The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-04
COMMENTS ON The MESSAGE.
Most Of the Leading Papers FaVOTably
Impressed With II.

IN Al-4ne 6alL1mOre american THINKS
the President Is Actuated by Spite
Against the Trust in Making His
Recommendation Concerning the
Duty on Sugar.
New York Dec. 3.-The leading papers
of this city will comment on the Presi-
dents message as follows:
The Tribune. THE President has not
heard of the elections last month, or con-
siders it digniied to take no notice of
an attempt by the people to reverse the
course of their government. With stolid
Indifference to the popular decision, he
proposes to thrust upon the country the
very theories and measures which the re-
cent elections have condemned. In ef-
feet his message is new declaration of
war against the depressed industries and
trade"
The Sun: There is nothing unexpected
or striking in the message which Mr..
Cleveland sent to congress yesterday. The
important paragraphs might be printed in
three-quarters of a column. The sentences
which are obviously of the Presidents
own composition would occupy much less
space than that. The enormous length
of the document is due solely to the in
dustry of the clerks, who have been en-
gagged in summarizing and paraphrasing
the annual reports from the several de-
partments, and to a creditable desire to
| impart to this years message what is
called a business-like appearance, in
point of volume, if not in contents. Con-
sidering first the Gresham part of the
| message, it is a melancholy fact that, with
a single exception, every important ref
erence 90 internal affairs is an indirect
confession of failure and humiliation.
The exception is the part devoted to the
| Bluefields incident, and the policy of our
| government with regard to the Nicaragua
canal. and here we have nothing posi-
tive or enlightening.
The Times in its editorial on the Presi-
dents message quotes Mr.. Cleveland's
declaration in regard to the issue of bonds
! when the needs of the treasury require il
| and says: This is an assurance of i'm
mense value, and the more so because it
is but the formal embodiment of the policy
| fixed by unbroken precedent required by
| law since the resumption of specie pay
ments 1t establishes the certainty that
| whatever the cost, the stability of the ma
tional currency will be absolutely main
/ tained."
The Herald: The one striking and inn
/ pressive passage in the Presidents mes
/ sage is that in which he declares that
! he will use every effort to sustain the
/ credit of the government and prevent it's
/ finances from being reduced to silver
! basis. Mr.. Cleveland declares that new is
1 sues of the 5 per cents. shall be made as
| often as necessary to maintain sufficient
| gold reserve. This is sound and manly
| and calculated to impress upon congress
| the necessity of promptly clothing the
| administration with the power to make
! popular loan, the bonds to bear low
rate of interest and be distributed among
the masses. 1t is very true, as the
| President remarks that questions relat-
ing to banks and currency are closely con-
nected with the maintenance of the gold
reserve, and the separation of the gov
| ernment from the business of circulating
paper money is a consummation that is
devoutly to be wished; but we fear that he
errs in giving an unqualified Endorsement
to the new scheme proposed by Secretary
| Carlisle From the brief statement of this
plan embodied in the message and pre-
sumably prepared by the secretary him
self, it appears to be patchwork COM
pared with which Joseph's coat would be
| a seamless garment
The Recorder: The message which Mr..
Cleveland sent to congress yesterday is,
ing many points, one of the best he has
written. 1t gives in a succinct way an in
tellgenlt idea of what the government
has been doing during the past twelve
months, while it is not as many of his old
messages were, weighted down with sug-
gestions and loaded with omniscient ad-
| vice to a coordinate branch of the govern
ment. He evidently felt while preparing
it, the rebuke the people gave his admins
! tration on Nov 6, and he has accepted it
in a becoming spirit of humiliation. This
is as it should be, for while the President
is the highest officer of the government,
there is a master to whom he must bow
the majority of his countrymen.
St Louis Mo. Dec. 3.-The Presidents
message was editorially commented upon
here to-day as follows:
Star Sayings, rep: The Presidents mes
sage will be unsatisfactory to both demo-
Gratis and republicans. The President is
so careful to avoid dangerous ground that
he has succeeded in reducing the message
to a document which is not remarkable
for one of those Clevelandisms that have
marked most of his previous efforts. The
message is, however, a tribute to Presi-
dent Cleveland's honesty. There was lit
tie to be said for democracy, as he has
found it since March, 1894 and he was fair
enough not to endeavor to put another
face on the situation.
Post-Dispatch, dem.: There is nothing
in the message that is calculated to call
out Of the brush the democratic voters
who disappeared at the November cleo
ton. The 100000 democrats who voted
the populist ticket on that day will hardly
find anything in it to convert them from
the error of their way.
Pittsburg, Dec. 3.-The Chronicle-Tele-
Cleveland's message, says editorially:
president Cleveland is emphatic in Civ
ing congress to understand that no mat
ter what clamor may be raised there will
be bond issues as big and often as need
be to enable the treasury to met all its
obligations, including the duty of keep
ing all the notes and coinage of the gov
ernment at par with gold. The distinct
and positive engagement he makes in this
respect will undoubtedly strengthen the
public credit"
London, Dec. 3.-The Standard will say
tomorrow in leader on President Cleve-
lands message: 1.-THE proposed change of
the banking laws can in no way put cash
into the treasury for present or future
dates, but it may do much to intensity
existing dangers. In one way alone can
the gold reserve Of the treasury be re-
plenished without risk, namely, by chang
ing budget deficits into surpluses and ac-
cumulating the latter in gold. Secretary
Carlisle's provisions tend directly to make
deprecated paper currency redundant
and therefore seem weak and most i'm
polite His proposal proclaims that the
currency problem is one which the demo-
Gratis even dare not meet squarely.'
The Daily News will say: The transfer
Of the responsibility from the treasury