Show CRITICISING THE DOCUMENT Opinions of Senators and Members on tho Message WAsHiNaTbNAug 8Tha message of the president was received by Congress with a degree attention and earnestness that has seldom been accorded to a state paper A notable fact was the general absence of adverse criticism from a party point of view and among those who have reserved expression of their judgment judg-ment Democrats are quite as numerous as Republicans For instance Senator Voorhees chairman chair-man of tho Finance Committee declined positively to be interviewed on the mes i age and SenatorHill did the same Senator Gorman said The message is aclear cut statement of the presidents views All the comment that I have heard in the Senate is that it is as terse and clear a statement as could have been made Senator Allison one of the leading financial lights of the country and very conservative remarked I is a very fair message He states truly that the Sherman act was a compromise between the silver men and those of the opposi I ton Senator Allison thought the references of the president was calculated to disturb business further at1 very critical time Senator Jones of Nevada said I think the message is illogical and does not analyze the situation at all The Sherman law has nothing to do with the present state of affairs The message is what was expected and will do little to help the cause which the president champions SenatorTeller The simple assertion of the president that the present financial condition is due to the Sherman law does not make it so His premise is wrong and his conclusions naturally fell to the ground Senator Peffer Bankers will regard it as perfection the farmer and workman will see in it a further reduction of the product of their farm and their labor Its It-s the first attack of the money kings in the final struggle for supremacy I Bourke Cockran i Admirable admirable admira-ble Even the silver mel must admit hat it is the most perfect presentation of the question that could be made Representative Bland As nearly as I could make out it was a pleA for a single gold standard because England maintains it I England would coin silver probably proba-bly this country would do so We eeem to have lost ihe spirit of 1771V |