The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-07-03
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Another Veto Nessage From President


turn it to the House Of Representatives,
in which it originated, the bill entitled
ian act making appropriations topay the
general deputies" with the following OBJ
lection to Its becoming law. The bill
approprlates the sum Of 5000, 900 for pay
ment during the fiscal year ending June
80, 1880, OF United States marshals and
their general deputies. The officers thus
provided for ore essential to the faithful
execution of the laws. They were Great
ed and their powers and duties defined
by Congress at its first session after the
adoption Of the constitution, in the
judiciary act, which was approved Sep
tember oath, 1889. Their general duties,
US defined in the act which originally es-
tablishcd them, were substantially the
same as those prescribed in the statutes
now in force. The
PRINCIPAL PROVISION.
on the subject in the revised statutes Is as
follows:
Section 787--It shall be the duty of
the marshal of each district to attend the
district and circuit courts when sitting
therein, and to execute throughout the
district all lawful precepts directed to
him and issued under the authority of the
United States, and he shall have power to
command all necessary assistance in the
execution of his duty.
The original act was amended February
28th, 1895, and the amendment as now
found in the revised statutes is in the fol-
lowing form
Section 78S-Marshals and their depu-
ties shall have in each State the same
power in executing the laws of the United
States as sheriffs and their deputies in
such States may have by law in executing
the laws thereof.
BY subsequent statutes additional du-
ties have been from time to time imposed
upon marshals and their deputies the due
and regular performance of which are re-
quired for the eficicnce of almost every
branch of public service. Without these
officers there would be no means of exc
cutting warrants, DEGREES or other
process of courts and the judicial
system of the country would be
FATALLY DEFECTIVE.
Criminal jurisdiction of courts of the
United States is very extensive. Crimes
committed within the maratime iuris-
diction of the United States are all cogniz-
able only in courts of the United States.
Crimes against public justice, crimes
against operations Of the government, such
as forging Or counterfeiting money or Sc
curitics Of the United States, crimes against
the postal laws, otfenses against the elect
ion franchise, against the civil rights of
citizens, against the existence of the gov
crnment; crimes against internal revenue
laws and custom laws; crimes against laws
for protection Of Indian and public lands
ALI OF these crimes and many others,
can be punished only under the United
States laws, which taken together
constitute the body IF iur,s-
prudence which is vital to the
WELFARE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY,
and which can be enforced only by means
Of marshals and deputy marshals of the
United States. In the District of Colum-
bia all Of the process Of the courts arc
executed by officers in question, in that
the execution Of the criminal laws Of the
United States, the service OF all civil
process in cases in which the United
States is party, and the execution of
the revenue laws, neutrality laws and
many other laws of large Importance de-
pend on the maintenance of marshals
and their deputies. They are in effect
the only police Of the United States gov
ernment. Officers with corresponding
powers and duties are found in evcry
State cf the Union and in every country
which has jurisprudence which is worthy
the name. To deprive the national gov
crnmcnt of these officers would bc as
disastrous to society as to abolish sheriffs,
constables and police officers in the sever
al States. 1t would be denial to the
United States of the right to execute its
laws;a a denial of all authority which re-
quires the use of civil force. The law
ENTITLED THESE OFFICIALS TO BE PAID.
The funds needed for the purpose here
iii are collected from the people and are
now in the treasury. No objection is
therefore made to that part Of the bill
before me which appropriates money for
the support Of marshals and deputy mar
shals Of the United States. TIE bill con-
tains, however, other provisions which
are identical in tenor and effect with
a section Of the bill entitled an act max
ing appropriations for current judicial
expenses which on the 23d of the present
month was reported to the House of
Representatives with my objections to its
approval. The provisions referred to are
as follows:
Section 2. That the sums appropriate
ed in this act for the persons and public
service embraced in its provisions, are in
full for such persons and public services
for the fiscal year ending June 3Oth, 1880,
and no department or officer of the gov
crnmet shall during said fiscal year, make
any contract or incur any liability for the
future payment of money under any Of
the provisions Of title twcnty-six, men,
toned in the first section of this act, until
an appropriation sufficient to meet such
contract Or pay such liability shall have
first been made by law.
Upon reconsideration in the House of
Representatives Of the bill which con-
tanned these provisions, it lacked a con-
stitutional majority, and, therefore, failed
to become law. In order to secure Its
enactment the same measure is again pre-
sented for my approval, coupled in the
bill before me with appropriations for the
support of marshals and their deputies
during the next fiscal year. The object
is nlanifestly to place before the execu-
tive this alternative, either to allow the
necessary functions of the public service
| TO BE CRIPPLED OR SUSPENDED
for want of appropriations required to