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Mr. Adams Report OLA the
Veto.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUESDAY, August 16, 1912.

CESDAI nuS"St AOi to1S'
The Select committee, TO whom was
referred the Message Of The President
Of the United States returning 10 this
House The act, which originated in il, "Io
provide revenue from imports, and TO
change and modify existing laws imPo'
sing duties on imports, and for other
purposes" with his objections TO it, with
instructions 10 report thereon 10 the
House, have attended 10 that service and
respectfully report:
he Message is The last OF a series
Of Executive measures The result OF
which has been 10 defeat and nuIllry
the whole action OF the Legislative au.
thorlty Of this Union upon The most i'm
porIant interests Of the nation.
At the accession Of the Iate Presi-
dent Harrison, by election OF the People,
10 The Executive chair, the finances, The
revenue, and the credit Of The country
were found in a condition so greatly dis.
ordered and go languishing, that the
first act Of his administration was 10
call a special session OF Congress 10 pro,
vide aremedy for this distempered state
Of The great body polite. 1t was even
then q disease OIL no sudden occU rrence =,
and Of no ordinary melignity -Four
years before, the immediate predeces
cor OF General Harrison had been con
strained 10 resort 10 The same sxpedient,
q special sessions of Congress, The result
.oI which had only proved the first OF a
succession Of paIIiaIiVes, purchasing mo
tmenlary relief at The expense of deeper
seated disease and aggravated symptoms
growing daily more intense through The
whole lour years OF that administration,
it had expended, from year 10 year,
from eight 10 len millions oil dollars be
yond its income, absorbing in that pc
Tiod nearly ten millions pledged for de.
posite with the States, eight millions OIL
stock 10 the Bank Of the Unlled States
irom five to SIX millions Of trust. fund
and as much treasury notes; and wa:
sinking under the weight Of its own i'm
providence and incompetency.
The sentence of a suffering People
had commanded a change Ia the Admin,
iSlration, and The conlemporaneous cleo
tions throughout The Union had placed
10 both Houses OF Congress majorilies
the natural opponents OF The principles
which il was The will of the people
should be substituted in the administra
of their Governmeat, instead OF those
which had brought The country 10 a con
dition of wretchedness and shame
There was perfect harmony Of prIncl-
pie between the chosen President of The
People and this majority, thus constlu
ted 10 both Houses Of Congress; and the
first act Of his administration was Ia
call a special session OF Congress for
their deIlbe ration aud action upon the
measures ~indIspensabIy necessary lol
relief 10 the public distress, and TO re
trieve the prosperity Of The great con-
munity of the nation.
On The 3lst day Of May, lS4l, with
in three months after the inauguration
Of President Harrison, the Congress as
sembled At his call. But the reins o
the Executive car were already in olheI
hands. BY an inScrutable decree o
Providence the chiefofa peoples choice
in harmony with whose principles the
majorilies OF both Houses had been con
stituted, was laid low in death. The
President who had called the meeting
Of Congress was no longer the PreSldeni
when Congress met. A successor tc
the office had assumed the title, with
totally different principles, though pro
Tossing the same al the time Of his cleo
lion. which, far from harmonizing, like
those oil his immediate predecessor, will
the majority of both Houses Of Congress
were soon disclosed in dlamet.icaI op
position 10 them.
The first development Of this new
and most unfortunate condition of thu
General Government, was manifested
by The failure, once and again, of lht
first great measure intended by Con
gress TO restore the credit Of the coun
toy, by the establishment OF a NatioOa
Bank-a failure which was caused eyclu
sivsly by the operation of Inc veto pow
or BY the President. In the spTil o
H. Dn,t,tntiNa If A. ln,InI StaIao
tho Executive is not only separated
from The legislative power, but made
dependent upon and responsible 10 it
until a very recent period Of our histo
nv. all reference in either House o
Congress 10 The opinions or wishes o
the President, relating TO any subject il
del.ibsralion before them, was regarded
~ IN Vutregs upon tho rights Of the do