Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-07
TBB pRESLDRN1,S MESSAGE.

Yesterday HRs in many respects note
worthy occasion IN the halls Of the fed
4erkl congress. The LAST words OF a.
outgoing administration slWeys receive
respectful consideration from the people
OF the republic. For many reasons pecul
dar interest attaches to this message. As
announced in its opening phrsses
ths country is completing it's first
centennial of constitutional existence.
The occasion demanded something
more rtsn q mere executive to deal with
It properly. Itpresented a theme which
only the statesman and philosopher could
grasp. M. Cleveland, with 6 mSrveloue
faculty of sdsptability SO Of en- displayed
by him under varying circumstances, has
proved himself qual to lis requirements
Els last paper belongs rot to the
republic alone but to the world. I! Is 0
review o! the most notable political
achievements 0! the century from ar sld-
tude OF patriotism faF beyond the Eeach
OF selfish part,ssusb!p.
While the president does not retreat 5
single step from the position taken IN his
message &c the opening session Of the
present congress-, which prec!pitated the
lssus upon which the late cam
paign wss wlged, his does no,
corfne himself 10 the narrowed
limits CT his former message. The psper
sead Il congress yesterday was intended
TO fulfill greater mission than 20 outline
the policy OF sIDgle campaign. 1t is $
timely reststemert Of Democratic dos
trines by 9 man qualified TO erunciste
them. 1t is 8 protest against tendencies
in the government which Jefferson and
Jackson protested against. 1. is 9 plea
for the constitution such as B anton would
have made were he alive to-day.
Whoever rescs th.s document and
compares It with the messages Of
Hayes, Of Garfield and Of Arthur will not
need to be told OF the fundamental dill
ferences between the Democratic and the
Republican parties. Here the lines Of
demsrkstion are clearly drawn. Present
Issues are traced back to their fountain
head, In the time when Hamilton and
Jeftarson were struggling to impress
their widely diverse theories upon the
young republic. To the thoughtful mind,
1t must appear that the pres.
ident speaks in no exaggerated
strain Of evils which the insIdIous
growth Of tbs Hsmiltonisn Idea is foster
ing In the republic. The revenue system
is referred TO simply as an incident OF
this discussion. After showing that tie
treasury surplus is Increasing, snd must
continue TO increase c! the rsse OF SlOO,-
100000 year under the present system
of unnecessary taxation, tho president
concludes this part Of his message with
this significant counsel:
There should be no scheme sccepted as sat-
isfSstory By which the burdens of the peopIe
ars only apparently removed. Tho extraysgaut
appropriations OF publ money. with their
emorali<inS con sequences should not be toll.
GRATED, elmer as means Of relieving The Treas
ury OF lie preselt surplus or hs furnishing pre-.
texts for rosisting proper reduction In tariff
rates Existing evils and inj1sticet shSaAs be
honestly recognized. boldly met and effsetfyesy
rent died There should be no cess tiofsof &c
EtIuggle Until plan is perfected fair aSa con4
scr alive toward 7SiBling industrisE b i
which will reduce the cost TO consumers d1tha
neceseLreso OF NE while 1t provides Tor apf
manufacturers the advabts yes cfsxess aw rist
terialt. ano permits no irj Try 70 Ateres. a
American labor.
Oipc less Significance is tbs refeeakte
TO the pension system. Tsizng as basis
sbs lsct That the expenditures for pen