Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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References: President Cleveland's veto message, Cong. Record, March 2, 1897. No Am. Review, May, 1897. No. Am. Review, Vol. 134, p. 346. Atlantic Mo., Vol. 78, p. 445. Debates on bill in Cong. Record, 54th Cong. H. R. 7864, Mayo Smith, Emigration and Immigration...
...board has an absolute veto power upon the acts of the committees and officers, a right, however, which has never been exercised. The membership of the University Club is at present 1410, a number about equally divided between the college and professional schools...
...must not forget that the President is a legislative officer. His means of legitimate influence consist in his power to make treaties through which he can override laws; in his right of veto, which makes him a standing conference committee for all men who wish to pass bills; and in his power of expressing through messages to Congress his views on all matters of legislation. If with these powers he does not succeed, he is out of touch with the people or is unfit for his office. No greater powers are needed...
...have today three independent judgments on our legislation. The proposed change would attack the independence of the President's veto as well. The idea of Cabinet government is concentrated in leadership. It is a contradiction in terms that leadership should be concentrated in different places, and we have examples in England, France and Canada...
...Wrightington went on to outline the President's part in legislation, citing from the history of the United States many instances where his power of veto and of convening of extra sessions had played an important part...