Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-25
. a WEAK DOcUMENJ.

The Preeidenrs Manifsst NeSIsce - 11-
g portant Issues.
President Harrison is entitled 20 the
redit Of saying less in an interminable
message than any Of his predecessors in
che White House could possibly have
done. 4 duller, drearier. feebler docu-
tnent was neyak sent to Congress Only
che natural interest attached 60 an Off
cia1 message to Congress from the chief
magistrate OF the Republic would war;
rant any newspaper in spreading before
its readers such bulky collection Of
littleness and platitudes.
1t has not even the merit of sincerity,
as may be readily seen in the clumsy
iugglery of Treasury figures, and the
evasion of important issues. The fright
full drain on the Nations resources,
caused by the extravaganza of the Fifty.
first Congress, is passed over. There is
the scantiest allusion to the pension
gulf, and that not an honest expression
of opinion. The notorious mismanage-
ment OF the Department of the Interior
receives liberal coat of whitewash.
Not word fsI Or against the census
swindle.
The lame, impotent attempt TO apollo
gize for the Mckinley monstrosity must
make even the Canton tariff tinker
emile. The pitiful response OF Presi:
dent Harrison in this particular TO the
terrible arraignment of the people a
month ago, by the childish argument
that the Mckinley business was mis-
understood, 10 not calculated to increase
public respect for the present occupant
Of the White House.
When Mr.. Harrison founders amid
great questions, he tries to NJ AXE up for
1t by diving into small ones He is
particularly at home when dealing with
'.Uncle Jerry Rusk" or partner
Miller" in expressing his sympathy
for railroad brakemen and eXpatiating
on dairy products. in two and a-half
columns on our foreign relations and on
beet sugar. Interesting though such
topics may be, they are hardly worth
the space devoted to them in the mes
sage.
But the most regretable feature
Of the message is its palpable In
sincerity in dealing with subjects in
which the American people are princi
pally interested. Mr.. Harrison's re-
marks on the Treasury, on the force
bill and on the tariff betray, in every
sentence, degree of insincerity which
C6IA OHlJ OAC1VS COut pG 4uSy nave
not even the merit of clever evasion
fog they are so palpably wrong tina
any tyro in National affairs can readily
point out their falsity of statement ani
} conclusions.
Such message is an insult 60 The
American people. It reveals in the
strongest light the Iilliputian mint
| and character Of the writer, and it i:
} bound to intensity che feeling of con
tempt with which intelligent Republi
. cans regard the President who owes hi
; position to the branded chairman of the
, Republican National Executive Com
nittee.
! The emphatic verdict of the peopl
on the 4th of November stands fortl
In stronger and holder relief agains
! the dark background of Mr.. Harrison
. message. His childish complaint
against the uprising that the Nc
. Kin1ey monstrosity caused and his
: still more puerile arguments in favor o
. the force bill, wili only confirm tn
. impression that he is the weakest maj
. that ever sat in the Presidential chat
. and indited Presidential Message
. His message is but voice from Lillipu
!. and viii be received as suoh--A1ban
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