Show I TELEGRAPHIC NEWS THE MESSAGE Whet is Tliongbt 01 It London 4Tbe Daily Telegraph says President Arthurs message to Congress Con-gress will not rank with the great efforts made on similar occasions by many of his predecessors If ever a state paper presaged waning in influence and the coming downfall of a political party it is the message delivered yesterday by a man so blind to the true intereta lying ahead of him end so infirm of purpose as President Arthur r The limes says no doubt President Arthur after s series of cautious tactical movements has placed himself at the head of the stal wart party end succeeded in detaching from republican connection the reformers and independents who if few in numbers are among the most eminent em-inent for capacity and character The Daily News says It seems that President Arthur has taken to heart the lesson of the late elections The passage m his message pronouncing in favor of civil service reform must be intended as an offer of reconciliation to disaffected republicans re-publicans Referring to the financial part of the message the News says If the reduction of the national debt proceeds pro-ceeds at last years rate protective tariff must fall 10 the ground because there will be no means of expending the enormous enor-mous surplus when thedebt ii i effaced New York 5 Among the Washing ton comments on the Presidents mes age are the following Representative Page said The message from what I have heard of ill appears to be one that contains a great deal of valuable information infor-mation and aha a review of the important I import-ant matters of government I think the i message contains many valuable recommendations I recom-mendations and I agree with most of them Upon the whole 1 regard it strong state paper |