| Show THE PRESIDENT AND THE SENATE THE long drawn out debate over the dustin duskin removal in the senate of the united states has at length come to an end being decided on party votes and as the republicans have the majority in the upper chamber they were adverse of course to the democratic administration tra tion but they only amount to a small degree of obstruction the effect will not be of any very great im the president has taken a stand which he well considered before action and be is not made of the stuff that readily backs down in the face of opposition senator edmunds has not made much over his attack upon the president it appears that he opposed the nomination of duskin himself when the name was first presented and while he has i been trying to force the president to produce the papers andl reasons leading the mans term of office has run out and the office is rendered vacant without his removal of course this does not affect the principle of the right of the senate to demand pap papers era orthe or the right of the pre president aident to remove for chuse cause without accounting to the senate for his action but it makes edmunds appear rather ridiculous in basing his bis argument upon a dead issue and in reference to a case in which he has acted inconsistently it remains to be sea seen how far the senate will carry out in gratice the principles on which it has decided the president to be in fault the nominations made in place of removed officials may be rejected but as soon as the senate adjourns the president can reappoint appoint re the same persons and although thou i h the senate may again refuse to chondr m the president has the advantage of power and if he so desires can have his way in spite oi of the temporary obstructions thrown in the path by the senate we think the president is right in trying to raise the Executive authority above the level of mere party expediency the idea that republicans cannot serve under a democratic administration and vice versa and that on a change of party supremacy there must be a complete change in a all the offices in the gitt of the government seems to us entirely erroneous fitness for the position should be the great recommendation men dation and when a republican is performing faithfully the duties of an office we see no good reason why he should be removed simply to make way for a democrat office should not be conferred by way of reward for political service but on the same principles that govern employers in business and in private life however the other system hag gaspre pre availed more or less for a long time and the democratic porty having haa had no chance at the public teats for a quarter barter of a century it was natural that tat on the accession of a democratic president the hungry bip expectants expect e stants ants should look for a pretty clean sweep of republican suckers and a general opening for their im impatient adient opponents and as party triumphs triumphs cannot be won without party support and that is stimulated in many any quarters bythe hope of gain it is to be expected that party wishes and derna demands pas w will ill prevail above sound principle and chaix changes will be wanted and acceded to on the lower and more sordid motive in trying to act upon higher ground president deni cleveland has run against abig stump and while disgusting many democrats has put a whip into the hands bands of the republicans who are not slow to use it for all it is s worth |
