Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-04
MESSAGE COMMENTS.
What Congressmen Say of the
 Presidents Message.
POINTS THAT PLEASE DEMOCRATS
They Say It Is a Good Business Message The Proposed Financial Policy Not Uni. versaIIy Approved by the Party-Repu:,- Iicans Say It Is Gouty and Dull.

| The Proposed Financial Policy Nct tEI- versaIIy Approved by the Party-Repu:,- | Iicans Say It Is Gouty and Dull. WASHINGTON, Dec 4-After consi6er- | ing the message which President Cleve l land sent to congress yesterday for half | day and a whole night tho congressman l are beginning to give their opinions of 1t. Tie comment of the Democratic mem | bers seems to be brief as a rule. The Re publican members are more explicit | The tone of the comment, of course. va ries greatly. some of the opinions OK | pressed are as follows:
 | Speaker Crisp said he had no opportu- l nifty to examine the message carefully owing to the frequent interruptions and 1 was not prepared to express an opinion | until he had done so
 | Mir. Wilson, chairman of the ways and l means committee. expressed his great | qualification over the presidents vigorous recommendation of the free coal and iron | bills sent to the senate and his indorse- | mont of the ommcndation for the abo- lit!on of the ,iifferential on refined sugar.
 Representative Reed of Maine declared | that he had nothing to say with regard 1 to the message, and Mir. Burrows of l Michigan hnd no comment to make. | Representative Dingley (Rep., Me ! l said that nearly all the message was sim ply an unintercsting synopsis of depart | mental reports. The president recon mendntion that imported foreign built steamships be placed on the free list and ! admitted to American register Is cu- rious reversal of the free raw material | doctrine which tho president has delight | ed to exploit. When completed steam | ships are placed on the free list, consist | ency requires that every other manufac ture go there The cool manner in which the president announces that under the sfaff l exists and will continue to exist during l tho fiscal year. and all the administration | proposes to do Is to continue to sell bonds to meet the deficit is delightfully."- re- | freshing'
 Representative Hepburn tRep, Ia )-- | The message is comprehensive docu- l ment and will doubtless be we'll received | by MT. Clevcand's faction of the Demo- cratic party. but will excite opposition in the ranks of the other faction and will 1 intensity the bitterness existing within his party. Indeed it would have been impossible for the president to have writ ten n message that would have resulted in party harmony. The wings arc too far apart. There are, in fact. two moro robust parties claiming the trade mark | of Democracy
 General Tracey's Opinion.
 General Tracey tDem.. \. Y. } said he would favor some sort of a banking scheme as suggested by the president. which would divorce tho issue of circu- lating notes from the government. but he did not think any financial Legislation would be enacted by this congress.
 MT. Outhwaite (Dem., O. said it was an able presentation of the state of govern ment affairs, and particularly commend ed the president recommendation for striking out the ditferential on sugar.
 Mr. Bryan tDcm., Neb } said he was opposed to any financial scheme which would give private individuals the power to issue money.
 Mir Harter tDem, O. characte-izod the presidents banking scheme as a good long step in the right direction, but per sonally he thought it ought to go farther l The government. in his opinion, ought l not to guarantee the payment of national 1 bank notes or of any corporation. Tho notes of a bank were as safe without as with the government guarantee. He ex- pressed his regret that the president had not suggested plan for the gradual withdrawal Of greehbao
 Mir, Springer (Dem.. Ills.D said the president message is largely devoted to routine recommendations in reference to the business of the departments. In refer ence to the tariff his suggestions are wise and timely. He does not recommend any general legislation but merely the correc- tion of some of the defects of the tariff law of last session. The business inter ests of the country may rest assured that there is to bc long period of rest so far as general taritf legislation is concerned In reference to tho currency the president indorses fully the recommendations of Secretary Carlisle, His report has not been published as yet. When published, Mir. Springer would give his recommenda- tion careful and earnest consideration and would also call meeting of tho com mittee on banking and currency and ar range for the prompt consideration of tho subject. Some measure in reference to our currency ought to be reported and passed during this session.
 1 Representative Reilly of Pennsylvania ! tho chairman of the committee on Pacific roads, speaking of that portion of the presidents message which refers to the Union Pacific railroad, said: ''I am glad , l the president referred to the subject. It is matter of great importance. and the ] interests of the government are enormous 1 In view of the fact that the indebtedness of this company to the government is about maturing. the necessity of some legislation on the part of congress is ap- parent. The house committee at the last session reported bill which, in their opinion, if enacted, would work out a solu- ton of tho problem, and we expect and hope that congress will take some action on the matter this session"
 Senator Villas (Dem., Wis. Ut is a good business message.
 .'CommonpIacr," says senator Chandler. Senator Chandler (Rep.. N. H.) said: Tho message is very commonplace document. It Ignores the fact that we have a great silver question on hard, and 1t almost ignores the tariff question OK. cept in referring to the pop gun bills and in making the absurd proposal of ad- hitting free ships in order to help AmerI- ran shipping. That is about all there is to the message beyond a recital of depart. mental routine
 , Representative DalzeIl of Pennsyiva. mia said in part: Tho president either has not heard as yet of the elections that recently took place or does not think they arc of any special significance. There is I absolutely nothing new in the message. ''
 Of the Democratic members of the sen - ate committee on finance Senators Voor- hees, Harris and Vest asked to be excused - from expressing any opinion on the flnan- cial:views advanced by the president, and Senator Jones of Arkansas would only repeat what he had heretofore said that he did not believe that any financial leg = islation would be possible during the pres snt session.
 Senator Smith tDem., N. J.) said that ]. the presidents recommendation as u
 sugar legislation seemed to be in the l!n
 of the views he had urged in a recent in | teryiew. He had not given much atten
 tion to the recommendation for nov
 banking system, but ho considered tn ]. present system safe. arl he thought can
 gress ought to go slow in making radioa
 changes
 r Senator PIatt (Rep.. Conn. D-whcney CT the time approaches for Presiden
 Cleveland to send in a message 1t Is al ways advertised that it Is to be somethin @ striking and sensational. There Is ceI tainly nothing striking or sensational | <. the present message.
 Senator Hoar tRep. Mass Tt Is