Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-02
NEW YORK COMMENT
ON PRESIDENTS. MESSAGE

1 social, commercial and political condi.
lions besides those winch have sug.
ges,ed 10 his intellect the eighteen
specific recommendations. These have
Jeen treated by President Roosevelt
with uncommon iulness of though,
and adequacy of literary expression.
| never heIess, his specific reCommen-
lRtlons, as distinguished from tenta.
| i've suggestion and stimulating discus.
nOn, reduce themselves pretty narrow
to eighteen points. Long
Is Is Mr.. ROosevelts first annual com.
nunication to Congress, IL is by no
| means hard reading. This is due to
he Clearness OF his style, the Incisive-
less of his thought. and. not least oi
! Ill, the spirit Of honest, patriotic en-.
deavor MANIFEST throughout its many
periods-New York Sun.
Said a member Of the Cabinet: 1T
Is the most individual message we
have had since Lincoln" That Is pre-
cisel ywhat II ia Roosevelt message
from beginning to end. II has all the
marks OF the Presidents strong per.
sonality. or individuality. and nobody
will have any difficulty in understand.
ing every sentence in IL. The supreme
virtue of lucidiy runs through It from
first TO last. and whether the reader
agrees with what the President says
on all points or not he will not doubt
for a moment that the President has
spoken his honest conviction upon ev.
cry subject. The parts Of
he message which will command most
widespread interest are those relating
to trusts, reciprocity and ship subsl.
dies. In tho treatment OF all these
the President Is animated by a spirit
of conservatism which should. and
doub less will. put an end to the last
lingering doubts as to his thoroughly
safe" character az head Of the Gov.
ernment.--New York Commercial Ad.
Vertiser.
President Roosevelt'B first message
Ia the most comprehensive that has
come from the White House tor many
years, but long as II Ia tho American
people will find 4, worth their while 70
read II through. The style IL clear
and animated. the questions treated
In many instances affect the greatness
and welfare Of the country. and the
recommendation are of the first i'm.
portancc. There are some
notable utterancce in the message
which have the quality OF statesman
shin. The business inter
ests OF the country will be glad 70
know that the President y emphati
cally opposed to meddImg with the
tariff On I, @ subject Of the
restoration of our merchant marine
the President draws attention to the
disadvantages under which American
goods are carried In foreign bottoms
but he makes no specific recommended
; lions, leaving the remedy to Congress-
, New York Evening Sun.
r President Roosevelt's first mesEag,
! Ia an encyclopedia. II will furnish
2 texts for elaborate discussions 70
0 months. Space will permit the men
!. ton of only its most salient points q
4 this time. fiis recommends
!. tons about trusts are not revolution
/. AIRY, but they may be all the more q
y fective for that On rec
L procity In general tho President seem
/. half-hearted. We cannot help thinkin
o that II Mckinley had lived, he woul
Y have spoken In more insistent tern
% on this subject that lay 10 near hi
. heart. Mr.. Roosevelt accepts all III
" old protectioniHt uogmas, Just AS II
. had never studied economics at Ha
q ward. President Roosevelt
~ hrst message Is IN able document
X. half Of Its recommendations are fairl
q considered, this will be a proftab
IS session OF Congress- York Jou
r. nal.
v.
IL The Presidents message Is long, bl
D. no citizen OF the United States wi
O. takes becoming interest In nations
oT AFFAIRS will fnd II tedious. From b
ginning to end II well repays an q
tcntive reading. State papers while
"a deliberately rccOunted current his OIL
r. and opinion without reaching dec!b
A. conclusions have been promulgated
al great numbers, only 40 prove void
4, almost AZ soon as they were issue,
"a That fate will not befall the commuI
at cation sent TO Congress yesterday
q. Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t is not negatl,
~ message. but bristles with recomuf,,
RI dations Of u positive and far.reachll
N. character. which nevertheless are 4
nv sentially conservative In the trI
10 sense Of that often misappliad word.
II New York Tribune.
w.
a. Considering Tao nunber os m. I,
n. ica discussed nv presId.n, pooa.v.
"a In HIS message, Its great Length a. n