New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-08
WASHINGTON.
COMMENTS AND OPINIONS ON THE PRESl'
DENTS MESSAGE.

COMMENTS AND OPINIONS ON TIE fhEH-
DENTS MESSAGE.
rUnrIc MEN Not PREPARED TO EXPRESS Tl'''N
OPINIONS rULLY-THE HARD MONEY MIN
PLEASED WITH THE SPECIE PAYMENT RECON-
uENDATION-BEIIEF THAT THE CUliFNCf eO'~'
TON WILL Re LET ALONE THIS sEssioN-lnf
,opp,ps DrrlGurEp AT TIE SUBSIDY SUCCESS
TONS.
my rrlrGRArH TO ruE TEIpUNEl
WASHINGTON. Dee Public men have very ilttio
to soy about the Presidents message to-nlEh'' AS
IL was read in either House it commanded unnSua'
attcotion. ard in the Senate especially 1t was
vcrv closely listened TO. 1t is not. how
ever. from this reading that the oeaTest
idea Of any State paper is obtained. AI,er
men have had time to sit down WITH
+bo ,ovsporor before them and study the document
,,-arrapI by paragraph, inwardy diScst'og each as
thcy read they are prepared to give their opinion Oh
itnot very often before. At the same time there are
,ors Of the Message which attracted the tentlon OF
almost every one, even as they heard II read IRON
thc CLERKS dcsE. lhe opening paragraphs OF Una,
sent 10 Congress- today treating OF the tna0c'@I
condition Of lie country and OF tie currency were
Of that nature. Hard money men IN Do'n
Houses were pleased with the position assumed
by the Prc.iG ut o. this question, although 'hey
do not all agree that bis plan Tor getting
IA ID y
Wed 4. thc Same tjpc, yerr few are t. be found
vh,5.,i,,s Tint Co9g.as5 wiz pay tie slightest
attention to The Pccs ienps accommodations on
this subject. The general belief Is. that
The currency question viii be let severely alone
this session Very naturally tho Western
and Southern in1ationists are as mnch depressed
with this yar. of The message rs the others are graft
fed; aul set they are not disappointed. Nothing
has occurred since las: Spring when Grant sent
in his message ve'oing the inIanon Dill
to cause them to hope that he had changed ms
mind on THIS subject except lis signature OF Inc
pautohcd.up concern which became law an" II Is
generally understood That is was through ignorance
and not from any change OF SeLtlou' 'A~' Ao h''''
that measure Ills approval
Til. treatment Of thc Cuban question IS much
more moderate .Ial was expected. AID much more
moderate it's believed than il was dealt With IN the
ORIGINAL draft Of tie message. The policy If TIC
President j. very forcihly laid down in the letter OF
iustIuc.ious given by Nr. Fish to Mr. Cushing
when the latter Was about TO depart Cd his mission
in February last, since it has been read in HE
TEmCNE tits afternoon, h2S excited moro discus
sion than the passage relating 10 the Same SUBJECT ID
the message itself
The Part Ct the Message which recommends in
direct sub.ilies to steamship lines. both for the
Atlantic and Pacific tIa-a, delights the job
bers, who wax fat when such schemes as
these succeed, and gricyes the honest men
OF tie I1esi.eu,s party, Who believe that
the strctest economy ard tho greatest caro- in
cutting down all needless expense Of the Govern
meut arc among the necessities, if they hope to re-
cover the ground lost during the past year. One
representative who supports Grant, bat who
has set bis face against all such schemes
as the one referred t.. excused Grant
the Plea that 1t was natural that he should
desire 10 d, something TO revive commerce, and It
was not strange dat ignorant - no upon
such subjects houII suppose that ih;s vas The way
10 do IT, especially when be is constantly surrounded
by the men interested in the jobs, and who are con-
stautly i.n, rcssiHS Inn With tnciT inheritance
"I.e Presidents saGcy on the subject Of Civil
Service Z, f5la.o Is tie remark lat las b,-l Lend
on every side since tho adjournment tais after
neon. The reading OF the par. r1ph devoted
TO this Subject in the Senate caused ir. Car
renter TO burst forth in one Of lis familiar
gicgles and Mr Cauklinr, who sat polishing his pen
knife and pairing his fnser-uails, daring nearly the
whole reading, looked up when BIO heard It, and
sn', 4 apqr3sn-ly mon lis friend.
Tic assertion that the leg Station Of las session
in relation 20 tile collection Of import G.'i,s had
resulted in loss - tao revenue, has been very
generally commented upon, especially by
those who were active il securing those
reforms One Republican REPRESENTATIVE from
Ecw-York expressed his regret that
the Castom-hoUse gang had captured the PRESIDENT.
and venturcd the opinion that Gen. Grant would
have an opportunity before tho end of the
session to paT,;cularize, AID to inform Congress
lust where the loss of revenue has taken
places Its amount, and the articles upon which
il has been lost Tomorrow and next day the citi-
cisms of the message one viii hear about the CAPT
tai viii be far more interesting and intelligent than
those heard to-day, unless some subject OF greater
interest arises and causes it to be forgotten.