Huntsville gazette., 1886-12-11
THE MESSAGE.

makes no attempt at ornament w
STYLE. What is said is said in plain
simple language. And Of course.
what is said was we'll studied before
it was said making the omissions as
sign pificant as the message itself.
It has been said that the President
would not be candidate for re-elec>
ton, that his civil service ideas and
public expressions on record before
his election to the Presidedcy, would
prevent him aspiring for a second
term. But that idea as his admins
tration grows older and he is mole
and more set down as the most prob
able Democratic nominee to succeed
himself.
The message is q most adroit pa
per. Its hand Is neither for or
against Bourbon, free trader, Pro-
tectionist or Mugwump,
Aside from it's political bearings and
moorings, as an official and 'business
document the message is . most creo-
table paper. Opening with satis~
factory reuirw of our relations with
foreign government including the
review of the Catting affair with
Mexico and the Canadian Fisheries
| dispute the President branches of
on home affairs by recommending
la reducii, III OF revenues,
in view of the fact that the enormous
income from the present rate Of in-
taxation far exceeds the actual
needs of The COVER n,nent.
Touching upon the silver question
the recommends ton for suspension
of compulsory coinage OF the silver
dollar is renewed, and the decline Of
its value from "a Ia cents in 1878 to
u cents in July 1886 is instanced to
prove that the immense coinage of
silver by the Government does not
enhance its value. For the War
Department coast lefenccs and for
tifications are recommended.
Under the bead cf Pensions the
following facts are taken from the
Report OF the Commissioner OF Pen
sions; number OF pensioLes last June
365, ,783 Pensions allowed since 1861
621754, including CO, 17S soldiers OF
the war of 1912. Total amount paid
for pensions $8OS. .624 ,8ll.57.
The Tabor question receives brief
mention and the settlement of dis.
putes between employer and employ
ed by arbitration by the U s Labor
Burean is urged. Contentment with
their divers stu ,tions as inseperable
from our civilization" is invoked
from the people, as hearty co-op-
Grafton on:the part Of all interest is
the surest path to National great
ness,'
A friendly is spoken for the De-
paatment of Agriculture inviting en-
larged appropriation for the exten-
sion OF its usefulness.
The attention of Congress is invited
to the existence in various states OF
pleuro pneumonia among the cattle
threatening the quantity and quality
of the food supply. For civil SER
vice reform the President invokes the
cheerful and ungrudging support OF
congress.
Not as y matter of greater import
ance but as q matter which more d.
rectly concerns him the Negro will
read the following paragraph from
the message concerning the Freed-
mans Savings bank with interest.
II desire to hall the attention of
the Congress to a plain duty which
the Government owes to the deposi
tors in the Freedmen Savings and
Jrpst Company. This company Was
chartered by the Congress for the
benefit of the most illiterate and
humble Of our people, and with the
intention Of encouraging in them ins
dustry anl thrift. Most OF the
branches we're presided ov by Of,
fcers holding the COMMISSIONS and
clothed in the uniform Of the U U.lited
States. These and other circum-
stances i,rsas ,nably, [ thiak. lead
these simple people to suppose that