The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-06
LITTLE COMMENT ON
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Continued From Page One.


corning which we m3s. desire Information
He said however. that Il Was valuable
historical paper, and would De convenient
Tor future reference.
Senator Taller said there would be disap-
polntment over the failure OF The president
10 outline government for sae fnaiip-
pines, saying. There viii BE some olsap-
pointmers in this, for / think the under
standing has been that the president would
Indicate what form OF government should
De provided for these nsw possessions. but
Il ia wise for the president NOT 20 indicate
his views on thar subject. for that Is pure
IS and properly 4 legislative question, and
one tha. should he left 10 congress
On the recommendation in regard 70 cur
rency. Senator Teller said: The friends
Of bi-me,alMsEn. either national or interra-
tional. viii find no encouragement, from
anything that TIE president says In his
message. No reference IL made 10 interna-
uonal bi-rnetallisrn. but the president IN the
most emphatic way indicates his intention
TO maintain the gold standard The so
called Silver Republicans who remain IN
the Republican party and contend thar the
Republican party is friendly 10 silver VIII
find no encouragement in the presidents
message and it will strike all as somewhat
singular that il the Republican party. as
Ii has been claimed, is in favor OF Inter
national bi-meialiisrn. the ?reside0- makes
no reference 10 *.
Following are some Of the opinions ex-
pressed by members OF congress upon the
presidents message:
Representative Hit, chairman % the
house committee on foreign affairs, said
The president has summarized and solved
in an able and fe.Icitous manner many OF
the questions in mems minds eVeryEs mere
touching the immense and rapidly succeed
ing events and the situation in which the
SD mAff Tie INN
TO let the new possessions alone under just
and firm governments and by the military
arm which conquered them. gives us plenty
of time for discussion Of all the propositions
for their permanent government The prob
lem of governing the Cubans he deals with
gently and hopefully and everybody viii
wish that his forecast OF stable government
there will be realized sooner than ever yet
has happened to Spanish-American pop
ulat!on."
Representative Walker. chairman OF the
committee on banking and currency: ]
am asked what think OF the currency and
banking features. ! do not see that II has
any such features / have not been abe 10
detect any. 1t contains only one recon-
mendation as 10 the currency, repeating
that OF a former message 10 change the
United States legal tender notes INTO gold
certificates which would have no effect on
the banking and currency situation but 10
add 10 the burden OF taxation without In
any degree favora5ly affecting the general
banking and currency situai ion.
MIR. Csrosvenor. OF Ohio--The message is
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r,.ry,ho,..1 a.i+l, ,,la.st,des and Is written in
= t,a~,- at+r.e.3va sfvle. The contribution
TO history tn The elaborate recitation Of the
events OF the war Is IN good ,as;e and
aevo.l az boastiHs; OF vanity. The COM
aeng upon Incidents Of the war and the
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y1-rirh No,hsre- Is Conr}u5ad"
F,errsson-st{ve Bland az NiSSof,rs-Tha
message so far as the currency question
s4 concerned Is very brief and contains
nothing new and nothing be,-or,4 former
Recommendations nigh. rara.t .hat
on the great leading isSl,e-wl,irh is ana
VII ha ,ha rararna,In, o,,es,inn-ths fro
coinage az silver tho message * n,,,taors
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same time considering this ouestinn
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New York;; Il A clear concise s.a.ar,en.
81 facts without sDerula.,on s4frree,io',,
o- renomrnenaat5cn I bava an t5ea M,
the real message WIN he scr. in heraae e.
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