The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-30
To-Dav's Dispatches.
THE PRETENDER

He insists on the Eaintainance of the
Ballot Box Suffers ana tissues his 5th
Veto
WASHINGTON, June 30.-The following
is the text of the veto message receIved
from the president to-day
To the House OF ReDresento t,,es.T
return to the house of representatives in
which 1t originated, the bill entitled. "An
act making appropriations to nav the taas
OF United States marshals and their gener-
al deputies, with the following objections TO
Its becoming law: The bill appropriates
the sum OF six hundred thousand dollars
Tor the payment, during the fiscal year
ending June 30th 1880, of the United
States marshals and their general deputies.
The officers thus provided for are essen
| tlal to the faithful execution of the laws:
they were created and their powers and
duties defined by congress at its first ses-
sion alter the adoption of the consti-
tuition, IN the Judiciary act which was
approved September "a, 1899, Their
general duties as defined in the act which
Originally established them, were substan-
tally 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 1877. 1T shall be the duty of
leach district TO attend the district and
circuit courts when sitting therein and to
lexecute throughout the district all lawful
lpreeepts directed to him and issued
under the authority of the United States,
and he shall have power to command all
necessary assistance iD the execution OF
his duty. The original act was amended
Feb 2Sth, 1895, and the amendment is
uow found in the revised statutes In the
following form:
| SECTION 7SS. Marshals and their dep.
luties shall have in each state the same
powers In executing the laws of the u. s.
as sheritfs and their deputies in such state
may have, by law, in executing the laws
thereof. By subsequent statutes an addi-
ition to the duties have been from time to
time imposed upon marshals and theil
deputies, the due aud regular performance
of which, are required for the efficiency d
almost every branch OF public service
Without these officers there would be M
means of executing warrants, DEGREES ol
the other process of courts, and the judicia
Isystem OF the country would be fatally
defective. The criminal Jurisdiction O.
the courts of the United States il
livery extensive. Crimes committed
, within the maritime jurisdiction
, of the u. 5. are all cognizable only in the
Icourts of the L. S. Grimes against public
Justice, crimes against expressions of tn
government, such as forging or counter
feiting the money or securities of the U
, is, crimes against the postal laws, offence
, against the election franchise, against civi
Irights of citizens, against the existence 0
the government, crime against the inrerna
revenue laws, customs laws, crimes agains
laws for the protection of Indians an
.Ipubic lands are of these crimes, and man
= Iothers can be punished only under the I
= Is. laws; laws which taken together con
t. stitute the body of Jurisprudence which
vital to the welfare OF the whole country
aud which can be enforced only by mean
I. of marshals and deputy marshals of th
u. s., and in the District of Columbia A
of the process of the courts is executed
I've officials in question: in short the eXecu
to tionsof the criminal laws Of the Unite
States service, OF all civil process in case
in which the United States is a party, an
the execution Of the reunion laws, neutra
Iity laws, and many other laws of large IN
Sportance, depend on the malntainanC
of marshals and their deputies, They a.
, lin effect only the police Of the Unite
States government. Officers with CORE
lponding powers and duties are found
every state of the union, and in every cou
try which has Jurisprudence which is wo
~ thy of the name. To deprive the nation
- government of these officers would be
disastrous to society as to abolish sheriff
constabIes and police officers in the sever
ne: states. 1t would be denial to the Uni
ed States of the right to execute its Law
and a denial of all authorl
ed. which REQUIRES the use of ci
pie ,rce. The law entities the
. officers to be paid the funds needed for t
r purpose which have been collected frc
~S the people and are now IN the treasur
No objection is therefore made to th
mart of the bill before me which appl
priates money for the support OF marsh
- and deputy marshals of the United Stat
L THE bill contains however, other prov
ions which are Identical 10 tenor aud enc
with the second section OF the bill entltl'
AN act making appropriations
IS, certain judicial expenses. which, on
23d of the present month, was return
,or to the house of representatives with
obiections to its approval. The proVI6lt
referred to are as follows:
rea SEcTIoN2 That sums approprla
iner the in this act for persons and public seryl
embraced in its provisions, are 10 tull
- such persons and public service tor
fiscal year ending June 30th 1880, and
DC department or officer of the governm'
ND shall, during said fiscal year, make
~ contract or incur any liability tor tut
payment of money, under any OF the ?
visions of title 26 mentioned in the sect
A% of this act until appropriation suflci
NJ to meet such contract or pay such llaol
y shall have first been made by law.
Upon reconsideration in the house
representatives of the bill which oontai
these provisions it lacked a constitute
rcu majority and therefore failed to beoonl
',cbi law In order to secure its enactment
). same measure is again presented Tor
loose approval. coupled in the bill before
give Give with appropriations for the support
n and marshals and their deputies, during.
tend. e nd next fiscal year The object manifest
~ ''' to place before the executive this alte
- tive either to allow the neees'
, functions of public service to
T crippled or suspended for want OF the
preparations required to keep then
operation, or TO approve the Pglsia
which 10 official communications to
gress he has declared would be viola
Of his constitutional duty. Thus ID
L;lI ~. n,inc;nIe Is CLEARLY embodied