Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-12-14

those Of cotton, iron and steel and substau.
tlal reduction of the duties upon those ar.
ticIcs and uponsugar, molasscS, silk, wool and
wooden goods.
II a general revision OF the tariff shall be
found 10 be iupractcablc at this session, cX-
press the hope that at least some Ui the more
conspicuous iniquitics II the present law may
be corrected before your final adjournment.
One Of them is specially referred to by the
secretary. In view Of a recent decision OF the
supreme court, the necessity OF amending the
law by which the duties and standard Of color
is adopted as the test Of the saCcharine
strength Of sugars Is too Obvious to require
comment.
War Department..
From the report of the secretary Of war, ii
appears that the only outbreak Of Indians dur
ing the past year occurred in Arizona and the
southwestern part Of New Mexico. These
were promptly qucllcd, and the quiet which
has prevailed in all other parts Of the cuun-
try has permitted such an addition 90 hc made
TO the military force in the region endangered
by the ApHchus, that there is little reason 10
apprchcud trouble in the future Those parts
OF the secretary's reports which relate tn our
sea coast defenses and their armament sug-
gest the gravest questions. Our existing for
tifcations are VIGOROUSLY inadequate to The
hNiN4'bV VI bhC Sltdb HulDDIh uuu tlbltk lot
whose protection they were built. The Qucs-
ton of providing an armament suited to our
present necessities has been the subject Of
consideration by board whose report was
transmitted 10 congress at the last session.
Pending the consideration Of that report, the
war department has taken no steps for the
manufacture Of any heavy cannon but the Sec
retary expresses the hope that authority and
means to begin that important work will be
soon provided. invite the attention Of con
grcss to the propricty Of making more ade-
QuGtc provisions for
AIMING AND EQUIPPING
the militia than is afforded by the act Of 1906,
which Is StiilupOn the statute book. The mat
ter Ia, already been the subject of discussion
in the senate, and bill which seeks to supply
the deficiencies OF existing laws is now upon
It's calendar,
The secretary Of war calls attention to the
fact Of an embarrassment growing out OF the
recent act of congress, making the retirement
Of army officers compulsory at the age OF Gi.
The act Of iSiS is sim In force, which limits To
400 the number Of those who can be retired for
disability or upon their own application.
The two acts when construed together seem
to forbid the relieving even Tor absolute inca
paCity Of officers who dO not fail under the
puryirw of the latter statute save at such
times rs there chance TO he less than lO)
names Oh the retired list There are now i2l.
II is no. likely that congress intended this
result aud concur with the secretary that
the law ought to he amended,
The grounds that imprllCd me to withhold
my signature from the bill entitled "An act
making appropriations for the construction,
repair and preservation Of certain works on
RIVERS AND HARBORs,"
which became law near the close of your
last session, prompt me TO express the hope
that no similar measure will he deemed ncCCs-
sary during ylr present session Of congress.
Indeed, such a mcasUrt would now be open to
q serious objection, IN addition TO that which
was urged upon your attention by the secrc-
tary OF war, that the greater portion Of the
sum appropriated for the various items,
specified In that act, remains uneXpended. OF
the new works which II authorized, expenses
have been incurred upon two only, for which
the total appropriation was $2lO,OD). The
present available balance is disclosed by the
table;
Amount of appropriation by act -
August, loN!............ zee Slo,I3S,Sf5
Amount OF appropriation ny act
OF June II, lsS9...,........... 100000
Amount of appropriation iorpay-
ments to }. B. Eads.......... $4,000
balance Of formcrl
appropriations. ions.,,.,........,. 4,73s,9O3
Total',.,...,.................. s9S,i0l,l 1873
Less amount drawn from trcasu-
ry between July I, 1852, and
November 30, lsS?...,...".. G,Oj619l
Total.......................... $lI73L9A
II lsHHplrrut With thi, exhibit that so far
~ cuurri#s most Of TIE items, 10 which the
net ui Angus; % is! relates, there can he no
lc'i ol further appropriations until after the
close ui the pre- CIt session. II, however, an
iciiOn should seem 10 he necessary, in reS
,pect TO particular objects, it will be entirely
feasible to provide for those objects by appro-
pirate legislation. 1t is probable, for exam
pie, that delay until the assembling Of the
leNt congress to make additional provision
.or the Mississippi
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS
night be attended with serious consequences.
II such should appear to be the case Just bill
elating to that subject would command my
approval
This leads me to offer suggestion which l
rust will commend itself TO the wisdom OF
congress. Is II not advisable that grants of
considerable sums of money for diverse and in
dependent schemes Of internal improvement
hould be made the subject of separate and
iistinCt legislative enactmentsi 1t will
carccly be gainsaid even by those who favor
he most liberal expenditures for such pur-
noses as are sought to be accomplished by
What is commonly called the river and harbor
,ill, that the practice OF grouping in such bill
for great diversity of objects
widely separated, either in their nature in the
ocality which they are concerned or in both,
one which is much to be deprecated Unless |
7 is irredecmahle IL inevitably tends to secure |
he success Of the bill as awhOle, though many |
n the items, If separately considered, could |
pnrppIy fail pf rninpiipn In thn aIOptipp NJ i
he course have recommended every mcm-
yer oil congress, whenever opportunity should |
rise for giving his influence and vote for mer |
tOrious appropriations, would be enabled so
o do without being called upon to sanction |
thors undeserving of his approval. So also |
you'd the executive be afforded thereby full |
pportunity to exercise his constitutional pre-
ogatiye OF opposing whatever appropriations
cemed to him Objectionable, without imperill-
nlg the success Of Others which commended
themselves to his judgment. 1t may be urged
y opposition to these suggestions that the
lcmbers of works
OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT
'hich are justly entitled to government aid,
so great as to render impractcable separate
preparation bills or even for such compara-
vely limited number as to make the DISPOSE
on OF large sums Of money. This objection
lay be well founded, and whether it be or not,
~ NHlCu NOulu ut llhclY u CuSuC
'om the adoption of the course have recon-
lended, may perhaps be more effectually at
lined by another, which / respectfully sub
ut 10 congress as an alternative proposition.
IL is provided by the constitution of four
ZEN OF our states, that the executive may
isapprove any item or items Of bill appro-
rating money, whereupon the part OF bill
Dproyed shall be a law, and the part disap-
roved shall fail TO become law unless re-
lssed according to the provisions prescribed
n the passage OF bills over the veto Of the
iecutive. The states wherein some such
-ovislon as the foregoing is part of the
fundamental law, are Alabama, California,
olorado Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mis-
'url, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Penn
lvania, Texas, and West Virginia.
/ submit to your
CAREFUL CONSIDERATION
e question whether amendment OF the fed
al constitution in the particular indicated
ould not afford the best remedy for what is
ten grave embarrassment both to MEM
RS Of congress and TO the executive, and Is
metimes serious public mischief.
Tho Navy.
The report OF the secretary Of the navy
ltes the movements OF the various sauadrons
ring the year In home and foreign waters,
nara nur pllnnrc oAA -, IT..