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's manly course in In
teryeuIug add assuming for himself the entire re-
sponsib ty Of he action for which The Sensts pro-
posed TO eeusuFs a member Of his Cabinet, Will
commend itself to the American people. 1t Is In
accord With his straight forward. earnest aud cour
ag7ous character. -EiCtsbuIg Post.
The Presidents Message 10 the Senate 10 regard
70 the request OF that boy for papers In the posses
sion Of haIs Of Departments, rea ing - the causes
OF suspensions OF ot ers Is document that reveals
a singular combination Of ignorance Of presidents,
undisnissd pugnscity and discour'esy TIA co-ordt'
| branch OF the Goyernme-t.-New York Mail and
Express.
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take 10 Addressing formal message to the Senate,
explanatory OF his course III refusing TO permit. the
production of the papers aud records called for by
th1t body IN the matter Of ce.tsin pensions. BE
has added nothing whatever to toe lsgal argument
in support Of his position aud what he Ia, said On
thl, head could have been much moro apprOpri-
atsly and quite as effectively said by his defenders
on the door Of the Sena;e.-PI, tsburg Commercial
Gazette.
EyEN ii the papers on ME threw all the light pos
Sbe On the subject, the demand is rightfully re-
fused. Whatever they may he, from whatever
! quarter or persons they come, they are intended
simply to have We gbt with the President in his
p, rformauce # duty which he can neithsc evade
nor share II he chooses to Tie them in the differ
emit Departments for his convenience, or put them
in barrel in the White HOusa cellar, or make a
bonfire o. them IL Is his business Gnd concern and
thaC OF nobody e Sc under the sun. That all true
Believers in our system OF constitutional govern
N, ut cordially indorse these enlightened and par-
otto sentiments ought 10 be granted without arsu-
Washington Post,
IS this message he recommends no measure, says
nothing about the state Of the Union; but giSes
much Ir'sintOrmation on q subject on which the
Senate his asked IIom bin no sdy'ce whatever.
His ob'rusion was doubtless due to distrust OF the
Democratic Senator'S and TO 4 cOndd'nce in his
own superior ability to deal with tie question; ar
to desire 70 get before the country has own state
meut OF the case. His disust Of the ability OF the
Democratic senators 70 furnish Satisfactory reasons
for suppre'sing public documents Is amply horle
out By the report they presented yesterday on the
subject New York Tribune.
Ir is evident that President Cleveland does not
propose to be intimidated by the Senate. His mes
sage to that body IN which he defines his position
on tbs subject of the demand for papers relating TO
REM walls from office 10 a model Of explicit iorcibe
and digni6ed expression. Ii certain phra,es Of It
parake Of the character Of rebuke, Il Is not more
than the Republican element in the Senate has de-
served for the aggressive attitude It has assumed
toward the Administration, and the arrogance ard
iusoeues Of its partisan hostllty.-New York Daily
News
The President has answered the extraordinary
demands Of the Senate In = special message, In
which he very frankly and forei6ly sets forth his
podion on the questions which the Senate has
raised. Il is not suIp-isirg that Mr.. Edmuuds
was displeaSeI With this message, for it Is one
which be will not and it easy to discredit.-Phila-
dsphia Times.
SoNIE Of the assoc ATS OF senator Edmunds have
frankly admi ted that the Senate has no right 10
demand OF the President the reasons Tor making
removal or Tor any other Executive aet but by ths
roundabout process OF sending for papers and doeu
meats in relation to removals they have ssught to
attain what they could not reach directly. If the
senate has 10 constitutional power to share with
the PRECEDENT in removals from ofhCe, then ;ns
Senate has no right to demand Ppes that relate 10
removals Or ii, as many Republican seratOrs
f.ssly coucede, the Senate cannot T ghtiuly ASK
the President for his reasons Tor making removal
tre Senate cannot require for the inspection Of its
secret sessions papers that may contain the reasons
for such Tsmoval.-Philsdelphis Record.
THE Democrats Of the United States will read
this message with delight. they know that Mr..
Cleveland Is NOS a man to hesitate and turn back
VIXEN once b has made up MS mind and announced