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Jul 1, 2003 · This legislation appropriated $10,000—a trifling sum even in those days—to allow the Commissioner of Agriculture to purchase seed grain for distribution to farmers in certain counties of Texas that had suffered from drought. 4 The president’s veto message read in part as follows:
The Texas Seed Bill was a 1887 United States federal law to deliver $10,000 of aid to purchase seed grain for farmers after a major drought in Texas. The law was vetoed by President Grover Cleveland. In his veto message, Cleveland argued:
This eLesson focuses on Cleveland’s veto of the Texas Seed Bill, which would have provided seeds to drought-stricken farmers who had eaten their seed corn to survive. Narrative President Grover Cleveland once told a friend that he saw his chief legislative duty to be stopping bad bills from becoming law, rather than trying to convince ...
President Cleveland vetoes the Texas Seed Bill, which was designed to provide relief to drought-stricken farmers. Cleveland believes the bill oversteps the powers of the federal government. Presidential Speeches | Grover Cleveland Presidency
Grover Cleveland’s Veto of the Texas Seed Bill (February 16, 1887) Amid a crushing drought that devastated many Texas farmers, Grover Cleveland vetoed a bill designed to help farmers recover by supplying them with seed. In his veto message, Cleveland explained his vision of proper government. …
Dec 22, 2021 · Cleveland's Veto of the Texas Seed Bill (1887) by Grover Cleveland. From The Writings and Speeches of Grover Cleveland. sister projects: Wikidata item. President Cleveland's veto of the Texas Seed Bill (February 16, 1887) is the most famous of his many vetoes; in it he makes the case for limited government and supports the role of private charity.
One of Cleveland’s most famous vetoes was his veto of the Texas Seed Bill in 1887. A long and severe drought had stricken areas of Texas. With no grass to graze, eighty-five percent of cattle in the western part of the state died. Those cattle that remained were starving, often motherless calves.
