New-York tribune., 1896-12-12
DISAPPOINTED WITH THE PRESIDENT.

The declarations Of President Cleveland nave
mt his supporters In most Illuminating poSi''o"
as respects the revenue question. there AZ
many thousands Of them, East and west WIN
have been peitloning Congress TO take spe."'
action on the revenue bill, presumably pu''ihs
faith in the declaration Of his annual Message
last wear that he would cordially accept such
measures as n Congress fresh from the peop'e
might devise for relieving the Treasury. Inc
business world knows, II the President does hot'
that there is n deficit Of over Sj2,OOO,OO IN the
eleven months Of the calendar year heary
closed. and the friends of the President nave
been quite conspicuous in urging that some teh-
porary measure. the Dnglcy bill or some othcr'
should be pushed through at this short session.
II appcarcd TO them a very good thing 10 cut
AWAY the argument of imperative necessity ior
q general revision Of the revenue law III I'LL
extra session.
The President now declares, with all the TOT
molty Of an annual Message, that there Is no
need OF a change Of the revenue law. that the
present law will yield revenue enough ana thar
It should have "a fair opportunity NO one IS
able to find any other Interpretation or these
words except that the President desires to force
an extra session, and to that end will refuse 10
ing laws. The Message Is a bitter dose for prac-
ticol business men who have been praising the
President through all shifts and turns OF fortune
the more because it puts him in the attitude OF
more extreme partisan than many OF those
who supported the Democratic ticket IN Novem-
bcr. As to the question Of fact, nobody can
reasonably expect better results from the Will
son tariff while It remains In operation than
io- tzad
breeding tariff must OF necessity subject the
Treasury to a renewed drain upon It's resources
whenever the balance OF trade turns against this
country. and the drain Of gold VIII inevitapy
renew apprehension regarding the destructive
schemes of silver conspratorS.
II II were President Cleveland's intention to
prolong and inHame dlstrust OF the Nahohai
solvencv A. far as possible. he could find no
course more effective to that end than the one
he has chosen He unquestonably has con-
trolling influence with several Democratic SEN
ators II II was his patriotic desire to put an
end to the dangerous power which certain ST.
vrr Senator's exert by holding the balance IN the
Senate he could do so at once by urging them
10 unite with the Republicans for that purpose.
But his Message virtually advises them to re-
slst any Republican measure for raising an ade-
auate revenue. thus enabling the silver Senators
to prolong the apprehension and the agitation.
With wiser forecast than has been shown by
many other Republicans, Major Mckinley judged
from the first that the Democrats and the silver
men would prevent the passing OF any usefrl
legislation at this session. The extra session
which they wish to force upon the coming Ad-
mlnistraton. in tho hope that II may be unpop'
ular. he was from the first prepared TO face as
Inevitable But the business world, which has
been looking for some other than partisan
course from the President, Will be glad OF his
departure from the White House II It sees that
his continuance in office means nothing but con-
timed silver agitation. exhaustion Of tho Treas
ury reserve. and more borrowing as the only
rcsOtirce