Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-25

with that qualification he concurred in
the report of the majority. He believed
the Attorney General plainly in error in
refusing to furnish the papers called for,
but II called on to vote on the series OF
majority resolutions as whole, he would
40 SO reluctantly and under a positive
protest.
THE POINT OF HIS OBJECTION.
His only hesitancy would be because of
tne Objectionable character of the resOlu-
tl0n which asserted substantially that
the absence of the papers called for would
be ground sufficient to warrant the Senate
In refusing to act on the nominations re-
Ierred to. So far as bis vote, il given, for
the whole series of resolutions was con-
cerned, while that Objectionable resolu-
ton was included, his vote must be con-
sldered merely perfunctOTy and under de-
clded protest, and he would consider him.
self to be permitted further on to apply
ms own construction to that resolution.
when nominations came to be considered
be would reserve the right to exercise his
individual judgment as to such nomina-
tiOns.
TWO WRONGS ALLEGED.
Mr.. Mitchell believed that the admins
tration had committed its very worst
blunder in declining to furnish papers,
Dub hC " 90 III W ilAlilE 10 MAKE IQdL error
on the part of an Executive, who was
striving perhaps to give the country a
good administration an excuse for a still
more serious error on the
part of the Senate. 1t would be like the
case OF the boy who refused to play be-
cause some other boy had made a
''mOuth" at his sister llaughterl.
Mr.. Hoar declared similar independ-
ence to that of Mr.. Mitchell in regard to ac-
..h E,..l
sented. II satisfied that he possessed the
facts in the case. refused or not refused,
he would be inclined to act upon it.
BELIEF OF THE REPUBLICANS.
Mr.. HOar said he believed that three
fourths Of the Republicans in the Senate
agree precisely with the constitutional
views az to the power Of removal that
have been expressed with SO much pains
and SO much repetition by gentlemen on
the other side. He was himself, Mr..
H0ar said, committed to that doctrine
over and over again, and had introduce d
bill for the repeal of the tenure of Office
act, and if the President had allowed the
Attorney General to send to the Senate
the papers called for he Mr.. HOar) be-
lieVed that the tenure of office law would
have been repealed by this time. A
long collOquial debate followed, in which
Messrs. Gray and Edmunds were the
principal participants. 1t was directed
to defining the contention of the Republi-
cans that the act OF removal was not COM
plete until the Senate had advised and
consent thereto by the confirmation Of
a successor. Mr.. Edmunds said that
this was exactly the position of the Re-
publicans.
MIR. Voorhees, obtained the floor. but
gave way for a motion to adjourn. He
will be the first to speak on the resOlu-
lions tomorrow, and will be followed by
Mr.. Eyarts. The Senate then adjourned.
NEARING THE END.
At the close of to-day's debate in the
Senate on the Judiciary Committee resO-
lutiOrs Mr.. Edmunds endeaVOred to Sc
cure an understanding that the general
debate should close at O'Clock to-mOr-
row, and that whatever Senator should
then be in charge of the resolutions might
at that time have one hour in which to
close the debate, and that then a final
vote be taken on the resolutions. Owing
to the uncertainty, however, as to what
Senators might wish to speak and how
long a time they might wish to occupy,
no understanding was arrived at, except
somewhat inde6nite-that they should
be disposed of before the adjournment on
Friday, and that in the meantime the de-
bate should be resumed Immediately after
the morning bus siness.