The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-21
CLEVELAND MAKES A HIT,
The Hawaiian Message One Of the
Strongest Ever Sent to Congress.

The President and the Party Put in an
Impresnable Position by the Paper.
The Presidents Course in the Mat
ter Approved by All the Leaders of
the Party-The Republicans Badly
Disappointed.
Washington, sDec. 20-The democrats
are not yet through congratulating them.
selves on the message of the President on
Hawaiian affairs. 1t is universally con-
ceded to be one Of the strongest state pa
pers ever sent to congress. It puts the
President, and consequently the party, in
an impregnable position in'this matter.
There were many democrats who were
uneasy about the situation. They were
afraid that, by reason of injudicious
counsels or imperfect information or from
some other cause, the President had
taken a position in which he could not
command the support of the country, and
which he could neither hold nor recede
from without serious discredit to himself
and to his party, and to the entire country.
Such apprehensions as these were felt by
men who are loyal democrats, but who
think for themselves and will not blindly
follow any man. They desired a full
statement of the matter from the Presi-
dent, and yet it must be acknowledged
that tn ~ felt great deal of anxiety as
to the result when the statement should
be made known.
But these apprehensions are now a
thing of the past; they have all vanished.
The democrats are shaking hands with
each other over the manly, straightfor-
ward statements which the President
ma es of his course, and none the less do
they applaud that course. The doubters see
and admit their error. Those who said
all the time that Grover would come out
on top, have their judgment vindicated
CHORUS OF PRAISE.
There is not a solitary exception, so far
as your correspondent has been able to
learn, to the general chorus of praise
which is now accorded to the President
Said one of the most eminent leaders of
the House: THAT message has the old
time ring about it. 1t sounds like the
tariff message of 1887"
Yes" asserted another of equal prom
inence: "Mr. Cleveland talks like his old
self There is no indication of poor health
or breaking down in that message"
Another remarked: "Ihe message to
the special session was adroit but was
not, thought, very strong presenta-
tion of the Presidents position on repeal;
and the annual message, to the present
session, was a grievous disappointment
to me; but this Hawaiian message is
splendid state paper. The President has
made up his case in such shape that it
can be read by every voter in the coun
try"
Said et;u apo+ba.. GtT .raol- ~ ,,,;.l,
the voice of cuckoo; but tell you, gen
tlemen, that message is document that
the Democratic party can stand up to; it
is one on which they can go before the
country and make fight"
Other expressions might be given; but
they are all of the same tenor. Those
which have quoted were spoken by men
who were diametrically opposed to the
Presidents financial policy, and who
therefore are not biased in his favor.
THE PARTY UNITED.
The Democratic party is to-day better
united than it has been any day since the
special session was called together The
message has united them, and it has also
made the republicans unit in opposition;
and both of these things are very health
ful democracy This unity in the Demo-
cratic party has been intensified by the
extreme bitterness which the republicans
manifested towards the administration
before the Presidents message was re-
ceived, and which has since apparently
increased, They expected that the out
come of the Presidents answer to the de-
mand Of congress for information would
result in disappointment and mortifica-
ton to his party; but they were mistaken.
The chagrin and modification were
Theirs, and it was plainly perceptible as
they listened to the reading of the mes
sage and the instructions to Minister
Willis. Again and again the democrats
broke into applause at the bold, ringing
sentences with which the documents
abounded.
THE REPUBLICANS DISAPPOINTED.
How sorely the republicans are disap-
pointed, and how badly they are hurt.
may be plainly seen by the great violence
of their conduct since yesterday after
noon. Boutelle, the bitter partisan from
Maine, undertook to brow-beat Speaker
Crisp. He forgot for the time the whole
some lessons which the speaker has been
compelled, from time to time. to teach the
republicans with his gavel But he
iound-as has been found by every one
heretofore who has tried to run over the
speaker-that demolition is his only re-
ward, and that the gathering up and re-
adjusting together of the fragments Of
himself was tedious and altogether
painful process. The speaker is alto
geIher fair and impartial, but he knows
What is right, and the man who tries to
make him bulge therefrom might as well
transfer his operations to Gibraltar. In
every encounter the speaker comes out
VICTOR and attaches himself more strongly
10 his party col1eaOues