The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-07-08
THE VETO.
A SHORT MESSAGE FROM PRESI.
DENT HAYES.
Heiserasing the Position Taken in
Former yetocs.

| lug u the text Oh the Veto message re-
ceived from the President to-day:
To the House OF Representatives:
i return to To the House Of Repre-
sentatives, in which il originated, the
bill entitled "an act making appropria-
tions 10 pay fees of United States mar
shals and their general deputies" with
the following objections to its becom-
ing a law:
The bill appropriates the sum Of
5000, 900 for the payment during the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1880, of
United States marshals and their gen.
eral deputies. The officers thus pro-
yided for are essential to the faithful
execution OF the laws. They were Gre
ated and their powers and duties de-
lined by Congress at its first session
after the adoption of the constitution,
in the Judiciary act which was approx
ed September "a, 1883. Their general
duties, as defined in the act which or
! iginally established them, were sub
stantially the same as those prescribed
| in the statutes now in force. The
| principal provision on the subject
IN the Revised Statutes is as followe:
"SEc. 7S7. IL shall be the duty Of
the marshal Of each district 10 attend
the district and circuit courts when sit
| ting therein, aud 20 execute through
out the district all lawful precepts di-
recied To him, and issued under the
authority Of the United States; and he
shall have power to command all nee
essary assistance in the execution OF
his duty"
The original act was amended Febru-
airy 2S, 1895, aud the amendment is now
found in the Revised Statutes in the
following form:
SIC. 7SS. Marshals and their dep.
uties shall have in each State the
same powers in executing the laws OF
the United States as the sherifis and
their deputies in such State may
have by law in executing the laws
thereof"
BY subsequent statutes additional
duties have been from time to time i'm
posed upon marshals and their depu-
ties, the due and regular performance
Of which are required for the efficiency
Of almost every branch of the public
service Without these officers there
would be no means of executing war
rants, DEGREES or other processes OF the
courts, and the judicial system Of the
country would be fatally defective. -
The criminal jurisdiction OF the Unit
ed States is very extensive. Crimes
committed within the maritime juns-
diction OF the United States are all
cognizable only in the courts of the
United States. Crimes against public
justice, crimes against the operations
.f A. a.
counterfeitiug money or securities Of
Of the United States, crimes against
postal laws. ofienses against the elec-
tive franchise. against the civil rights
of citizens, against the existence OF the
Government, crimes against the inter
nal revenue laws and custom laws,
crimes against the laws OF the protec-
tion OF the Indians and the public
laDds-all Of these crimes aud many
others can be punished only under the
United States laws, laws which, taken
together, constitute body Of iuris-
prudence which is vital TO the well
fare OF the whole country, and which
can be enforced only by means OF mar
shals and deputy marshals of the Unit
ell States. In the District Of Colum-
bia all of the process OF the United
States courts Is executed 10y the officers
IN question. In short, the execution
Of the criminal laws OF the United
States, service OF all civil process in
cases in which the United States is a
party, and the execution OF the revenue
laws. netrality laws and many other
laws OF large importance, depend on
the maintenance of marshals and depu-
ties. They are i'm effect the only po-
lice Of the United States Government.
Officers with corresponding powers and
duties are found in every State in the
Union and in every country which has
jurisprudence which is worthy Of the
name. To deprive the national Gov
ernment of these officers would be as
disastrous 10 society as 10 abolish sher-
IFS, constables and police officers in
several States. IL would be a denial
10 the United States Of the right TO ex-
ecute its laws, denial of all authority
which requires the use OF civil force. -
/ The law entities these officers TO be
paid. The funds needed for the pur-
pose have been collected from the peo-
/ pie, and are now in the treasury. No
/ objection is. therefore, made 10 that
part Of the bill before me which appro-
PIRATES money for the support OF the
marshAls and deputy marshals Of the
! United States.
The bill contains, however, other
provisions which are identical in tenor
and effect with the second section Of
the bill, entitled IAN act making APP
preparations for certain judicial ex-
penses, which, on the 231 or the pres
ent month, was returned to the House
Of Representatives with my objections
TO its approval. The provisions refer
red TO are AZ follows:
CSC. 2. That the sums appropriat-
ed in this act for the persons aud pub
lie service embraced in its provisions
are in full for such persons and public
service for the fiscal year ending June
30 1850, and no department or officer
OF the Government shall, during said
fiscal year, make any contract or incur
any liability for the future payment OF
money under any OF the provisions OF
title 2G, mentioned in section - OF this
act, until an appropriation sufficient
to meet such contract, or pay such H.
ability shall have first been made by
law.
Upon reconsideration IN the House
OF Representatives Of the bill which
contained these provisions IL lacked q
constitutional majority, and therefore
failed 90 become law. In order IL
secure its enactment the same measure
IL again presented for my ap
proval, coupled in the bill before me
with appropriations for the support oI
marshals and their deputies during the
next fiscal year. The object manifest
ly IL 10 place before the executive thii
alternative: either to allow the necess
AIRY functions Of the public service t,
be crippled or suspended for want o.
appropriations required To keep then
in operation, or 10 approve Legislation
which in official communications Il
; Congress he has declared would be vi
olation Of his constitutional duty
Thus in this bill the principle is clear
ly embodied thrt 10y virtue of the pro
vision of the constitution which re
quires that ''that all bill for raisinJ
revenue should origina Q ia the Hous'
Of Representatives, a bare msjorit,
Of the House Of Representatives has
right 10 withhold the appropriation
, for the support Of the Government un
: less the executive consents 10 approx,
any legislation which may be attaches
10 appropriation bills. respectfully