Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-12-05
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
Views ON THE MESSAGE
Majority of Opinions Are of
Condemnation.
WILLIAM WANTS The VIGILANy.
Germany's Kaiser is After
the Great Racer.
THY SOLD PASSES BY WHOLESALE.
Work of clerks Of the Lake
Shore Road.
THY SOLD PASSES BY WHOLESALE.
OPINIONS ON THE MESSAGE,

| Senator PIatt Says of it-Ex-Speakel
Reed is Outspoken In Regard to the
TariH-The New York Sun Sits on ii
with Great Force-English News.
| papers Commend it as an Able and
Forcible Document.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 The general cen,
timent among members of congress re.
spectiDg the presidents message is doubt
less one of disappointment. not because of
what is said 80 much as because of omis-
zion to treat in detail many matters in
which the members of the houses are in
terested. This particularly applies to Ha-
waiisn affairs. The treatment accorded
the financial question was also dissppoint-
ingly general. Nevertheless the message
was generally regarded by democrats as
being an able document and one calculated
to secure the united support of the party
for the president; while the republicans
took issue in some of the more important
statements and particularly denounced his
utterances ON the tariff. Mr.. Wilson, dem,
of West Virginia, chairman of the ways
and means committee, said:
II am especially pleased at what he says
on the tariff question
Ex-Speaker Reed said "That part of the
| message which relates to the tariff Is most
| surprising. 1t asseverates that the house
committee in charge of that subject has for
l mulated plans and devised methods of tax
| alton which, as member of the commit
| tee, have never heard even proposed. Il
| Is rather unusual sensation to learn of the
| deeds of the committee not in the commit
tee but from the president"
sit is bad enough to have tariff bill
made up by a little coterie, but to have 1t
communicated to the president before 1t
reaches even the committee-still less the
house-shows determination to be moved
by no facts and Modified by no argu-
ments."
Senator Palmer, dem, Illinois, chairman
of the committee on pensions, said: II
am inclined to think that the Presidents
idea concerning fraudulent pensions ia
wide of the mark. believe my acqusint-
snce with old soldiers and the pension list
of the country is as extensive as that of any
one man, sndI am prepared to say that the
number of the fraudulent pensions is ex-
ceedingly small and the clamor that has
been raise has very little foundation. I
do not believe that per cent. of the PEN
sions issued are fraudulent"
Senator Aldrich, rep. Rhode Island,
said: "The message Is disappointing to
those who hold different views from those
of the administration on the tariff, and
must be more so to those who have been
In sympathy with the presidents past at
titude on the subject"
Senator Hale of Maine, eaid: tt'Republi-
cans will certainly take Issue with the
president on the tariff, but those, at least,
from the east will no doubt endorse his
suggestions regarding our finances"
"The only significant thing about the
whole business" said Senator Chandler,
tis that the president endorses the Wilson
raid on protected industries in all its de-
tails. We do not know what he has done
in Hawaii. I look upon the attitude of
ths administration in connection with
Hawaii as a disgraceful chapter in the
story of our relations with other govern
ments."
Senator Plat, rep, of Connecticut. took
marked exception to that part of the mes
sage which asserted that Mr.. Blount's re-
port had demonstrated "beyond all Ques-
ton" that the regular government of
Hawaii had been subverted by the interior
ence of United States forces. AS to the tariff
part Mr.. Platt remarked that the author
who wrote book on popular Delusions"
ought to add another chapter on the delu-
sions of the democratic party on the sub
ject of the tariff.
''They seem to think" he said, "thst it
Is possible to give away all our markets
and still retain them-to eat our cake and
have 1t. too. I must give them credit for
having the sincerity to express their con-
victions."
Boston, Dec. 4.-The Herald, ind, says
of the presidents message: "Mr. Cleve-
lands message is of reasonable length, and
1t is concisely worded. 1t is clear and
frank in statement, and when we say this
we cay what ia equivalent to declaring IL to
be characteristic of its author.
The message is we'll written, which Is
likely to ensure its reading. It will in
crease the strong confidence in its author"
The Evening Record. rep, says: "As the
case now stands his announced program
towards the Sandwich Islands leaves to
congress but one duty, but once before in
voked, and that in the case of Andrew
johnson. We sincerely hope that an ex
PLANTATION will be forthcoming, and that at
once. Congress should wait a reasonable
| time for it to come. Then 1t must act.
The president is expressly forbidden by
| the constitution from declaring or making
war"
The Post, DEM, says: "Mr. Cleveland
has produced message which, while as
| broadly comprehensive as any stickler for
| tradition may demand, Is yet interesting
for the reason that some positive and plain
facts are advanced on each of the many
topics considered. Business has been SO
far advanced by the repeal of the silver act
at the extra session and by the preparation
of the new tariff bill during the recess that
there is little novelty and no surprise left
for production in the presidents messages.
Its resolutions have mostly been foreseen
and its statements are generally only re-
assurance of what is already understood If
not specifically declared"
The Globe, DEM, Gays there is no mis-
taking the presidents staunchness to his
convictions. He stands firmly, as always,
for the right az he gees it. There is no aid
or comfort in the message for fsint-heart-
edness or timidity in tariff legislation.
Party considerations and the welfare of the
multitudinous business interests demand
that the line indicated by Mr.. Clevelsnd's
message shall be carried out firmly and
faithfully.
The Globe says that Mr.. Cleveland's ref
erence to the Hawaiian situation is brief,
and that comment on this matter and the
presidents action thereon may BIS well de-
ferred until the promised special message
to congress is forthcoming.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The Sun Gays of
the message: Cleveland devotes more space
to what he regards an excessive pur
chase of seeds by the department of agri-
culture than to the momsntus enterprise of
throne building which he has undertaken
in Hawaii. He devotes almost as many
words to the condition of the North Amer.
lean tribes as to the tariff, which occupied
all of his thoughts in 1887, and which has
become in 1893 an affair not merely OF
promises, but of performance. For these
reasons the message may fairly be criticised
as unsatisfactory in Its range, If not actu
ally evasive in its intention.
The personal note sounds as usua
throughout the message.
The Tribune says: 1.-THE frat snow storm
aud the message appropriately came to
gether to warn people that q hard winter
was coming. In its treatment of nearly
all domestic questions the message is cred
liable in character, not more verbose thar
is usual for Mr.. Cleveland, and in the mali
reasonable in its suggestians. But tn,
country will judge this message and tn
president mainly by the position he ha
taken regarding the question which mos
vitality affects the in dustries and earning
of American workingmen."
LONDON, Dec 5-Ths Post says of Pres
ident Clevs1and's message: "There is n
indication in it of party exultation. MI
Cleveland leaves his countrymen to dray