Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-14
PRESS COMMENTS ON THE PRES.
IDEyT.s MESSAGE.

question SHOWS tnat MS Vows "" S"~
issue are dominated by Eastern goldbug
bankers and Wall street fnauciers. He
~temporizes with this question as with
the surplus and the tariff, quotes the
general acceptance and use Of silver GER
tiicates as an evidence that silver has
mot been discredited by the coinage OF
81. 900. 900 . month under the Bland
law, and then rather contradictorily ex-
presses his fears that the result Of any
considerable increase Of the present rate
of coinage "would be discreditsble to
our financial management and disastrous
to all business interests" With this
and a solemn warning not to tread the
dangerous edge Of such a peril" Con-
gress is left to work out its own saliva.
tion and to guess for itself what solution
of the problem Mr.. Harrison would rec
ommend. Mr.. Harrison declares that
he has always been an advocate OF all
YER in our currency; but 1t is apparent
from his treatment of the question that
the present popular movement for the
complete rehabilitation Of silver will
find very little sympathy in the White
Houses. F. Alta.
The New York Sun, which rather ia
yored the election of Harrison, and
which bitterly opposed Cleveland,
"iIlumines" the President message in
this manner:
"For originality, grasp of public
questions, sense Of perspective in the
statement of the condition Of national
affairs, Harrison's message compares n
favorably with the first message sent to
Congress by President Hayes. This is
saying rather a severe thing. but it is
strictly true. The weakest man who
ever occupied the White House had
more to offer Congress in the way of in
formation and suggestions, offered with
more vigorous individuality Of express
sion than the present Chief Executive Of
the United States can exhibit or com
mand."
s. f. Post: The first message OF
President Harrison to the Congress of
the United States has been delivered.
It's style is clear and strong. He dis.
cusses the questions Of special interest to
California. One is the coming Of Chi
nese to this country and the other is the
coinage of silver. He declares that Chi
nese immigration is danger to Ameri-
can interests. President Harrison must
be set down as unfriendly to the in.
creased and to the free coinage Of silver.
He thinks the coinage Of four millions a
month would be dangerous, and he is
quite strong against the free coinage of
silver. In these views the President
differs from a large, intelligent aud ag-
gressive element in his own party. 1t
has happened before that a President
has been forced to change his policy on
q great question at the behest of Con-
gress. 1t may be that Congress will
now decide to coin at least four millions
a month, and in that event the admins
tration would execute the law.
President Harrison, in his message to
Congress has tried to straddle the fence
on the silver question, but he will find
it q barbed wire fence before the West
gets through with him.-Austin Reveille.
The Reno Gazette says: 1t looks as If
the ~goldbugs of the East were thoroughly
organized for the coming silver fight.
The election of Reed as Speaker, followed
up by President Harrison's message,
would indicate something. 1t is time for
the representatives of the West to take a
decided stand. There are enough Of
them to prevent any legislation what.
ever until the silver question is settled,
and it is time that party lines be obliter.
ated, and that every friend of silver be
taken into camp. The Gazette, as a
rule. does not believe in ~obstructing the
wheels of Government, but necessity
makes extreme measures warranted.
Virginia Enterprise: Windows plan
for getting rid Of the silver pestilence, "
of which there is so great a dread in the
Atlantic States-now that he is partially
delivered Of it-appears to be q many
headed monster. 1t is probably an
abortion. 1t has about it no look of vi
tality. Besides its several gargon heads,
it seems to have a number of tails. It
looks suspiciously like a Wall street oc-
topus-however, it may be only a sort of
~innocuous "Pasha of Many Tails" The
telegraph informs us that there is "more
to come" Having had a glimpse of the
unwholesome features of the bantling,
we can readily imagine what the after
birth will be.
s. f. Examiner: The Presidents
views on the silver question will be a
surprise, and not a pleasant one, to the
people of this Coast. He is afraid that
any considerable increase in coinage at
the present ratio would be disastrous,
and he gives a very guarded approval to
Secretary Windows absurd scheme for
issuing silver certificates against bullion
at it's market value. That would be q
surrender of the entire bimetallist posi-
ton, to which it is quite clear that Con-
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