The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06
Wednesday. December 6. 1893.
THE MESSAGE.

President Cleveland's message to con
gress. the gist of which is given to our
readers in this issue of the JOURNAL.
partakes largely of the nature of a re
port and only briefly and at wide inter,
walls. does it indulge in suggestion or
recommendation. though it is but just
To say. that when it does do so. the sug-
gestion or recommendation is as purely
Democratic, as if there had been no
disruption of the party in the extra ses,
sion. and no rebuke of its principles and
administration in the November cleo
tons. The Cleveland back is as stiff and
the Cleveland will as firm as it was in
the beginning.
The average reader of the message
will naturally turn first to the subdiv-
isions treating of the Hawaiian situation
and having done SO, will be mildly sur
prised to find that the purpose set forth
in Secretary Greshams letter given to
the public a month ago-to-wit, the re es-
adjustment of the Kanaka dynasty by
this governments briefly but explic-
lilly admitted by the President to be the
policy Of this administration. On this
pqint there has been any amount Of
backing and filling by Democratic pa
pers and statesmen. since its unpopular
ity was demonstrated. each vieing with
the other to put a milder construction
On the statement and all disavowing the
idea that this government was to lend
its armed forces to the disestablishment
ofa republic and the restoration OF a
monarchy. but
HE himself has said it
Though not greatly to his credit
and the whole thing has got to be swal.
lowed by those who propose to support
the policy of the administration, what
ever it is or may be. Mr.. Cleveland not
only AYERS his belief that the Hawaiian
monarchy was "subverted with the ac-
tive aid of our representative" but de-
clares his intention of restoring as far
n practicable the status existing at the
time of our forcible Intervention which
he elsewhere characterizes as "unjustiti-
able interference and finally gives it
u cold and fiat that Minister Willis
has been instructed to do this thing.
and that the state department is in daily
expectation of hearing that it has been
done.
Mr.. Cleveland expresses himself as
thoroughly pleased with the repeal of
the silver purchasing clause of the Sher-
man bill. but is o sure that the i'm
mediate results will be as beneficial as
promised.
The tariff legislation proposed by the
Wilson bill is heartily commended by
the president. who believes that any
thing short Of radical reform will be
sheer recreancy.' In discussing the
tariff question Mr.. Cleveland advances
the novel argument that the sharp COM
petition and active struggle among our
manufacturers TO supply the limited de-
mand for their goods. soon fills the mar
row market to which they are confined"
and causes "a suspension of work in the
mills and factories-a discharge of en-
ployes, etc. Having always understood
that competition was the life of trade.
anu having yet to learn hat the United
States Is d narrow market. We respect
fully deny the truth of this alleged
politlco-economical discovery by the
president. Whatever else may be the
cause. il certainly was not SHARP com
petition" that closed the mills and fac
tories Of the country last summer and
turned hundreds of thousands of wage
earners into the streets.