The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-14
Case That Has Been Before Congress Many
Years and Which President Harrison Re.
garded So Doubtful He Did Not ApfroyeIt
Financial Condition of the Government
TO Be Investigated by the House.
Sharp Fight for Supremacy That Resulted in
Victory for the Waysand Means committee
Measures introduced by Senators.
THE M.GARRAuAN CLAIM

An Effort VIII he Made To-Day 20 Pass IL
Over the Presidents Veto.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-To-morrow Will
witness the interesting event of u Repub-
lican senate acting upon the veto of a Re-
publican President. President Harrison's
message. returning. without his approval.
the famous McGarrahan claim. will be
called mp at 1880 O'Clock. and it Is the con-
fident prediction OF McGarrahan and his
friends that the necessary two-thirds of
the Senate will vote in favor of the reso-
~lutions. that the bill becomes q law not
withstanding the Presidents objection"
They base their confidence on the fact that
the bill passed the Senate by q practically
unsnimous vote. and that. therefore, there
will be fifty-nine Senators who will vote
again IN its favor. The Democratic House.
they add. will have much pleasure in pass
ing the bill oyer o Republican executives
veto.
Should the bill be passed over the veto it
will be the first instance of the kind dur
ing President Harrison's administration
The President has not hesitated to with
hold his approval of other measures. so
loE no LIES Stut III niloou Notoc 30. Ahiouk
them was tie bill creating the new Circuit
Court of Appeals, which he vet oed because
of Its defective legal construction. The
bill was the work of Senator Evarts. who
was much Disguised to learn from the
Presidents message that the bill. as
drawn by him. would practically have
wiped out the Supreme Court of
the United States. AS relntroduced,
Wlfh rho nbiae,inuahla faafuraa
corrected, the bill passed. A number Of
other bills which President Harrison ve-
toed. simply because of their legal faults.
were approved by him when corrected.
The other bills which did not admit of mod
i~fication were referred to the committees
from which they came and were never
heard OF again. Among the measures thus
abandoned was ex-Speaker Reeds bill 20
-recOmpense the Portland company; q bill
for q public building at Bar Harbor. where
Mr.. Blaine spends his summers, and . num-
Der of private claims Bills which were
approved after correction pJbhibited book
making in the District OF NeSlnmbia and
established a Bureau of Records and PEN
sions IN the War Department.
1t is q noticeable fact that some of the
most important statutes OF the United
States We're created by bills passed over the
vetOes of former Presidents. Among them
are the reconstruction act. vetoed by Pres
ident johnson, and others are the OWL
rights law, the bill fer the creation OF the
freedman's bureau, the famous tenure-Of-
office act, and the Bland silver bill. The
State of Nebraska was admitted into the
Union through the bill granting it state
hood, which was vetoed 10y President John
son. MIR. Cleveland beat all previous
records In the number and character of his
vetoes. Strangely enough, the only effort
TO override his veto was made by one of his
most ardent admirers In the Senate. Mr..
Wilson, of Maryland. VINO bad interested
himself in a bill 10 pension one Romeiser.
and who looked upon President Cleveland's
veto AS questioning the truth and sincerity
of Mr.. Wilson's report. The Senate passed
the bill over the veto, but IL failed in the
House.