Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-06-26
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town to require of the marshal OF the
district the appointment of these
special deputy marshals. Thereup
on the duty of the marshal becomes
imperative and its nonperformance
will expose him to judicial mandate
or punishment or to removal from Of.
fee by the President, as the circum-
stances OF his conduct may require.
The bill now before me neither re-
vokes this popular right Of the citi-
zens nor relieves the marsbals of the
duty imposed by the law, nor the
President of his duty to see that this
law is faithfully executed.
GENERAL REVIEW.
| forbear to enter again upon any
general discussion ofthe wisdom and
necessity of the election laws or the
dangerous and unconstitutional prin
ciple of this bill, or the power vested
10 Congress to originate appropria
tons, involving the right to compel
the Executive to approve any legis-
lation which Congress may see fit TO
attach to such bills under penalty of
refusing them the means needed to
carry out the essential views of the
government, My views of these
subjects have been sufficiently pre- !:
sented in special messages sent by
me to the House of Representative
during their present session. What
was said in those messages | regard
as conclusive to my duty in respect
to the bill before me.
EXECUTIVE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
The arguments urged in these
communications against the repeal
of the election laws and against the
right of Congress to deprive the ex-
ecutive OF that separate and inde-
pendent discretion confers and re-
quires are equally cogent in opposi-
ton to this bill. This measure
leaves the powers and duties of the
supervisors of elections untouched
The compensation of those officers
is provided for under permenent
laws, and no liability for which an
appropriation is now required
would therefore be incurred by their
appointment, but the power of the
national Government to protect
them in the discharge of their duty
at the polls would be taken away.
The State may employ both civil
and military power at elections, but
by this bill even the civil authority
to protect Congressional elections is
denied to the United States. The
object is to prevent any adequate
control by the United States over
national elections by forbiddingthe
payment of Deputy Marsnals and
officers who are clothed with au.
thority to enforce the election law.
PROPER WAY TO REPEAL THE LAWS.
The fact that these laws are
deemed Objectionable by many of
both houses of Congress is urged as
sufficient warrant for this legisla-
ton. There are two ways always
w o'oAsuhh AoSieiotNo obaC:moute.
One is their repeal; the other is the
decision of comp etept tribunal
against their validity. The effect
of this bill is to deprive the execu
tive department of the Government
to the means to execute the laws
which are not repealed, which
have not been declared invalid, and
which it is therefore the duty of
the executive and of every other de.
parlment of the Government to
obey and enforce have, in my
former message on this subject, ex-
pressed willingness to concur in
suitable amendments for the i'm
provement of the election laws, but
| cannot consent to their absolute
and entire repeal, and l cannot APP
prove legislation which seeks to pre-.
vent their enforcement,
[Signed1 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
June %, 1879.