The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-12-07
A MESSAGE.

Pursuant to the authority and direction
given the President by the constitution to
sfrom time to time give to the Congress
such information of the state of the Union,
ETC., Is he shall judge necessary and axpe.
dient," President Cleveland, on Monday
last, delivered his Annual Message, entering
into somewhat elaborate detail concerning
National affairs. 1t will be remembered
that his preceding message related entirely
to "free wool" and such like matters. The
subject, for some cause not stated, has evil
IDENTIFY grown distasteful to him, and the
present message is largely devoted to other
matters, although he mourns over the re.
mains of his pet theory, and fingers around
its grave with = pathetic fidelity that would
do credit to one of keener sensibilities and
more unsel6shness than he is accredited
with. In fact, the President seems, as is
remarked above, "for some cause not
stated,' to be in = respondent frame of
mind, aud to have serious misgivings that
| everything in the Union is now "going to
the demnition bow.wows." He sees in the
! great wealth of our cities, the ~crowding of
our manufacto cries and marts, and the great
prosperity that abounds therein, only . sign
that the rural districts are played out and
everybody is moving to town to whirl in
giddy, guilty and luxurious pleasures, while
the Imprinted portion Of the country is gong
to ruin about their ears. To the ordinary
observer, this building up of cities, these
great manufactures, this universal urban pros
perity, is but the complement of productive
farms and forests and mines, where from tho
rude shacks have been evolved c"~cn....S
side has been and is being dug wealth that
outrivals all "the wealth Of Ormus and Of
Ind" and where the bleak barrens and
"clearings" that existed q quarter of . cen
tury ago, have been transformed into tens
of millions of broad acres that yield boun-
teous harvests and even feed the festive
sheep whose owner read President Cleve.
lands former message and voted for Harri-
son. The President comedies the cities are
prosperous, and speaks Of his personal
knowledge. It is unfortunate that his du.
ties and his fishing excursions in isolated
localities during the past four years have to
so great an extent prevented him from see
ing more Of the prosperous, happy wool.
growing and farming side of American life.
"The impoverishment of rural sections and
discomfort with agricultural pursuits and
the "sombre shadings," are very largely
illusions blended with the election returns
from the rural districts of New York and
Indiana, and perhaps q poor crop and the
REIMBURSEMENT Of his lob by the man who
takes care of the Presidents farm at Red
Top. @.... ..M.m. M.. .m~M
That ~''trusts, combinations and monopo.
lies,'' aud the achievements of aggregated
capital" are frequently very bad, is very
true, and one Of the important duties of the
Republican party will be TO diminish as
greatly and as rapidly as possible the power
they have and the injury they do; but the
worst form of these aggregations and COM
blnations, the %'trust," has grown up entire
IL under Mr.. Cleveland's administration,
and influential members of them were his
most intimate friends, if not his political
advisers. The glittering generalities in
which he %denounces them, the stereotyped
platitudes he hurls far over their heads, and
his alleged sympathy with farmers and
others interested, are simply impotent ebuli-
lions of worde. Such evils exist. We all
know 1t. They are exceedingly harmful,
and it is very desirable to suppress, curb and
destroy them, and if the President knows
how it can or should be done, and had so
a services. The fine frenzy Of his d%enuncia-
ton is futile as The Pope's bull against the
comet. In fact the entire message, aside
from reference to reports of the Depart
men,s, partakes too much of the character
Of ! chronic scold. He chides Congress for
innumersble sins of omission and commits
sion; he feels that the people have not exer-
cised good judgment On the tariff question;
his Canadian fishery treaty should have been
ratified; he complains Of an accumulating
surplus in the treasury, although we have
not q mile Of defended line on the entire
coast of the United States, nor q navy that
could stand off that of the Chinese govern
ment if it was efficiently manned. We also
cheaper to pay in our prosperous days and
save interest,", and we owe in all honor sub
sistence at least to the dependent veterans
of the Union army. He also fluids fault with |
the coinage of silver, and joins the Secre-
tary of the Treasury in recommending its
SUSPENSION. In fact there are very few ex-
listing domestic conditions that are not
obnoxious to him, and in the future he sees
only trouble. The restless and disturbing
elements of the country will, we apprehend,
take comfort and encouragement out of bis
expressions, which, if we'll intended, are
unhsppily phrased.
On the Indian question and in relation to
the preservation of public lands, he has
efficiency Of the postal service will, at least
in the West, cause no responsive echo. The
Western mail service under bis administra-
ton has been, to put it III the mildest terms,
abominable. On the matter of naturaliza-
ton his suggestions lack vigor and particu-
larity. The naturalization laws need .
thorough ove1hauling and radical revision
from beginning to end. @.-. ..M.
Altogether the message is lugubrious, and
is more the reflection of . disappointed can
didate than Of . great, broad minded and
self poised Executive.
HOW BIG CANADA Is.