The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-05
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NlSed statutes ihe Government would have
the right TO incur liability for their payment,
because that section authorizes contracts in
the absence Of appropriations, or in case of
deficiency in appropriations, to pay officers
for the discharge Of duties imposed upon
them by general law. The duties Of mar.
shals and their deputies were thus imposed.
The right Of the Government to incur q liabil-
ity Tor their payment followed. Now, how.
ever, he takes the ground that he can incur
no liabilities and make no contract, and that
therefore the courts are TO be deprived of the
marshals Ii is the opinion Of the Democratic
leaders that so far as special deputies for the
enforcement Of the election laws are con.
cerned the existing law prohibits their employ.
ment in the absence of appropriation for their
payment.
The opinion of the party in Congress con.
corning the effect of the Army Appropriation
bill was very decidedly given o.day by SEN
ator Eaton, who said he had been greatly de-
ceived when he voted for the bill ii il permit.
| ted the use of troops at the polls for any pur.
pose whatever. This statement was brought
out by question put to him by Senator Car.
penier, who was sitting in consultation with
Mr.. Conkling. II is also the salwart Repub.
lican opinion, for Mr.. Carpenter said he fully
concurred with Mr.. Eaton, and Mr. Conkling
nodded his head, as much as TO say that was
indeed the effect Of the bill which Mr. Gar.
| field induced the President to sign. While
the repeats sought, therefore, have not been
obtained it is the opinion Of the Democrats
that they have made very substantial gain,
for ifthe President does not aagranily violate
the law which he has signed, he cannot use
the troops for any purpose at the polls. Al.
though the elections to be held this year are
such that the President would NOT probably
f.al nalt .1 r. Il
with the army, he cannot refuse next year to
sign the measure which he has approved this
year, and thus the absence of the troops from
the polls at the coming Presidential election
is assured.
~. J.. World. The President veto Of the
Marshals' bill completes the record which the
extra session of Congress has been spent in
making. The Democrats have modified their
measures to meet all the reasonable and al
most oil of the unreasonable objections of the
President, and have shown patriotic unwil
lingness to embarrass the operations of any
department Of the Government.
II will not by any means be true that the ex.
ira session has been wasted. The extra ses
sian has served to show that the President is
prepared t. bring the whole public business to
a standstill and to ''starve the Government
rather than forego the chance to enforce the
obsolete reconstruction laws. When he took
Office he made merit of refusing TO use the
weapons which those laws put into his hands,
even II he was not party TO bargain not 10
use them. He has now, in order TO regain
the favor of the ''stalwarts" of his own party,
gone back upon both the professions aud the
actions with which he began his term, and
has prevented the repeal OF laws which were
passed to enable Grant TO do what Hayes in
1877 refused 10 do. The Democrats need
wish for no clearer presentation of the politi.
cal issue than is made by their bills and the
Presidents yetoes.
baltimore EceRiag Bulletin. While Mr..
Hayes veto of the marshals bill comes as a
matter of course after his previous exhibitions
of partisanship, and puts the finishing touch
upon the policy of Presidential dctaiion, this
hnal veto is, il anything, a stronger afirma-
ton Of the false principle asserted by impli.
cation in the previous vetoes thai the Presi.
dent is clothed with legislative powers, than
was contained in any former message. The
Presidents objections TO previous measures
of Congress have been based on the ground
that they contained too much, but his veto Of
the marshals' bill is made distinctly on the
ground that il contains, in his opinion, too
little. The bill proposed to pay shs United
States marshals and their general deputies
'Vi NhN NHohhH lfo1ut gtais ~ ulN nOl pros
pose TO pay for the services of SPECIAL DEPUTY
marshals at elections. For the omission 10
provide a fund for the benefit Of the Repnhli.
can party, Mr.. Hayes has vetoed the entire
bill. We need not go outside Of his own mes.
sage 10 convict him Of inconsistency and par.
ilsanshlp IN this last exercise OF the veto
power. IL IS perhaps OF all his messages the
weakest and most transparent. Its own Ian
gnage IS the strongest argument that could be
made against his position. Speaking Of the
United States marshals and their general
deputies, for whom the bill had made pro.
vision, he says:-''The Offices thus provided
for are essential 10 The faithful execution Of
the ldics,n and he then proceeds 10 show in
detail the importance and responsibility Of
these particular officers for whose pay during
the coming year The bill appropriated 5000.
900. And yet after having made the declara.
ton that ''the Offices thus provided for by
Congress were essential ito the faithful exc.
eution of the laws he proceeds to veto n
bill which looked to the support of these
Essential officers simply because il did not
appropriate money for officers, who to say the
least, certainly are not essential. To appre
ciate the full force and effect Of this message.
however, il must be taken in connection with
those which have preceded. IL is the con.
GLIDING one Of series Of acts which are ia.
tended to establish a new and dangerous priu.
ciple In this light the Presidents attitude
during the present session, assumes an i'm.
portance that its petty craftsmanship could not
have commanded. Its disgraeefui and inde.
cent enough to see the Executive Of the nation
sitting in the Presidential chair merely as the
creature Of party, and obeying the behests
Of party leaders, without regard to right or
justice, but when in the execution Of partisan
purposes he violates constitutional traditions
and stretches the limits OF the Executive au.
thority, he raises a constitutional question Of
the most gravity and importance. In word,
his reckless use of the veto power has put
another issue in the field, and the country is
called upon to condemn or to approve this
extension o. the Executive power. Onthis
point the New York Sun web says:
NO British sovereign has ventured to veto
a bill which has passed the two houses Of Par.
Lament since the dark days Of James II. II
other of the Georges had dared to resist The
House OF Commons in regard to money bills
as Hayes has resisted the House Of Reprcsen.
iaiises, he would have been driven from
power
baltimore Gazeits, July 2.-Mr. Hayes in
his farewell Veto Message sent 10 Congress
yesterday repeats again bis aophisiieal argu-
ments in favor Of the right to maintain in his
hands the entire machinery Of elections.
Either bis ideas are muddy or else he * pur.
posely avoiding the true issue lie makes n
long statement ofthe importance ofthe fuue.
iions OF the marshals Offices, especially n the
criminal Jurisdiction Of the Federal Cour,s.
and the wre,ched condition to which the conn.
Try would be reduced were these Offices to Be
closed up Cor q fey month";. This Is based on
the assumption that the wicked Democrats
desire to close up those Offices, which i clear.
y aliuHde--for the de faefo Executive admits
that the 5000, 900 appropriated for the reenIar
business Of the MarshaIs is ample. The onIv
point Of objection Is that the power TO make
contracts aud incur future liabilities hegond
the amount appropriated is taken away from
the United States MarshalS and all other olIi
GERS OF the Government II i, therefor.
Mr. Hayes, and not Congress, who blocks mn
the business Of the marshals' Offices. On liz
ground that Congress viii not give him ne
right 10 incur liabilities to anindeiinite amount
Tor the services Of Deputy Special United
States Marshals 10 control the elections. N
short, he Yetoes The abundant appropriations
for the nlarshala beeause he Il denied he
right 70 run up an unlimited bill for ca u,paien
funds 70 control the elections aud count ,u
the Republican candidates at al closely con.
tested points. On this issue the Democrats
n L