The daily critic., 1890-12-02
COMMENTS ON TIE MESSAGE
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.su.e he has Hu1thinr to s1y or tl
suggest, bun hlCNusc iu the course t
d routine duty. be Is required t1 rl
@ message 90 Congress 40 This iime To-
makes no effort io cr1pplo with Che
lr.htms &C the time or 90 IireC le-is-
I.five policy in harmony with the needs
riI uifaiiors of the people Itisnot
% Stale uaupr. but q pcifuuclnry and by
fa n cans candid review OF the Depart,
mental reports conceived I'm the spirit
0i B.urlou aad ,NpressCd in the tone
Of phuiste.
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lf, Nr l0I star
The President communication 20 the
FtrN-frst Congress 90 the onening of
its second Session Is Characteristic
Fashioned after The traditional piitefu
as iu subjects discussed and the order
in which they aie mentioned Ga literary
oud forensic merit 90 barely reaches
mtd'0ciily. while, politically, 70 Is a
purely partisan plea in eyiCruatiou Of
The course of The Administration and
The Congress which the people have
just dccisiveiy condemned.
Force Bni Message.
IieNso YOIt San.
The principal thing In President lI1v-
ris0u' message Us Jealous recommend.
alton that the Force bin should be taken
mp and pressed through Congress
Experieucs Lost On Him
The Nsr lo3t Times.
The President has forgotten ljNie and
learned nothing. lie meets The Con
grcss IN which his party provoked de-
feat. ON its Resembling, with q lcdj.
Cuslv urgent CNhoriation TO remedy
none Of the mistakes already made. aud
trust TO that Providence which the
French say watches over Americans
and fools"
Duil and Mountouous.
me Nar YorE Hsyli1.
Mr.. IIarrisou's m, ssaee. on tho con
trarv. does not iise above The dull mo-
uot,ny Of plljilude IL lacks the merit
of either rhetoric or logic, wlil be read
from courtesy, but without Interest
As an exhibit OF sticsmanshjp 10 is a
seiioua disappointment for 90 conveys
on impression that the writer has no
convictions or thinks % impnlitic tn cN.
press them
Nr Harrison Is an honest man. hu. e
thorough partisan We have never
questioned his motives or his Integrity,
Utly his Judgment This last work ot
Biz pen will add nothing 20 his rpputa
ii,u aud there is no reason why Il
should. II Is cautious 90 the verge Of
limidiy. and therefore inC1nclus've.
Tho message Is tediously long, but
perhaps that may be attributed to the
fact that the writer had very little to
s1y.
one Admirer An,h
me Nele Iort If,jrrs.
the message of the President e.
rslm. dirnined aud able document
witch appeals a. the suhDr tAougbt %.
Americans, and viii strangely irilysI.
public opinion NJ as quiet and gu
I tdrnt ns if there had hrrn a. ,iH#.tt.
| since That iu which ihy PrtsI,gt tr.
I his party were deliberately igrrIs. b.
I thr =, Uplc with HE Char-e Dt The eJy.
rItmvut
In regard 20 the Election hill the
President also speaks with uuwaver.ne
courage and fidelity 10 his convictions
uf uuiy. He believes that such q
measure Is necessary, that every LOYAL
ard intelligent citizen, II not blinded
I ly paIlisanship, would demand 10 pi
/ Congress, and that the suhitc' ought ta
/ be acted upon without delay Til
calm and admirably reasoned remarks
/ uu this topic deserve the thoughtful
1 attention of all CiUZens, aud form per
| hals the most impres sive and creditablt
| rari Of a message which is thrHu chou
| deserving of high praise
/ CompusTd Under Irritating Innueaces
me IhHalsiphiJ Record.
The Presidents message 10 C1ngres
has been composed uudeT ciIcunstlnee
of Imitation aud difficulty and IL 1
| chiefly noteworthy IN showing how ua
able me wTiter Is 10 adjust himself q
the political situation
an Elaborate Matter, of-Fact Papes
ma PltIdsIlIg Tigss.
President HaTFisOu's second auaua
message is an elaborate ma'ter-of-itel
| pareT excepting the few paragraph
/ apoIOgiling for the Mckinley rarii
law aud demanding its continuance
bis demand for subsidized steamship
and lis special pleading for the F1Tc
| Election bill outside of these thTe
I features, which occupy only a Is'
I pages Of the formidable document. IN
| message Is dry summary of Dtplri
[ meul reports aud as the alaterlli feat
/ ures Of these reports have been airead
given 20 the public, there is litfle uf th
| message that could Interest the genera
reader
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