New-York tribune., 1879-03-03

the certain effect of it upon their party as well
as upon the country.
TETOING tPPROPBIAfION Ellis.
II is announced that the President does not
think it iudcious to veto the bill reducing
the revenue Of the Government believing
that it is proper tor the House to deter
mine what revenues are required. urde'
ordinary circumstances, undoubtedly th'N
point Of view would be correct. But the
President should consider, and viii probably
find special occasion 10 consider before III"
session closes. that the circumstances now
prc,cptrd are extraordinary. Congress has
deliberately increased the expenditures while
cutuug down the revenue. The pas
sage OF the bill to pay arrears oi
pcn>ions. and other measures which have
already been placed before the Plc,i-
dent for consideration, involve a large in
crease in the expenditure OF the Government
., coupaf,d with the appropriations Tor the
last year, on the estimates upon Which
the Secretary OF the Treasury recently
rcpoltcd that a deficiency would ap-
pear Having made such appropriations
or directed such expenditures, 1t WAS
the clear duty Of the House to make
adequate provision in revenue for payment oi
,I,. ,yrcnIi.lre, ordered. The President ha,
o. cl..I riobt to assume that u failure to do
this has resulted from neglect or msapprc-
L.,.-;o, am tbp mart of the House, and the
..,,.. ,,o,,,., IT. i obyiol,. that legislation In
a., o,t,,o,Iirarv haste and confusion which
..,..nd IN. cIo,tng dl,s of the session
h.. Lecn exceedingly ill-cou-dcI,d and in
correct For example. the passae" of the bill
restricting the payment OF interest of called
bonds TO thirty days although the same
House had previously passed another bill plo-
yi6pa for the payment Of interest on called
bond, for ninety days was evidence that the
House was acting without intelligent con-
,ideratlon or caro-
Under such circumstances it is certainly the
duty Of the President to consider whether tins
hasty and buuderlng legislation Is calculated
to impair the public credit. In recent state
mcut the Secretary of the Treasury reported
the amount Of coin on hand, observing that 1t
was not yet clear whether the whole OF TINS
reserve was applicable to resumption purposes
only, whether any part ol 1t was liable 10
be treated a. money III the treasury hot
otherwise appropriately anu jHrr'IoIe' Su'Je''
to the random appropriations H""'I'o In'u''
or now likely to ue ldUc' vi couIS" 1t i
possible for the Administration Oy S''lct an"
honorable construction oI '"c "'' p'"''" '"'"E
for resumption 10 ue"' 'i'' i''''' 'u',' 90
bcV0hu inc Ie"'H VI "i"''"'t "''''''
bills ana so % alU" '"' "'i''''" "'''
should aIiSe-to i"H upon INC o'ye'' 'o'
which these Oihs were Ih''H"'" " li''i
But il would be wiser, we o'l'Ne' Ioi lh'
President to throw the responsibility piaiuIE
and directly upon Congress- ana to seud
back these Appropriation DIS Wi'AOu'
approval on the Eiouhd ulS''hc'y eA-
pressed that taey Involve o'PI'lI'n o' 'He
fund which 1t is the duIy "i ihe government
20 hold sacred for the protection "i H. cT'du'
and that If the bills IL question are not so III
tended, then they have been passed IN such
haste and with such mlSappIehcnSion rs to
require a deliberate revision by Congress
There is a better reason TOR diNapproval OF
these measures III the fact that leading men
Of both parties now regard an extra session
rs inevitable. II an extra session Is to be held
at all. 1t is quite as well that the bad
legislation and blunderins legislation Of
the closing week of this Congress saould
bc held subject TO revision by members newly
chosen 10y the people 40 prejudice OF the
public interests can result from hoidlns over
one OF more Oh tHc aIpIoPll"'IoH pi''> Oh 'I'