Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-04
The Messsae.

to know about how to provide for rev
enues that shall equal our legitimate ex
penses, he does not venture to take up in
his long and verbose document. He does
however devote much space to threshine
old straw on the silver question, possibly
because he learns that the recent canvass
of the Democrats in the House reveals a
majority for free coinage; he takes occa
sion to stultify himself by praising the
tariff, which he condemned in the most
scathiDg terms when he signed it; writes
at length upon the need Of reform In the
consular service, and out Carlislcs Carlisle
in attributIng all the disaster of Demo
cratic hard times to the Mckinley bill,
silver legislation and greenbacks
In regard to cur foreign relations he
confirms what was feared AS to the Waller
affair. namely that France refused to
comply with the request OF cur govern
ment for a record Of the evidence upon
which Waller was convicted, imprisoned,
and his property conGscated; that the
administration has since the refusal
supnely waited for something to turn
up He assures Congress- that Secretary
Olnay urgently protested against the
course Of England toward Venezuela, on
the ground that 1t was distinct viola
ton of the Monroe doctrine, and urged
arbitration of the whole matter. Doubt
10 tI,at
long delayed reply of Lord Salisbury has
not arrived and that when it does the
responsibility can be shifted to the
shoulders of Congress. AS the President
states the case, the attitude Of the admin
istration may expose it to the criticism of
jingoism, although 1t is difficult to sec
how it could have done less. 1t should
nevertheless receive the commentator of
all who believe in maintaining the Mon
roe doctrine, and, as outlined by the Prcsi-
dent, the position assumed was dignified
ana patriotic.
We wish We could say as much Of his
attitude on other foreign relations and
especially of his palpably dishonest at
tempt to evade the results of pernicious
legislation by placing the responsibility
where 1t does not belong AS to affairs In
Turkey it appears that since tho refusal
OF the Sultan to comply with fair re
quest for u consular Investigation,
the administration has been slow to
take what steps it might to protect our
citizens and missionaries. We learn that
he is displeased because Americans have
sympsthized with the Cuban insurgents
and 1t Is evident that he has made every
endeavor to prevent filibustering in aid of
the insurgents, whereas there is nothing
to show that there has been he slightest
effort TO prevent the conspirncies, Matched
in this country against the Hawaiian gov
eminent On the contrary the latter
government was embarrassed by demands
made because of the arrest of those con
sprators, some of whom were American
citizens. He also would have us believe
that England's demands upon Nicaragua
were just, when there is ample evidence to
the contrary. He does not indicate a dis
position to recognize the Cuban insur-
gents, whatever success may attend
their efforts. He leaves one to infer that
it Is the duty OF the European powers
to put an end to the trouble IN Turkey,
but does not state tho matter SO forcibly
rs could well be wished. He calls atten
ton to England's neglect to properly
patrol Bohring sea but places the blame
upon Congress for not paying what the
Canadians demanded in the way of
damages He still advocates his pusillani-
nous policy in Samoa. He has nothing
encouraging to offer concerning Eng
lands demands upon Alaskan territory.
Notwithstanding 1t was the corrupt con
cessions made to the sugar trust by n
Democratic Congress that injured Ger
many beet sugar interests and induced
her to retaliate against our products. the
President attempts in the Sheercst dema-
goguery to lay the whole blame upon the
principle of protection which he is pleased
to style "enervsted paternalism" III
taxing sugar be ''enervated paternalism'
1T ia Democratic and opposed to the
Republican principle Of protection.
The President talks at length about
what he would do to improve the con
sular service. The talk sounds we'll but
the country is not likely to soon forget
that it was under President Cleveland's
present administration that the consular
service was debauched as never before
He will need third term to repair the
damage already done.
He says there is IAN encouraging pros
pect for general expansion of our com
merce. Ii he were stump,ng the
country for another term he couldn't be
guilty of more purposely misleading
statement. He alleges as one cause of our
loss of gold the shrinkage of exports
under the Mckinley law. Think of that
as coming from the pen of a President of