The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-12-11
Comments on the Message.

rlson assumes thht the beneficial work
ings of the Mckinley tariff are a
secret of which he and few other
gentlemen Of superior intellectual
acuteness are the custodians, aud
which the common her is uniortu.
nately unable to comprehend,
Wilksbarro Ledger, Dem.-It is the
expression of man facing the grav
est OF possibilities and evidently at a
loss to comprehend just what rehec-
tons aud recommendations the situa.
tion calls for.
Pittsburg Post, Dem. considering
the depressing effect Of the late cleo
tions en- the Presidential mind, and
the small caliber of that mind at its
best, the commonplace character of
Mr., Harris,n's message is not to be
wondered at. 1t is apologetic, ,explana-
tory, defensive and therefore "power-
fully weak" On the tariff we have
the familiar and worn-out plea OF the
Mckinley press, in heavy official
way, that the people were misinformed
as to the provision Of tn. law.
Piitsblrg Dispatch, Ind. Rep
Briefly, it can be summarized as re-
commencing the continuence,in every
particular, OF the policy on which the
Republican party went to the country
in November. With regard to the re-
suits at the next national election,
such course is more phenomenal
for the firmness that is generally de-
scribed by less complimentary term
than for an intelligent estimate of the
political future. The message con-
tains more OF the features of live in
formation than usual to such docu-
ments, making two pieces OF infor-
nation public that have not been gen.
erally known, namely, that the reci-
procity provisions OF the Mckinley
bill involved possible notification Of
the Hawaiian treaty and that the in
vestigation Of the Barrundia affair
has resulted in the recall OF Miner.
But in recognizing the lesson OF still
later political events the message is
more than ordinarily behind the
times.
Reading World, Dem The work.
men are likewise told oil the manifold
blessings that have come to them
through high protective tariff policy
and of the greater blessings that are
o accrue to their beuefit from the Nc
Kinley law. But just how it is to
come is obscured by the President,
who calls attention to the fact that
there has been an increase at the port
OF New York of custom receipts dur
ing the month Of NoYember alone Of
eight per cent, over 'S8. Nor does
he speak of any measures tenling to
protection ol the American working
mans labor by restriction Of the
horde OF foreign laborers who are
aocking here to take the places of
protected" American workingmen at
lower rates OF wages
Germantown Independent.-Presi-
dent Harrisons second annual mes.
sage chews up a good deal Of Web
.t4r's well known novel, but relieved
Of all superiluous verbiage and trans
lated into blunt, hard listed English,
it woul I read "0ne term is enough
for me, for good and sufficient rea-
sons. B. II.
York Gazette, Dem.-No Democrat
can wish that Harrison had written a
different message,
WiIliamsport Republican, Rep
The message is characteristic of the
man who wrote it, and will attract
tention as a document in which the
President, without more waste o
lime than wa' absolutely necessary
pointed out the business OF the nation
and made such suggestion to Con
gress as he believed were in order al
Ms time. There is no attempt to
point tout a new policy for bis party
nothing that is not in keeping with thu
Republican party and beneficial to
the interest Of the country is spoken Of
Wilkesbarre News.Dealer, Dem
When it comes to finances Mr.. Har
rison gives us n lot Of figure work, bu
says nothing about The disappearing,
of the immense surplus that was il
the Treasury when the last Democra
ic administration went out OF Office
An attempt is also made to whitewasl
the Pension Department, which is, a
the New York Herald said few day
ago, rotten to the core.
Remarkable Rescue.