The National tribune., 1885-06-04
GOV. HUBBARD'S VETO.
A Comrade Explains the Reason Of the Act.

To THE EDITOR: / send you herewith reso-
| lutions passed by this Post at its last meeting,
| which | desire you to publish. j take it for
! granted you saw the resolutions passed by
! Plummer Post, No. so violently assailing the
/ public character of l.. T. Hubbard, of this state,
because, acting in the line Of duty, he vetoed
| legislative appropriation bill when there were
! no funds available for the purpose this year.
| You see the boys of the GAR in this State,
! at its Department Encampment, voted to ask
| the State to appropriate 5000 for a Reunion
| of old soldiers.
! This was done, and bill passed both Houses,
| came into the Governors hands and was ve
! toed. The facts in the case are az follows:
l. The appropriation bills were nearly all
presented to the Governor at the close Of the
! session.
g 1t is not until all the bills are presented
that the Governor can know whether the total
amount of money appropriated exceeds the
| available means of the State.
| 3. The aggregate amount appropriated at the
recent session, to be expended during the year
| 1885, exceeded the estimated resources of the
State for the year By $4,000.
a. The aggregate amount of appropriations
for the present and the two next succeeding
years biennial sessions), exceeded the resources
| of the State for the same time by $l7i,0G0.
5. In protecting the credit of the State by
keeping its expenditures within its income, the
| Governor withheld his signature to appropria-
| tiOns amounting to $4,000.
| e. Among said appropriations payable the
present year and disapproved, was the one for
! $1,000 referred to. The reasons given by the
Governor for not approving this bill were in
| these words:
The appropriation of 5000 made by this bill
would not be available in the event of its becoming
| n law 1t provides for encampment of veteran
| soldiers during the Summer of 1855 Appropris-
lions made, payable in 1885, about SSi $50 in
cess of the probable resources of the State.
| Payments for the necessary expenses of the de-
partments and the public institutions for the cur.
year will to some extent, have to be deferred
until the resources of 1856 become available. The
treasury could not therefore, meet this appropria
ton II approved
Soon after the Governor vetoed this bill, L.
| 2. Plummer Post, No. 80 OF this Department,
passed some Of the most outrageously abusive
| and insulting resolutions in direct violation
| OF all the principles of our Order and against
the known wishes of Department Commander
K. A. Becker The language of these resolu-
| tiOns is such as to cause a blush of shame to
mantle the face of every Grand Army man who
has the good Of our Order at heart. Gov. Hub
| bard's war record is such as t. be perfect
shield against which these thrusts of malice
| fall to the ground.
If Plummer Post wanted TO pass such resolu-
tions. they might have kept them from the
public and not sent them broadcast over the
| land to bring reproach upon the GAR; for,
unless these resolutions arc rescinded, politi-
| Clans will bring them up against us and can
! truly say we are political body. But, thanks
| to the noble teachings OF our Order, 99-100 of
the comrades deprecate the action of this dis
| gruntied Post (which contains both marplots
and mischefmakers): and the fraternal and
charitable feeling prevails to great extent,
and Gov. Hubbard's action Endorsed. The fol-
| lowing are our resolutions:
| Acker Post, No. 81, of st. Paul, to which
! Gov. Hubbard belongs, passed the following at
its meeting last Thursday evening:
/ Whereas comrade of this Post, whose past mill
/ tary record patriotism and devotion to his country
Is undisputed historical fact, and whose record
as citizen and Chief Executive OF the State is in
| every particular unblcmshed and who in every
walk of life has proven himself the calm, dignfcd
/ and capable man; firm and honest, yet graceful
| and respectful to all with whom he has come in
contact either officially socially otherwise; and
! Whereas this our comrade. whom we honor and
respect for his many virtues for his splendid record
rs soldier, citizen and high civil official, has been
grossly insued by Of the Grand Army Posts of
this State because in the exercise of official duty
Chief Executive of the State he vetoed Legislative
enactment appropriating large amount of money
| to dcfray the expenses of Encampment of
| soldiers; therefore, be it
Resolred That Acker Post, No. 81, GAR, does
| hereby approve the course pursued Ivy Gov. Hub
bard in withholding his approval of said appropri
alton and that we consider the reasons set forth by
him for refusing to approve IT valid and sufficient,
and that, as citizens well as eX-soldicrs we I'M
! quailitiedy indorse his action.
| Resoired That in the opinion of Acker Post, No.
u. Il. AR, Gov. Hubbard II entitled to the COM
pendation of every honest citizen of the state for
| the fearless in which he performed his
official duty i'll vetoing measure wherein his nat
ura desire must have been in conflict with, and
| contrary to, his plain official duly.
ResoIred That it is the of this Post that it is
in plain violation of the obligations of Order
and IS conduct unbecoming Post of the GAR to
pass resolutions of censurc for public and indis
criminate circulation against worthy comrade in
good standing, and that the very cornerstone and
basis Of our Order has, in the under consider
ton. been utterly disregarded, and the fraternal
obligations violated and rendered mockery.
Resoired, That the Department Commander is
hereby requested to send 4 copy of the appropria-
| ton bill with the Governors veto TO each Grand
Army Post in this State that all the members of the
Order may be fully advised of the reasons that
tuated the Governor and that further injustice may
not be done him.
Whereas Pummer Post, No. &C. GAR, trans
mited to this Post II series OF resolutions rejecting
upon the honor, integrity and character of Comrade
l.. +. Hubbard, of Acker Post, No. 81, GAR,
therefore,
ReSoired That the AG;Gtant OF this Post is hereby
instructed to return said resolutions to Plummer
Post unworthy to be received to remain in the
records of this Post.
ResoIued. That the Adutant of this Post is hereby
instructed to forward to Gov. Hubbard copy of
these re solutions
BY Order of the Post.
r. Y. p, st. Paul, MINI.