The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-18
cLEveLAND'S LAST MESSAGE.
Press Comments .n the Presidents ke-
firing Report.

object TO any other nation interfering
IN Cuban affairs or acquiring the island.
Toledo Blade (Rep.).
President Cleveland adds 10 his well
earned reputation as sound iinancief
ia his attack on our financial methods.
Ills suggestions are clearly made and
must lead inevitably 10 substantial
changes.- st. Louis Star.
Ii is characterized by the same
strong common sense that has been
such a marked feature of all the state
papers of the eminent man who for the
past four years has been at the head OF
tie nation. 1t is addressed TO the con-
PRESS of the United States, but IL Is
really a talk to the American people,
Peoria Herald.
Especially noteworthy is his state
mcnt that "by the course OF events we
NAY be drawn into such an unusual and
unprecedented conflict MS will fix u
limit TO our patient waiting for Spain
to end the contest. either alone and in
her own way or with our friendly CO.
operation" Spain cannot fail TO un-
aers tand the warning conveyed in these
w9rds.-Duluth Herald.
What Mr.. Cleveland says about Cuba
ought to put an end TO the sensational
rt,mors which have prevailed in the
past few weeks. Until the inability OF
Spain to end the war is manifest, until
her sovereignty in Cuba is extinct, or
until "thc situation is by other Incl
dents imperati,ely changed" MIR. Clevc
land will do nothing. This is the true
poliey.-M Milwaukee Sentinel.
President Cleveland's last annual de
liverance to the congress of the United
States IS n sober, thoughtful and states
manlike survey of national affairs, re
markable no less for the wisdom and
strength of its suggestions than foi
he high tone, the lucidity and force OF
his treatment of pressing questions
growing out of our governmental af'
fairs at home and abroad.-Dctroit Free
Press.
1t maintains Tin regard to Cuba) 6
calm judicial attitude. which disregards
neither facts nor obligations founded
OF them. Sentiment is acknowledged.
bu: not admitted as ground of action
Everyone will feel that if his judgment
or that OF congress called for action he
would act promptly and effectively
There is no tone of weakness or vaciL
lation in his words.-Milwaukee Jour
nal.
To the jingoes who clamor for i'm
mediate Intervention, even at the cost
os war with Spain, and make confident
prophesies as To the result. Mr.. Cleveland
administers dignitied rebuke by re-
fusing to entertain their forecasts and
declaring that 1.-The United States has a
character to maintain as nation which
plainly dictates that right and not
might should be the rule of its con
duct"-N. Y. Herald.
The stiff dose administered to oit
Spain about her bloody yet impoten
rule in Cuba is the great feature of Nh
Cleveland's last message. Whatevel
other criticisms may justly be passed Oh
President Cleveland's state papers, il
cannot be said with truth that he evei
leaves his attitude toward leading is
sues in doubt. The message which h,
sent TO congress to-day is no exception
to the rule. 1t is remarkably plain
spoken decentralization Transcript
In every feature and detail OF tn,
message Mr.. Cleveland maintains TIA,
inyincible loyalty TO the American pub
lie which he has manifested from tn,
first moment of his advent into public
life, and it may be said for this splendid
document that it meets in the fullest dc
gree the expectations of people VIII
have learned TO hope for great achieve
mcnts at the hand of the president. ant
who have never been disappointed
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribun
by far the most important part of tn
presidents message relates to the Gu
ban question, and the treatment of tina
is in all respects worthy. The presideu
eyades none of the difficulties of til
question nor dismisses any of the prof.
lens presented with an arbitrary de,
laration that nothing can be done bot
. il. He discusses with great candor an
, with perfect good sense the dfferel
remedies that have been suggested fl
, the very grave evils which events III
bound to bring unless their course sha
. be changed in some manner not no
| foreseen and hardly imaginable. Re
' ognition of the belligercnt rights of ii
!. insurgents is IA proposition no long,
urged because untimely and in practic
O operation clearly perilous and injurio,
y to our interests."-N. Y. Times.
Il 1t is quite clear that the administer
&c ton kept n close watch upon the Mu
n sulman; that it shared the horror wit
I. which his barbarities were regarde
l. The president does not believe Oh,
ID what he calls the somber prospect
% Turkey will long be permitted to O
fend the sight of Christendom. As
a Cuba, there is certain to be difference
i, of opinion. The author of the messal
~ de,otes much space to the condition
Or created by the insurrection. He maxi
At no effort to disguise the facts. AS to Il
At termination of the war by American i
&c tervention, he declares that the Unit,
be States has character TO mainta
s. which plainly dictates that right al
gs not might should he the rule Of the
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