The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-25
PRESIDENTIAL VET0ES
Senator Stewart Wants to
override Them
BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE
Hs Thinks They Are Getting Toe
Common and that the President
Assumes Too RIuCh-Etc.
SENATE.

NAohIHSIOh, 1nu1 Hf'~ L AO 0ChOlOAS.
bill for collecting revenue and th'
Indian appropriation bills were re.
ported back. .-.-
Stewart called up a joint resolution
for q constitutional amendment re-
ducing to q simple majority the vote
necessary to override the Presidents
veto and addressed the Senate on the
subject. He referred to the large mum
Der of veto messages sent in by
President Cleveland, and said they
rested solely upon the assumption that
1t was the duty of the President to
nulIiiy every law for which he would
not have voted. a member of Congress;
had an assumption not only of superior
wisdom, honesty and patriotism on his
part. but of better opportunity to as
certain the facts than the mem
bsrs of two houses had. The
form OF government had changed
from Democratic simplicity to
one-mau power, responsive only to
necessities of party and the influence
of money. People did not realize the
growing power of the executive. The
President has more than 100 600 offices
at his disposal, and member of Con-
gress was not even allowed 50 give EVIL
deuees as to the qualifications of an ap-
pli0ant for Office. The President alone
determined the questions relating
to the appointments Of Office
either nv himself or by a board
called the civil service commission,
nv M nd n OF 10
pleusurs. The vast revenues of the
government were practically used by
che administration as private fund to
augment power of the executive. This
result was reached partly by legisla-
don, and partly by force construction
of the law. The legislation of Congress
Cno matter how secured or by whom
deVised) permitted the administration
to loan The accumulated fuadS in the
treaSuery to such national banks as
might be in favor with the Xecutive,
without the interest or regard 10 the
government and this power has been
literally exercised by the present ad-
ministratlon in losuiug over $50 900 900
to such national banks as found favor
In the eyes of the Secretary of the
Treasuery. Stewart referred in the
same connection to the purchase of
bonds 1T an enormous premium of
over q per cent. from persons unknown
to the public but presumably we'll
Known 10 the executive. TO the diScre-
ton lodged with the executive (but not
properly exsrcised| to purchase coin
not less than 1900 600 nor more than
81, co.. 90 of silver per month; and to
the ruling Of the Treasure Department
IN the matter of importation OF lead ore
under which the ruling OF lead ores
were ADMITTED that they were mixed
with 2oId and silver, the government
thereby losing vast amount of money
that somebody was gaining. II would
be interesting, he said, to exhibit for
the consideration of the people the
various rulings and determinations of
the Treasury Department, whereby
special privileges were granted and
merchant prices crested in the great
city of New York, and elsewhere,
at the expense of the people, bat he
only desired to show the almost I'M
limited disorst onary power exercised by
the executive to benefit his friends and
to destroy his enemies" Asexamples
OF this extraordinary power, hs referred
to the litigation OF private land claims
In California; to the raid of the
Attorney-Generalo on the Bell Telephone
Company, and to the treaty making the
power which might be used to advance
the ambitious prof cots of the executive.
"Ali these things might be remedIed or
checked by legislation and the liberty
of ths people might be guarded by law,
if Congress had power TO iegis!ate
against the will OF the executive. No
one denies Clevelands absolute owner
chip of the Democratic party. Before
reaching Washington, he had cent word
to Democratic members of the House
TO discard one of the precious metals
and in all things to do the bidding
of Wall Street. A refusal of the patri-
otic Democrats to abandon their con-
aituents and join the golden bond
,1olding ring, challenged the admira-
tiOp of the country. The House of Rep
EesentatiVes had seemed to be an i'm /
presnahle fortress against any assault |
from Wall Street, but it had fallen with |
q wave of the hand of Grover Cleve- |
land, that that body was paralyzed. 1t |
gould Lot even utter the word, "silver"
when tue Senate sent in the B ck |
on the bond-purchasing |
bill. At that rate the growing power Of
this man of destiny" had but to con-
tinue unresisted. for by another term
OF four years, 10 so lnIroOcn 0rOVert
Cleveland in the White House. that |
nothing but revolution could remove |
him. Never before, in tae hands of one
man, had such vast powers and re
5ources been entrusted by q con-
iding people. It remains to be seen
that whether the President would be I
able to fill the expectations of the Wash
I3gton Post by initiating Napoleon and
grown himself. because he regarded all
others unworthy to perform that SER
rice. The exercise OF the great natural
Ioree with which thu President was en-
lowed, was concentrating the whole
power Of tho government in the eKecu-
i've, and If not restrained, it WoHld
ultimately lead TO Monarchy. The
people admired courage, independence,
audacity and Will. These qualities were
in a high degree by Cleveland.
While they were guarantees of personal
,uccess, they were dangerous to popular
liberty. They were qualities which
sIways increased the executive su-
.hority at the expense of The people.
"a selection by Cleveland and the
honey kings and bond holding ari-
ItocIacy OF Europe and America, IS bis