Word: vetoing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fact that General Grant, when he was the idol of the people, could not secure a nomination for a third term and asked why Grover Cleveland should get one. He said that if the people wanted free coinage, they should have it, but Grover Cleveland had promised to veto any free siver bills. Do the people want a man who will veto their wishes...
...well as to Faculty, and it is hoped that a way out of the difficulty has been found. The votes, as drawn up, propose that full power be put into the hands of a jury composed of the presidents of each class. The president maintains the right, however, to veto any action, if deemed advisable. This seems the only point on which objections are raised, but the prevailing spirit is that, by such a method, President Low will be brought into closer contact with the students and obtain a more correct idea of the sentiment of the college...
General references: Professor Wm. M. Sloan, Pensions and Socialism in Century Magazine, Vol. XLII. p. 179, June 1891; E. H. Hall, An Indignity to our Citizen Soldiers; Pres. Cleveland's message. Senate Journal 2nd Sess., 49th Cong., 2 Sess., p. 219; Mason's Veto Power, secs...
...unconstitutional because it directs expenditure for purposes not mentioned or implied in the constitution: Veto message...
...inexpedient: [a] Refund of tax aids in producing deficit which must be met by increased taxation or a loan: Nation, March 12, 1891; [b] Return of tax lawfully collected tends to discredit the government: Veto message, p. 505; [c] Leads necessarily to return of other war taxes, e. g. income tax: Veto message, p. 505; Q. J. E., III, 452, 456; [d] States will be demoralized by sudden filling of their treasuries, cf. results of "deposit of 1836" : Bourne, "History of the Surplus Revenue...