New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-01
MUST THE PRESIDENT ACT ON THEM
SOME DOUBT ABOUT THE STATS OF THE
sEEATE's CUBAN RESOLu T1pNS.

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SOME DOUBT ABOUT THE STATS OF THE
sEHATE.s CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.
Washington. Feb 2a-Tne phraeeo.ogy OF the
Cuban resolutions adopted by the SENATE yesterday
"Pesolve6 by the Serate che House OF Represent
etves concurring)'-revivcs the question when WAS
discussed in the House when the Armenian
concurrent" resolution was adopted as TO whether
the President is not obliged under the Constitution
IN approya or d!sapprove all such concurrent res
olutions in the manner followed In the cas-" oi
Joint resolutions. 1t has been customary for Con
gress TO adopt resolutions without send
ing them TO the President for action. Concurrent
resolutions II is asserted relate only 10 expressions
of opinion by Congress TO which the Executive -
not committed to the correction of in bills
which have not become laws. questions OF ad-
tournment and recess to requests for Information
from the President and TO minor matters which
can be arranged without Executive action The
Armenian resolutions adopted by Congress on Janu-
arv e. requesting the President TO represent 10
Great Britain and all the other European Powers
concerned in the Berlin Treaty Of 1878 the earnest
desire Of the Congress OF the United States that
decisive measures should be taken stay the hand
OF fanat!cism and law.css violence in Turkey, pre-
sent a case point. These resolutions were termed
concurrent" under the construction that they did
not require Executive approval or dsapproval ana
thus LETT II optional with the President TO present
them TO the Governments conCerheu or ignore min
The President has ignored them, and they remain
'joint" resolutions 1t would have been incumbent
on the President to sign them or to allow them TO
become Law without his signature under the ten
davs constitutional limitation. or TO return them
10 the house in which they originated with veto
message. ,, -.
The basis for the cont ention that al resolutions OF
Congress, excep, those relating TO aiJournmeni
mus, be presented to the President for acton Is
found IN Paragraph g. Section !. Article l. of the
C'onsti;uton which reads AZ follows: Every order
resolution or vote which the concurrence or the
senate and House of Representatives may be nec~s-
sarv except question or adlourninenp, snall
mo Proc den a United States
and before the same shall take effect shall be ap,
proved by him. or. being dsapprovs7 by MIN shall
be repassed by two-thirds or the senate ana House
Of Rrpreser,tatives according 10 the rules and I'm
e. ,io,s nresc ribed In the OF a bill.
Concurrent resolutions have never been published
IN ne editions OF the Revised Statutes CT the
limited states Until recently; Under me PupNc
printing &C, OF January 10 1885, IL is required that
,ney sbal be inserted in these editions. and the last
vo,,me of the Revised Statutes contains all the con-
crren, resolutions OF the Lid Congress In an ap
pendix separate from the bills and Joint resol-
,inns which have become laws. They have never
hcrn considered laws mot having received the
Presidents APPROVAL and the constitutional PROV
s,on nro,cd has rot been construed 10 AFFECT them
In any way.