Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-15

4 we're who felt that another influence
than Johnsons could be felt m the mes
sage Blaine thought Il was Seward -.
| Quite recently different theory for the
excellence OF this frst annual mcssagc
OF Johnson has been advanced.
In the congressional library In wash
] ipgion many OF President Johnson's
] notes ou various matters are preserved
| in an envelope. Among these notes De-
"a draft 90 this message of December,
| 1885
Not long ago William Archibald Dun
/ ninE. professor ~ history al Columbia
! university. was looking over those
/ notes ana wondered at the difference IN
| writing between tho draft 81 The mos
I sage ond the other notes with Prot
! Dunnlng was Wortmngton bord, who
! hHa he'd chargc of tine division Of manu-
scripts in the library Of Congress since
/ 1909 When Mr. Ford's attention WAS
called o. this dissimiarity of writing,
! De exclaimed as he looked az the draft
OF the message. "Why. that is George
/ fancroft's hand.
In tho dlcs OF Johnson letters was
found a note from bancroft dated Nov.
3. 1853 which reads. "My task win be
done tomorrow. but as NO one knows
what / am about aud as ! am my own
secretary. Z must ask day on two
more for "a careful revision and for
making q clean copy. Il must b. done
with my own hand
From this letter and the draft Of the
message could be drawn the CONCLUSION
that the historians influence rather
than Stewards may have been eNerted
az the critical period represented IN the
message.
Johnson's are not the only preslden-
tial messages IN which the influence or
advisors may be traced, either In mat
ter or manner. Critics OF Washing
ton-and I'm his day. like AL strong
men. he had adverse critics asserted
that I'm much Of his written work the
hand ~ Hamilton could be traced
CleVeioud's messages wired. so u has
been claimed as did some oi bis cabinet
appointces The touch of Daniel Mad
ming and David A. Wells can be de-
serted in the tariff message. while
Gresham and Olney let thcir marks
on tho Hawaiian aud Venezuelan mes-
saces. close observers sai0 t1at irefi-
dent McKinlcy's messages gained i'm iit-
crary flavor after Secretary HAY enc
tered bis cabinet But 40 one has SO
fer dared a. asserf that President
Roosevelt Us Influenced 90 mis- writings
by any living man. though an italian
scholar has been bold enough To- sag
that he closely repeats the idels OF men
OF the past And other European crit
les declare that he often exercises the
right Of literary domain. II would be
hard for so voluminOus a producer 20
entirely avoid at least indirect quota
tons.
The first message sent by John Quin-
cy Adams 10 Congress brought out the
latent hostility OF Congress. II con-
cerned the congress OF Panama. An
invitation asking that this country send |
representatives to meet those or the |
South American countries had been eN-
tended President Adams told of It's |
reception and stated in his message
that he would commission ministers 20 |
attend the congress. The opposition |
made this message the excuse FOR a
violent assault on the president on the |
ground that he had transcribed ms |
movers At "a later session OF Con-
gress he sent a message concerning
Georgia's treatment of the Creek In
dams. limiting that II the state did not |
deslst he intended to carry out tine
treaty obligations OF the United States
by force This message led TO open
conflict between Governor Troup OF
Georgia and the president. As Con
gress refused to support the latter the
authority OF the United States was sue
cessfully dehed.
One Of Jacksons many messages was
a protest against the action OF the sen
ate in adopting resolution introduced
by Henry clay I'm which the president
was charged with transcending his con
stitutional power IN relation 10 the
public revenue. The main point IN
the presidents message OF protest
against the resolution was that ne
meant TO maintain intact the rights OF
the executive, that the senate would be
the Judges in case of Impeachment, ana
Tor that reason ought not 10 express an
opinion until the house saw NJ 70 I'M
peach.
The senate refused 10 receive the
message of protest by a vote or ID To
Is. declaring Il "a breach OF privilege.
At the next session Benton OF missouri
introduced a resolution e. eNpunge the
resolution OF censure from the record
az the senate. hut Il was not passed
until 1887. when It Was ordered that
black lines should be drawn around
the record on the journal OF the senate
and that across II should be written me
words, "Expunged. by order OF the
senate, this 10th day OF January 1851
The senate resolution oensurlng Jack
son was adopted Feb. 8 1884. The resc-
tuition expunging il from the records
was not passed until Jan. 10, 1881, al
most three years after, though Benton
gave notice OF "a motion to eXpunge as
soon as the offending resolution was
carried During tho years that inter
Vened the question Was a dominant
issue. Several states sent memorials
20 the senate pressing the measure for
eXpungment. Others passed resolutions
lnstrticting the senators from their
states TO support Il. Among these was
virginia. John Tyler, later vice presi-