US Presidency
1879

To the House of Representatives: After a careful consideration of the bill entitled An act to prohibit military interference at elections, I return it to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, with the following objections to its approval: In the communication sent to the House of Representatives on the 29th of last month, returning to the House without my approval the bill entitled An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, and for other purposes, I endeavored to show, by quotations from the statutes of the United States now in force and by a brief statement of facts in regard to recent elections in the several States, that no additional legislation was necessary to prevent interference with the elections by the military or naval forces of the United States.