The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-10
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I.nrpears thqt after the Legislature
Ind adjourned. Ills Acci'!ttcy. Cover
,or Jacob, was quite lrVish u his We
toes Every "fFt"priHl'"" ~ the Leg.
islarurr--madr At tic INSTANCE Of the
rich nnd powerful portions OF the
State. TO aid the labor Of the less pow
rrlll aud more unfortunate sections
hos been inhibited by Governor Jacob.
We do nat envy the Governor in his
newly found zeal for retreuchmoRt and
'eiorm, any more than sc pity him Tor
his wan, OF cupn:;,y to sdjus, the a!iuirS
Of Il State. sa rs TO shield tie unforiu.
nae from tho terrible bar,hens Of taxa.
,ion. But to prohibit. by his veto. an
Offering which could be accepted With.
ou. humiliation. voluntary Offering to
build up tho waste plAces Of the State
made waste by war--is m arbitrary
exercise Of tho veto power which the
good sense Of the people Of the Safe will
universally condemn.
What will the intelligent people Of
UpFhur "a county which gave Mr.. ia.
cob 100 majotity) think Of bis vetoiug
q bill to MD them to replace the ont.
RACES Of the COIN mon dccencies Of war
the building Of the Middle Fo:k
bridge? Thomas ]. FarnswOrih pro.
cured m appropriation ofSl 900 TO uid
the counties Of Upshur aud Randolph
IN rebuilding this bridge; but the Gov.
ernor vetoed the bill and with tho same
pen approved I'LL for land damages
for the construction of nm ordinary
county road. in Marshall county. The
reason for the veto, therefore, could
not be that i. was in the interest Of
economy.
The Governor vetoed Wooddell's
bill for n road from Huutcrsville 10
White Sui hur SprinGs-iu behalf Of
the condition Of the Treasury, We pre-.
sumo; and yet he approved Of other
bills far more cxlruvagant, and less
ILeri,orious He vetoed Drpue's bill
for roud from Charleston to Elizabeth.
and approval of an cxtravagnnt appro.
priatiou for the endowment Of the in.
stiiu,iOn for the deaf. dumb and blind.
in his rwn county Of Hampshire. lie
vetoed the amendment to the charter Of
the city Of Huntington, and approved
Of the amendment to the charter OF the
city Of Wheeling which, was confessed
unconstitutional. lie failc'l to approve
triaing appropriation If $500 for the
Normal School ut Concord. in Mercer
county; hu, did approve Of IN appro-
priali"u Of $4,000 for construction ut
the Peni'eniisry-iho most of which
could have been dispensed with for tho
present, or avoided by the use Of couvic.
labor,
These arc stupendous "eccentrici-
ties" which need explanation. The
mandate Of tho Constitution is sulsi :.
cicn,ly answered, il the veto shall be
made to upply to.uuconstita,ional lsgis.
lat;"u: or where the two Houses Of the
Legislature have passed an net without
due delibera'ion The people reserve 10
themselves and their representatives the
pow:r Of debating the policy Of the
State; aud in such cases. neither ask
nor expect veto.
We have always been an advocate Of
the veto power. when properly de6ucd
and faithfully executed We have gone
SO far as to pronounce ,hs veto power
the only safeguard of'lle people ugains,
usurpation ind venuli,y; but reccn,
events have shakeu our faith in its yir.
tue uures,raiscd 1t ceases TO be cou.
scivaiivc aud beneficial when exercised
by IN Executive who does not possess
M hon ST aud intelligent order oil
craftsmanship
The Governor is not eligible to re.
election. aud we need not shed tears
over his errors lie will not.in the fu-
ture. be able to reward his friends or
purish his enemies; aud therefore we
need nut ulOp, Joseph's speech to pllar.
oah's butler. and say. show kindness
| pray thee. 10 me. whcn it sLall "
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