The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-07-01
THE PRESIDENT
vEToEs THE MARsHALs BILL.
And Gives His Reasons-It Is Too Nearly
Like Its Predecessor-The Ap-
propriations All Right,
Restrictions Not.
The Message.

l
u Washington, June, 30-The follow
ing Is the text of the veto message re-
ceived from the president to-day:
To the House Of Representatives:
! return to the house Of representa-
tives in which 1t originated the bill en-
titled IAN act making appropriations
to pay the fees of United States mar
shals and their general deputies" with
the following objections to its becoming
a law.
The bill appropriates the sum of six
hundred Thousand dollars for the pay
ment, during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1880, of United States mar
shals and their general deputies. The
officers thus provided for are essential
to the faithful execution of the laws.
They were created and their powers
and duties defined by congress at its
first session after the adoption of the
constitution, in the judiciary act, which
wat approved September "a, 1879.
Their general duties, as defined in the
act which originally established them,
we're substantially the same as those
prescribed by the statutes now in force.
The principal provisions on the subject
in the revised statutes are as follows:
Section 1877. 1t shall be the duty Of
the marshal of each district to attend
the district and circuit courts held
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 assist
ance in the execution of his duty. The
original act was amended February 2S,
1876, and the amendment is now found
in the revised statutes in the following
form: Section 7SS. Marshals and their
deputies shall have in each state the
same powers in executing the laws Of
the United States as the sherifrs 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 i'm
posed upon the marshals and their dep
uties, the due and general performance
of which is required for the efficiency
of almost every branch of the public
service. Without these officers there
would be no means of executing the
warrants, DEGREES, or other process of
the courts, and the judicial system of
the country would be fatally defective.
The criminal Jurisdiction of the courts
of the United States is very extensive.
Crimes committed within the maritime
jurisdiction of the United States are all
cognizable only in the courts of the
United States. Grimes against public
justice, crimes against the operations Of
the government, such rs forging or
counterfeiting the money or securities
Of the United States, crimes against the
postal laws, offenses against the elect
i've franchise, against the civil rights of
citizens, against the existence of the
government, crimes against the internal
revenue laws and customs laws, crimes
against the laws for the protection of
Indians and the public lands, all of
these crimes and many others can be
punished only under United States
laws, the laws which, taken together,
constitute the body of jurisprudence
which is vital to the welfare of the
whole country, and which can be en-
forced only by means Of marshals and
deputy marshals of the United States.
In the District of Columbia all the
process OF the courts are executed by
the officers in question. In short, 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 oi
the revenue laws, neutrality laws, and
many other laws of great Importance
depend on the maintenance of the mar
shals and their deputies. They are, in
effect, the only police of the United
States government. Officers with cor
, responding powers and duties are to be
found in every state in the union and
in every country which has jurispru
dence worthy of the name. To deprive
the national government of these Off
GERS would be as disastrous to society a.
to abolish the sheriffs, constables ant
police officers in the several states. L
would be denial to the United State
of the right to execute its own laws,
denial of all authority which requires