Smyrna times., 1885-12-16
The Presidents Message as Dis
oussed at Washington.

mendatiOns in regard to the tariff. MIR.
Randall, as the Message was being
read, remarked to one of his friends
thct it suited him, and every other
Democrat in the delegation has since
said practically the same thing. Gov
ernor Curtain, who did not care to
give his views at length, was explicit
in saying that the suggestions fully ex-
pressed his opinions and would be sat
isfactOry to the State.
General Negley, from a Republican
standpoint said that he appreciated the
painstaking effort of the President to
deal fairly with all the public ques-
tions. There was philosophy in every
line on the tariff, coinage and civil SER
vice. Radicals on neither side could
find much comfort in it. 1t was a
Northwest Passage in regard to the
current of opinion upon the tariff and
would not be quoted by Free-traders
during the coming discussion as con-
tanning any wisdom on the subject,
The Message was cOnsOlatOry because
indicating no disastrous legislation on
the tariff, and also giving hope that all
efforts in that direction would end in
agitation only.
Comments upon the Presidents
Message and the report of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury from Democratic
senators are by no means compliment
/ tary. The Southern and Western sill
yer advocates are disgusted with the
unqualified recommendation of the
! President that the silver coinage be
stopped. They appreciate the irresis-
tibe force of his argument, but the
majority of their constituents demand
that their representatives shall resist
every effort to limit or suspend the out
put of silver dollars. 1t is understood
that Senator Beck, of Kentucky, who
is the most prominent silver advocate
on the Finance Committee, will, soon
after the holidays, attack on the Senate
floor the conclusions reached by the
President and Secretary Manning. He
looks upon the Administration as the
representative of the iinanciers, bank
ers and bondholders of the East, and
the same frankness as though Repub-
lican president had advised the suspen-
sion of silver coinage.
Only the extreme Free-traders are
dissatisfied with the recommendations
regarding the tariff Democrats gen
orally do not show the same anxiety to
tinker with the tariff that was mani
tested in the Forty-eighth Congress
and it is evident that no extreme legis-
: lation on this subject can be pui
through the House.
Those members who have been un,
able to secure appointments for theil
constituents under the new administra
tiOn are displeased with the President
: strong utterances in favor of civil ser
. vice reform. They had expected tina
he would mildly commend the opera
: ton of the present law, but they diC
! not think he would go to the extIem
. of recommending an increase of th,
salaries of the commissioners and
more rigid enforcement of the law
The friends of Captain Eads' Tehaun
. tepec Canal scheme are delighted wit
= the endorsement given that gentleman
i by Mr.. Cleveland. The advocates G
Il the Nicaragua Canal are correspond
!, ingly depressed. During the pas
u Summer a re-examinatiOn of the NiC
aragua route was made and the repoI
u showed more favorable conditions tina
had been anticipated. Captain Ead
" has the reputation of being very skill
full in the promotion of legislation i
:, which he is personally interested, an
= he will undoubtedly press. his shi
= railway enterprise.
Criticism on the great length of I'll
Message is offset by the reply that
contains great quantity of informs
ton and is conservative and though
= full. Senator Sherman commends it
y a sound and comprehensive dOcumen
- Speaker Carlisle uses terms of unr
g served praise. Senator Logan says
u u " l will express my views of the Me
= sage on the floor of the Senate" Co
~ gresham Morrison says the tar
~ clause is good as far as it goes, but n
J. calculated to affect tariff legisiatiC
> either way. Conservative Republican
~ say the Message is more valuable f
~ the information contained in it tha
n for any opinions expressed or poll
~ advocated. Civil Service CommissiO
- - er EdgertOn expresses his pleasure
'V the reform utterances.
- The Democratic party has for yes
~ denounced and prevented the buildil
NJ of navy. The President asks
-. more money for that purpose tn
10 even MI. ISODoSOh Wdul0u. i uo lie
=; ~ Ocrats have opposed the suspension
dn ~ the silver coinage. The Presiden
m On strongest expressions favor its stoppal
We Eo The Democrats have hOwled for t
ye' syo abolition of our diplomatic and con:
"a lar service. The President goes
III ~ most too far in asking for its enlarI
'T4 Tt ment and increase. The Democr
as have demanded free trade and swe,
"a u ing tariff reduction. The President
nU vises that the tariff be let alone exec
H. where reduction will do the le
la la harm. The President is ahead of
ht party.
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1ds A correspondent OF the N. {. IFlOi