New-York tribune., 1896-06-04

additional burdens on the people Of this country a.;
a time VIII IN a period of distress has left them less
capable than at other times to sustain them"
Mr. Berry (Dem Ark) argued in favor OF tne
ouence. he said. to the people of the Mississippi
Valley. While there some items in II ior wnlcn
he would not vote, he would not on that account
strike down the interests Of so many OF the asrl-
cultural people OF the country
MIR. CLEVELAND BITTERLY DENOUNCED.
Mr. Pett.grew (Rep.. S. d. said that even II ne
were not in favor of the River and Harbor bii'' no
would still vote against sustaining the PRESIDENT
veto because he thought It was based on a wrong
principle and that ii violation OF the |ois'i
tuition The veto power a relic OF the past. anu
mad no place in free Government, Dased on tv stv
fundamental principle that the will OF the malolnSS ~
Is supreme. The Constitution ought to be amehueu
so as TO abolish the veto power ,, ,,o Nv
Pettgrew continued "is mot content with the VIOLA
lion OF the Constitution by the exercise OF ihe VIE
sacred oath of office as we'll Of the Constitu,@ronh 40
overrides the laws Influences Ere nublic ex-
oensein fact permits no restraint ont n,S ~ Cnngress
40 ofen thai the list of violations is next only to the
Ist Of his Vetoes lie has sold bonds at private saie
and At a price many millions Of dollars below me
market price of the bonds on the day OF sucH
to give some attention these usurpati9ns II nn ts
Government is TO survive we can no ,,nsracv OF
with Indifference upon the shameful au'ocracS o'
vco ana in dpp9s9n S1q
and Harbor bill He asserted that tne m issue SI, Oh o.
"d bonds Ssnp5 Se III XII fnS 5 ''' 0 ~
Mir Stewart Gop., Neyl argued against the vrrI
mower and said II should not be used TO cohtroii
i~g.slation: that the Improvement Of the rivers ana
hsTbGrs Was 5 M ana fnasry ness Which ought
10 be in circulation among the pe9piee ,.,o and OK
ane5 bs regret that the President had At
speak of the unhappy decadence OF me p,oir -, nd
,sap the President was dominated by such spirit
OF pesslmsm There was no decadence .o Oi ,,,r ont
spect OF the people for the law ana HoVerhiie"'
hill UPHcLDs THE PRESIDENT
Mr.. Hill Dem. ~ " upheld the veto power
against the criticisms upon 1t and rcmhndeo INC
Democratic side Of the Chamber that PTesideht
jackson had begun the vetoing OF river ana mar
Dor bills having in 1892 returned TO Congress one
with his objections The last veto OF river anu
harbor hl Mr Hill said was o by prGsders sSsn Sis 600
and Mr.. Arthur's principal objection TO II was & rnae
4 contained APPROPRIATIONS foT or psnaa welfare and
that Il did not promote commerce among 'iIS
Representatives by vote of l22 TO 59' and in 'he
Senate by of Al to l6 -, ,,u, so,s
was based on the grounds of expediency. layinsS
stress the enormous amounts to De eNpenIusi pNaIn
taking consideration of the whole measure-nl0iISs NOS
S,va ya and 10 hN prasen tah refused
the bill. and he thought that the Presdents acuon ION
should be sustained rather than overruled As one
sage the message had confirmed his belief in us
unlesirability as whole. He regretted lhat Inc
Constitution did give power TO the freslueil, 70
veto particular items in the bill. such power had
existed for many years in New YORK ana many
other States and there no disposition there 10
abandon It, He introduced joint resolution pro
posing an amendment 10 the Constitution giving
power to the President to veto Items in an appro-
priatIon bill 1t was read and laid on the table m
Mr. Butler pop. y. CO thought that MI; Hlils
proposed amendment consistent win tnat
Senator's action yesterday against the bond Dill MI
Butler had also proposed constitutional amend
ment in regard to the veto power, giving 20 a ma
toritv in each house the power to pass bill over
the Presidents veto.
ONLY FIVE NEGATIVE VOTES CAST.
At the close of Mr. Buffers remarks the vote was
taken, and the River and Harbor bill was passed
over the Presidents veto by the necessary two
thirds majorlty-yeas. IS; nays. 5-as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich. Allison, Bacon, Berry
Brice Burrows Butler Cannon. Carter. Chandler
q Clark. Cuom. Davis. Dubois. Elkins. Faulkner
Gallinger Gear. George. Gibson, German, Hale
Hansbrough Hawley Jones (Ark), Jones CNev)
G Lindsay Lodge, Mcbride. Mills, Mitchell (Ore)
Mitchell (Ws.) Morgan. Nelson, Pasco, Perer, Per
kins, Pcigrew, Plat. Prtchard. Pugh. Quay. Sher-
,nan Shoup Squire. Stewart Teller. Tfllman, Tur-
pie, Vest, Wathalls Warren Weimore. White VIII
son and Wo.cott-5S. -
- Xays-Messrs Bate. Chiffon. Hill. Smith and
e~Vi,as-5
s9FT'here was a group OF more than twenty members
Soof House standing in the space back OF the Re-
publican seats while the vote was in progress. They
Showed lively interest in the matter, and with
drew the result of the vote was an
q Bounced.