Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-01-29

las been the right of the Senate to
,all for the "reasons" governing the
removal of Office holders. The ma
ority of Senators are of the opinion
that the "reasons" cannot be called
for, but only the information in the
possession of the President or Depart
ment. This information usually
consists of only the recommendation
on file in support Of the new appoint
ment, as to the fitness of the new APP
pointee, and is quite different from
the "reasons" which induced the
President to make the appointment.
The President informed a committee
of Democratic Senators, appointed at
a caucus, that he had no objection to
submitting the papers in any appoint
ment, but would not give his "rea-
sons" for making a selection. The
Democratic Senators will sustain the
position taken by the President.
Heretofore the sessions of the Sen-
ate in considering nominations sent
to it have always been held with
closed doors, so that none but the
members of that body have been per-
mitted to be present. 1 have fire.
quently been present when motion
was made to go "into Executive Ses-
sion," as it is called, and Immediately
when carried the galleries haye been
cleared of all spectators and cores
pondents, and the doors sealed. Some
of the Senators are now in favor of
dispensing with this old practice of
"Star Chamber" procedure and of
having open Executive Sessions. If
the proposed change is adopted the
people of the county will get many
interesting facts concerning public
servants, now withheld from them.
The House Labor Committee and
Committee on Agriculture have
agreed to report bill establishing
a Department of Agriculture and
Labor, the head of which shall be a
Cabinet officer. This Department
will be one very near 10 the people,
and it stands fair chance of being
formed this Session.
The people of the District and of
the adjoining State, Maryland, are
very much exercised just now as to
what the Senate will do on the nomi-
nation of Hon. William M. Merrick,
of Maryland, as an Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court in the District
of Columbia. Judge Merrick was
on the bench here at the beginning OF
the war, when Congress legislated
the court out of existence because of
supposed sympathy with the South.
Since then the Judge has resided in
Maryland, and represented that
State in Congress. He and Senator
German have represented opposing
factions in Maryland politics, and it
was supposed that when judge Mer-
rick was appointed last summer as
one of the Judge of our court that
German was made happy by thus
getting rid of his political rival. But
German is doing all that he can to
defeat Merrick's confirmation. Judge
Merrick is brother of late Hon.
Richard 4. Merrick, known all over
the country as an able lawyer and
one of the Democratic counsel before
the Electoral Commission. The
members of the bar are almost unan-
inous for the confirmation, and the
Bar Association has appointed a
committee to urge upon the Senate
to confirm the nomination.
Mr.. Maybury, of Mich, has intro
duced bill in the House that will
touch a responsive chord in the
breasts of those who love to angle
for the sportive black bass, or hunt
the coy duck as it floats ON the water.
He proposes to set apart as Nation
al shooting or fishing resort or reser-
walton the broad stretch of marsh
and overlooked or shoal water lands
in and bordering upon Lake st. Clair
in the State Of Michigan. All navi-
gable waters within the prescribed
limits are to be deemed public high
ways and treated as such.
Susan b. Anthony is here with the
same abiding faith in the ultimate
triumph of woman suffrage that has
sustained her through so many years
She comes to Washington every win.
ter to watch for any opening to drive
the wedge into Congress. She al.
ways puts up at the Riggs House
Mrs. Spoflord, the wife Of its pro.
prieter, being staunCh friend of the
cause. Miss Anthony is always
"wound up" and ready to talk almost
indefinitely on the subject that has
been the absorbing one of her busy
life. She looks benignantly through
herlgold spectacles, and talks cheerily
and hopefully as if she were just en-
tering upon her mission to this val,
of tears. She has strong faitl
that she will live to enjoy the full