, 1879-04-29
Which He Will Bc Deprived or
II This Measure Suc-
ccoda.
In Fact. the Executive Does Not
Seem TO Coerce Worth a
Cent.
Supreme Court Decision Virtually Au-
nuillng tho Jurors'-Test Gath
Act,
Sudden Death Of Representative
Clark, OF Iowa.
THE COMING VETO
AND THE REASONS THEnKroN,
rtaaf.t flkna,ssAeA Ia sEt.A s.s4Luaa

THE COMING VETO
AND THE REASONS THEREFOR,
Suecia' DtsnascA to The 7ftSune.
WAsI1NdToN, D. t., April 29.-Tlc President
will return tlio Army Appropriation bill to tho
House ot Representatives without his signature
soon after tie meeting Of Congress tomorrow
noon. Tic veto message accompanying thc bill
Inns been carefully prepnrcd y The President,
n1,f, 1t ts rcported, fias the approval OF every
member Of the Cabinet. In opening his mes
sage tho President will announce TINT II the
Army bill ha1 continued only the 8cctons max
Ing appropriations OF money lio would probably
l,aye signed It; but this bill embraces In lis
sixth section Legislation which is very obIrctlos,-
ablc, md he then proceeds to point out the
features Of which do not meet bis approval. In
TIC first p!nce It forblls tho ,lea Of troops to
keep tho peace ut thu polls. THIS provision the
President declares
70 lie uNNEcKssANY
and uncalled for at this time. In June, 1873,
Congress- passed IN net forbillIng the usu Of
United States troops by civil officers Ut t!lu
United States as d posse con,itatus except In
case Wllcre such uae Is expressly authorized by
law. Sfuco the passago of tlat net no one pre-
tends that troops havc bcen near polls ut auy
election, or that he has any fears that soldiers
will be. nacd to Influence elections.
There ia NO purpose on tic purt
Of the Executive to make sucll use Of
troops evcn II the law OF June, 1873, docs not
cffoctuafly prohibit 1t. The prctcuse, there
fore, that there Is any occasion At the present
ttmc for legislation OF this kind
HAS NO LIQUIDATION IN FACT,
md the Presdcnt will hint very strongly TINT
It is not for tho purpose Of preventing military
interference with elections tmt the present
legislation is proposed.
The SECOND effect Of the sixtt, section Of tic
bill ts to prevent the use Of forco by civil of}-
GERS OF tho Inv to preferyc tl,e mare nr enforce
the laws OF tho United States ut the po]ls on cleo
tion-dny. THIS, in tho estimation ol the Prcsl.
dent, Is the must Objectionable feature of the
bit. The right of Congress to enact FcdornI
Election laws cannot bo tltsnutrd by anv vim
studies the Constitution Of tic United statcs in
the lIcht Of cotcmpo,aneous communt. Tint
right Includes
TIE rnorrcr1oH or TIE yorru
In hfs rlrhta md ,I,o hones, co,,ntlu- ~ N,
votes aftcr thcy hayo been caat. 'rhc ,,cccaai,v
Of such legislation must bo nf,nfttcd Nv aver,
ono who ia fami,ar witt, tlu hstorv oY cir.tio,,s
In this country, md cspecfallv in fnrre c,tfc.
tlur]ur tbs last fifteen yoora. The Eycctf.u lnwa
nre. therefore. constituttona, T1,cv nm n,so
necessary. They haya bcon nroncr1v
upactcd. Thcra Ia no ecrio,,s com.
nlnint arn,nst tho eyccrtton ~
the 1awa No laws can ho cnforccl ,vtt,,o,,t i.
anne friction. md II thr,c ucc.I IN In chonoc,1
ConUress inns the nn,vcr tn amcnh tbun That
ia put what Congress- nroposcs II, t1o In this hi
It ,cnka In f7cnrivo the Eroc,,,i,c ~ noxor n
opforce the EIrction lava. whlcl. m far nv th,a
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