Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-05
THE PRESIDENTS NEssaGE.
-Hs message of President Arthur. deli

lily found III sucn ooI -,
The feature of the me. e's0 Which VIII
the most attention, rs ieia'i'e
@ taxation and the tariff. u ahere
.ould be said to have been any
doubt heretofore, relative to the liability 10
make a sweeping reduction in taxst'on'
that doubt would be removed by the 1ig-
ures now presented. The treasury is grow
ing plethcric and overburdered ny wy
flow of money thereto from excessive tax
alton. The fear that the president ex-
presses that this state of affairs Will pro-
duce official extravagance, will almost pro-
woke a smile. There has been little but
extravaganza and profigacy in the admin
istration of national affairs Tor many
wears, and whea the Republicans had
sweeping majorities in both houses no
serious attempt was made to remove the
burdens from the people. On the contrary
the Ubiquitous tariff was maintained in all
its force. Now that the recent elec-'
lions have placed the handwrlt-
ing upon the wall SO
large and plain that it must be needed both
as political necessity and as policy, the
retiring party assumes virtue. though it
has it not, and processes desire to give
the people relief. If death-bed repent
ance should result in some public good, it
will be welcome. It is manifest, however,
that the policy of the party which the
president representa- to follow the course
indicated by the message of reducing do
nestle taxation in order to save the tariff
as much as possible. AS both parties are
agreed that a very radical reduction of
taxation is not only easily feasible but pos
itively demanded, there ought not to be
much difficulty in accomplishing some
thing practical the present winter.
The GLOBE cannot too highly approve
the recommendations of the president for
reduction of postage. 1t is gratifying
announcement that the postoface depart
ment is self sustaining. The rule has been
to show deficit in this department of the
government. The president is decidedly
correct in stating that the postofice de-
partment is not designed to be a
source of revenue. The reduction
of letter postage to two cents would result
in such an increase of letters that no fear
need be entertained of any material i'm
pairment of the receipts. The president
does not seem to be in entire harmony
with his cabinet, for while the post
master general advocates the postal tele-
graph in his report, the president emphat-
ically opposes it. The president is right.
The recommendations relative to river
and harbor improvements are also ssnsi-
BILE. The une1pended balance in the treas
ury of nearly eighteen millions shows the
fragrant character of the vetoed river and
harbor bill steal. The friends of the Mis-
sissippi river will do well to follow the
presidents advice, and bring in bill on
It's merits. They are strong
enough, and their cause is meritorious
enough, to secure what is necessary with
out having a lot of swindling appropria-
lions make a rider of the Mississippi.
The system of grouping needed and meri-
torious Improvements and then throwing
in steals to tho aggregate amount of mill
lions, in order to secure votes, is pernicious.
and the comments and recommendations
of the President in this respect, should
lead to an entire change in the policy of
securing such appropriations.
The endorsement of the Pendleton civil
service reform bill is clever. If We might
quote Jolly Bagstock, we should say sit is
sly-devilish sly.'' This is a measure
championed and introduced by Demo
cratic Senator, and if passed and made a
law the present winter, would either result
in the Republican officials being re-
tanned, even if the Democrats elected
their President in 1884, or else a
Democratic congress would have to jump
down it's owr throat by repeating the law.
Here is dilemma for the Democrats which
the Republicans are not slow to see and
improve. The Pendleton bill makes Office
holding almost life tenure for those who
are once fairly seated, and if the Dem
ocrats should elect a president and
find the Republicans on deck for life, there
isdanger that they might conclude that
is good deal of humbug and clap-trap in
the hue and cry For civil service reform
which they now evidently regard "a good
enough Morgan until after election The
country would be likely to survive, how
ever, even though there might be political
waiing and crashing of teeth.
Of course the President thinks there is
too much silver. He represents the views
of Wall street and Wall street can make
more money for itself and less for the peo-
pie by having the gold standard alone. 1t
will be bold Congress, however, which
will have the temerity to taboo the de-
velopment of so important mineral as
American silver.
Taken as a whole, the GLOBE finds much
more to approve..in President Arthur's full
mination than to criticse. AS it
is one of the closing papers
of the Republican party which is
soon to go into permanent retirment, it
has flavor of virtue which it is pleasant
to commend. 1t is not often that presi-
dent can accept his party death warrant so
gracefully.
TAXATION.
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