St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-04
PRESS COMMENT.
The Presidents Message as
Viewed by the Mo!ders OF Public
OpiuApn.


Opinion.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. 3.-The Sun
tomorrow will say: Mr.. Cleveland
writes with the authority and power of
a man whose convictions are thorough
and whose information is full, and with
that air of confidence which springs
from the consciousness that the truth,
like ali other great forces, continues to
move Oh and grow, Notwithstanding the
efforts of hereto politicians to destroy
it. Altogether the message is exceed
ipgiy full and we'll written. 1t is fit
ting supplement to the able state pa
pers President Cleveland has given the
country, and of no public servant, in
this generation at least, can it be more
truly said than of himself, that he has
constantly guarded the rectitude of his
intention, maintained unsuliied his
love of country, and with unselfish pur
pose striven for the public good.
The Americanwill say: The mes
sage lacks the vigor, spirit and indivd-
uality heretofore conspicuous in his
official writings. and conveys the inn
preston that the president has suddenly
Hired of his duties and has relaxed his
grip upon the helm of the ship of state.
He nowhere rises above the common
place. except in his Introduction, which
/ is Iabored pessimistic wall over his
defeat in November, and deSpaIring
/ appeal to his scattered partisanS to
/ rally under the old flag of free trade
and save the country from imaginary
perils not suggested by any existing
I condition"
! WASHINGTON, Dee. 3.-The Post to-
morrow will say: 1.-THE president dis
| cusses the tariff with all the earnest
ness that cbaracterizes his late specific
message on that subject: and in which,
in spite of all reverses, he still main
talns, is the great issue before the
country. 70 be consistent with HIM
self it was necessary that even in the
face of an adverse public verdict he
should adhere TO cause which he de-
Iiberately and defiantiy made the SUI
prame test of his administration. But
the situation, bad as it is, is not wholly
due to the tariff. There are other and
prayer ills to be confronted and over
come. So far as the tariff is concerned
we have full faith that its inequalities
and exactionS, which are now universally
conceded will soon be adjusted upon
satisfactory basis. The sooner the
question is taken out of partisan poll
| ties the better The silence of the mes
sage with regard to civil service reform
| is It's notable and peculiar feature. 1t
is not to be assumed that the president
has lost faith in the reform, but is it not
a fair presumption that he has lost faith
in the reformers? Or, perhaps more
natural construction to be placed upon
his apparent abandonment of the cause
is that having brought the civil service
to its present high position, he prefers
not to argue the question of its continu-
anee with the incoming administration.
| His own responsibility in this matter is
well nigh at an end.
CHICAGO, Dee. 3.-The Herald {Dem.)
tomorrow, in commenting on the presi-
dents message, will say: There is
not a passage in this important and
significant state paper but impresses
sli. country with sense that Grover