Show PENSION VETOES PRESIDENT has made many enemies by his firm and independent attitude on the pension question his vetoes of pension bills will be used against him by demagogues in the pending political campaign both in ia and out of congress speeches denunciatory y ot of his course will be u ut t dered to inflame the soldiery and work on the prejudices of the masses H his pension vetoes will cost him q quite I 1 a number of military votes but bat we the thinking people of the country will see in president Clev elands coull courageous action much to admi admire r e on and will wall I 1 I 1 recognize the fact that he h has studied the good of the country more mere than private interest or the schemes of politicians no one who has watched the passage ot the multitude of pension bills that have been pushed through congress can have failed to see that members kave have favored many of those private measures to please individuals whose political support they desired and to wn that claptrap clap trap applause applause which is rivea by the mob to at t those ase who posture as the poor soldiers friends the president has paid no attention to these considerations even to in the face of the big fight before him he has refused to eudorse endorse measures that would have won him support when he know knew they were not based upon justice nor in consonance with an honest administration of public affairs the attempt to make it appear that he is exercising autocratic powers fowers in thus thwarting the will of the majority in congress is simply absurd the veto power of the executive is Us as well defined a constitutional right and duty so as the legislative power ow er of congress me he has exercised it t iu in t the e very manner designed in its investment it was bestowed upon the president as a check to improper legislation it is one of the balance wheels in the political machinery of the nation and la in essential to its perfection the two thirds adte which will override a veto is a sufficient clent counter cheek upon any attempt of autocracy by the executive good and sufficient clent reasons have been advanced by president cleveland tor for his veto of the pension bills he be has returned to congress unsigned and it to is because these reasons are sound and unanswerable that assaults are made upon him and improper motives are attributed to him their passage over his veto would be the only fitting refutation of his bis arguments why they should not become law it to is this firmness and determination ot of president cleveland to do that which he deems right in spite of party and other inducements to do otherwise that strengthens him in the confidence of the country and wins to his bis support so many independent republicans we believe that his vetoes of improper pension bills will gain him more votes then than they will cause him to lose km and that the vituperations of his enemies on this question will do more for him than against him in Nove november imber |