The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-04
COMMENTS OF MEMBERS
TIEWS BYSENATORS IND CONGRESS-
 MEN ON THE MESSAGE.

of the People.
 Washington, D. C., Dec. S,-The fol- lowing are the comments of some of the members of the house on the message: Ex-Speaker Crisp said: 'I heard with some surprise and great regret that part of the message relating to our finances. That relief is needed no one doubts. That it can be found in the direction indicated I do not believe. The presi- dent makes as strong an argument as can be made i'm favor of the single gold standard, but do not think fairly states the case. l am opposed to the retirement of the greenbacks. Neither can l approve the propositions rScom- mended to enlarge the privileges of the national banks I have no doubt the president honestly believes he is right and I know as honestly believe he is wrong"
 MT. Morse, rep, of Massachusetts, said: What the president says about wool and the tariff shows, that like Ephraim, he is joined to his idols The position taken by the president is in no way sustained by the facts The wooden manufacturers of New England and the country are greatly injured under existing tariff from the fact that the country is being flooded with cheap shoddy, which is taking the place of American products.
 The presidents discussion of foreign affairs and so much as I could gather as to emigration, from the reading, seems to be wise and patriotic. It is, however, remarkable that there is not a word in this long message about in- creasing the revenue-the great ques- ,tion."
 MT. Dingley, rep, of Maine, said: ''The most astonishing feature of the message was the fact that it entirely omitted to inform congress whether there was or was not a necessity of providing more revenue, This was an omission the more amazing in the face of the fact that for twenty-nine months there had been deficiency of revenue. The presidents reference to the pro- tective policy under which the country prospered so signally from 1861 to 1893 as one designed for the protection and
  pense of the great mass of our coun- trymen' and as one inefficient for the purpose of revenue is a singular dis regard of the fact that during the time in which this policy was in effect revenue was always in excess of peace expenditures and the masses of people of the country were never before so prosperous. The effort of the president to divert attention from the real causes of the financial stress by chang ing the responsibility on the presence of the greenback in our country"
 MT. Boutelle, rep, of Maine, said that the whole significance of the message as relating to the financial situation was to be found in the presidents re- fusal to recognize the question of rev enue as ma terial factor His indiffer- ence to the relations between our in- come and our expenditures was as pro- nounced as his theory that we could become more prosperous by borrowing money on interest bearing bonds than by raising revenue at the expense of foreign competitors with our own wage earners. The issue raised by the presi- dent was fundamental, but it was the
  can and foreign prosperity that was raised in the election of 1894 and 1895 and decided by tremendous majorities in favor of the American policy un- der which the United States beFame the greatest manufacturing country and the richest in the world.
 MT. Payne, rep, of New York, said: saThe president in his effort to justify the policy of his party fails in a proper diagnosis of the case. He endeavors to put the blame of the entire situation on the greenback and treasury notes. The remedy must be largely an increase of revenue. The exchangeNof green backs for national bank currency would mot answer the purpose, because the government must still redeem the na- tional bank notes. Under former tar ifs the balance of trade was generally in our favor and the demand for gold was small.
 MT. Grosvenor rep, of Ohio, said that when the president refers to the great henefits our new tariff act has done to Ahe sheepmen of the Argentine country he seems to be rejoicing over the ruin of more than a million sheep raisers in this country, and he forgets that side Boy side with cheaper wool comes the product of foreign looms striking dead iy blows at the labor of host of Amer dcan workers"
 MT McCreary, dem., of Kentucky, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs in the last house. expressed ap- proval of the presidents views and rec concentrations.
 General Wheeler, dem., of Alabama, said: 'I think the presidents statement regarding the foreign policy will meet the approval of the people. l regret that cannot assent to MT. Cleveland's s financial recommendations"
 Mir. Cannon, rep, of Illinois, criti- cised the president for emitting all ref erence in detail to government receipts and expenditures. He said that the message was most unsatisfactory also in it's discussion of our foreign relations and commerce. From the tenor of the whole message it was patent that in the presidents judgment no legislation increasing the revenues was needed or would receive his approval.
 Senator Allison said: "The message seems to be incomplete and is lacking at