The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-05
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
And What Representative Citizens Think
of II
Dispassionate and Unpreludiced Views OF Well
Known 1en-The General Opinion Is
That 1t Is an Able Paper

"What do you think of President CIeve-
lands messase to congress?"
This question: was asked OF many repre-
sentative citiz'ns yesterday by Herald
reporters. large nun Der stateo that
they had not yet read the copy OF the
document. Tho answers of those who
had, and who cared to express themselves
will be found below:
Frank z. Flint-Mr. Cleyeland's mes.
sage I consider to be one of tho ablest
public documents it has ever been my
good fortune to read. We may not all
agree with Mr.. cleveland as to the prop
ositl0ns ne q vances, but all are fore ID to
the conclusion that he has presented
some sound, lo-ical arguments for the
theories he pTotnuigates. His p sition
in regard to the Monroe doctrine is Ger.
tainly the ablest explanation | have ever
heard.
I. j.. Gibhon-Mr. Cleveland's mes.
sage, like ev, rything else ne writ $, is
able. sound and pa riotic. ! cons der ,is
presentation OF the financial Qu -stion the
m'st complete and the most 10 iical that
has been given the country. His argd.
ments are unanswerable. His tariff
message of December, 1887, was great
state pa er, but / consider his last mes
sage as fully up to that standard.
Max Lowenthal-Clev last mes
sage, ike everything else Cleveland
does, was clcan-cuU and bold settlement
of exactly what the president adyocateg.
! am a great sdmirer OF the president
and am of course great believer in and
admirer of his state papers more particu-
Iarly his last message to congress.
K. G.. Lult-I am not politician. but /
have read the Presidents message ana
consider it sound and able. | a,ree with
the president on the money qestIon and
I tkipy 10 ia ~ nf ha tho
strongest as we'll as the plainest | ever
read.
J. r Rusn-"I cannot say that AGREE
with Cls veiand Oh the financial issue ;stiil
we who do not agree with him are COM
PEELED to say that his message is very
sblr document"
w. A. Ryan -"Cleveland's message is
all right. have not rean it carefully
yet, but / consider it, ia ing from
what | have seen of it full. equal tn any
portion of the great record Cleveland has
made IN the past.
]. H, Dock weiler-"I have not had
time to read all OF tn preside is mess.
age, but what l nave read consider to be
very strong. Cleveland has the happy
faculty OF making state papers interest
i ing rea iing."
Mr.. Bower, late Democratic candidate
for district attorney. sad: II do not
agree with Cleveland in his position en-
the fiLaucial question put l read his mes.
, sage with interest. l CONSIDER 1t an
able document
S.R.Gurdun--'I think it IS without ex-
n pti.n the finest MESA . have ever
ed. 1t is Cleveland all thrjush an
shows the most conscientious and oarefu
consideration # the interests of tLis
untry that has ever been in any SINH
lar message. l approve of it in every re-
spect.
Stephen G. Long-'I think it is the
grandest message | ever read and goes
to provs that Cievel land IS what always
believed him to BE-, one of the most up
| right and most con scientious men we
| havs ever had in politics.
I. D. Stimson-''I have not read the
message sutfisnciently closely to ba able to
give AN opinion as to its g.nerai nature,
| but on the money proposition ! think
that CLEVELAND is all right anu sound.
am not free silver man by any means.
/ also believe that We should not annex
| the islands. he hawaiian group es-
| pecially would require lar sum of
| money to De spent before they could be
| got upor salts actory b SIS.
/ John Brysnn--"I am very we'll pleased
with the message and generally agree
with its sentiments. Cleveland has al
ways been right in his views on the
money question. l think to. that the tar
iii as set forth by Cleveland is correct. l
| would have liked more on the Cuban
! matter than the MESA 'e rave but as an
entirety | re arl 1t as very fine one."
! Fl. ]. Woollscott. pI dent of the State
Loan ant Trust compa ,y-"rhe only
! porti of the message which | read was
that which rel d to the financial
question. By h views on this think
that Cleveland b s msdu slap at the in
dustri 8 OF the Pacific coast and is Ger
| tninly standing in hts own Ii hit. HIS rec
ommendations o, this subject arc GER
tainIy not calculated to render him pop-
| u r on this coast. Regarding the bod,
OF the message l can say nothing as !
have not yet read it"