Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-06

No President Of the United States ever had
such opportunity to dilate honestly upon the
greatness and prosperity Of the United States
% 10 afforded President Harrison. and ii can be
confidently asserted that no neglect of the priv
iege referred TO IL apparent in the message
which Was today read TO both Houses Of Con-
gres-. without attempting TO deal in those
gsnerAlities which are frequently termed gilt
tering' the President dives into the great
dssps Of statistical information and proves
~ eonelusively g. unprejudiced figures
and plain matter-of-fact statements can
that the growth Of the country dur
ing the protective and almos, exclusively
republican Of thirty-two years 10 without
parallel in the history Of nations. II il reason
able to conclude that much Of the argument,
particularly that in the opening paragraphs,
would never have been written had the demo-
cratic party failed on November 8, for In that
case the republican cause would not need
champion. but with things political Is they
10 was certainly not improper and IT was char
acteristieally courageous for the President to
deliver himself Of closing Official argument
In behalf Of the principles through which
he once elevated to the chief
magistracy and once defeated To the calam-
ity-vsilins farmers several valuable truths are
plainly put III" says the President. ANY are
tisconten with their state here; II any be-
lsve wages prices, the returns for honest
toll, are Inadequate. they should not fail to re-
member that there is no other country in the
world where the conditions that seem to them
hard would not be accepted as highly pros
perons. The English sgricuiturist would be
glad to exchange the returns Of his labor for
those Of the American farmer, and the Man.
chester workmen their wages for those Of
their fellows at Fail River" This Is followed
BY Q clever reference to the personal interest
fsl, BY Gen Harrison in the welfare Of the
working classes, for whom he would preserve
"rates Of wages that would not only give daily
bread. but supply a comfortable margin for
those home attractions and family comforts and
Judgments without which life is neither hopeful
nor sweet" Very squarely, however, does the
President accept the result Of the recent cleo
ton and very skillfully does he place the entire
governmental burden the shoulders Of the
party which will be in power next March He
recommends TO the Senate the policy Of mac
ton ne TO the tariff bills passed by the House
last session, that all tariff revision shall be
by the incoming Congress. and he regrets that
this work Of revision must be delayed
for q. least three months" the regret
springins from an apprehension Of bust
ness inaction and diminished production
consequent upon uncertainty. Incidental
TO the tariff question is that grea. problem in
which capital and labor are so earnestly con-
eerned- The President is satisfied that reduc-
tons in import duties would be followed by re-
auctions in wages, and the distress consequent
upon such a result would be decidedly IN
pleasant. The Society Of the Unemployed"
saws he. NOW holding its frequent and threat
ening parades in the streets OF foreign cities,
should not be allowed to acquire an American
6omicile."
IL any one expected President Harrison to be
less enthusiastic IN his advocacy Of protection
because Of his defeat that expectation must be
snectually removed by the message.