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Show THE ABSOLUTE ViTO. The absolute veto La a poweru ttorly repugnant to the genu.., of American institutions, aud can only be recognized recog-nized in a despotic or military government. gov-ernment. That the people of this territory have so long been subject to the one man-power i3 an outrage beyond be-yond all comprehension save in the extreme law-abiding tendencies of American citizens. Territorial citizenship citi-zenship is at best a condition of little . vaiue; all territorial legislation comes under the review of congress, and is ! suject to its approval; but when added to this is the executive veto power, to pomtwp bta yfcyhingtoa p- nouueed carpet-bagger, with very little interest in iho territory, the obstacles to local government govern-ment become almost insurmountable. insurmount-able. The veto power on legislation was one of the prerogatives so long claimed by the English kings, which wiia contested manfully by the commons, aud became an obsolete ob-solete power in Great Britain. The framers of our constitution guarded the legislate right as i"-ir as possible by the clause allowing a two-thirds vote of congress to overnde the president's presi-dent's veto, and this course is followed in moat of our slate constitutions. ' This limitation atlords porh.ipd the best possible test of the constitutionality constitution-ality or justice of a vetoed act. It affords the legislative body an oppor-tuu.ty oppor-tuu.ty to review the questions involved in-volved in the objections of the executive, execu-tive, and in practice it haj frequently frequent-ly led to the defeat of objectionable or unconstitutional incisures. Tiiaro have been very few occisiou? in our. history where a political pirty in congress h.is been abia to override a presidential veto on purely partizan legislation. Story, in his commentary comment-ary upon the veto power terms an absolute veto a suspension of legislation, legisla-tion, and the exercise of this power must lead to a political dictatorship, and the prevalence of tho worst features of a monarchial form of government. Story also says that "that the negative neg-ative of the pr-jsident was undoubtedly undoubted-ly designed by tho constitution to be applied only on extraordinary occasions occa-sions aud exigencies." There is no place in our system of government fur the abjolute- veto power by the executive over tho lawmaking law-making body, and its exercue would be fatal to iree government. It can no more be applied ioic.-vlly to territories terri-tories than to states. The powor of congress to disapprove the laws of a territorial legislature is believed bv many to be a doubtful stretch of authority, as it is certainly incompatible incom-patible with self-government ; but this practice rcots upon ancient precedent, pre-cedent, and m ly perhaps be defended defend-ed upon this basis. But thij restraint upon territorial legislation would seem to bo sutlicicnt to guard all rights, with the usual limited veto power of the legislative assembly. If a majority of two-thirds of a legally-elected territor.il assembly in Utah docs not constitute u quorum cap ibln of euacting a law over the governor's veto, tho legislative de-partmeut de-partmeut might as wvil be stricken out from the constitution and the governor cntru-ii -.1 with l'ae responsibility ot prc-ribing such regulations as lie in..; deem proper fr the govern:. i.Mt of the people. Or, a special act of cui.greas would do ibtlcss suit V.' small faction of which the T. t is the mouthpiece, mouth-piece, allowing a minority of the people and of tnu it-gisUture to make all necessary lav, avoiding conflict between t:ic legislature and the governor, gov-ernor, and enabling n iV men tu run the uia iiiii: ry ol govi-rnrm nt. . Unless thj l."t in "ring'" m:i Uiiir , about this result, we tunit iti iiu-m- ben will be o iy U;.:.inc to the ! ' limited veto p j A-er a ,mtu in ifc . jj parts of the Union. J |