The great expansion of our currency, the ease with which money had been obtained, and the extravagance with which it had been expended in all the walks of life, produced in the minds of the people an indifference to the question of economy.

The President, in his own long career, had exercised a rigid watchfulness over the disbursements of public money, and he did not fully realize the great change which had been wrought in the people--a change sure to follow the condition of war if historic precedents may be trusted--a change in which economy gives way to lavishness and careful circumspection is followed by loose disregard of established rules.

It is a condition not implying dishonesty or even recklessness, but one which follows from a positive inability in the public mind to estimate the expenditure of money by the standards which are applied in the era of peaceful industry, careful supervision and prudent restraint.
The Senate voted upon the veto the day after it was received.

Greatly to the surprise of the public the dominant party was unable to pass the bill against the objections of the President.

Messrs.