The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-04
THE VETO.
Message Of President Hayes Covering His
Objections t. the Riders in the
Department ApproprIa-
ticn Bill.
He Amrms the Constitutionality and
Value of Existing Election
Laws.

WASHINGTON, May 29-The fol
lowing message of the Presiden: wa
delivered to the House of Represents
tives today:
To the House of Representatives
SIRs-After mature consideration o
the bill entitled "An act making ap
preparations for the Legislative, Ex
ecutive and Judicial expenses of th'
Government for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1880, and for other pur
2oses,n l herewith return it to tn
House of Representatives, 10 which
it originated, with the following oh
jections to its disapproval:
The main purpose of the bill is t.
appropriate the money required t.
support during the next fiscal yea
the several departments of the Gov
eminent. The amount appropriated
exceeds 10 the Aggregate eighteen
millions of dollars. This money ii
needed to keep in operation the es
sential functions of all the great de
partmeuts of the Government, Legis
~lative, Executive and Judicial. i
the billd containe no other provisions
no objection to its approval would bt
made. 1t embraces, however, q mum
Der of clauses relating to subjects Of
great general interest, which are
wholly uncounected with the appro.
priations which it provides for. The
objections to the practice of lacking
general legislation to appropriation
bills, especially when the object is to
deprive q co ordinate branch of the
Government Of its right to the free
exercise of it's own discretion and
Judgment touching such general legis'
lation, were set forth in the special
message in relation to House bill No.
|, which was returned to the House
OF Representatives on the 29th OF
last month. ! regret that the obiec-
tions which were then expressed TO
this method of legislation have not
seemed to CONGRESS- of sufficient
weight to dissuade from this renewed
incorporation of general enactments
in an appropriation bill, and that my
constitutional duty in respect to gen.
eral legislation thus placed before me
cannot be discharged without SEEM
ing delay, however briefly, the neces-
sary appropriation by Congress for
the support of the Government.
Without repeating those objections,
respectfully refer to that message
for q statement of my views On the
principle maintained in the debate
by The advocates Of this bill, viz /;
That ito withhold appropriations is q
constitutional means for the redress"
of what the majority of the House Of
Representatives may regard as q
grievance"
WHAT Is OBJECTED TO.
The bill contains the following
clauses, viz;
"Ahd provided farther. that the
following sections Of the Revised
Statutes Of the United States, name
ly, SECTIONS 2,Gle. 2.0is and 1000,
and all of the succeeding sections OF
said statutes down to and including
sectien a,02i, and also section 5.322,
be and the same are hereby repealed.
y = . And that all the other
sections Of the Revised Statutes and
all laws and parts of laws authoriz-
ing the appointment Of chief super
visors Of elections, special deputy
msrshals Of elections, or general
deputy marshals having any duties
to perform in respect to any election.
aud prescribing their duties and
powers, and allowing them compen-
be aRd the same are hereby
repealed"
1t also contains clauses amending
sections 2,0lT, 2.0l9, O2s and 9.03l
Of the Revised Statutes.
The section Of the Revised Stat
utes which the bill, if approved,
repeal or amend, are part Of
an act approved May 80. 1870, and
amended January %, 1871, entitled
"An act to enforce the rights OF
Of the United States to vote
10 fhe several States OF this Union,
and for other pqrp9sss.H
All the provisions Of the above
named acti, WHICH it is proposed in
this bill to repeal or modify, relate to
Congressional elections. The re-
naming portion of the law which
will continue in force after the enact
melt of ibis measure, is that which
provides for ths sppointnept by
Judge of the Circuit Court afl
The United States Of two supervisors
Of elections in eseb election district,
1t any Congressional election, on due
application Of citizens who desire, ia
he language of the law, TO have
such elections guarded aud serutin-
The duties of supervisors will
be to attend at the polls at all Con-
zr~essional elections, and to remain
,fser tie nolls are open until every
vote eastman been counted, but they
viii have no authority to make sr-
.ests OF to perform other duties than
o be 10 tbe iETsdiate presence of
be officers holding the eleeiion aud
witness sll their proceedings, in-
thP counting CT votes and
making Q return thereof.
The part Of the ELECTION lsw WHICH
will he repealed by the approval of
bis bill includes those sections which
i've authority to supervisors Of cleo
ions "to personally scrutinize, count
md cspyass zach BALLOT and all the
eelions WHICH confer agttortly upon
United States msrshsls and deputy
nsrshsls in connection with CoI.
,ressional elections.
The epactment of this bill will also
epeal section h.5ss Of The criminal
tstuies u tbe United States, which
Vss ensc:ed for the protection Of
Jnited States ofic RS 10 the discharge
f their duties ct Congressional cleo
This serNou protects super
isors and mafsbAis iG'.ks perform
pee e their dgtes, BY making the
bstssetion % aas8altjag Of these
sny ipterfereaes sith hep
y bribery or solicitstiou, OF other
Use crimes against the United States.
I4E TssE SEAsISd AND EFFECT f,