The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-12-12
THE MESSAGE,
Press Comments Upon the Presidents
Latest Production.

Press Comments Upon the Presidents
Latest Production.
Charlotte Observer.
This document is the most inter
esting message that has been sent to
Congress i'll many years. In
bis assertion of the Monroe doctrine
he is very manly and dignified; there
is firm assertion of the American
position on the subject of foreign
powers acquiring further territory
on this hemisphere, without any
buster whatever. Hepoints
out, in such manner as should con-
vince any mind that is open to argu-
ment, the absolute necessity of a
reform Of the whole currency system.
The gold reserve will never be safe SO
long as it is open to attack, over
and over, from the great volume of
greenbacks and Treasury notes out
standing, which are no sooner re.
deemed than they are paid out again
| and used to draw more gold from the
Treasury. We call it q
great production of a great man.
Raleigh News and Observer.
The people agreed with Mr.. Cleve-
land when he declared that the Sbpr-
man law ought to be repealed. They
| agree with him now when he says
greenbacks ought to be retired. But
| they were right then in insisting that
| some just and better financial legis-
lation should be Incorporated in the
| repeal OF the Sherman act. They
have since seen and felt the wrong Of
repeating the Sherman act and
trusting to the future to secure the
legislation necessary to replace the
| money withdrawn While desirous
of substituting Sherman purchase
notes and United States Treasury
notes with a broader and better
money, the people will thunder their
| disapproval of any further contrac-
ton.
| Richmond Dispatch.
1t is an earnest statement of the
Presidents views as to the questions
he discusses.
Atlanta Constitution.
In the entire document there is not
a single sentence which is likely to be
| quoted. There is not a felicitous
phrase, and not a striking expression
chat will be seized upon by the news
papers and the masses. The message
contains no surprises. 1t is just
what might have been expected.
| Baltimore Sun.
To the sober, hard-headed and
sturdily honest American people at
large the message will come as an
exposition of their own ideas and a
demonstration of the truths which
they hold at heart, if they never
| before found them expressed in such
forcible and fitting words.
Washington Post.
Beyond these two questions-the
| financial embarrassments at home
and our political and diplomatic
relations abroad-there is nothing.
| The President spares us the dull,
conventional resume of departmental
| reports, and confines hims If to the
two topics he regards as paramount
in interest. That he has treated
both with courage, candor, and
ability, not even the most jaundiced
of his critics will deny.
| New York Herald.
AS whole, this message is such a
state paper as the country has a
right to expect from it's Chief Magis-
trate-firm and strong aud true; the
President has opinions and the
courage of them. He has views OF
policy and expresses them clearly,
| New York Sun.
But the most amazing evidence OF
what we are compelled to describe as
lack of sincerity on the part of the
author of the message. is found in
his eulogy of the Wilson German
protective tariff now in force. Mr..
Cleveland's opinion OF this measure
was forcibly expressed at the time OF
it's enactment. He wrote pictures
que and almost passionate phrases
to Prof Wilson and Mr.. Catchings
about his grief and wrath and shame
at the Democracy failure to make
tariff corresponding to his ideas Of
what tariff should be.