Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-12

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The World says. HLle Ient'e
message 20 the Senate i8 a seuelsa
document, remarkable in tona rs "a
di6ant character and Ln its agiaz1t
desire 10 provoke rather than % aFell
a conflict with that body. The mas1
interesting point Of the remarkable
document, eonceding the Presldent'1
Constitutional and unlimited right 60
make suspensions during q Senate re-
cess without giving any reasons, Is She
defiant claim OF the President that
papers on Gle In the public Depart
ments are his own private property. %
be dealt with or disposed Of By him
at his win and as be pleasas.
We are bound to say. and We
say It with great regret, that
the attitude taken BY the President
will not strengthen bis argument Or
his position generally. Altogether,
the message is a very, remarkable doc
ument, and should be carefully read bY
everybody"
The Sun says: GAS for the Repnbll-
can party, 1t appears, to ordinary phil
osophers. much more likely that It will
be disintegrated and ruined by the
Quixotic ambitions Of Mr.. Blaine. its
own chief leader, rather than BY the
steady, laborious and unaggressive in
dustry Of Mr.. Cleveland, It's ostensihla
opponent. And as FOR the Democracy,
those who will take the trouble 10 70.
call its history for the last three
quarters Of a century will not be Jim
any hurry to believe that its end can
now be neal at hand, or that Mr.. Cieve-
land, its own chosen President, can be
the man Of destiny appointed to give
it the coup de grace"
The Times says: "Mr. Cleveland yea-
terday sent to the Senate a message
explaining at some length his vlewsre-
garding his duty on the matter Of aus
pensions from Office, and to the de-
mands Of the Senate for papers and
documents relating thereto. The mes
sage is very frank, plain and straight
forward, and that It Is strong may be-
inferred from its effect upon Senator
Edmunds. It threw that gentleman
into a at Of petulance that upset his
recollection Of history and caused him
to indulge in very undignihed and fool
ish language. The reading Of the mes
sage was no sooner concluded and Mr..
Harris, Of Tennessee, had risen to pro-
pose the usual ~course-that 1t should
lie upon the table-than Mr.. Edmunds
rose to announce that the message re-
minded him Of that sent to Parliament
by Charles L, expressed his amazement
and indignation that the President
should presume to speak unless he
was spoken to by the Senate, and de-
clared that he must have the message
, for his own committee, that on the
judiciary. He got it by a strict party
vote, and we presume that in due time
he will bring 1t back with a report in
o tended to make from 1t as much party
capital as possible. The spirit Of his
/ whole proceeding Is shown in his sneer
at reform which he intimated was q
! cloak to cover everything bad"
The Tribune says 1.-THE message
sent to the Senate yesterday by Presi-
dent Cleveland is an extraordinary
document. Mr.. Edmunds apprOpri.
ately likened it to the message semitic
Parliament by the misguided monarch,
d Charles l. The Presidents reason for
undertaking to lecture 2 coordinate
9 branch of the Government on It's pow
ers and duties, is not clear. The Con-
stitution, about which he talks with 80
much volubility, speedily declares that
he shall give to Congress, information
{ Of the state Of the Union and recon-
mend to their consideration such meas
t ures as he shall Judge necessary and
a ~expedient. In this message he recon-
{ mends no measure, says nothing about
t the state Of the Union, but gives much
transformation on a subject on which
the Senate has asked from him no
q advice whatever. His obtrusion was
doubtless due to a distrust Of the Dem
t ocratic Senators and to a confidence In
|. his own superior ability to deal with
r the question, and to a desire to get
g before the country his own statement
Of the case. His distrust Of the abil,
d ity of the Democratic Senators to fur
t nish satisfactory reasons for suppress
o ing public documents is amply borne
d out by the report they presented yes
terday on the subject. But, stripped
Of its verblage and deliberate misstate.
ments, the Presidents communication
is much the weaker Of the two docu-
/. ments."
The Philadelphia Times observes
Judge Simonton, Of Dauphin county
. recently rebuked a court room severe
- ly for laughing immoderately at
\ sharp repartee given a lawyer BY
= badgered and browbeaten witness
a And yet the repartee was probably
! we'll deserved and highly enjoyable
a The rebuke would have been a littll
- more appropriate if leveled at thl
lawyer, who appears to have been thl
FIRST cause Of the disturbance by pass
ing the bounds Of courteous treatmen
Sc of witnesses" This comment lie just
lts Lawyers frequently go beyond al
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