Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-07-23
4 WARNINa 10 MR. HAYEs.

Administration journals are parad-
ing statement evidently prepared AT
the department of Justice" and la
belled a., plan to keep the Federal
courts open" 1t is the fault Of the
Administration alone that the way is
not quite clear 10 this regard. Three
times in succession Congress appro-
priated an ample sum Tor all court
expenses, including Marshals' fees, and
three times Mr.. Hayes refused such
appropriations for no reason that will
stand the test of honest and intelligent
criticism. .. ~
The right OF Congress to attach any
number of "riders' to appropriation
bills, to fix not merely the amount to
be expended for each specific purpose,
but TO put any other Constitutional
limit or restriction on expenditures, is
as clear as any right possessed by any
department of the Government. This
right has been exercised by the Re-
publicans when that party held the
purse, and they have gone to far
greater lengths than the Forty-sixth
Congress attempted. The Radicals
have put new legislation, unconstitu-
tional provisions, aggressions upon
Executive authority, and all manner
of wild and reckless propositions on to
appropriation bills, and have impeach-
cd q President for vetoing some OF
them. Mr.. Hayes, as member OF
Congress, concurred in all this, and
was thoroughly committed to the line
of precedents SO conspicuously set up
by his party.
The Democracy attempted no new
legislation as orders They simply
sought to repeal partisan and danger
Gus laws, for the sole purpose of pro
noting justice and planting the Gov
ernment on the sure basis OF honest
elections. All the "riders" were
strictly "germane" TO the subject mat
ter Of the bills on which they were
placed. They fortified their position
with sound reason and plain common.
sense. Their arguments we're met by
irrelevancies, taunts, sneers and insO.
lent threats of vetoes. In no instance
did Mr.. Garfield and the men in the
House whom he led, meet, or attempt
to meet, the logical propositions with
which the Democracy justified their
course on the grounds Of necessity, ex-
pediency and fair dealing. 1t was the
same thing in the Senate. Democratic
Senators delt in calm logic. Conkling
and his associa tes replied with rant tand
roar and threats of vetoes. This is
in brief the history ofthe extra session
In the face of this record, going back
to his party's pre- cedents and his owr
acts, Mr.. Hayes vetoed again and
again, an abundant provision for the
fees of Marshals.
\ And now, all we have to say on the
subject can be put in few plain words
If Mr.. Hayes and his cabinet can find
within the scope of the Constitution
and under existing laws, means o.
paying the Marshals, well and good
But let him and Mr.. Devens be careful
how they attempt to create or stretch
law As il is their fault alone that the
money was not provided, they will be
held to the most rigid accountability
If they go beyond the Constitution
and the laws, they will be as sure Of
impeachment as the sun Is sure to risC
on the first Monday in December
Congress and the people have borne
all that they will bear from Mr.. Hayes
His high.banded, unprecedented, un
warranted, indefensible and insolent
use Of the veto power-a power which
is his only by most infamous crime
against civil liberty-has prepared
Congress and the country for sterr
dealing with him if he forces, or pre-
sents such an issue as will be at the
front If he shall trihe with the laws OIL
violate demonstration. We are content
that the de facto President shall have
the same latitude that de jure Presi-
dent would enjoy, but the utmost
scope Of that latitude must not &c
over a single bound set up for biz
guidance in the fundamental or stat.
utory laws.