The Osceola times., 1881-04-16
President Hayes Ten vetoes.

The veto message recently sent to the
House Of Representatives is the tenth
one during the term of President
llayes. The first bill vetoed by him
was the famous measure entitled, "An
act to authorize the coinage of the STAN
dard silver dollar, and torestoreits legal.
tender character" commonly known as
the "Daddy-Dolar" bill. This was vetoed
by President Hayes on February %,
1873, but was Immediately passed over
the veto by both houses and became a
law, the vote in the House of Representa-
tives standing 1876 TO 7S, and in the Senate
46 to 10.
The second veto was sent TO the
House of Representatives on March g,
1873. The Objectionable measure was a
bill providing for holding a special term
in Mississippi for the trial of persons
charged with depredat'ng upon public
timber lands. 1t was purely local
measure, and the veto was sustained.
The third measure vetoed was the
"Act to restrict the immigration of
Chinese to the United States" to which
President Hayes refused his assent on
March |, 1879. This bill had originally
passed the House of Representatives by
vote of l55 yeas to ~ nays, or consider
ably more than a two-thirds. When the
veto message was taken up by that body,
however, only 109 votes were mustered
in the affirmative and 95 in the negative,
80 the veto was sustained.
The fourth veto was directed, on April
%, 1879, against the Army Appropriation
bill, because of the sixth section of that
measure, which prohibited the use of
United States troops at the polls. This
veto was sustained-the veto in the
House standing l20 to ll0-and Congress
passed the Army bill without the object
ionable feature.
The fifth veto followed quickly on the
heels of the fourth, on May II, 1879, and
was aimed at the so.called Military In
reference bill, which joint Democratic
caucus had eoncocted for the express
purpose of meeting the objections of the
President to the sixth section of the
vetoed Army bill This veto, also, was
sustained, the vote in the House of Rep
resentatives standing l27 to 81.
The sixth veto was sent to the House
on June %, 1879, and was aimed at the
Judicial Expenses bill, because of the re-
strictions imposed by that measure up
no the appointment and payment of
deputy and special marshals at the elec-
tions. This veto was sustained in the
House, the vote standing lO4 to rs.
The seventh veto was sent in on June
80, 1879, and was directed against the
Special Marshals Appropriation bill
which had been passed covering the
same grounds that had caused the veto
of the Judicial Expenses bill one week
previous. This veto was also sustained
by the House, the veto standing So to GO.
The eighth veto was sent in on May 4,
1880, and was aimed at the Special De-
fciency Appropriation bill because of
"rider" which provided that the special
deputy marshals for service at the polls
should belong to opposite political par
ties, and that they should be appointed
by the Circuit Court Of the United States
for the district in which such marshals
were to perform their duties; but should
there be no session of the Circuit Court
then the District Judges were authorized
TO convene their Courts for that purpose
The President waived the merits of the
rider" and vetoed the bill simply on
the abstract objection to placing riders"
on Appropriation bills. No attempt was
made to pass the bill over the vote, the
Presidents Message being permitted to
lie upon the table until the close of the
session.
The ninth veto was sent in on June Is,
1880, and defeated bill passed subse-
quently to the preceding veto regulating
the appointment of Special Deputy Mar.
shals at elections. This veto was sent
to the Senate, and when Congress ad-
journed sine die on June l6, it had not
even been read, but remained on the
table of the Senate, thereby defeating
the bill.