mar 1, 1886 - In a lengthy Special Message, objects to Senate Committee demands for all papers relating to the consideration of nominees to office--and thus to his exact reasoning in making a nomination. "They assume the right of the Senate to sit in judgment upon the exercise of my exclusive discretion and Executive function, for which I am solely responsible to the people from whom I have so lately received the sacred trust of office." Senate Republicans subsequently retreat from their demands
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mar 1, 1886
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