The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-02

To the end that the service may be i'm
proved the Senate is invited to the |
fullest scrutiny of persons submitted to |
them for public Office. In recognition |
of the constitutional power of that |
body to advise and consent to their ap |
pointment, I shall continue. as l have |
thus far done, to furnish at the request |
of the confirming body, all information |
possess touching the fitness of nomi |
nees placed before them for their action. |
both when they are proposed to fill |
vacancies and to take the places of sus-
pended officials. Upon refusal to con-
| firm, l shall not assume the right to
ask the reasons for the action OF the
Senate nor question its determi-
nation, cannot think that any
thing more is required to secure
worthy incumbents in public offices
| than a careful and Independent dis
charge of our respective duties within
their well-defned limits. Though pro-
J priety OF suspensions might be better
! assured If the action of the President
was subjected to a.review by the Senate
yet if the Constitution and laws have
| placed this responsibility upon the
Elective branch of the government. it
should not be divided, nor the discretion
which it involved. relinquished. 1t has
| been claimed that the present EXecu-
tive, having pledged himself not to re-
move officials except for cause. the fact
of their suspension implies such mis-
conduct on the part of the suspended
official as injuries his character and
reputati IN, and, therefore, the Senate
should review the case for his vindication
have said that certain officials should
not, in my opinion, be removed during
the continuance of the term for which
| they were appointed solely for the pur-
pose of putting in their places those in
political utilization with the Iappointing
power, and this declaration was i'm
inediately followed by description of
the official partisanship which does not
entitle those in whom it was exhibited
TO consideration. 1t is not apparent
cow an adherence to the course thus
announced carries with it the con-
sequences described. If in any degree
/ the suggestion is worthy of con-
sideration, it is to be hope that
there may be a defense against IN
Just suspension and the injustice of
the Executive. Every pledge which l
| have made by which have placed linn
/ itation upon my exercise of the Execu-
tive power has been faithfully re
deemed. Of course the pretense is not
put forth that no mistakes have been
committed, but not a suspension has
been made, except it appeared to my
satisfaction that the public welfare
should be improved thereby. Many
applications for suspensions have been
denied and adherence to the rules
laid down to govern my action as TO
such suspension, has caused much
irritation and impatience on the part
, of those who have insisted on more
changes in Office. The pledges have
made were made to the people, and
} to them I am responsible for
the manner in which they have been re-
deemed. l am not responsible to the
Senate, and am unwilling to submit
nv actions and official conduct to them
! for Judgment. There are no grounds
for an allegation that the fear OF being
found false to my profession influences
, me in declining to submit to the de-
! mands of the Senate. / have constantly
! refused to suspend officials, and thus
. incurred the displeasure of political
/ friends. Neither the discomfort of my
party friends, nor thesallurements con-
| stantly offered OF combinations
, of appointees, conditional upon
: the avowals that the suspensions have
! been made on party grounds alone,
nor the threat proposed in the resolu-
: tons now before the Senate, that nc
combinations will be made unless the
: demands of that body be complied with
! are sufficient to discourage or deter
t me from following in the way which
: am convinced leads to better govern
ment for the people.
t (Signed,) GROVER CLEVELAND.
: D. O., March LIST, 1886.
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, When the Presidents message had
been read, Edmunds said it reminded
= him of the communications of KIM
Charles, the First, to Parliament. He
I also said that the President uninten-
: tionally no doubt had fairly mistated
!. the question involved between himself
\ and the Senate. think am safe in
saying that it is the first time In the
i history of the Republic that any Presi-
y taken to interfere with the delibera
!. tons of either House of Congress or
= questions pending before them, other
: wise than by a message on the state o.
4 the Union, which the Constitution
: commends him to make from time t.
i time. This message is devoted solely
= to a question for the Senate itself
: in regard to itself, that it ha:
: under consideration. That is it:
4 singularity. I think it will strike re-
: fecting people in this country as some
$ what extraordinary, if, in these days o.
!. reform, anything at all can be thought
= extraordinary. The Senate of the
+ United States in communications to the
! heads of departments, not his heads o.
+ departments, but the heads of depart
: ments created by law, directed them tC
= transmit certain officials papers, anc
n that is all. The President of the United
3 States undertakes to change the ques
!. ton and consideration by the Senate O
5 his reasons or motives for putting cIvi
!. officers. as it might be called, "undel
!. arrest" with which the Senate has no
n undertaken in any way to make an!
= question at all. By every message he ha'
o sent to this body, and they are all pubic
3 he has asked the Senate to advise anc
!. consent to him to the removal OF on
Y officer and the appointment OF another
). That is what he has done. and the Sen
!. ate, in calling for these papers, to say
q nothing of the wider consideration
|. about any deficiencies in the Depart
Y ment Of Justlcesls asked to remove inei
e officers without knowing the CONDITION
# of the administration of their offices.
%hof for reasons Z