The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-10

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I'm tbs m0fnlhR'a ISSUE, our
Diow that Tie house aud senate |
Nny passed The river AID hnrNcr VII |
"a lhe pfcsldonrs veto, and lhu1 assume
the responsibility Of iho act, The PRESIDENT
htyiuge himself That there we're
muy proper appropriations made In lhe
bill for unfinished work that really
ou4at to be done, or for new
Improvements that are Truly
necessary, there Is no galnsaying. The NJ T.
sissippi river, for instance, ought by no
means 10 be left neglected, The owe liows
aad consequent disasters occasi1ned by lie
adequate attention to that great inland sea-
have entailed millions Of dollars Of loss TO
the people of the whole country, 70 say
nothing Of the widespread evils, sickness,
death, etc, brought TO the doors OF those
who live in that immense valley. And
81 of the Missouri river and other
rivers and streams. Equally true is it OF
tue harbors on our extensive sea-coasT. But
on the other hand there were approprla-
tons for little bayous and creeks that lhe
country had never before heard Of Money
seems to have beentendered with lavish
liberality that is startling TO Taxpayers
As the president shows, The sums set aside
and expended under this captioned bill
have run up from 100000 in 1870
TO 100000 in 1875, to $9,CN,OOO IN 1851,
while this bill of 1882 runs the figure up to
nearly $l0O0O,OO0! Surely this does bear
the appearance of wasteful expenditure
of the public funds, and when we come to
observe the points of its application we are
Convinced of the reality OF the fact. be-
sides this comes the fearful decentralization
which such conduct must bring about
over tie entire country. We begin TO sus
pect that congressman who aided in such 9
scheme were looking rather to making
| themselves friends in their respective
bones, and were trying TO aid one another
by the 81 tickle you and you tickle me-
process, than to their duties as true guar
dams of The public purse. PRESIDENT Ar
THUR certainly acted as an honest Official II
declining 10 approve such wholesale JOB
berry. If the house Of representatives, whose
province it is to originate all such bills
deem it prudent, patriotic and just to pass
the bill over the veto, they should Of course
assume The responsibility as they have
done. TO our minds, with the lights before
US, it appears that the veto message looks
rather 10 the perspring taxpayer than t(
the percolating stream Of insignih
cant pretcnsions, looks over the
heads of selfish congressman to
ward the great sea Of justice. A how
went up Aheu Mr. ARTHUR vetoed the
Chinese bill last year, we may look Tor
similar hue and cry now. but that veto be-
got better bill for that purpose, and al
though the present congressional session
may not have the time to prepare, digest
and pass another river and harboNbill, we,
in four months from now, proper bill can
he produced. In this connection We
should saw that it has often occurred to US
that il bills of this nature much time
trouble and expense could be spared II II
were made possible for the president to
veto such portions or sections as IN MS
Judgment 1t might seem proper; under
such arrangement, the really merltoriouS
or deserving objects could be secured, while
ortLers would be held in allegiance. This
would require a constitutional amend
ment, but it could be voted OF
at the next election, AS matter!
now stand, however, the veto is the only
remedy. Through the salutary fear OF 1T
exercise, our representatives ought to n'
made more careful.