Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-12-06

that no harm has come of the large coinage
of silver dollars since 1878, but thinks 1--WE
should not tread the dangerous edge" of the
peril that may come OF "any considerable
Increase of the present rate OF coinage
Upon the whole, however, he is disposed TO
think favorably of Secretary WINDOWS plan
for the issuance of certificates upon the de-
post of silver bullion at its market value.
The President is evidently indsposed to
"tread the dangerous edge" in politics by
taking decided course on question hav-
ing so equivocal future. He is more ex-
plicitly favorable to large appropriation
for forts, ships and guns and Tor the i'm
provement Of our rivers and harbors. A
few large works at time is, he thinks, the
wiser plan.
The question of drastic legislation for the
South is approached through recommen-
dation, suggested by the Terry Field case,
that federal officials be Withdrawn from the
jurisdiction Of the State courts and be tried
only in the United States courts Events"
he continues, Happening in other parts of
the country" suggest that laws should be
| passed to protect witnesses from intimlda-
| ton or from injury on account of their tes-
| timony in the United States courts The
sacredness of government officials here pro-
| posed and contempt of local opinion of wit
nesses would be approved doubtless by the
present regime in Ireland, but we can hard
| ly desire that a section of this country of the
extent of the South should be converted for
party purposes into another Ireland. Such
unquestionably would be the result of the
legislation the President recommends in a
truculent tone for the supervision and con.
troll of elections in the South. The colored
population of that section, he alleges, is
deprived Of any effective exercise of their
political rights and of many of their civil
rights" This is inferred it appears, from
the fact that the negro of the South does not
send Republican representatives to Congress
to support the protective policy. This neg
lect on his part the President terms "tia-
grant evil" calls it problem" and asks
rhetorically "when is he to have those full
civil rights which have so long been his in
law?" Congress is earnestly invoked" to
use its powers wisely but firmly" to pro
tect the colored man sin all his relations to
the federal government, whether as litigant
juror, witness, elector for member of Con-
gress or as traveller on our interstate rail-
ways" From the bloody shirt question the
message proceeds to the question of subsi-
dies, and it is recommended that such APP
preparations be made for ocean mail service
in American steamships between our ports
and those of Central America, South Amer
lea, China and Japan "as will be literally
remunerauve" ana will encourage Amer
lean ship-owners. To aid further this arti
fetal stimulus to our steamships, as against
our sailing ships, it is proposed that we shall
also give subsidy to all steamers con
structed in such a manner that, in case o:
war, they can be converted into cruisers
Other measures recommended to the favor
of Congress are the Blair education bill, the
civil service commissions appeal for more
clerks, an appropriation to promote the
worlds fair of 1892, a separation of the
weather service from the War Department
and its Incorporation with the Agricultural
Department, a bill to pension every ex-sol-
der who is dependent on his own exertions
for support and is for any reason unable to
earn it, a territorial government for Okla
homa and an investigation into the jurisdic
ton of the federal government in relation
to trusts. 1t is also recommended that in
termediate courts having final appellate
jurisdiction of certain classes Of cases be
created for the relief of the Supreme Court
which is now overwhelmed with business
The message is, upon the whole,a clear and
concise discussion of the matters treated
but of the breadth of view and nationa
spirit it betrays the less said, perhaps, the
better.