The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-07
Sound Again.

When the President was told tonight
that his veto would cost the republican
party their control Of the Pacific states,
he is reported 10 have said that he had
not given party considerations thought
while examining the bill, aad that If any
party would reap any advantage from
the executive approval or disapproval OF
the bill which involves American princi-
Piles that have been in vogue for one
hundred years, it would be the party, in
the long run, which stood on true Amer
lean ground. The veto is understood to
be the Presidents own composition, and
when he read it to the cabinet it was
sustained by all but two mem bers
David Davis is reported "a being de-
lighted with the Presidents stand, as
saying that the President will be the
gamer. Some attempt will be made
to rush new bill through. but it is too
late in the session, and Political consid-
erations are such that i. is regarded as
highly improbable that another bill can
be passed.
New York, additionally, the Times
says: In his veto the President makes
use Of what may be termed novel infor-
nation. Arguments against the bill
while it was pending in Congress were
chiefly addressed to the merits of the
case. Most of thoEe who opposed the
measure eontented themselves with dis
10 it, the doctrine Of human rights and
the general proposition that this is free
country. The President, as the head of
The executive department Of the national
government, may fairly be presumed to
possess Information concerning the nego-
tiation Of treaties which may not be &C.
cessible to Congress. In this case it will
be found that tbs President studiously
avoids WhRt::may be ealled sentimental
Argument, and that his objections TO the
bill are almost wholly based
upon technical grounds, and
that these objections are drawn
from his knowledge of the character of
the debates with which the negotiation
of the treaty Was attended. There will
naturally b. great wrath aud indigna-
ton in the Pacific states when the presi-
dents veto reaches that coast. 1t is not
uni ky that soma the more turbulent
spirits will eeiZ. occasion, while popular
fnolino 'uns hIA :" incite tC open Yio-
In the 9em1cr-iIc party which has
alre. y Il, u th3 crett Of having
pissed th4 b +, will bs swift to load the
rey n standardization with re-
pr md i; is probable that the i'm
81 ->.~.- and temporary effect Of the
vi ~ "a - prevent return Of re-
publ. .-.stofs and representatives
:. :ifc states for, some time to
nm. -. ..e are persuade / that when
. 1T bitterness of disappointment has
ia 81 I'D less radical means for over
c IN the Chinese evil are employed,
the presidential ftmness and wisdom will
be recognized.
W0r[d'S editorial: The message in
v.Ich the President has expressed his
Yhjactions to the bill suspending Chinese
immigration for twenty years l., for the
most part, we'll reasoned and we'll writ
ten from the point of view which its
author has seen fl to adopt. All de-
ponds, however, as the provsrb tells US,
upon the point Of view, and it is al once
singular and painful that the first rehee-
ton of the readers Of the message, both
in and out Of Congress, will be that Gen.
Grant, who represents himself only, has
been more potent with the President than
Senator Jones, who represents the Paci-
fc Cost. 1t is sufficiently we'll kno En
that ever since he returned from the east
General Grant cherished, with much
fJndness the project of enlsrging our
commercial relations with the east. 1t
has also been extensively said AID be-
lieved, that our minister to China was
appointed because he believed in Grants
Oriental b ., m. and because Grant had
chosen him 10 Dr,ng that project from the
realm of drenus to mat Of custom house
statistics. 70 .nR c,u.d scarcely have
had worse credentials for entering upon
his mission than the Presidents signature
to the Chinese bill He could scarcely
have q better credential than the Pres
ident's veto. 1t is quite possible Graz
believes thai before the next session the
sight Of the vast commercial curr 5nts
setting unlimited quantities of tea AMI
lacquer eastward, and of the petroleum
and wooden ware westward across the
Pacific, may soften the hearts of the
most obdLrste Californian congress
man, aud that the murmur Of the
hoodlum may be lost In the
plaudits of solid men Of San Francisco.
If we take this view OF the message we
shall be at no loss to understand at whose
instance the eloquent passage about the
trade of the east being the key of the
commercial empire Of the world. To
that effect it was introduced and we
shall also be able to appreciate the large
AID liberal administration of what the
vulgar call "tafy," to the people Of San
Francisco in particular, and Of the
Pscifc Slope in general. These thin e
will, in this view, be taken to mean that
Grant is to BE allowed reasonable
time, not in the meaning Of the Chinese
treaty as interpreted by Congress, to as
certain whether the Oriental boom can be
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