St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-05

mittee)-It is a very concise, but clear,
statement of the multitude of questions
congress will be called upon TO consider.
The principal views presented meet my
unqualified approval. | am especially
pleased with the tariff question, and the
courageous manner the president came
TO the support of the committee, as
tariff reform could not be accomplished
without the support of the adminiStra-
ton.
Mr. Pickler, of South Dakota-The
assertion of the president that there are
great and gigantic frauds in connection
with the pension rolls and large nOm-
Der OF fraudulent pensioners upon the
rolls is wholly unsubstantiated by
facts.
Mr.. Caldwell, of Ohio-The presi-
dent indicates that every pensioner re-
ceived his pension by fraud, and defends
his action in SuSpendlng pensions with
out giving the soldiers hearing, by as
serting that it Is the French method.
He still maintains his un-American
policy regarding the restoration of
Queen Liliuokalani. His recommends
ton OF an income tax upon corpora
tions will not only decrease the wages
of the workingmen, but Increase the
cost of the product to the consumer.
Mr.. Boutelle, of Malne-lt Is the first
executive document which directly i'm
pucned and charged malfeasance in
office. and practically treason, upon
| United States minister against whom
nothing was charged by the admins
tration up to the time his resignation
was accepted. The people of London
| may be aware of the policy which the
ruler of the United States purSues and
his authority for making war. tearing
| down and putting up governments, but
| we do not.
MIR. PAYNE OF NEW YORK,
| Member OF the Ways and Means Com
| miItee-The message is a remarkably
| disappointing document. 1t Is mainly
devoted to resume OF the reports of
the several departments, TO which the
president seldom adds an opIEiOn OF his
own. On important matters 1t gives US
| little information. On Hawaiian affairs
it gives us no information. Lis an
| nouncement of the Internal revenue
| feature Of the plans of the ways and
means committee is astounding. This
is the first information the minority
| members have had that any conclusion
| had been reached. Ii reports are cor
rect, the people of London are in
formed on this important matter much
earlier than members OF the committee.
| The question now seems to be whether
all legislation must originate at the
White house.
Mr.. Dingley. of Maine-The mes
sage is voluminous in its resume of the
| details of the work OF the several de-
partments and weariSome in its recapit-
| ulation of the smaller incidents of the
affairs; but on the one great foreign
question which congress, as well as the
country. ought to know the exact situa-
ton, TO wit: Our relations with Hawaii.
the message is as silent as the grave
beyond a repetition Of the announce
ment made by Secretary Gresham. In
stead of some recommendation on the
currency question, we have simply
delay suggested as to silver, and
silence as TO the plan 10 restore the state
| banking system and to provide for eur
rency wants in the future.
MIR. DALZELL,
OF Pennsylvania (member of the ways
and means committee)-The president
says that latter a full discussion our
cOuntTymen have spoken in favor OF
tariff reform. and have considered the
work of the accomplishment TO the
hands of those who are solemnly pledged
TO it." | infer that by the latterieXpres-
sion the president means the majority
of the ways and means committee, and
by tariff reform" the proposed mongrel
bill given to the press week ago. II
would seem that the president has not
yet heard the news from Massachusetts
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
When he refers to the reduction of tariff
charges on the necessarieS of life | sup
pose he has reference to champagne anC
brandy. The fact that the president re-
asserts the time-Worn and SO often. and
, under the operations of the Mckinley
law, so emphatically diSprOven aSSer
tion that protective tariff increases the
cost of goods to the consumer, show:
what hide-bound theorist the presideu
is, and how facts weigh nothing with {;
tariff reformer. On the whole, he mus
Z be a most devoted admlrer or the preSi
5 dent Who can find III the message an
strengthening of the Democratic posi-
, ton on the tariff question.
Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, said: 18th,
message IS business paper. devoted
mainly TO the business of condenslni
5 the statements and recommendations O
a the secretaries. Necessarily it Is ted!ou
= and dreary. The discussion of the Ha
q waiian policy is disappointing. II
favOrS tariff reform, but whether it
tariff reform of the variety of 1883 O
= 1892 is left in doubt. do not think tn
message will add to the president
fame or harmOniZe the contentious i
his party"
SENATOR VOORHEES,
In the main the message is sound
strong document. / have not examine
s it critically. and cannot go. into detail:
e I think il Will De we'll received by th
! country.
= Senator McPherson-It Is exceller
all the wsy through. j WAS especial
pleased with the recommendation i
regard TO the general finances and tn
S tariff and aS 10 the principles !avoIya
t in tie tariff bill.
Senator NGrphy-lt is good me
: sage.
= Senator Palmer = The suggestion
arc generally .n the line OF De=ocrati
thought. TIE paragraph relating I
Hawaii merely showed the president
d intention to saAe the question up agaiI
d / have no especial objection to what h
: says regarding pensions, but / have q
idea that his impressions are wide {
the mark concerning fraudulent Del
siOns. l don't know how il is among th
e colored ex-soldiers of the South, but II
: information leads me TO believe thst
= the North not , per cent Of the pension
y are fraudulent.
Senator Kyle-There was nothjn
striking in the message, though il cor
:, tanned some good points. / was piease
Il with his recommendations for an incom
IS tax, but what he said about Hawaii az
q his recommendation concerning the /:
9 suance of bonds were not to my likin:
- Senstor Morrill-The presidents ii
dorSement of tariff bill rot yet acte
e upon in committee &as very u:eypecte
n and remarkable.
J. SENATOR EoAR-
e II was mos. remarkable message
:. several respects. Il treats the imror.aI
;, questions affecting the welfare Of IL
country feehly and briefly. The Impl
I tation Of tie pre5iden. eoacera'Rg CIV
10 | sprvicn reform IN nc effect that the Is,
p was enacted becRIEe sf fear OF publ
= opinion. ana nc: because OF the conYi
IN ton Of tic Legislators gho enacted II.
vt without precedent This refeciio
- comes with an i'll grace from q presidel
who has dealt as the existing ptes.Gel
has dealt with the consular service
q The United States. without even takin