Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-12-04

Some Say It Is Great Paper. and WIN
Inspire Every Render with Profound Ad-
miration-others Say 1t Is stale. Plati.
tudinous and Extremely Amusing.
BALTIMORE, Dec The Sun saws: sAlr.
Cleveland writes with the authority and
power Of man whose conviction are thor
ough and whose information is full, and
with that air of confidence which springs
from the consciousness that the truth
like other great forces, continues to move on
and grow, Notwithstanding the efforts OF
hereto politicians to destroy it, Altogether
the message is exceedingly full and well
written 1t is fitting supplement to the
able state papers President Cleveland has
given the country, and Of no public servant, in
this generation at least, can il be more truly
said than Of himself that he has constantly
guarded the rectitude Of his intentions. main
talned unsulhed his love Of country and with
unseliish purpose stTiyen for the public good
Regarding the message Tho American says.
"Ihe message lacks the vigor spirit and in.
diyiduality heretofore conspicuous in his
official writings and conveys the impression
that the president has suddenly tired 81 his
duties and has relaxed his grip upon tho
helm Of the old ship Of state He nowhere
rises above the commonplace, except in his
Introduction, which is a labored, pessimistic
wall over his defeat In November, and O
despairing appeal to his scattered partisans
to rally under the old flag Of free trade and
save the country from imaginary perls not
suggested BY an existing condition.
BosT0N, Dec 4-The journal (Rep) says:
I'VE grieve to say it Of the president Of the |
United States, Of whom, BY reason Of his |
hffrh aNffa -.
with respect, but the earlier portions Of this |
message are tinctured with demacogueisn |
which is unworthy Of the chief executive Of
this great people, and which, so far as it is
accepted by foreigners as a statement Of |
facts, is untrue and iibelousn
The Herald lnd.l says: "The message, in
the consideration Of controverted questions,
has IN it the qualities Of frankness and eour.
age which have distinguished President Cleve.
lands entire rlblic life, and 1t will be found
TO be throughout a statesmanlilSe as well as a
patriotic document
The Globe DENY says: president Cleve-
land stands as the foremost representative of
that fairer distribution of the products Of
labor which is the ideal and object OF ali
labor's most intelligent friends and leaders v
The Advertiser (Rep.l refers to the message
as 'long and stale homily, a good portion
oft in the vein Of Herr Most, y and saws; au
scarcely deserves serious attention, except al
being in itself the most striking indication Of
the national degeneracy and decay which il
discovers =
CHICAGO, Dec 4-The Herald Dem1 saws,
"There is not a passage IN this important
and significant state paper but impresses the
country with sense that Grover Cleveland
as president, was the right man in the right
place
The Times DEM: MANY millions OF peo.
PIE reading this lust state paper Of Cleve-
lands viii find themselves deeply reyrettine
inc failure to re-elect him to the presidency y
The News Ind. Rep). "None but a hide
bound partisan can fail to be aroused "a IA.
miration Of the man who, ii the hour 81
political defeat, can still keep his rudder true
and absolutely suppress all personal feeling
~ his last official utterance. Ii d Democrat.
he must be proud Of the rugged statesman.
ship and earnest striving for the best inter
ests Of the country which marks every line
IL a Republican, he can do not less than hops
that his chosen chief may come as we'll oui
OF the fray, with as heroic port and un
daunted mien IN 1872 as Cleveland in the
closing days Of 1SSSn
The Tribune lRep): "The message contains
neither new thoughts or suggestions. excepi
on the tariff question, where the president
has, in tho past year, made a prodigious
stride from tariff reform 60 naked. absolute
Tree trade The president Is bold, nervy. and
desires at least one more round before Ia
viii acknowledge himself whipped
The lnter-Ocean Rep); The message con
trasts sharply with the policy adopted a yeai
ago when the president could think Of moth
ing but the tariff. On that question The
lnter-Ocean comments; THAT part of his
message might have been written by Manton
Marble Joseph Meaill, Henry Watterson or
any other free trader, accustomed to think
pen in hand. In fact The New York World
Louisville Courier-Journal and CHICAGO
Tribune have said substantially the same /
thing as one finds in this message over ant
over again, and they were stale before they
aid them the first time
lEDrANAPoLIs, Dec. 4-The Journal saws
The solemn and ponderous way in which
he president begins by referring to tho dan {
gers that threaten the government at the be
ginning OF its second hundred years of ma
iionai existence, and then lapses into chronic +
1latitudes about the tariff and surplus, seem. +
Ike a great reach after something states 4
nanlike It only attains 20 mlscheviou, {
iemagogy, for that is the size Of his tain q
about the growth Of classes, the gulf between 2
employers and employees, the exactions " !
'apital, the wrongs 81 labor, etc.
In all this jeremiad about the decadenee 4
y patriotism and morals there is not a sound 4
principle nor healthy idea No president has Ii
iyer before 50 roundly lectured the American y
'eople for their alleged neglect Of duty, Or y z
Mainly appealed to class interests and preiu 4
ices IN support Of pet policy
Comments Of the London Papers.
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