The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-07-23

pofasily from theirown party.
'Mr. Cleveland has found large
Opportunities for 4 manoflhis mold
in the Gubernatorial Office. His
thorough legal iraininE has serted
him we'll in the executive chair
1t is some years since a thorough
lawyer Mr.. Tilden last held the
office The practice Of Governor
Cleveland islo thoroughly scan all
the bills sent 70 him, and not.seek
the a4Fico ofontside lawyers, as
pma governors have done. He
makes thorough work Of this I'M
spection aud his yetoes carry in
spection With them. There could
be no otlier outcome after his ap.
plication Of a strictly legal analy-
sis to the mass Of crude legislation
that reaches him. In spite Of the
amendment to the State constitu.
tion forbidding special legislation
many bills Of that sort have enter
ed that chamber only to be killed.
The same care and painstaking
have been observable when more
general interests were at stake
Last year he vetoed the scent ele.
yated railway fare bill in justice to
the contract between the corpora.
tions and the State, although he
knew it wasan unpopular thingt
DO Then he vetoed q general
street railroad bill because the
rights Of the people were too loose.
ly guarded, but a asimilar bill more
carefully drawn has received his
signature. His veto of the Buffalo
fire department was against the in
terssts Of certain party managers
in his home city, but he vetoed it
because il was not in the interest
Of the people at large. The same
care Of the public led him to veto a
bill which removed many of the
present restrictions and allowed
the trustees Of savings banks to in.
vest in wildcat securities. The
holders Of such securities, Of course,
were the advocates of the measure.
His veto Of the prison commission
bill was because he thought the
commission ought to report its re.
suits earlier than the LIST Of Janua.
", 1885. He has steadily put his
foot on allmeasares toexemptfrom
taxation amp particular towns, cor.
lpOrasisns'or individuals. ITis-dis,
approval'of alarge number Of bills
that we're sent to him by a legisla.
tare that adjourned in haste was
for reasons that he set forth at
length. His disapproyal Of three
Of the New York city reform bills
was on the ground that they were
so loosely drawn. The remainder
Of these bills he had already, signed.
A large part Of the Governors rec
ord has thus been made ia object.
ing to bills that have come to him
when both Democrats and Ropub
licans have controlled the Legisla.
ture.
While it is the side Of negation,
the most conspicuous side always,
there is yet the most positive asser-
tion Of the doctrines approved by
the Legislature. The very vetoes Of
Gov. Cleveland, therefore, form a
most pronounced and prominent
part of his record. The list Of bills
that he has approved number less
for the two years Of his office than
for any two yearsof recent times.
The members Of the Legislature
have learned to know and fear his
disapproval, and they do not change
it, on passing bills with the assur-
ance that the Governor will help
them through. Nor do we hear
the old excuse of legislators for vo.
ting for q bill; II think it is an
Unconstitutional measure, but then
the Governor will veto IT," 1t is
not necessary to make that re.
mark now that Gov. Cleveland is
in the chair. Among the measures
that have become laws BY the ap-
proyal Of the present executive
may be mentioned the bill abolish
ing the State paper, which took a
large amount Of prospective pat
ronage away from the Albany
Argus, the organ Of the Democracy
here; the bill prohibiting the
manufacture or sale OF uleomargar.
Inc, and creating a dairy com.
missioner to protect the dairy
interests Of State; the bill cen.
tering responsibility in the hands
Of the Mayor of New York city; the