Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-12-11
The Presidents Message,
What the Press of the Country Thinks
of it.

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of it.
W1Mington Post The message as whole
is to be commended for It's tone and temper.
Those who were expecting from the president
a wall of despair over the recent political
reverscs Of his party or frantic appeal for
help in brh If of Union endangered by
Democratic success, will find themselves dis
appointed The President takes a serene
| and hopeful view Of the situation.
Phila. Press: The message throughout
, mant ,ins with clrncslness AMI broad jnl5
ment the policy and principles upon which
| the Administration came into power. What
has been don, was in pursuance OF that poll
CIV, and because it was elect ed on platform
r,uuirinr il to DO those very things. The
Presidents courageous and diSniticd adhcr
cnce t, that course will command the respect
and cordial support Of his party throughout
the country.
FAin Lrd1er: Those who read it care
fully can hardly fail to award I, the crcdi, of
b,in. plain dispas"ionatc and business like
document unless they are inclined to be
hypcrc,i'cal.
~ T. HemM: Mr.. Harrison is an honest
man: but thorough partisan. We have
never questioned his motives or his integrity
only his Judgment This last work OF his
pen will add nothing to his reputation, and
there is no reason why 1t should. 1t is eau
,ol,s to the verge OF tmid'y, and therefore
inroncln,iye. The message is tcdioUsly long
but perhaps that may be attributed to the
fact that the writer had very little to say.
~ Y. SIN: The principal thing IN Prcsi-
dent lIarriSon's message Is a Jealous recon-
mcndation that the Force Bill shout be tax
en- up and passed through Congress. This
scheme shonIl I've resisted dctermincdly, un
yicllnyly, uncompromisingly by every
Democrat II necessary every means of de
Law and obstruction should he rcsortcd to IN
Congress- The mischicts that arc sure to-
arise from such u political revolution are so
great and SO grave as to oycrshadow every
other question.
n. Y. FmlR: In brief the message is
thoroughly partisan but otherwise col"rless
document whose author writes it not because
he has anything to say or suggest, but be-
cause, in the course Of his routine duiy, he is
required to send message TO Congress at
this time. 1t makes no effort to grapp'c with
the problems Of the time or direct legislative
policy In harmony with the needs and asplr
atoms of the people. 1t is not State paper,
but pcrfuuctory and by no means candid
review of departmental reports, conceived in
the spirit of = Bourbon and expressed in the
tone ola Phariscc.
n Y. Times: The President has forgotten
lite and learned nothing. lie meets the
Congress IN which his party provoked defeat
on its rcasscmhlinr with a tctliously urgent
cxhor,a ton to remedy none OF the mistakes
already made, to press forward in the same
line and trust to that Providence which the
French say watches over "Amcrcans and
fools
N Y. Titbunc 1t is a message cminrntly
fitted to recall the Republican voters of 1888
to a sense of their responsibility and to re
mind them that the national policies for
which they then declared deserve their I'M
wavcring support.
Phila North American: President llarri
son has prepared nothing for cranks, Kite
flyers and doctrinares in his annual message
to Congress- He has taken the view OF
practical business man, and his message is Il
business statement to II community OF prac-
| tical men of business.
Ihilu Inquirer: The issues made by the
present Congress must be stuck tn, and upon
them the next Presidential campaign must be
| fought. There is to be no halt,ng and back
ing. That is the meaning of the Presidents
message.
n. Y. Press: CONSPICUOUS above It's com
I pleteness Of detail concerning the things that
the public wants to be informed on, and
equally CONSPICUOUS above the clear headed
manner in which he discusses reasons and
makes needed distinctions shine the perfect
integrity Of the mans intention Justice is
Il strong trait of President IIairisons clarac
ter, and the evident honesty Of his guardian
ship of the public interests must strengthen
him before the country.
". Y Star: Fashioned after the tradi-
tional pattern as 10 subject discussed and
the order in which they are mentioned, in
literary and forensic merit 1t barely reaclcs
medocri,y, while, politically, it is purely
partisan plea in cxtcnuaton Of the course OF
the administration and the Congress which
the people have just decldedly 'ndemned.
". Y. NaI md .Erpress In its details the
message is remarkable for thoroughness
simplicity and vlgor, In its spirit it is fear
lessly Republican, while it is broadly Ameri-
can and patriotic. 1t is u document
worthy Of the great and grave emergencies
that Congress has to meet, And the Rcpuh.
lican majority should be inspired with new