St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-17
MESSAGE CRITICISMS.

about Mr.. CIeveIand's Communication
TO Congress-.
Circumstances brought the oppor-
tunitv, but Mr.. Cleveland improved
It well. He well says that the mat
ter rises above all partisanship. The
republican party cannot do better
than to take him at his word and to
frankly and cordially uphold his
hands in this matter Rutland
Herald.
While my votes in the past show
MAINLY that | agree with much that
he says, | should not be doing justice
to nv own sense of truth if l did not
record my entire disbelief in the idea
that the message states the under
living cause of our disaster. The cause
of our misfortune is plainly this:
Utter uncertainty reigns in finance
and tariff, and everything on which
business can be based. If you re.
move one element of uncertainty,
there remain all the Others Ex-
Speaker Reed.
mo permanent Improvement can
belooked for until congress abandons
the Sisyphean task of attempting
to maintain an artificial ratio be-
tween silver and gold. 1t is one Of the
mysteries Of politics how a compar-
atively small body of men has sue
ceeded in debating the financial policy
ola great nation for its own ends.
President Cleveland is manifestly do
ing everything possible to terminate
the evil, but the silver interest is
certain to make tough fight. 1t is
not easy to predict the precise issue
of the struggle. ~ London Times.
1t is pleasure to be able to com
mend, without qualification or re-
serve, President Cleveland's message
to congress urging the repeal of the
purchase clause of the silver law. 1t
is clear, forceful and earnest; it is
free from any suggestion of PARTISAN
ship; and alike in its argument and
its appeal it is directed at the intelli-
eence and the conscience of congress.
There is in it no intimation of COM
promise, no hint that the repeal of
the purchase clause may open the
way to other legislation favorable to
silver or calculated to conciliate the
champions of cheap money Boston
Journal.
The president deserves high honor
for this message, so free from every
suggestion of trimming and compro.
mise at time when the air is full of
bartering schemes, and so earnest
and strong in its appeal to the good
sense of men Of all parties to stop the
dread of vicious action on the money
question. Multitudes will give him
cordial approval and support in this
course, who will not be able to go
with him in an attempt to change
the tariff at time when business and
industry are greatly embarrassed
but who have been contending for
many years for sound currency, for
money universally recognized by all
civilized countries against the un'
easing opposition of most Of the
presidents political associates. =
n. Y. Tribune.
The message Of the president is
wholly creditable. 1t is unmistak
ably the utterance of the head of the
nation, viewing the situation dis
passionately and simply desiring tc
state the truth as he sees it. Oppo
uents may dispute his conclusions
but he must indeed be a rabid par
tisan who will contest their sanenes
and honesty. In tone and substance
the wording is unexceptionable.-
Boston Traveller.
If the people of New England
were the only ones concerned it is {
good message, but you have to con
slider the people OF the West. Their
are FIVE or six states dependent OF
silver, and they ought to be allow
ed to coin their silver at gold value
In word, one dollar should be a
good as another. wish Presiden
Cleveland had not said a wor'
about tariff. 1t would have bee1
more reassuring to the country
lEx-Gov. Ames of Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Cleveland's message will no
satisfy the country, we regret to say
His message should be affirmativ
from beginning to end and it SHOULD
have attempted to show the wa,
out of the woods. The question
whether such repeal will be suficen
to re-estabish confidence. VIII
could not Mr. Cleveland have gon
TO the extent OF saying that such re
peal was all that was necessary
Instead of taking ground and givln
some advice as to this point, he cor
tents himself with throwing upo
congress the whole burden of solN
ing the problem without a syllabl
OF advice" " Memphis (Tenn.) Ave
lanche.
The San Francisco Bulletin note
the brevity of the message, and cal
attention to the fact that only tn
repeal ofthe Sherman act is mention
ca, without suggesting any measur
to take its place, and nothn
about the tariff, Hawaii or tt
JearV Chineca avpulciou act