St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-09
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.


President CLEVELAND has spoken
again to the people OF the country in
another of his admirable state papers.
There is hardly an ear in all the land SO
dull that 1t is not turned to catch the
words the president utters. No mes
sage from any president has been await
ed with greater anxiety and interest,
and few have been addressed to the
people on more porlehtous occasions.
The war dangers which confronted LIN
COLIN were thought to be so remote that
those who listened to his message got
no greater interest in it from the i'm
pending danger; but today every man
who has dollar in his pocket, every
one who has debt to meet, and every
one upon whose labor depends the daily
bread of loved ones. find in the actual
conditions spur to their attention to
what this president says to his people.
1t is worthy of its author. Those who
expected that he would trim or hedge
OH the silver question, try to placate the
fierce Selfishness of the miners or the
equally fierce delusions of the Popu-
lists, will be disappointed. He speaks
plainly and directly, as those who knew
him knew he would speak. His resume
OF the conditions is terse and complete;
the picture will meet universal recOgni-
ton. The futility of the efforts Of gov
ernments to create values is clearly
stated. The knife goes unerringly and
relentlessly to the cause of it all, the
SHERMAN act. He traces with firm
and accurate pen the results that have
flowed directly from that pernicious act
and the policy on which it rested. The
future results are pointed out with the
clearness and certainty of prophet.
The responsibility is placed directly
on congress. They are told that it is
only in the wise and patriotic discharge
of their legislative duties that the evils
of the present may be mitigated and
those of the future averted. They are
urged to immediate action and re-
minded that che who gives quickly,
gives twice." In the universally of the
evils affecting all alike there comes
common interest in the remedy which
precludes all considerations of PARTISAN
ship. As party lines melted away in
the heat Of the rebellion, and Demo-
crat and Republican went into undis-
tinguiShed ranks to maintain the Union,
so now the common danger effaces par
tisan lines and demands united action
to one common end.
To those who are partisans before
they are patriots there will be severe
disappointment in what he SAYS about
the tariff. They have busted their i'm
aginationS with dreams of changes in
the views of the president; with stories
that he would repudiate the Chicago
plank. and that he would take the
ground of Il moderate protectionist. In
stead. he tells them that it was his pur-
pose to assemble congress any way in
September, that we might enter
promptly on the work of tariff reform
which the true Interests of the country
clearly demand. and to the
accomplishment of which every effort
of the present administration is
pledged" That, however, which car
rles dismay to the protectionists re-
freshens the courage of those whose
faith is strong in the purpose and
ability of our party to accomplish It's
great mission of enlarging the freedom
OF the people.