Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Kansas City Times (dsm): The message
Is model OF pure aud vigorous English
without, however. the slightest attempt at
the graces OF The rhetcric.ap,
New York Herald Uad dem); Every
scheme OF iiuancc Is open to criticism. What
We ask Of the critics who may condemn this
plan is to produce better plan.
st. Paul Globe (dem): on this message
alone MIR. Cleveland might cheerfully commi,
his record to the gratitude and admiration OF
The American people and Of postcrity.
Chicago Tribune Crepj: The message is
lnordlnatey long. but this may be forgiven.
as II is the last time Mr.. Cleveland will have
the opportunity of expressing his views in
executive fashion.
Minneapolis Times (dem): The presidents s
message is a long. and to many Will seem a
wearisome document. But 1t is. none the
less, the ablest and most instructive com
munication MIR. Cleveland has ever made to
congress.
Chicago Post Qnd. rep): Whatever differ
ence of opinion there may be as to particu-
lar recommendations Of the message 1t will
be regarded by all classes Of citizens as
statesmanliko in grasp Of affairs aud broadly
patriotic in spirit.
Chicago Record dnd) At all events, 10
the message does not determine what shall
be the course of the present congress, II bids
fair to act as a dominating factor in deter
mining what issue shall be foremost in the
peoples minds now and next year.
New York Sun (dem): President Cleve-
lands explanation in his message Of the rea-
son for The bond issues of the last two years
Is singularly disingenuous. He declares that
these bonds were not sold to supply a de-
fciency in tho revenues, but only to replen-
ish the gold reserves. This is true, as a
matter of form. but in effect it is false.
Kansas City Journal (rep) Taken as a
whole or in part, the message can be but n
Il at,,NfN Nt,.N Ii. mi
trucking to foreign domination is so evi-
dent that it is a disgrace to the nation, while
the multiplicity of platitudes used in treat
ins grave questions serve but to intensity
the general idea that prevails of the in
herent weakness of the chief magistrate of
the greatest country on earth.
Indianapolis Journal (rep): Recent events
have given so much prominence to nterna-
tional questions and national finances that
the president owed no apology for devoting
his entire message to these two topics.
Probably no presidential message has ever
discussed either topic as fully as this one
does. Much of the discussion is surplusage
and the message might have been greatly
abbreviated without sacrificing anything of
Importance. Mr.. Cleveands style is so
heavy and his sentences so long that he con-
sumes great deal of space in saying COM
paratively little.
Chicago Tmes-Herald Qnd. rep): In its
broad and comprehensive grasp of the ques-
tions dealt with the message is one of the
strongest state papers that Mr.. Cleveland has
ever written. While it is diffuse and nigh;
be CONDENSED, with corresponding improve
ment to its literary style, 1t is not nearly so
in its rhetoric as certain others of
Mr.. Clevelands papers. Even it's diffuseness
is pardonable whan we consider the pres-
ients earnestness and his desire to make
his meaning plain to the average intelligence.
This is particularly the case in his discussion
pll a bprn
he reiterates both his facts and his argu-
nents.