Show THE VETO POWER the ration prompt act cs an erncr in a speech recently m ide by senator stewart of nevada in support of is proposition practically to abolish the allowing a majority of congress to pass a bill over the presidents objections the senator paid that there is a sentiment in the states against the veto power and in support of this declared that nine of them have already qualified it so that a majority of the legislature can pasi a bill over the veto of the governor the nation says that is that alie tendency has been strongly str onely in the opposite direction five of the original thirteen states at first gave the governor no ato power bu fince conferred it upon him connecticut in 1818 yew jersey in 1844 and maryland virginia and south carolina since the war moreover instead of a disposition to qualify the power by reducing proportion of votes necessary to override over rido a veto the drift has been strongly the other way only two states have ever made such a change kentucky having changed from a two third vote iu 1792 to a majority vote in 1799 and nebraska which began in 1867 with two third am ing changed to three fifths in 1875 while missouri florida and illinois have changed from a majority to two thirds furthermore new york pennsylvania and some other states have increased the veto power by giving the executive the right to disapprove single sections of appropriation bills ve are not blind to tho fact that gubernatorial nat orial votes havo at times killed just ann wise legislation but on the other hand much eliat was unjust and nn wise has been killed in alie way SEAT 02 WADS HAMPTON of south carolina who contributed an article to the june number of alie forum on what negro supremacy means ha another article in preparation for ilie same review chich will be a statement of what mr Clev elands administration has done towards towar ls reuniting the and the south and nationalizing alie southern people i A isby itself a very light nd trifling affair enough of them act mg in concert can put a veto on all the plans and timetables time tables and telegraph ar range mants nd general business tran actions oatha country jor days together votes are much liko snowflakes snow flakes scattered they amount to nothing consolidated they are irresistible JAMES CALDWELL a montgomery ala bornt couched up a pin fr in lis li s right lung the other day he had uttered about twenty years and biad been treated for lunar trouble ho har low a distinct recollection of swallowing ahe pin forty seven years ago in glasgow scotland v hen seven vears of age TIIE lick observatory was turned over to the regents of california university ast friday alie original sum given b lames lick was and of this sum is left tho observation vaton with its telescope and all complete is valued at A in south carolina married five times in seven weeks and is now in jail trying to cottlo in her own mind as to which of the men is her husband philadelphia is watching with interest the operation of the high license law which closed three fourths of its saloons june 1 |