The morning call., 1894-12-04
PRESS COMMENT.
Watterson Thinks the Message Is
Decidedly Different.


command the first attention of the fnan-
cial and business interests of the country
is that relating to the currency.
with which the message concludes.
The message is a practical, businesslike
document, notably free from the peculiar
characteristics which distinguish most of
Mr.. Cieveland's utterances, and will repay
careful perusal for the great amount of
useful information it contains.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 3.-The Jour-
nal (R) says the Presidents message is
document which will attract attention
only because Of its length, and not because
of handling of subjects in which the
American people are intensely interested.
Like all his official acts during the present
term the document is a disappointment to
the people and must be d humiliation to
his remaining adherents.
The Times (D.): ''The striking feature
OF President Cleveland's message Is its
lucidity and mwehensiveness. The sur
prising feature of the document is the
absence Of any recommendations that
would invite contention. The message
is written in the vigorous style and rugged
peri DDS which mark all the state papers of
Mr.. Cleveland. 1t is likely to make pro-
found impression on Congress and the
country and may stimulate such a meas
ure of energy on the part of the Senators
and Representatives during the short ses-
sion as will secure some of the important
reforms recommended.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Dec. 3.-The Courier
Journal: The Presidents annual message,
committed TO Congress yesterday, is IN
usually long and Is almost as IN
interesting as it is long. Aside from
the Endorsement and synopsis of
Secretary Carlisle's plan for currency
reform, with one or two other recon-
mendations, the message has but little
other significance than attaches to clock
like condensation of the various depart
mental reports. In this respect it is very
different from some of the preceding mes
sages of Mr.. Cleveland.
DENVER. Dec. 3.-The Republican
Rep.) will comment on the Presidents
message tomorrow as follows: "In July,
$685. when President Cleveland. at the
dictation of the money power and in
accordance with An evident agreement
with the English Government called the
Fifty-third Congress together in a special
session to repeal the purchasing clause of
the Sherman law, he boldly declared in
his call that repeal was all that was neces-
sary TO restore prosperity in this
country. He accomplished his pur-
pose by the coercion of the cuckoos
of his own party. through bulldozing and
a shrewd use of the patronage of his office,
but although he has made many public
utteranees since that time he has never
taken occasion to notify the country
that his prophecy regarding the best
method of securing a return Of pros
perity has been fulfilled. The reason is
obvious. The times have grown worse
instead of better since the repeal bill
passed in the fall of 1898, and even Presi-
dent Cleveland does not possess tho hardi-
hood to attempt to justify that stupendous
criminal blunder."
CLEVELAND, Dec. 3.-The Leader saws
the message is remarkable for nothing but
the Presidents financial recommendations,
which, it says, are intended to please the
Populsts and Democrats of the South and
West, and which. if carried out would
result in the revival of wildcat currency
and the material weakening of the national
banking system by decreasing the security
of the holders and leaving depositors at
Tile mercy Oh u1SuUu6SL Dduh UluClalS.
The PlaindeaIer says: The present
President is nothing. if not tenacious in
his opinions. He still clings to the theory
that coal and iron should be placed on the
free list, but he gives no reason for il.
The President rghtfuly indorses the re-
organization of the Union Pacific Railway
Company so as to take it out of the hands
of the receivers.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3.-The Globe-Democra.
will say: The message of President Cleve-
land this year is the longest one he has
ever written, and one that contains the
least matter of original interest and i'm
portance. That part of the message which
will attract the most attention is the out
line of plan for new currency system.
The Republic Cd will say: "Mr. Cleve-
lands message would have been M ore use
full if he had elaborated his view.
upon the currency and referred briefly
to the reports of his Secretaries on
other subjects instead of stating other SUBJ
iects fully and contentng himself with an
endorsement of Secretary Carlisle's plan
for change in the currency Reorgani
cation of the currency is by far the most
important subject that has been discussed
DIV any 1TtSIuouG oluCo tub WAT.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.-The Herald Demo-
crat will say: "The annual message of
Cleveland is very much in earnest through
out and those portions which express his
personal views on public policy and
the principles of the Government
have his usual force and directness.
On the whole 1t is satisfactory doom
ment, which clears up the situation
amazingly, which will excite but little
hostile criticism and which is creditable
American State paper"
The Times will say: "Undaunted by
what the Republican organs are pleased to
call the verdict against free trade. Mr..
Cleveland demands free coal, free iron ore
and free ships. He even suggests that
if revenue considerations would permit
he would be glad, under existing aggrava-
tions, to see every particle of differential
duty stricken out of our tariff law-an ex-