Show THE presidents message to congress gress a document of unusual length was given to the country this week it itis is devoted principally to foreign affairs and to the financial questions now uppermost with the people of t auntry with reference to tho the tatter the presidents utterances utterance will be a disappointment to the people of the south and west the president will doubtless receive the support of the mong money power in the east regardless of party and it would seem he has had an itching paw palm to cater to their wishes during whiz his entire term he favors the retirement of greenbacks green backs and treasury notes of allowing national banks to m in crease their issue ten per cent he favors the issuing of bonds to maintain the national jack pot common commonly lv known as the gold reserve anh and he mos most earnestly opposes free coinage of silver from the attention he gives the free coiners conners co iners it is evident he does believe the question is settled or thit that the silver craze h has subsided but on the contrary he evidently fears fean the avalanche th that at is coming and seeks to stay its p progress ro gress there is nothing new new in his argument against silver as every point has been met and an by the advocates of the white metal the only effect of the message on this subject will be to cause the lines to be more closely drawn and the fight to be baroug brought ht to a finish at an earlier date let every friend of silver show his kand hand and step forward ani and enlist in the contest for 1896 the only thing for which we commend the president in this re garb is his unea unequivocal 20 cal utterances he is honest and outspoken if nothing more |