Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-17
cLEvELAN0's LAST MESSAGE.
Press Comments on the Pg1sident's Re
tirina Report.


declares that this government should
object to any other nation interfering
in Cuban affairs or acquiring the island.
Toledo Blade (Rep.).
President Cleveland adds to his we'll
earned reputation as sound fnancief
in his attack on our financial methods
His suggestions are clearly made and
must lead inevitably TO substantial
changes.--St. Louis Star.
Il is characterized by the same
strong common sense that has been
such a marked feature of all the state
uapers of the eminent man who for the
LAST four years has been at the head of
lie nation. 1t is addressed TO tie con-
gress of the United States, but it is
really n talk to the American people,
Peoria Herald.
Especially noteworthy is his state
ment that by the course of events we
may be drawn into such an unusual and
unprecedented conflict as 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 I'M
derstand the warning conveyed in these
worls-Duluth Herald.
What Mr.. Cleveland says about Cuba
ought to put an end to the sensational
rl,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 1.-The situation is by other Incl
dents imperativeIy changed Mr.. Cleve-
lard will do nothing. This is the true
policy.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
President CIeveland's last annual de,
liverance to the congress OF the United
States is 4 sober, thoughtful and states
manIike survey of national affairs, re-
markable no less for the wisdom and
strength of its suggestions than for
the high tone, the lucidity and force OF
his treatment of pressing questions
growing out of our governmental af.
fairs at home and abrOad.-Detroit Free
Press.
It maintains lin regard to Cuba) {
calm, judicial attitude, which disregards
neither facts nor obligations founded
on them. Sentiment is acknowledged.
but 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 10 tone of weakness or vaciL
Iation III his words.-Milwaukee Jour.
nal.
To the jingoes who clamor for i'm
mediate intervention, even at the cost
os a war with Spain, and make confident
prophesies as to the result, Mr.. Cleveland
administers a dignifed rebuke by r=
fusing to entertain their forecasts and
declaring that 1.-The United States has a
character to maintain as e nation which
plainly dictates that right and not
might should be the rule Of it's con
duct."-N. Y. Herald.
The stiff dose administered to oiG
Spain about her bloody yet impotea
rule in Cuba is the great feature of Mr..
Cleveland's last message. Whatever
| other criticisms may justly be passed on
President Cleveland's state papers, it
cannot be said with truth that he ever
leaves his attitude toward leading is
sues in doubt. The message which he
sent to congress to-day is no exception
to the rule. 1t is a remarkably plain
spoken document.-BostonT Transcript
In every feature and detail of tile
| message Mr.. Cleveland maintains the
| invincible loyalty to the American pub
lie which he has manifested from the
| 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 a people who
have learned to hope for great achieve
nlcnts at the hand of the president, and
who have never been disappointed
| Cincinnati CommerciaI-Tribune.
By far the most important part of this
| presidents message relates TO the Gu
| ban question, and the treatment of that
| is in all respects worthy. The president
| evades hone of the difficulties of the
| question no. dismIsses any of the prob
| lens presented with an arbitrary dec
luration that nothing can be done a bout
| il. He discusses with great candor anr
| with perfect good sense the different
remedies that have been suggested fol-
| the very grave evils which events ar,
/ bound to bring unless their course shat
| be changed III some manner not now
| foreseen and hardly imaginable. Rec
| IGNITION of the beIIigercnt rights of the
| insurgents is "a proposition no longer
urged because untimely and in practica
operation clearly perilous and injuriou,
| to our interests Y. Times
| 1t is quite clear that the administers
| ton kept close watch upon the Mus
| sulman; that it shared the horror with
| which his barbarities were regarded
| The president does not believe that
what he calls the somber prospect il
! Turkey will long be permitted to of
| fend the sight of Christendom. AS to
| Cuba, there is certain to be differences
of opinion. The author of the message
| deNotes much space to the conditions
created by the instruction. He makes
no effort to disguise the facts AS to the
termination of the war by American in
| tervention, he declares that the United
Ktates has a character to maintain
which plainly dictates that right and
not might should he the rule of their
/ n,nduet. We are. he adds. the most
pacific of covers. However !nmch OF
NE message escapes criticism, th:s viii
/ oot.-BrOoklyn Eagle
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