Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-07-04
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Another Veto.

is the text of the veto message received
from the president to-day:
"To tie House IF Representatives, re-
turn TO the house representatives, in which
it originated, the bill entitled An act
making appropriations TO pay fees of
United States marshals and their depu-
ties with the following objections to its
becoming a law The bill appropriates
the sum OF 5000, 600 for payment during
The fiscal year ending June Both, 1880, of
United States malshals and their general
deputies. The officers thus provided for
are essential tC the faithful execution of
the laws. They were cicatcd and their
powers and duties defined by congress at
its first session after the adoption of the
constitution, in a judiciary act, which was
approved September "a, 1880. Their gen
eral duties, as defined in the act which orig
iialIy established them, were substantially
The same as those prescribed in the statute
now in force. The principal provisions
on the subject in the revised statute are as
follows:
Section 7S7-It shall 1c the duty of the
marshals of each district to attend the dis
trict and circuit courts when sitting there
in, and to execute throughout the district
all lawful prccepts directed to him and
issued under authority of the United States
and he shall have power TO command all
necessary assistance in the execution OF his
duty.
The original act was amended Feb. %,
1895 and an amendment is now found in
the revised statutes in the following form
Section 7S8-Marshals and their depu-
ties shall have in each state the same
powers in executing the laws of the United
States as shcrifs 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 imposed
upon marshals and their deputies the due
and regular performance of which are re-
quisiie 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 in
effective. The criminal jurisdiction of
the courts of the United States is very eX-
tcnsivc. Crimes committed within the
maritime jurisdiction of the United States
are all cognizablc only in courts of the
United States. Crimes against public jus
ticc; crimes against onerations of govern
meDt, such as forging or countcrieiting
money or securities Of the United States;
crimes against postal laws; oficnses against
the elective franchise, against the civil
rights of citizens; against the existence Of
the government: crimes against internal
revenue laws and customs laws; crimes
against laws for protection of Indians and
public land; all of these crimes and many
others can he punished only unde. L. s.
laws-laws which taken together consti-
tute the body of the jurisprudence which
is vital to the welfare of the whole cO,ln-
try, and which can be enforced only by
means of marshals and deputy marshals of
the United States. In the District Of Co
lulnbia, all of the process OF the courts is
executed by the officers in question. In
short, the execution of the criminal laws
of the United States, in service of all civil
process in cases in which the United
States is n party, and the execution of the
revenue laws, neutrality laws and many
other laws of large importance, depend on
the maintenance Of marshals and their de-
?utics. They are in effect the only police
of the L. s. government. Officers with
corresponding powers and duties are
found in every state of the union, and in
every country which has jurisprudence
which is wor,hy the name.
To deprive the national government of
these officers would be rs disastrous tosoci-
ETY. us to abolish sherlls, consiables and
police officers in the several states. 1t
would be a denial to the United States of
the right TO execute its laws and Il denial
of all authority which requires The use of
civil force.
The law entities hese officers to 1e paid
and the funds needed for the purpose have
been collected from The people and are
now in the treasury. No objection is
therefore made to that part of the bill be-
fore me which appropriates money for the
support of marshals and deputy marshals
of the United States.
The bill contains, however, other provis-
ions which are identical in tenor and effect
with the second section of the bill entitled
"An act making appropriations for GER
tain judicial expenses" which on the 23d
of the present month was returned to the
house of representatives with my ohjec-
tons to its approval. The provisions re-
ferred to are as follows:
Section 2. That sums appropriated in
this act for persons and public service EN-
braced in its provisions are in full for such
persons and public service for the fiscal