Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-05
News by Telegraph FROA ALL QUARTERS. DEMOCRATIC RIDERS Find No Favor with Pres;-
 dent Hayes. THE DEFICIENCY BILL VETOED. An Appropriation for New Haven
 HarbOr.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL VETOED,
TYPHOID FEVER IN PANAMA.
its Fatal Ravages Confined to
 Foreigners.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Veto of the Deficiency Bill. WASHINGTON, May 4.-The President to day sent the following message to the House of Representatives, vetoing the Deficiency bill: !: | To the House of Representatives
 l After mature consideration of the bill enti - tied s'An act making appropriations to supply certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, and for other purposes, return it to the House of Repre- sentatives, in which it originated. with my objection to it's passage. The bill appro- priates $S, 900, ,OO0, of which over $500, ,O0O is for the payment of the fees of United States marshals, and of the general and spe- cial deputy marshals earned during the our rent fiscal year and their current expenses. The appropriations made in the bill are needed to carry on the operations of the Government, and to fulfill it's obligations for the payment of money long since due to its officers for services and expenses essential to the execu- ton of their duties under the laws of the United States. The necessities for these ap- propriations is so urgent, and they have been already so long delayed, that if the bill before me contained no permanent or general lsgis lation unconnected with these appropriations it would receive my prompt approval. It contains, however, provisions which mate rially change and by implication repeal inn portant parts of the laws for the regulation of the United States elections. These laws have for several years past been the subject of ve- hement political controversy and have been denounced as unnecessary, oppressive and un- constitutional. On the other hand 1t has been maintained with equal zeal and earnestness that the election laws are indispensable to fair and lawful elections, and are clearly warranted by the Constitution.
 Under these circumstances to attempt, in an appropriation bill, the modification or repeal of these laws is to annex 8 condition to the cS lad ep1 which tends to deprive the Executive of that equal and independent exercise of discretion and judgment which the Constitution con- templates The objection to the bill, there fore, to which I respectfully ask your atten- tion is that it gives marked and deliberate sanction attended by no circumstances of pressing necessity to the questionable and as I am clearly of opinion, the dangerous praol tice of tacking upon appropriation bills gen. eral and permanent legislation. This prao- tice opens 8 wide door to nasty, inconsiderate and sinister legislation. It invites attacks upon the independence and constitutional powers of the Executive by providing an easy and effective way of constraining executive discretion. Although of late this practice has been resorted to by all political parties when clothed with power, it did net prevail until forty years after the adoption of the Constitu- tion, and it is confidently believed that it is condemned by the enlightened judgment of the country. The States which have adopted new Constitutions during ths last quarter of century have generally provided remedies for the evil. Many of them have enacted that no law shall contain more than one subject, which shall be plainly expressed in it's title. The Constitutions of more than half the States contain substantially this provision or some other of like intent and meaning. The public welfare will be promoted in many ways by return to the early practice of the government and to the true rule of legislation, which is that every measure should stand upon it's own merits.
 am firmly convinced that appropriation bills ought not to contain any legislation not relevant to the application or expenditure of the money thereby appropriated, and that by 8 strict adherence to this principle an impor- tant and much needed reform will be accom- piished. Placing my objection to the bill on this feature of its provisions, Iforbsar any com ment upon the important general and perma- nent legislation which it contains as matter for specific and independent consideration.
 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.