Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-21

which the constitution gives him exclu-
sive authority.
VIEWS OF THE CONSERVATIVES
Quote Authorities That Fully sustain the
the Position Of Olney.
With reference to this last the con-
servatives say that the senate can lad
wise and consent in the matter OF ap-
pointments to office. but cannot order
the president to appoint John Smith
to the cheapest postofiice on the presi-
Dental list. Here Is some authority
they quote:
In Wharton International Law Digest
Is quoted Secretary Stewards letter to
Mr.. Dayton. our minister to France.
April Z, 1864. as follows: The question
of recognition OF foreign revolutionary
or reactionary governments Is one ex-
clusively for the executive. and cannot
be determined internationally by con-
gressional action"
The following decision Of the supreme
SQUIRT of the United States is also quoted:
In political matters the courts follow
the department of government tn which
those matters may be committed, and
will not recognize the existence OF a
new government till II has been recog-
nized by the executive"
A dispatch from Cincinnati gives the
following opinion obtained by q local
paper from Judge Cooley. OF Michigan:
THE power to recogrt2e beiligerency
and the lawfulncss of action In defence
of a government alleged to he de facto
must devolve upon the executive power
Of the country. which can recognize
no belligerent governments until the
fact is clearly made known to IL that
there Is In existence n government
maintaining itself and enforcing Its au-
thority against any other.
But the presidents power r. not
complete and final The sovereign Icris-
lative power must provide for final in
tercourse. and pass laws for the pur-
pose: laws which the president would
be Improbable IL ne should not Join I'm
executing. What he does In recognize
ing a new nation is clearly in part
legislative. and the action taken. ~
taken by the president alone. would he
so far defective as to be impossible
OF execution without being perfected
now or In the future by the sovereign
Legislative power.
Gsigned.l THOMAS NJ COOLEY"
COTTON RAIsEks WANT NO WAR.
Their Product Il Low Enough n II II ssa
War Would Make It Worse.
Memphis. Dec. c1.-The following De-
tition numcrously signed by the prin-
cipal cotton growers OF this section has
been forwarded to Senators Harris and
Bate at washington:
AT a meeting OF the undersigned cot
ton growers and farmers held this day
in Memphis, II was resolved to respect
fully ask you to use your influence
against. in all honorable ways, and to
vote against the passage Of the Cuban
resolutions recently adopted by the
committee on foreign relations and soon
to come before the senate.
I'VE feel that war with Spain newt
ably means a further large decline in
the price Of cotton not only for this
crop but also for the next one. and that
there Is no adequate reason why such a
misfortune should be brought upon US.
more especially 30 because the hard
times We have endured for no long will
render further losses hard to bear"
PALMER WANTS SOME IMPORTATION
and Government Of Cuba I.ihrc.
when the senate convenes Monday"
said Senator Palmer, lit Is my purpose
to Introduce n series of resolutions call
ing upon the foreign relations commit
tee to furnish some necessary informa-
ton for the guidance of the senate.
First. ! will ask for the name and de-
scription of the seat of government OF
the republic of Cuba: second. for n
copy of the constitution Of that rcpub-
lie. and third. something definite as to
the number Of military forces Of the in
surgents. Ny opinion II the president
will veto any resolution calling for the
recognition Of the Independence or bel
ligerency Of Cuba and for good and suf-
fcient reasons. too. All the information
we have been able to obtain from Cuba
is to the effect that there IA no stable
government In existence and mob rule
prevails everywhere throughout the ISL
and"
Draak Alcohol IN . RET.
Boscobel. Wis. Dec. 2l.-At the wed
ding Of Rueben Puch and Mis-. Mary
Rackna a fexx ynile~ north ,f sh.. ..s..