Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-12-04
rae MESSAGE.

President 0levelAnd's last annual mes
sage 10 Congress- yesterday, we can
only give . gynopaiB thereuf, which ie
a. much as our patrons care 10 read.
The Message IL divislble into three
principal Eeutionat the 6rse quarter Of II
helpg devoted 10 any essay on political
| economy &c relatsd 70 the syetem Of
protection; the second quarter being de
voted 10 our foreign relations, and the
remaining half 10 routine mAttersin the
administration Of The Departments and
Bureaus
Concerning the tariff part OF the
document, 1t Is, - already mentioned,
an essay, which, while putting old
poStulAtes and of refuted pFoposid Ons
In varied forms Of words, inaulEes IN
| considerable rhetoRio and some invee-
tive and extrAqAgAnoe OF expressions,
This the Presidents general good judR.
ment should have ruled out. 10 IL By
no means q welcome establishment 10
Prudential Message on the state OF
the Union. to and ''our business uen''
in the mass, described 80 tmadly
striving in the race for rlohee," or To-
Rad Of The ''oitizsA" generally olAsssd,
~ belng ',tramplad 10 death btnssth en-
iron heel. Thia may make the unSlTill'
full hpErAh; but II will certainly 0ause
the judioinuH 70 Rrieve. One with no
other information than what 10 gained
in the Message might we'll suppose the
CaAtarial welfare OF cur country 10 ba in
a state Of decay, and our farmers and
| peopia generally In . condition OF dis
tress, with no prosperity or happiness
/ anywhere except RmenE "agRragAtieps
Of capital" Combinations" "moAupo-
lies" and ''Irusts-"
or course, ell Intelligent Americans
know right well that no such condition
| exists, bat the Message hutlds up on
such assumed condition the declaration
that suoh grievances "muSt surely
arouse Irritation and diSo1nteut' am0bR
''uur faTufsrs, long sutfering ani ps-
tlent," and RmonR "our working men"
when 'enfrAnehissd from all dslusions"
-jaat the sAms IS u the people had mot
heard these and similar things many
times before, and Just ss IL they hAG
not given their ansWar to them at the
election less han n month aRp. rha
Bhive mAnDer 10 which tho Message
brings 81 this forward Again--ss Il Il Is
Of the very freshest in Argument and
meBs convincing In furce-s 10 rs one
Of the AuEest vouchers OF the Prssldeat's
eAFnestn9aH aud einosrlty.
Tee tarid portion winds up With the
recommendation that IA just and sensi-
BILE revision Of our tArif laws sholld be
inside"
Then follows Z recital Of some Of the
evils In the way OF jobbeTy, fAVoFitlsm,
waste, oxtsaVAaanCs and demCra!iza.
ton thAt are incidental 70 . treRsury
plethOrio with mOHey, with all OF which
the BEPUBLIcAN Agress, bat with this
difference; thai the HOuse Of Repre-
eentstiYss should not have allowed
money 10 accumulate in the Treasury
Lat should have been appropriated %
the payment Of the Governments hon
! orAbls obi cations, 10 the building up o.
our merchant marine, to the rehsbili
taiion Of our navy IT 3 quicker pAoi IA
this protection Of what Mir. Tildon CO
nouDosd az the ''deieneelesa condition
OF oar coABts," and with this other dl;
ference, that the further uRdue EoSu.
mutation should have besn prevented
by = very large or total repeal OF The In
tsInal revenue tAxeH, which repeal hA,
! been during all OF this 'isuFplus" time
D the sursst and aAfsst Way u reduce th'
Q revenue.
. Our foreign relations occupy the sec
/ ond qusrtsr of the message. They aTi
i all-or very nearly Rll-ip q condition
! Of monotonous serenity. The canadian
hsheEles and SAokvllls. West affairs ar
the exceptions. Since the 81 OF March
!. 1887, well on to two years ago, there ia
4 been no complaint OF interference wild
i American hAhinE vessels by the Cana
|. dian authorities that has not been re
3 dressed in . prompt and satisfactory
Z way, Nevertheless, the Prss1den
4 again Invites the attention OF Congress
: to the necessity Of measures for the set
!. Element OF this long-standinR dispute
n As 70 the recently dismissed Bntisl
Minister, Lord 6AokVilIe- Weat, there 4
2 not the least little apsck Of war to b
10 disoerned, unless It should arise out 0
Is the Circumstance that Lord sackVille /
d not named in the message, bat IefeIre
10 ~ q "person" and rs "a persona
channel ofdiplomAuo intercourse 10 thi
4 country with the Government Of GTea
4 Britsin." This msy bs "mtohinR ma
i lecho" and "meAn mischief" BuE "
hope not.
y As to all the rest Of our foreign affair
= ~ revealed in the Message we repea
8 that they are monoton0usly unimIol
y tAnt, and from . news point OF VleI
Ie quite ancient, Aud, indeed, with bu
10 few exceptions the latter portion OF lhH
II remark may be made concerning ali {
p the routine matter relating 70 the seI
y eral departments, Some OF the excsg
I AA1A9 w Abkoa ~ 10 AaA0 hlAL JUL EhLl
IaliZAtion laws are too "frea and sAsy
: for those who come here to get Amer
= can "pApsrs" to stay here, but /
10 take them away for sinister purposeg-
10 and that SAID Laws should be tiRhtene
IS up.
e The Treasury shows for the last aso.
O. year Ito Jane 3O.h, 1850 revenue {
a, 1878 ,266,074 rs, Of whicn s2l9,091 ,173 {
4 was from customs duhes, and Sl2A 296
4, S1l,S8 from internal revenue tnxeE-
" which last sum Just about covers Il
''euIplus" at the end Of that year W. bic
Waa Sl19, 612 l16 GO The expenditure
p we're S259, 663, 1858 81.
10 II 10 estimated that the revenues Il
he she year ending June 80, 1889 wi
q, amount TO S377, 900 goo, and that the e.
e, psndi.nres for the same year wi
" amoun: 20 t273, 900 000,--leAvlpg = gu
IL plus Of S104 coo 900; but II is necsssal
= 10 say shat S47 ,O0a, 900 year from the
"Burplussa" are due TO the SinkiI
ne Fluid, The actual "surplus" Mover
y y Der so, 1888, WAS S52. 2s4 ,Gle0l,
u In the matter OF economic admin
n trAtion Of the Treasury laws Beereta
n Eairohild and the ufficial staff are G
by ltled to the credit OF having reduc
,ge the cost OF collecting ths customs dutl
.ya ltJm " per cent. IN 1895 10 2 a 2
is 9ant in 1898, and the cost OF collestii
- internal revenue from Ier Q. ut.
= 1851 60 3 2 Ter cent. for 1888. 4
y olsomargsrins taE, which was in,end
10 k.li tia oa0 trade and not nor 9.
no lroe only" yielded no leSs than $50
O.. 139 50.
rs Or the Standard silver do,lgF8 Ia
ave been COINED uudtr the c0upa 2,
aW since the beginning d91n IN
-. Goth of EoYem bar. 1865. B. 80 sgl