Show THE MACHINE j aws tac hayea means to enforce the of r the dent sent the bouse today to day the following message fici ency appropriation bill following is the text mature consideration of a bill entitled jc I rebun it to the house representatives withey objection jec tion to its passage the baill appropriates ates the payment of fee ot l marshals and special deau chals bathed during the current fiscal yew and their expenses pen ses the appropriations made in the bill are needed to carry on the operations of the to fulfill its obligations for the payment oj fibert for services and expense a es lo 10 the of their duties under thola wB of tho united states the necessity for these ap propria ions is BO urgent and they have b en already delayed that if ho hilt before me contained no permanent or legal legislation unconnected with these appropriations it would receive my prompt approval it contains however provisions which materially change and by im repeal important parts of the laws forthe regulation the united elections have for beveral years past been the subject afa vehement political con have been denounced as unnecessary and unconstitutional on the other hand it has been maintained with equal zeal abid that these election laws are indispensable to a fair and lawful election and are clearly warranted by the constitution under these circumstances to attempt in an appropriation bill a modification to annex a condition to the passage of needed and proper appropriations abich tanda to deprive the executive equal and independent exercise of discretion and judgment constitution con templates the to the bill therefore to which I respectfully ask your attention that it gives a marked and deliberate sanction attended by no cincu aneg of pressing necessity to the questionable and as I am opinion dangerous ti cef upon appropriation billa general and permanent legisla lion this practice opens a wide dobr to hasty inconsiderate and sinister legislation it invites attacks upon the independence pen dence and constitutional powers of the executive by providing an easy and effective way of constraining the executive discretion although of lat ethis practice has been resorted to by all political parties when cloth edwith power it did not prevail until forty years after the adoption of the constitution and it is confidently believed that it is condemned by the enlightened judgment of the country the states which have adopted constitutions during the last quarter of a century have generally provided remedies lor tah evil many of them have enacted that no law shall contain more than one subject which shall be plainly expressed in ita title the constitutions of more than half the states contain substantially this provision or ome other of like intent and meaning the public welfare will be promoted in many nays by a return to the of the government and to the true aim of legislation which is that every measure should stand upon ita own merits ani firmly convinced that appropriation pria tion bills ought not contain adv legislation not relevant to the aepli ot the money thereby appropriated and that by a strict adherence to this principle an important and much needed reform will bo accomplished placing my objection to the bill on this feature of its frame forbear any comment upon the important general and permanent legislation which it contains as a matter for specific and independent consideration signed B HATES may ath 1880 |