Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-04
The Maddening Message.
Special TO the Courier Journal.

WASHINGTON, August damn
it." said Horr, of Michigan, "he
thinks be knows it all" as the veto
message was being read to-day. 1t
was a most unwelcome piece Of Presi-
Dental assertion, and made the major
ity as mad as anything could. They
had thought that it had been prevent
ed, and were waiting for something
else, aud when it came they were in a
mood to say that it was most unwar-
ranted arrogation OF power in the face
of the reports from all parts Of the
country. In these dispatches the
prediction has been that a veto would
come sooner or later, but there has
been enough of delay to make donbt.
There is not only q majority in favor
of the bill in both Houses, as evinced
by its passage, but there are plenty
now who believe it can be passed over
the veto, and that it will be.
In the Senate, Mcmillan says that
he will answer for a two-thirds vote
in favor of the bill over the Presi-
dents veto, and in the House there
are plenty besides Horr, Of Michigan,
who believe that the disposition to
adjourn can be made subordinate to a
desire for the prevalence of the major
ity's will. Kenna, Of West Virginia,
said after the veto message that he
believed the House would wait for a
quorum and stay until the bill can be
passed by a two thirds. In this there
was not a full agreement, even in the
Democratic crowd in which the state
ment was made, but Kenna, who is
one of the best posted of the young
men in the House, made a bet OF a
bottle of wine, which bet was taken
and the wine drunk beforehand.
There is a strong sentiment in
favor of the belief that
the veto is, and will be extremely un-
popular. The saying is thatit may do
for political consumption in New
York, but it will be bad thing for the
President in his own party, taking the
country over. The fact that it objects
to the amount, and intimates that enc
half would have been unobjectionable,
is regarded as a ridiculous assumption
Of knowledge as opposed to the en-.
gineers and experts. The Western
men and the Southern men are not in
a good humor, and party gives no
alienation to the anger that is felt.
or course there is a sentiment that
the bill was a steal, but the men who
thought they had secured govern.
ment aid for the Improvement and
opening up of streams in their par
tieular districts do not think SO and
cannot be made to think so. There
will be an effort to get the stragglers
back, with a view to passing it over
the veto, but there are grave doubts Of
the ability of the friends Of the bill 10
accomplish this. The Kanawba, the
Big Sandy, the Kentucky and the
Tradewater, to say nothing of tie
Ohio, upon which money must in any
event be expended every year, inter.
est a section regardless Of politics, and
this is.the case all over the country, so
Of course the indignation and disap-
pOintment will be widespread, aud
the disposition Iof Representatives
to pass the bill over the veto strenu-
GUS in ratio with the desire to be
returned, though the partisans declare
that it ought to be vetoed.
Late to night the speculation is
that the river and harbor bill has a
fair show of passing over the veto. 1t
pissed the House originally by a vote
Of Ill to 47-almost two thirds-with
a similar vote in the Senate. The
only trouble will be in getting the
members who are away to come back
and vote. The newspapers have been
q powerful influence 10 deciding the
President to veto the bill, and in the
miscellaneous discussion on the floor
Of the House sfter adjournment the
newspapers came in for their share Of
condemnation, What puzzled Horr,
Of Michigan, most was TO understand
why the President should go against
the men in his own party"
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