The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-22
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Leading Democratic Organs Both in and
Out of the State Displeased.

cratic papers in and outside this State
and from every section of the Union.
Some of them are not at all pleased.
We wish to remind them of the fact
that The PROGRESSIVE FARMER has
warned them time and again Of the
danger in electing a gold bug presi-
dent:
The president has spoken boldly; he
never speaks in any other way. He
stands by the demand of the platform
on which he was elected for the repeal
of the Sherman act and the declaration
that the unit Of coinage of gold and
silver should be of the same Intrinsic
value. ATLANTA Journal
The message is couched in such plain,
straightforward language and is so
clear, brief and to the point that the
simplest mind can comprehend it. The
message is conservative and strong,
and will, we confidently believe, have
a powerful and beneficial influence
upon Congress and the country at large.
-Ne1U Orleans State.
AS was to be expected, the president
urges the immediate and unconditional
repeal of the Sherman law. 1t was en-
tirely unreasonable to expect anything
else from him. He his been an out
spoken opponent of the effort to bolster
up the value of silver by legislation
from the time the matter was first
agitated and he is not the man to
change his opinions upon serious ques-
tions of this sort without good reasons
for it being presented to him Rich
n1ond Times,
No comment On the message of the
president is needed to make it's mean
ing perfectly clear. A more simple,
direct and comprehensive statement of
a grave situation or of the duty it i'm
poses has not come from the executive
in long time. It is confined entirely
to the occasion which required the ses-
sion of Congress, though a dignifed
and moderate reference is made to the
work of tariff reform to be taken up
when the financial problem is disposed
of-NeaO York Times
Regarding the business depression
as the result Of a loss of confidence
rather than of any paramount cause,
the president clearly, forcibly and
courageously points out what he be-
ieves to be the remedy. His message
lays down the administration pro
gramme. It's fulfllment will not be
easy, because the opposition is determ-
ined; but Mr.. Cleveland's entire public
career is guarantee that believing it
to be right, he will omit no honorable
means to its accomplishment. Chicago
Daily NeWS
Mr.. Cleveland's message will be a
great disappointment to the masses of
the American people, and particularly
to the masses in the South. and we
suppose at the West also. We cannot
commend either the substance Of it or
the argument. It has long been I'M
.derstood that he would urge the un-
conditional repeal Of the Sherman law,
and for that we were entirely prepared,
but we had hoped that he would not
stop at that, but after consultation
with other experienced men would
have recommended some further ac-
ton. In this we are disappointed
Raleigh Ne3US and Observer.
President Cleveland puts before Con
gress the financial plight Of the coun-
try, and the remedy which he believes
out to be adopted. He shows that eX-
listing evils are not due to national dis
aster, failure of crops or other unto.
ward events, and declares that he be-
lieves them principally due to the
legislation of Congress with reference
to the coinage of silver. He shows how
this has operated to impair confidence
at home and abroad, and concludes by
urging the repeal as promptly as pos
sible of the provisions of the Sherman
act. The message makes 81 profound
impression upon the country, which
&0 1n IN
mood-Loui8UiIle, Ky., Times.
The message of President Cleveland,
submitted to the extraordinary session
of Congress yesterday, and published
in this paper, is in a certain sense a
disappointment. The President was
expected to ring loud and clear on the
repeal of the silver purchase act, and
indeed he gives sufficient reasons why
it should be speedily blOtted out. The
fact that of the $54, 900, 900 of coin notes
issued in IA months, $42, 900, 900 have
been used to drain the treasury of gold
to that amount, and the further fact
that from the date of the enactment
ment of the silver purchase law to
July Is, 1898, the gold coin and bullion
increased more than $147, 900, 900 dur
ing the same period, are evidence
enough that this mischievOus act, if
continued in operation, will ultimately
bring this country to a single standard
and that the silver standard, but the
president is disappointing in his failure
to tell the country after the repeal,
what.-CharIOtte Observer.
He makes no suggestion as to what
is best to be done after the killing OF
the Sherman law. But he seems al
the very close to give hint for gold
alone as the American standard OF
values. If that is his meaning, he is not
in accord with Southern Democrats OF
with his party as it defined itself al
Chicago. He was not elected and
would never have been elected upon q
gold standard We do not know that
we understand him fully, but if we