The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-08
-~m PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Tbose people who have been per
zeuelg declaring ever since tht
s--oseo convention that Chester a.
z~fhur was merely ward politician
-rasout ability, the training or even
as capacity OF statesman, Will, one
II these days, be forced TO change
~zsza5r refrain. His every act slnce be
za5aune President, or after there was
uespect that he would be elected
zqthe executive chair of the nation,
zone to prove him to be man Of
xxes intellectual ability, and one who
u only fully understands the lm-
-ssrtAnce and appreciates the dignity
Il his position, but who feels the
-essary confidence of bis ability to
gufsrm the duties of President. The
--~autry is always anxious to read q
zident's fret message TO Congress.
zz4bis the executive, if be does not
Tzfincay dime his course drops
=0gthiDg which will indicate the
zaTcy that he proposes to
-zrzues President Arthur. while not
TztIining a policy. has made it clear
Zst his purposes are broad, that be
<ar-seeing, tina! be ia familiar With
- sfate nuestions of the day and has
Zeen appreciation of what is re-
s1zired Of q President and by TIE
.wgausry. In late years Presidents
-eye @'spread" themselves in their
z2oud messages, indulging in fine
zrfting AZ we'll as covering broad
I'D of subjects. In the matter oil
7xor,Is. Arthur has also done some
4areaIing. bis message filling fifteen
ana and-a halt columns OF the HER
sLD. At toe same time there ia little
zgasss Of verbs, and no attempt at elo-
ezuence. The paper is made up ofshor'
telling sentences, there being an un'
-7TfstakabIe point in everything be
.ss7g. The formal matters, as oui
eEoreign relations, are referred tc
7rieay and clear statements made,
lie defines plainly what should be
tae policy of this government with
regard 70 foreign powers, being spe'
rcifc in cases requiring it, as in tht
matters Of Switzerland sending hel
nzupers and criminals to America, o
the United States encouraging Mex
Sce 20 higher civilization and create
z Industrial development; of the Peru
xiaa troubles. of the probability o
zKalsKaua's kingdom falling int
ether hands than those OF tn
-stive Sandwich Islanders, etc
The leading features of th
message in which the peopl
are most interested, may be stated a
eollows. together with the President
views thereon: The internal Tevenu
taxes, which Arthur thinks should b
taken off everything except spiiii
sud tobacco and the business Of dea
ing in them. The public debt
being reduced ct a rate which sul
seests that too large share Is DeiU
borne by the people OF this gener'
tion. TIE army, he recommend
should be increased to $4,000 enliste
men. The navy should be increases
without too extrsvagant an outlay
money, so IS to afford bstter prote
Zion and furnish a more eGecti'
Iorce. somewhere in keeping Wit
the country's greatness, in case
trouble with foreign power. Doub
less the prospect of trouble with Chi
which is overehadowing US, hs
suggested quite forcibly to tt
executive tbs propriety of beir
better prepared to carry By fort
II necessary, the point which Il
United States has undertaken
make in settling the dispute in Soul
America. He wants authority
suppress the cowboy brigandsge