The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-13
OPINION ABOUT MESSAGE.
1t Is Regarded as Peevish, and
in Some Respects in Bad
Taste.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. T.
The general comment on the presi-
dents message Is that it was meant TO
be peevish. He evidently intended
to produce the impression that he
went down fighting. This is in az
cord with the well-known intention Of
Mr.. Harrison and his friends that he
shall be candidate for the republ:-
can nomination for president again in
1896. He defends high protection all
along the line, and clearly does not
propose to give way to Mckinley or
anybody else in the leadership Of his
party. The message Is not considered
either by the republicans or democrats
as a very able document, but the re-
publicans are pleased that there are
no apologies offered to the democrats,
and that Mr.. Harrison displayed
gamenes> i'm his last communication Ia
congress.
The advocates OF an early extra Se>-
sion of Congress are extremely well
pleased with the position the Pres-
dent took when he deplored that the
democratic tariff bill could not he
passed within three months at least.
The more thoughtful democrats and
the more >iaieSmanlike representatives
in both houses of congress considered
that Mr.. Harri>on's reference 10 this
matter WAS in extremely bad taste and
was an unstatesmaniike and unpatri-
otto effort to embarras- his Successor
1t is not often that President in his
message to Congress reviews returns
fand deplore> the verdict of the people.
This Mr.. Harrison has undoubtedly
done. and even men of hi own polit-
cal faith believe that he WAS Ill advised
in doing 80. The friends of
Mr.. Cleveland are not troubled
by President HarIi>,,n'> efforts To force
his hand on the question ri calling an
extra session of Congress, aud believe
that Mr.. Cleveland will do what he
thinks.proper when he re'i!Nie> the
rcins oc government a@ain, list H. if
no such person H. Benjamin Harrison
existed. Harri,on'> Endorsement of
Raum gives great comfort To that of
ficer, and to the pension sharks, and
his pride in his management of the
Indian Bureau gives satisfaction Ia
i0bberS. the contractors and Others
who have been running that in>titu-
ton during the Harrison administers
49,, n. II - ,-nr,- mill r,-
garling the force bill. it will he oil
served, but still he is Keeping the sub
ject alive and, as western republican,
remarked this evening, it can be taken
for granted that whenever the repub-
| Iicans ret control Of the presidency
and both houses OF congress they will
make Federal election law that will
make democrats heads swim.
On the whole, the message l. con
sidered to he a very weak ole, i'll
tempered and i'll advised. Not more
than half dozen men of the house
paid any attention to the reading of
iii, and John Sherman and Morgan of
Alabama were the only senators who
made prctense of hearing it through
in the upper chamber. =
1t took little over an hour and a
half to read it i'm both houses. Print
ed copies were circulated freely a. >oon
as the message was delivered formally
to both houses Asageneral rule mem
hers and Senators put the printed mes
sage in their pockets and started for
home Few of them cared TO COM
ment on the message in ANYTHING like
detail tonight, under the plea that
they have not read the message care
fully enough to give it sufficient con-
sideration. In a general way, however.
the message is considered to he weak
nd some Of the positions assumed by
The President to be in very bad taste.