The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-04


plenty OF gold in the United States. but
its collection and its retention obviously
are not duties Of the government under
the ordinary conditions of national eN-
istence. The continuance Of the task
under present conditions obviously would
lead. sooner or later, TO difficulty or dis
aster"
The Daily Chronicle will eulogize Mr..
Cleveland's dogged persistence in advo-
eating the policy reform, which his dis
credited party has neither the courage nor
conscience to pursue" AS to the banking
proposals it will say: so long as the
treasury act*as a disturbing force in the
New York money market we do not see
how American finance can be placed on
solid foundation"
Boston. Dec. S.-The Globe Democrat
says: There is no note Of hesitancy in
the Presidents message to congress. He
declares his position on all the leading is
sues of the time clearly and unmistaka-
bly,"
The editorial Of the Journal, rep. deals
exclusively with the financial portion of
the message and says in substance that
the current programme of the administra-
ton can scarcely fail to dsappoint con-
servative fnanciers
The Post, dem, will commend the Pres
idents utterances especially in regard TO
the tariff, free ships and the currency.
II says Alal the ulthhdAE Is a most III
structive and comprehensive statement Of
the affairs of the nation.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Dec. S.-The Chat
tanooga Times says editorially of the
Presidents message" The complete alb
sence of politics from the message is, TO
use an Irish form of speech, one of its
distinctive elements. A complete stranger
to our political current history might be
puzzled to find out, from the text Of the
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this or that or of no party. 1t is purely
business communication. from date line
to signature and one of the best written,
most comprehensive, satisfactory and
statesmanlike messages ever sent from
the white house to Capitol Hill"
Baltimore, Dec. S.-Baltimore papers
will comment tomorrow on the Presi-
dents message as follows:
The Sun: President Cleveland's sound
afresh the democratic battle cry for tariff
reform-free coal, free iron, free ships
and for war upon the greatest Of tariff
begotten monOpolies-the sugar trust No
less direct and to the point are his recon-
mendations upon the subject of the cur
rency admittedly at present the most
important question of the day and one
which will provoke most criticism The
President, however, while approving Mr.
Carlisle's plan, Is not welded to IL and
accepts it as a basis for very great i'm
provement in our banking and currency
system.
The American: The Presidents object
in recommending the passage of the bill
for the repeal of the 1-10 of a cent dif-
ferential in the sugar schedule seems to
be to punish the sugar trust rather than
TO restore TO the people the boon of free
sugar guaranteed by the Mckinley Saw.
| The attack on the late Mr. Blaine's set
tlement of the Samoan dispute is uncalled
faNa -g.rt Il
the proposed banking scheme is the effort
to separate the banks into national and
state If the latter are to- be embraced
under its provisions, they cease to be
state and become national. It is disin-
genious to pretend otherwise for the pur-
pose of maintaining political fiction.
The Herald. In a state paper dealing
with so many subjects at such length, it
is easily possible to find ground for crtt-
cism, but President Cleveland has sent
a message to congress which sets forth
frankly and fairly the several problems
now confronting the country. The friends
and admirers of the President will be graf
flied by the fact that he has neither reced-
ed from nor qualified his views as to free
raw materials.
Chicago, Dec. 3-Chicago papers will
comment on President Cleveland's mes
sage as follows:
Herald. dem.-The President does not
repeat his request for authority to issue
suitable bonds or to retire legal tenders
when they are redeemed. Instead of that
he simply says that so long as no bet
ter way is provided the authority con-
ferred by the act of 1875, will be util-
lied whenever and as often as it be-
comes necessary to maintain a suhi-
cient reserve, and in abundant time to
save the credit of our country and make
good the financial declarations of our
"gout" between the lines of this portion
Of the message. but they viii succeed in
reading the solid sense out of it, The
Presidents duty in this matter of the re-
serve is plain enough, and If he betrays
irritation in his manner of stating it,,
he can hardly be blamed. He has called
the attention of congress to the sub
ject with all due respect heretofore and
ii has done nothing.
Times, dem.: President Cleveland's
message is long, and could hardly have
been otherwise. 1t is tedious, as state
papers usually are. 1t is important where
it trenches on the questions of the cur
rency the tariff on sugar and free raw
materials In other respects ii is purely
formal. 1t is characteristic of him in its
boldness, in its devotion to the principle
of tariff reform, and most un-
happily, in it's complete acuuies-
cence in these principles of monetary
science preached in bank parlors and
practiced for the profit of bankers
Albany, N. Y. Dec 3.-The Argus, com
menting on the Presidents message,
will say tomorrow: President CIeve-
lands message contains several striking
recommendations, which it will be well
for this congress to promptly dopt. It
is not too late for the representatives Of
the Democratic party in Washington to
try to make up for their errors and to
fulfill to the people the pledges of the Chi
cago platform. These important recon-
mendations will be found near the end
of the message. They are that raw ma
terials should be put on the free list,
that differential duties in favor Of trusts
should be abolished, and that the govern
ment should go out of banking and at
tend to it's finances under a strict in
depreciation Of the constitution.