The daily gazette., 1879-04-23
FOURTH EDITION
Grounds si tn, Expected Veto.


1t seems to be conceded bv the best in
f-rmed perso' in Wagh,ngton that Presi-
dent Hayes will vetothe Army Appropria-
ton bill when II is presented to him with |
its rider. We suppose that he must have
dropped remarks in conversation with In |
innate friends which points TO this con |
clus'on, and that the substance # such
remarks has been divuleed 10 q wIeer
circle. But II the President has thrown
out such iniimations lie may change hi
mind. He does not yet know precisely
in what form the Army Appropriation
bill may reach him. II may be so amend
ed as to obviite his objections. Even If
it should pass the Senate exactly as 1t
came from tue House lie may find, when
he comes to put his objections IN al
Ofiic al form, that they are weaker than
he had supposed. We cpntine our remarks
tn the first OF he two bills, and will
merely explore Tor the reasons with
which the President may support his ex-
pected veto of the Army Appropriation
| Oill. lie cannot veto any bill without
an explic / statement of his objrc ion-,
AID il he should discover when he un-
dertakes to ams his statement that the
objections are les .enable than he had
supposed he may after all withhold his
negative. We will furnish out list Of
reasons on which the President cannot
safely stand.
Ftrst-It is no suflieen' justification Of
a veto that his political party expect and
demand It. L, ,esident Hayes, to do him
.stice, has shown SO little disposition 10
y eld to party behesls that it is, perhaps,
not qni respectful to convey even dis
tant implica ion that lie needs to be de-
Tended against a surmise that lie will
withhold his Signature from a bill OH
mere party grounds.
Second lie cannot with either justice
or decor,m veto he Army Appropriat on
bill On his apprehensions OF what the
Legislative Ap ropriation bill may cOn-
tain. The fierce onset which Mr.. Gar
field and lis coadjutois male on the first
OF these bills was justiii d III the debate
on the ground that the riders on the two
ills were parts of the same SCI eme Ui
strategy, and that the Republicans were
compelled to oppose tie harmless riders
on the Army bill b-cause they were iu-
tended to help the ders on The Lerisla.
tive bill. This may be good parliament
tary logic, but the Presld ut cannot &C
crpt il as having an. application to Iii
exer, ise OF the veto p 'wer. lie is bOunt
to approve or reject every bill on its owl
1 merits. 1t would he unprecedented ant
, u,warranted for the Presid ut to vetu
bill on lis apprehensions of what som
future bills may Contain. 1t was wei
enough for Mr.. Carrie TO takr this lin
: OF argument in the debate, but 1t woul,
| q 81 pr eiI "a @
his veto Of one bill on the possible pro
= visions Of anp her bill which had not ye
come before him.
: thin d-The President cannot veto tn
Army Appropriation bill tor the mer
E. reason that other legislation In attacbe
TO it as a rider. Riders on appropriate
bills are among the commonrst inciden.
in the legislation of Congr. ~. Mr.. Gai
tield frankly admitted in his secon
speech that nnumerablef 'recedents an
long usage sanction this IN nj, Of legisla
uoh. No President ever vetoed an an
propnation bill on thi- ground, and W
do not beheve that Pr-sIdent Hayes vii
set the first example. The solld and con
elusive reason against st1 course lie
in the fact that the constitution Civ,
the two houses ex, luSiv- control OF III
forms Of Legislation, ~hich is a matt,
entilely outside the Official cogn zane,
that subjects not coRnate 70 zach 9th,
are Jumbled together ia tue same bill
no proper ground of q veto. The obi
I. tions of The President must hs found.
o, Gu some hing which tte hill contain
T. not n the fact that unrelated subjsc
are hud,iled together IN one bill
F0urth-The Presidrn cannot v, to n
Army Appropriation Till on the gr"uu
that lie thinks tho prrss1c- OF fsder
vol ierS at the polls IN necs sary. A
that ground WAS cat from unisr him
the brilliant argument of Senator Blain
. which covere with merited rid Gu
the democr 'tic fears ON this point
showing that there are no federal soldie
avai ilai!- for snch use. NJ. Blame
striking and powerful dem oiistraiion th
there ~ no possibility off hurnciug els
el tlons in the States by the pr, ~ 20
non ex,sent iederal tro' ps as "A b igl
Logic wrap"n, but a Weapon wtih IA do
4 tile rdgr. 1t not only xppsrd h- ridic
lous lily OF the Il mucrali- rIIer, b.
tie equally 'id,culuus fol' of v.tolug
+, necessary appr pria ion bill for such
lmra II, a. MIR. Bla nr ~ ON lusv
y showed, u Is the hei- : ht at 'mt,ui
mer mat ess" for thu democrats To lei
: The presence OF sol rs IA the polls wht
the " hole army Is employed in the dl
l faDt Iuilan country, II would be nothii
| | less than nj summer matines for u
Pre>iden TO We u AN app oprlation bill
t save g. Is right I do ng "a practically II
possible thing II will not be an ca
task for President Hayr- TO frame We
of The Army Appropriation hill whi
Will not be u. ab>uri "A. The action OF {
democratic Cong ess in insisting on
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