| Show washington not mitch to write about Cong congress defunct la is the bil really a blaw tle Prel dents etc v NEWS special correspondence washington NOTON there can be little of interest to write about now congress congre adjourned on the ath as the telegraph tele naph has already notified not lifted you and before that adjournment journ ment the anti mormon monton bui bill had bad become a law it had been thought t wout all along that the president t would d either sign or veto the bill chere there can be belittle little doubt that lip be questioned oneO its constitutionality and that seriously seri busly and it is also certain he remained rems ined in a very unsatisfactory condition as to what he should do regarding it the greatest anxiety prevailed during the whole time it was with him and that anxiety increased as as the time tor for FINAL achion ACTION for or against the bill or its becoming a law by the lapse of lime time approached on thursday a report was current that the bill tag lad been si ned but as the day wore away and to no word was received concerning it the rumor gradually became discredited during tine the early hours of the night however definite word was wag received that the bill had not been signed but had become a law by the expiration of the 10 daya days limitation the bill making making the trade dollar a legal tender received receive the same treatment aud and became a law by the same process one of the local papers stating elating that there were provisions in boch bills to which the president objected but that while he did not feel notified in defeating the will of congress 10 88 by vetoing them he could not give OV 1 them his approval A QUESTION was raised on friday as to tife correctness ness of the ai assumption that the ten days limitation expired expire don on thursday the point being that toe the last day ran over with the legisla legislative tire day into friday if this were true the bills had bad jf failed ailed because they died with the congress the critic of friday evening treats the subject editorially in this language 4 WHAT IS 18 A DAY the constitution of the united states uses use the w word rd day without qualification 0 or r delani definition t iou the fathers and four founders ders of the nation probably gave their successors credit or 0 dit for knowing the meaning of so short and au d simple a word and foresaw no possibility lity of dispute as to what constituted constitute a day daly they might perhaps have interred inferred fie from 1 m the wide range of opinion as to the burati duration 0 of the six days of Gen genesis esir that there might be some conflict of judgment judgment as to the meaning of the ten days of the constitution whatever was their view the adjournment of the senate at 10 1055 56 a am m yesterday in until n tit 11 tomorrow to morrow had and its reconvening veli ing live five minutes later is calculated to bast IL DOUBT upon the meaning of bf the word day and the proceedings proceeding of the forenoon today to day jk af the capitol ot a congress which necessarily expired by Jimi limitation tation and could transact brangal t no bjoin business ap after the close of march 3 iri creases these t f doubts the matter is not free from senona serious questions I 1 the trade dollar bill and anti polygamy bill were hastened from the Cit capitol pitol to the white house less than a fortnight aaboe that they might be in thip the presidents deAts hands tor for ten full d days a prior to adjournment the object of this 5 was clearly under constitution constitutional sl provision he held the bills f for OE ten days sundays excepted without action tion they became laws if on en tb the eother hand the bills were jn in his bands ba d P upon and ther fate unsettled unsettle heign CONGRESS ADJOURNED j hey would by constitutional provision cu ail biti the of 91 the session th these two bills both measures of great importance became laws at the close of the dakof day of elarch 3 without approval if con gress was in session at that time if on the 0 contrary o antra tr congress had bad addow bied at m moment the bills failed I 1 march mai ch 3 presumably ended at midnight and din die president regards these bills as haar having thus become JAWS if afy however marn march 3 expired at mid midnight tight the ot office 0 of f the speaker 4 and d members of the house and one thud third of the members of the senate pe terminated rminA ted and congress expired at that hour honi it congress expired at midnight last night the ACTION u upon pon appropriation tion inels is invalid and the actions of luoni congress Con giess Tess since since that hour meaningless ingless it if march ad ended at midnight congress did so if match rfd ad did not end at midnight the ten day da period closing with nith march id did dd not terminate the president recognizes recognises ten calendar days ten inida midnight nt to midnight mian slit days as the constitutional definition definition congress reci rec g cizes ten days as dip defined fined by b precedents neither has ti the e authority of the constitution and it cannot be found that either has specific cille statutory authority toi for conclusion this to the point fully put pit it way mav be just as well to stal that in th ehte opinion of several able lawyers the point is not well taken but still IT to IS A QUESTION regarding the failure of the president to veto ar approve the bill this may lie be sid said as to 10 his position tIou lie he could not approve it because of his doubts as to its constitutionality calit and he did not care to decide it t tut ional when the courts were open and where its validity could and would be tested this latter pop position itIbA would abtil be just as well taken were it signed but he did not wish to give his sanction to a bill which he believed to be I 1 vici ous I 1 perhaps the clever ones in your section berhar wi will bok BO explain how they became iso so sa sanguine gulbe that the pi president Pies ident would no time in approving the thea measure FOT for co cool 0 1 inexcusable ae ang and deliberate LYING s t the li gentlemen who have been bolster bolker ing up the courage of he 60 cent leaguers are certainly certai ply unrivalled out outside e the prediction that the bill would become law they ey have failed in every prediction because not ot knowing anything whatever about the final result they have persistently pern latently and vehemently made declarations which events have proved false J i 1 1 now that the bill Is ii a law it may be well to state that the president is understood der stood to have expressed himself as determined that it shall not be executed in a spirit of I 1 belleve believe it dishis is his desire that the people ples should hould know thip determination moreover his non approval leaves him uncommitted and free to ANY POLICY I 1 which duty may demand the more morel I 1 think of it the more J 1 feel that the president has really pursued a wise and manly course cour coursens send ud while or a time I 1 had thought it would be an exhibition of cowardice to fail to take tak action eAstlon I 1 am satisfied that wisdom hos guided him since lie he must mast feel assured that the courts will fairly point out the grave breaches of constitutional law which the bill bid is ie presumed to make the everyday very day the he bill became a law he pardoned joseph H evans which ks as the endorsement reads leads to the belief that he does not have the animus which it was designed that the political oli lick of utah should fal infuse use lao into him WALTON WOLD |
