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Fssn shs .NAtianai IaitIiisens.rs n Tharsdas.
THEs THIRD VETO or TrHr LAND nrLL.
ishaTdty surprised any one, yestaxday,
10 learn that the President had MOI siened
the bill tor repeating that provision ol The
Distribution Act which susaends iss ope.
ration dnFtng The existence sc duties Upon
goods imported from foreign counties at
higher Fate than sxentv cents In the
6olIas4upon the value Of such imports
BY retasniag il 10 his possession until Con-
gFess adiourned, be has Of course defeat
ca ii asI efFsctually as though be had re-
turned itwiih objsc,ions. The .Pra65ent
night. however. have signed
sign The Tariff Laws one Oh
these measures, much re
late Veto Messags--lhat fN-
al The questions OF the TariM
Lana+-bsing removed 81 their
been divorced by act Of Congress 8.
pfesensedto bin singly.
A considerable proportion Of the duties
laid hy The new Tariff Act being ~ rate
exceeding The limit of twenty per cent.
upop lhe vsl1e, the restriction in the Dis
irihution Aes now takes effect. and lie
operation of thai, act is suspended until we
shall b dive. an Executive aud Congress in l
accord npos Wing gfaund-whieh, as We
have said before, will assuTedly occur At
he earliest meeting 81 Congress after The
3d dayoi March, 1915. /
Az error seems 10 exist ID the public
mind dn this subject, especially among
our friends in the West, which requires
10 BE corrected This error consists in
their considering The fixture 10 repeal the
reAlficsion u the Distribution Act as q
surreoder IN The principle Of that act
SO iar from being true this xiewsof the
case IS faltacious and deceptive, though
I'VE dare say il is honestly entertained and
expressed.
No acton Of Congress at the present
session has in any manner jeoparded or
endangered The principle Of distribution
Of the proceeds Of the Public Lands
among The States, 10 whom they rightfnl- #
IL belong Ifreally Jeoparded, ii was not
al the session Of Congress Just closed, but
when The Distribution Act was passed II
containing The restriciiys clanse. Il en-
dangered al all, il was by heinsertion, in
the very sct recognising theprnciple and
Establishing a system OF action upon it, of
the provision for It's suspension upon
certain contingency.
The Wines in Congress might. indeed,
BY rsranipg from laying dutieson imports i
higher than at HE rate 81 twenty 80, -
cent. upon the value. have
contingency upon which the
the Land Law is suspended
not enough iotjnstify 10 eYOy ..los
heart the course which they pursued, 10
know that had they aeied differently.
| they would have left the Government in.
! disgrace, with a bankrupt Treasury and
dishonored credit; the products and ma 8
\ nufaetures Of The country overwhelmed
| BY the flood Of foreign competition the
D.. r.. -f -aln H. Anl., 49,.
\ ing bv labor now without employ and all
most without food o. rsimsnt, groundTto s
4 the dust BY this last turn Of the wheel,
/ amidst the raiDs OF the manufactures. the
arts, and the9aommerce, to which they
have. heretofore owed their employment
4 and their subsistence, Were al these
elements Of individual prosperity and ma
honal wealth and character TO be sacrificed
for ghatl Yes, after all that has been
said abooldt for what3 Why, TO redeem
tho legislation Of the last session--of 9
i By gors dAJ--irom the repfoach Of Aav-
ing apparHntly compromised the distribu-
ton rrinciple. We say apparently. and
We mean Ivhallve say. The aet OF the
las, session was right pyoviso snd all.
since thatIact could nothave passed with. i:
out the pncviso, for II established b Rysat l
principle 4 and tharprineiple stands upon
the satut4 book. mistaken, unmoved by
any thinghha has occurred 81 this session,
TO take sfset whenever the Executive
and Legislative branches Of the Govern
> mens shall again be 10 harmony.
Nay more. BY the vesy course ofevsnts.
including The Executive veto on the land
distribution. The principle or the existing
II Law has game so much strength thatit Is
4 happily now paced beyond the danger Of
repeal with which II was thteatened atthe
II beginning Of The late session. The bill
{ to repealihe restriction which ii contains,
and thus pus The act into imnedialence-
ration. (thoug defeated BY 'ths2 =
refusal 10 sign H. passed bo,
Congress BY greater mejoriii
+orgpal bill containing tie restrlc
H i thus proved that the principle bss gain
II cd strength and power by The trialslit has
u undergone. and may now be considered
+ AZ firmly established as the foundations Of
the Constitution itself-neyer, we trust,
TO be broken up, TIL
--tWrapt in fire the realms OF ether GLOW,
"And Heavens last thunder shakes the world
II ~ below
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