The Yellowstone journal., 1894-12-05
Wednesday. December, 3, 1891.
THE VI E>>AGE.

In President C.eveland's message tc
congress-. which & e JOURNAL presents to
it's readers in this issue, there is d
notable absence of the personality o.
Mr.. Cleveland. a feature So conspicuous
in ali former documents { the kind, al
to occasion universal press commen'.
In this message the preslnent appears to
be cowed to the extent uf Withholding h ,
own Jersonal views and cont nting MIN
self with series of favprd le endorse
ments of the reports an suggestions
his secretaries aud their chleis. lr fac
the message Is disappointing in that II
fails to tell the country what Mr.. Cleve
land really thinks about the situation.
His sturdy. dogmatic utterances. 81
familiar to the country, are wholly mis-
sing and in their place are endorse
ments Of secretaries and commissioners.
sandwiched with qualified opinions that
are so unlike Mr.. Cleveland in express.
ion that they scarcely seem to be his
The strike is dispos d OF briefly by re-
. ference to the work of the strike com
mission. which he commenis to In"
careful consideration Of congress. though
in anott sr portion of the message in re-
viewIn! the army Organization. the
action 4 the regular troops in preserv
ing or 'er aud restoring usual conditions
rs approved and commended. The gold
reser gives Mr.. Cleveland considerable
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tain it is argunentativeiy set forth as
an absolute necessity, in "A style more
Clevelandesque than any other part Of
the message. He is very sore on the
fact that congress has thus far refused
to repose unlimited ppwe in the execu
tive to issue bonds. power win h he
thinks essential as long as the govern
ment is bound by statutory provisions
to maintain gold and silver on parity.
His attitude on silver is made too PLAIN
to be misunderstood 10y any one when he
says deplprlngly, Il cannot for ID moment
"belieye that any of our citizens are de.
"liberately willing that our government
SHOULD default in its pecunlary obIIgd-
"tions. or that Its financial operations
SHOULD be reduced to a silver basis
and in order to prevent such calamity
he declares that he will sell bonds when
ever in his opinion. 1t is necessary
That's abe kind Of gold bug. he is. The
currency plan recently evolved by Secy
Carlisle and Comptroller Eckles receives
the presidents hearty eniOrseuput He
is not at all pleased with the Gormau-
Brice tariff law and says that it needs
amending IN several directions. He
fayors free coal and iron, and recon-
mends the difrerentlai duty on refined
sngar stricken out; this last recommeu.
dation Is, however provisional on the
ability OF the 5u gar trust to keep open
its reiineries with the present measure
OF government support; Mr.. Cleveland
rather resents the closing of some rein
cries 10y the trus. since the passage of
the act. Taken as a whole, the docu
Inent is below par; all that the pres dent
has to say for himself might have been
said in one sixth the space, the remain
der OF which is taken up with needless
repetition of department reports. 1t
looks as if the November elections had
caught Mr.. Cleveland on the point OF
thu jaw, that tIcklIsh locality know to
pusilIsts, and that he has not yet re-
covered from the Knockout; still ID the
ring but vesy grogsy.