Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-08

pairs was arranged with one Senator IN
opposition thereto and pairs were announc-
ed az follows: Cameron of Pennsylvania,
ard Arm, trong, in favor of the bill with
Edmunds opposed Cameron of Wisconsin
and Booth in favor of the bill with Burn
side opposed; 0glesby and Ransom in
favor. with Anthony opposed. Christiancy
AID Sharon were absent
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Nkw YORK. March I-Of the silver bill
and Its passage. the Herald says Nobody
put 50 deprecatOly an estimate on President
Hayes's influence as tn predict or conjecture
so oyeru helming defeat Of his veto as that
which it encountered. Both the contemp-
tuous haste and surprising mai0rities with
which the bill was repassed mnst be NOR
tliylng to the President An able President
In friendly relations with Congress could
have checked the silver lunaey in its earlier
stages. and have prevented its outgrowing
the power Of his veto 1t is a singular
phenomenon for bill to be stronger alter
veto than it WAS before. With the great
advantage OF being on the right side of the
question, the President has been fJiled
and mortified beyond the expectation of
those who knew how feeble his Influence
hou bSIuhc. luO UNI uttItIeS our luLtu-
ton to pay the national debt and interest
on it in silver dollars worth but 90 cents.
The harm it will do the country in this re-
spect consists in the loss of our credit a
stain upon our good name as nation,-a
national disgrace and a. good name is
beyond price, for nations as well as for
men, this We hold to be the greatest injury
1t will do the country.
Tho Ttrna., ha DrraiJ,,t -.
Gated his consistency and his integrity, if
not his courage, in the veto of the silver
bill. He has taken the only course that
could save him from the responsibility and
disgrace Of participating. even implicitly in
the bad faith which this measure involves
Ii his convictions as q financicr were as
clear and positive as his moral convictions,
bis message would have been stronger and
more effective. The impression it il most
likely to make now is that it was prepared
reluctantly, with a faint heart and An un-
pleasant consciousness of the fate that
awaited it in Congress.
The Tribune says the Presidents veto is
brief but strong and manly message. The
shock, the dlshonor abroad, tine disgust at
home, the ineyitable revulsiOn. We will have
ample time to speak of hereafter 1t is the
Presidents own iault that his message,
clear and straightforward as it was, count
ed less with Congress than newspaper
editorial 1t is the first time in the whole
history OF the country that veto by the
President of the United States has not
only been absolutely impotent, but has
actually increased the strength of the
measure it forbade. For the first time the
United States has President who is thus
shown to be pOwerless. not only with his
own party which he has displeassd but
with the opposition party whose good will
he has not been able to win.
The World says the veto message de-
msnds the praise due to an able and con-
scientious performance of public duty.
President Hayes gives his objections to the
silver bill clearly and tersely. and there is
less effort after effect and more straightfor-
ward strength in his message than in any
previous document that he has written.
The Sun says the message contains no
new views.