The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-05

of another That Is Whist Es Has done aiHd
the Senate. in calling for these papeiS--t3 say
nothing OF wider cons derations about any
| deHci6nC IS N the department of juStce-iS
asked to remove these officers without know
| ing the condition OF the administration of
their Offices
I After little parrytGg between Mr.. E6,-
rpunds and Mr., Harris as to the disposition of
/ the message, the motion of Mr. Edmunds.was
! agreed to, referring ii to the Jud ciary Com
Iiittee and ordering is To be printed.
/ nj. Pugh, representing the minority of the
I Committee on the judiciary, submitted the
views of the minority on the resolution re-
/ ferred to that committee concerning the re-
movai of Mr.. DUSTIN from the Office of the
/ district Attorney for the Southern District of
alabama. Ii was ordered printed in the Con-
/ gfssssofldt Record ana also i'll separate form
4 re report says taat when President Ceye-
! land CAME lu1o ,.'aa he found about ninety
/ aye Per cent Of. the oiliees LIED b. hS9ublic-
a3ls apy9o ItSG as & reward for party serVI ces.
1 the par5Y TO Wn0sn ting President owed his
Nomination AMI election had be6u eXiled from
all lsats pat on in the civil Administered on or
4 tire government for nearly quarter of
tenturT. This friends and supporters of the
! Pres.GaIlt made app cation for redissrlbu.
! ton OF kifE public lstS No other President
i had ever beefi sub scted to stleh severe tr.
! al, or had to meet SO g1aug grave ditfieul tiles,
/ and no other had suca an abundant sHFpiy OF
valid reasons and causes urging him TO free
/ exercise of his power Of removal from Fed
/ 6Tal 6fhee. And no other ever resisted with
more Hfnitfess tie Just Gains of his support
/ efS uSSI His power VI TtsflOF8I EOllScI-
| entiously, cautiously ana spafingly. N6twith.
| stanAitJg these fact the six hundred aDd fifty
| nomlnatiofis saht 70 the Senate in the suspect.
son cases had teen ali6w ed TO remain before
| the committees without consideration and
final d spositlon. Dusl1in has made no Conf
plant to the Judic ary Committee, the Presi-
/ aent or the Attorney General that he was
/ Wroigea by the suspension The committee
III the members Of congress FROM
/ Alabama on pEYsGial knowledge of his high
| character. Str;pped TO 5he tiaktd truth, with.
out any special pleading, the case mace for
the Senate on their resolution, and the answer
4 of the Attorney-Generali is whether the Senate
has the right to demand of the Attorney-Gen.
eFal the transm So or, aga nst the order of
the Pres dent, Of the only paper or document
! of the description a1ent oncd in the res
olutioh when that paper or document is stated
in the refusal to relate exclusively 10 the re-
moval of DUsk!n by the President, and for
| that reason alGfIo is NOT transmitted. The
President holds that it is not 4 public doc
/ ument, and there can be no DOUBT about
| the correctness of his decision, and it must
/ be accepted as conclusive. The only rightful
custodian OF such papers is the President
Jbe report de- eS the right of the Senate to
Try The Presidel. Tor an alleged violation of
his public pledges 1t admits that the Presi-
dent did declare that he would not remove
officials merely because they were KGpub-
licanS, out says he at the same time de-
Clared that he would dec&pitate Office
| h9iders who had been guilty of often
/ sVe partlsanShlp' me president, 1t says,
declines to submit voluntarily to the decS-
lols of tribunal having no jurisdiction over
the quest on, the sufficiency OF such cause
for suspensions, espec ally when his fear is
| that such conduct in the officer might be re-
yarded by the Republican majority as a rea.
son for the retention of the incumbent in OF.
fee
The Senate. in executive session, rejected
| the nomination of Messrs. Pilsbury and
! Chase to be collectors of internal revenue al
Boston, Mass, and Portland, Me, respective
! ~. The nomination of Surveyor General De.
ment of Utah was reported adversely.