Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-03-16
Cleyeland's Inaugural.

CleVeland'S inaugural.
The inaugural address of the new
President is thoroughly characteri tic
of the man. 1t is elevated, dignified
and ponderous. It has the turgid
style, tae homilectic tone and the So
norous emptiness which President Ell
liot would criticise in Harvard under
graduate but which he thinks is pro-
found wisdom in Mr.. Cleveland. Phil
adelphia Press.
There are no specific recommends
tions in the inaugural. 1t is not the
place for them. But as proclama-
ton of Democratic principles-of econ
omy, integrity and self reliance in the
citizen as the only safe foundation of a
free government, administered solely
for the general good-it is emphatic
and unmistakable and carries the un-
mistakable application of these princi-
pies to the serious problems of the day.
Philadelphia Times.
Tariff for revenue only, sound cur
rency and civil service reform are the
dominant notes of President Cleve-
lands inaugural. AS the people have
placed in control of the Government
the foremost representative of these
politics, he has just right to expect
that they will generously sustain him
during the term of his Administration.
He must expect to encounter the re
sent ments of disappointed politicians,
and that some members of Congress
will advocate all sorts of schemes of
ism.-Philadelphia Record.
Beyond the glittering generalties
there is little that will afford an outline
of the new policy. Details are reserved
for Congressional messages. 1t is an
address full of ponderous sentences-a
sophomore address on the wickedness
of Republican institutions. Protection
for protection g sake is monstrous, and
anything but strict economy is not to
be encouraged. Whether the Presi-
dents ideas of economy are those of
Mr.. Holman, or whether they will be
a little more elastic, will be revealed
as time wears on.-Philadelphia In
quirer.
With great emphasis the President
states his belief that necessities of reve-
nue. alone justify taxation, and reminds
the party which he frankly calls my
party" of it's pledge in most positive
terms to accomplish tariff reform. He
goes step further, and declares that
changes should be made without vim
dictiveness; mot for punishment, but
for rechication of wrongs" Yet
there is not line or a word which
casts distinct light on the question
whether the President means to up
root all protection, without regard to
the great sums invested in manufac-
lures and the livelihood of millions
depending upon them.-New York
Tribune.
He talks in the old familiar, vague
ways about tariff reform. He says
the task must be entered upon wisely
and without vindictiveness." He
speaks of "discrediting an abject de-
pendence upon governmental favor"
and all that sort of thing. AS to this
however, Mr.. Cleveland must bear in
mind few great facts, viz, that the
producers of the United States can
secure their raw materials as cheaply
as the manufacturers of any other
nation, that they make no large prof
its on their caoital, and that all they
require to enable them to compete
with their foreign rivals is that wages
shall be reduced to the Standard
New York Advertiser.