Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-01
OVERRIDE
Presidents Veto by a
Big Majority
THE VETOED BILL AFFECTED TnE
LEASE or ARIZONA EDuCA-
TIONAL LAND.
WAS THE FIRST VETO
A LIVELY DISCUSSION OF THE MAT
TER PRECIpIrATED,
Special order Regarding the Fee
System Presented and Adopted.
Alabama Contest Cnset
WAS THE FIRST VETO
A LIVELY DISCUSSION OF THE MAT
TER PRECIPIrATED,

Washington, Feb. 29.-The first presi-
| Dental veto Of this session oi congress
| was overridden by the house today by
vote Of lyS to IS, ~ more than tine
requisite constitutional two-thrus. Al
| the Republicans and thirty-two Demo-
Gratis voted Tor the bill while the vOtes
to sustain the presidents veto We're all
| cast by Democrats. The bill author
| ICES the governor ana local officers of
Arizona to lease the educational land
Tor territorial school purposes. Tine
! presidents objection to the oil was
that IL did not give the secretary OF
] the interior power to dtsupproNe the
leases, and did not throw proper safe
guards about the timber on tue lands.
I The statement was made on the floor
that the biz was Identical with 1t SINH
lar bill passed by the last congress re-
lating to oklahoma territory at the
request OF the secretary Of the interior
and that the present bill had received
the written approval Of both Secretary
smith and the commissioner OF Inc gen
eral land OH @. The statement was
also made that the lands proposed to
be leased were now ia possession OF
cattlemen and others rent free,
The senate amendments TO the army
appropriation. bill were non-eonGurred
In by tho house today and the bill was
sent to conference,
Mir. Lacey. chairman Of public lands
committee, then called up the bill to
lease certain lands In Arizona for school
purposes which was vetoed yesterday
Dy the president and moved that 1t be
passed over the veto.
Mr.. Lacey IN support Of his motion
said that the house was confronted
with the constitutional interference OF
the president on a bill that had passed
both houses unanimously.
rs IL an interterence?' asked Mr..
Miles (Dem., Md
"a constitutional Inference. l sald,'
replied MIR. Lacey, and one that may
be fatal Two great bodies going In
opposite directions have encountered
each other Proceeding. MI Lacey
explained that the bill was Identical
with that authorizing Oklahoma to
lease her educational lands for school
purposes which had been prepared and
passed by the last conrgcss at the re-
quest of the secretary OF the interior
and the commissioner Of the general
land office. As result OF the Oklahoma
bill sSS,00O had been realized In that
territory last year, while under the for
mer system, but $4,000 had been OH
tanned was II now implied, he asked.
that the governor Of Arizona was not
as competent to lease these lands as
the secretary of the interior 1900 miles
away? Both were Mr., Clcveland'5 APP
polntecs.
The veto message had called atten-
tiou to the position Of influential
friends IN Arizona. Naturally such
opposition would exist The cattle ba-
rons IN oklahoma had protested, yet
go law In tNat territory had worked
admirably, Some OF those lands were
now occupied with authority and with
out rental.
The president Mr., Lacey said. had
undoubtedly been deceived, He had
been influenced by men who had per-
hans been Influenced by others irtcr-
estcd in obtaining the, use of these
lands free of charge.
Nj Underwood dem. Ala). n mem.
Der Of the public lands committee. co.
NEEDED with Mr.. Lacey that the hill
law.
In answer to n question by Mr..
sayers Gem.. Tex,) Mr. Lacey said
the bill had not been submitted to the
secretary OF the Interior. The commit
tee, he said, had rolled upon the report
OF the secretary OF the interior in the
case OF oklahoma. where the conditions
We're practically Identical. In both cases
the cattle barons were in possession
and paid no rent. There was no reason
why we should make fish OF one and
fowl OF the other,
Mr., Sayers asked that the matter go
over until the opinion of the Fecretnry
OF the interior could be obtained
81 would be unwilling to ask the Soc
rotary Of the Interior even with HIS
colossal assurance" replied Mr.. Lacey
TO make recommendation that We
should override the presidents veto
Mr., Murphy, the Arizona delegate.
made the positive statement Tint tho
bill had the approval OF the secretary
of the interior and the commissioner OF
the general land office. ana that thor
opinions IN writing had been laid be.
fore the president while he was con-
slderinE the bill.
Notwithstanding this statement. Mr..
Turner Dem. Ga) thought II ooulI
be safely assumed that the president
had had the advice OF the secretary OF
the Interior and the latter had proba-
bly, inspired the veto. One OF the nrln.
clpal objections raised by the preelien,
was that the lands. II leased by the Ia
cal authorities OF the territories. con,t
be denudcd Of their timber. as by the
torme ~ tho blll II was not necessarv
to submit the leases for the approval
Of the secretary.
Mr.. McRee Dem. Ark). who wos
chairmon OF the public lands commit
tee or the last house saii he would
vote to mass the bill over the veto
Mr., Murnhy reiterated HE staternan,
that the bill rad received the written
approval NJ the interior denart~,a,t
The protests received bv the nresldnnt
he sold. were from pesons who were
helng heneHited nv the use Of the lands
rent and taxes free.
The vote was taken mon the nnssare
of the hill the veto of the president nor
wlthstandlng. Under the constitutIon
' Is vote waa taken by yeas and nqVa
The vote resulted i9s to rs, more than
iwo-thlrds having voted In the nfirm.
alive. The biz was declared passed over
the presidents veto
Those who voted 10 sustain the prosi-
dent were; Alien, MisslSsinpl; pall Toy
es Berry, Boatner. Buck, catchlngs
rlardy Cobb Missouri: Culberson
nnckerv. Elliott. South Carolina; Hnr,
rlson. Hart, Hendricks, Kyle. Lawson.
esier. Me,lellanas Mcrreary. McAtl,
lin, Meredith. Never. Miles, Otey Ow- |
ems, Patterson. Peudleton. Robertson.
Russell. Georgia; Ssyers Sorg, Sponrer
S.wsnson, Tucker. Tnrner. Georgia: !
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