The record-union., 1894-12-04
Expressions of Opinion by Con-
greSSmen and Senators.
DOES NOT MEET THE APPROVAL
OF ALL DEMOCRATS
Republicans Consider tbs Presidents
Financial Plans Impossible-Henry
Watterson Characterlzes the Mes
sage as Very Long and as UnInter-
esting as Its Length.
Special TO the REcoRp-UN1ox.

Special TO the REcoRD-UNIox.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Speaker Crisp
mad no opportunity to examine the mes
sage carefully, owing to the frequent in
terruptlons, and was not prepared TO ex-
press an opinion until he had done so.
Mr.. Wilson, Chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, expressed his
great qualification over the Presidents
vigorous recommendation Of the free
coal and iron bills sent to the Senate. and
his Endorsement of the recommendation
OF the ditferential on refined sugar.
Mr.. Bryan Dem.) of Nebraska said
he was opposed to any financial scheme
which would give private individuals the
power to issue money.
Mr.. Harter DEM of Ohio character
lied the Presidents banking scheme as a
good long step in the right direction. but
personally, he thought he ought to 90
further. The Government, in his Opin-
ion, ought not to guarantee the PAYMENT
OF national bank notes or OF any corpora
tionS.
Mr.. Bailey (Dem.) of Texas is opposed
TO the Government becoming a surety Tor
the promlssory notes Of any business cor
poratlon even though it be bank.
Senator Mitchell (Rep.J OF Oregon
His whole financial scheme is impossi-
bic. 1t IS position really going back 10
old wildcats"
Senator blanchard (Dem.) of Louisiana
~ approve OF State banks recommends
ton. am opposed to the repeal Of one
eighth and One-tenth OF a cent differ
ential on sugar, Tor the reason that Il
per cent. OF 100000 pounds OF sugar pro-
duced in Louisiana shares in the differ
entail"
Senator Hansbrough (Rep.)-"I had
heard the President was suffering from
the gout, and the message confirms it,"
Senator Perkins (Rep.) Of California
Il IKE his recommendation for an in
crease in the navy, but am opposed to his
tree-ship positions"
Senator Villas CDem.) of Wisconsin,
ut Is good business message
Senator Chandler (Rep.) of New Hamp-
shire The message is very common
place document"
Mr.. Reed of Maine had nothing To saw
regarding the message.
MI. burrows OF Michigan had no COM
menL to make.
General Catchings Dem9 of Missis-
slppl, one OF the Committee on Rules.
strongly indorsed the Presidents tinan-
cial views.
OF the Democratic members of the SEN
ate committee on Finance. Senators
Voorhees,. Harris and Vest asked to be
excused from expressing any opinion on
the financial views advanced by the Pres
ldent, and Senator Jones OF Arkansas
would only repeat what he has heretofore
SAID, that he did not believe any financial
legislation could be possible during the
present session.
Republican members of the committee
were almost as disinclined 10 talk as their
Dehiocratlc colleagues. Senator Sherman
would go no further than to say the mes
sage contained nothing striking. Senator
Allison declared it was not time tor Re-
pubIlcans to take the lead.
senator Brlce Dem. )-"The Baltimore
pan sIrlkeS me as pure dream. Its
adoption would certainly demoralize the
finances of the country"
Senator Teller (Rep.J Colorado" cam
not see that the message offers anv relief
10 the country, and IL appears TO me as if
the President failed to comprehend the
financial or political conditions"
Senator Hoar (Rep.) of Massachusetts,
1t Is message without vigor and cour-
age, indicating in every sentence the
Presidents consciousness of public dis
approval. Can this be naughty Mar
mion?"
Senator Stewart-"The financial plan in
ClevelanPs message, stripped of verbi-
age, means that the United States shall
give the bankers S75 for SD 80. Anv
tender. whether greenbacks or Treasury
notes, Will receive S75 of our Government
money-a cunning way of retiring green
backs. 1t removes all restrictions of the
banking law against expansion and con-
traction by the banks to enable them and
their associates to ring the market"
LONG AND UNINTERESrING.
LOUISVILLE Ky.), Dec. 3.-The Cou-
TieT-JOUrnGt (Dem.) says: The Presi-
dents annual message committed to Con-
gress yesterday Is unusually long and is
almost as uuinteresting as it is long.
Aside from the Endorsement and SYNOPSIS
of Secretary Carlisle's plan for currency
reform, with one or two other recon-
mendatlons, the message has but little
other significance than attaches to a clock
like condensation of the various DEPART
mental reports. In this respect il is very
different from some of the preceding
messages OF MIR. Cleveland.
A DENVER EDITORS OPINION.
DENVER, Dec. s. The Republican
Rep.) will comment on the President's
message tomorrow as follows: In JuIv
1898, when President Cleveland, at the
dictation of the money power, and in ac-
cordance with an evident agreement with
the English Government, called the
Fifty-third Congress together in special
session to repeal the purchasing clause of
the Sherman law, he boldly declared in
LIS Gail thdU AIS Aeped1 was al InaG was
necessary to restore prosperity in this
country. He accomplished his purpose
by the coercion of the cuckoos of his own
party, by bulldozing and a shrewd use of
the patronage of his Office. but although
he has made many public utterances since
that time, he has never taken occasion to
notify the country that his prophesy re-
garding the best method of secur-
ing return of prosperity has
been fulfilled. The reason is OBJ
vious. The times have grown worse
instead of better since the repeal bill
passed in the fall OF 1893, and even Presi-
dent Cleveland does not possess the hard
ihood to attempt TO justify that stupend-
Gus criminal biunder.