There was, however, the difficulty that the first suggestion of such a course would have been Vetoed by his wife, who was an ambitious woman, younger than he, and, as a rule, at least, Acton submitted to her good-humouredly.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
My commonsense suggestion was emphatically Vetoed.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
The President Vetoed all of these measures upon the ground that, since the Tariff Board was to make its report within a very short time, it would be wiser to defer action on the tariff until the report could be used.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews