The morning call., 1890-12-02
POINTS FROM THE MESSAGE.

There is considerable backbone in the
Presidents message. lie stands by every
thing Congress did in the last session, and
al ises a continuance in well doing.
Tie point on which people Of all parties
N<l join in congratulations is the fact that
revenues amounting TO more than S4J0, GOO, eco
q year have been collected and disbuFSed
without Teyt aliug, so far as the President
Knows, a single case OF def lcaticn or en-
bezzlement. This is a coGdition of the pub
dc service in which all Americans can take
pride.
brief and approving reference is made to
tie Pan-American Conference which held
its sessions in Washington last year. This
conference marks an epoch in the history of
the Western Hemisphere.
In reference 10 the Central American diff
Guilty and the action OF Minister Miner, tie
President d cares that Mir. Min er exceeded
lie bounds OF bis authority in intervening
in nSI lance with the demands OF the
Guatenalan authorities to authorize ana
effect The seizure on "a vessel OF the United
States OF pasSei ger in tIansit charged with
political otlenses, lii order that he miLht be
tl5ed for such offenseS under martial law
MIR, Miner is consequently recalled.
In a brief reference 10 our relations with
China, the Pres ident says be las proposed
II the Governments OF Mexico and Great
britain 10 consider conventional regulation
Of the passage CT Chinese iaborers across cur
sontheln and northern boundaries.
Tile receipts OF the Government for the
Hast fiscal Year are given at S463, so, $50 80.
Tie expenditures for the same period were
S55S, 61S,5e 81. TIE surplus for the year,
Including the amount applied TO the Sinking
. Fund, was S1c5, 5i4 1876 Us.
. Tie Silver Act is declared to have worked
as well as cCu'd be expected. The rapid rise
Of silver, caused largely by speculation,
. naturally was followed by a downward
movement. Further time will be required
u determine If the act will accomplish all
the results boptd for. Meantime tie Gov
eminent Will respond 10 any movement on
the part OF European Governments looking
TO the re-esta blishment of silver as money
and the agreement of legal ratio to gold.
he peasion Disability Act has not en-
tailed greater outlay than was anticipated.
Tie President thinks that the liberal en-
laIgcment OF tie pension law should sug-
gest more careful scrutiny Of bills for
Special relief.
The beet-sugar industry is declared to
= have passed the stages Of experiment and
'llEdN NC itBdiucu d. d CoiDplt SuCCtSo.
The Mckinley tariff is discussed at some
q length. The President deprecates the idea
:. Of subiecting The act to important changes
NTH it has been fairly tried. There is, he
says. neither wisdom nor justice in the
suggestion that the subject Of tariff revision
shall be opened before this law has had
fair trial" The reciprocity clause in the
tariff wisely opens the way to secure a
larger reciprocal trade in exchange for
the fee admission 20 our ports of certain
products.
=: The President also makes an argument in
favor of .free and honest elections" He
:: reviews the law now in force providing for
: Federal supervision of Congressional cleo
lions and points out wherein the measure
. proposed and passed by the House is more
effective without being in any sense an
exercise Of new power.
The message as whole shows that the
President is master Of the details of the
Government. He has the courage of his
convictions and does not hesitate to sup
pert them with argument Even those who
may rot agree with his conclusions will ad-
Init the force OF his reasoning and the COM
prehensive intelligence with which his views
are presented.