The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-31

ture and declined. after which the complaint says
 His reasons therefore being upon
 the alleged ground that his excel lency, Governor George W. Hays. withheld his approval from the said act and communicated his action in this behalf to the house of represen- tatiyes, in which said bill originated. and within the period of five days allowed by the constitution for this purpose. The plaintiff alleges that this claim so made and set up by the defendant secretary of state as the ground for his refusal aforesaid. is wholly erroneous, because the fol. lowing statement of facts in connec ton with the approval of the said act is true, namely.
 Delivered Message
 That the chairman of the proper committee of the house of represen.
 tatiyes. on Tuesday, Marcn ?. at 4:%0 o'clock D. m on said date. delivered
 to the governor a duly enrolled copy | of the said act. having endorsed thereon the certificates of the pre- siding officers of the respective houses, certifying to its due passage | by each of the houses thereof: that on Monday, March s, in the forenoon Of that day, the governor prepared a veto message setting out in detail the reasons which seemed to justify nim in withholding his approval of the said act. which said veto message was duly signed on said day. and at said hour and read and exhibited in the office of the governor to several persons therein assembled; that about 1 o'clock on said day the said governor reconsidefed his determina- ! tiou to veto the said bill and affixed his signature thereto, with the intent and for the purpose of approving the same i'll the manner provided by the constitution tO make the said bill ef- 1 fective as a law; that after so sign | ing and approving the said bill. | distinct interval of time intervened, during which the governor discussed with several persons the propriety of | the action that he had just taken in signing and approving the said bill. that as the result of this he at. tempted to reconsider his action and manifested this purpose by writing in front of the word approved the pre- fY1
 pose to cancel and annul the pre- yious action in so approving and signing the said bill; that upon the announcement of this action by the governor a number of persons who | expressed themselves as being inter ested in the enactment of the law. sought to intervene with the govern
 or to importune him to revoke his ac. | ton in thus cancellng his approval and signing of dne bill aforesaid.
 that thereupon the governor, still be ing in possession of the enrolled l bill, struck therefrom the word dis which had just previously been add ed thereto, which action on his part again left the bill in the form of an
 unconditional approval of the act aforesaid; that he tneTeupon dely-
 cred the bill to his private secretary, with directions to lodge the same in the secretary of states office, and to notify by means of the usual mes-
 sage, the house of representatives of | his action in thus approving the said
 bill, with an intent and for the pur- l pose of completing the several acts necessary to make the same a valid and existing law of the state of Ar ! kansas. That for some minutes after proved the said act and given dlrec- tions to transmit the same to the of flee of the secretary of state, and to notify the house as aforesaid, the persons then assembled in the gov ernor's office devoted themselves to an exchange of mutual congratula-
 tons upon the action of the governor and 10 a discussion of the personnel of the commission provided for in said act: whereupon these persons
 dispersed; that immediately there
 after the governor despatched mes
 senger for his secretary, with the re- quest that the bill be returned to him
 without being delivered to the secre- tary of state, and directed his said
 secretary to withhold a notice of his approval thereof from the house of
 representatives that the enrolled and approved bill was accordingly rede- livered to the governor, who took the
 same into his personal possession,
 that on the night of said Monday,
 March &, 1915, at 9 o'clock and 10
 minutes, the governor returned the
 said bill to the house of representa- tives. which was at that hour in ses-
 sion, together with a statement Of | his objections thereto; that he had. in the meantime, reinserted the word | dis before the word approved on
 the said enrolled bill, and had like
 wise inserted, by way of a caret, the
 words and vetoed after the word 1 approved; that upon the receipt of
 the message by the house of repre-
 sentatiyes from the governor setting
 out his objections to the said bill and