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Show defeneo of a national election law. Tho present law, he says, stops just short of effectiveness and it is this defect ho desires to see cured. As regards silver, the president believes be-lieves tho recent depreciation in tho prico to be due partly to speculation and partly to monetary disturbances, and that tho legislation last summer In favor of tho metal had therefore not received an honest test. Ho says: Our very large s ipply of gold will, if not lost by impulsive legislation In the supposed tu-t"r'stor tu-t"r'stor Hllver. givo us a position of advantage advant-age in J r.unotin.r a permanent and f-a?e international inter-national agreement fw the free use of silver as a coin metil. Reference is made to each executive department of tho government separately sepa-rately and with merited prklo. Thanks to gonerotis legislation, the army and navy aro in a higher high-er state, of discipline than at any time, since the. reduction of these forces was ordained. Contrary to democratic dem-ocratic prevarication, Mr. Harrison Is of opinion that the expenditure) for pensions, while very large, will not be in excels of the estimates made before the disability act was passed. Woodruff's manifesto is viewed by 1 tlm president with manifest suspicion. He docs not believo in relaxing resric- turns in Utah until those who believe in polygamy shall lose the power to make it lawful. The peoplo of the United Slates will congratulate President Harrison upon his admirable message and congratulate congratu-late themselves upon having an administration admin-istration that is conservative yet courageous; coura-geous; peaceful yet alert; and above all else, Auxricau and patriotic, THK MESS AO K. Ai usual in everything, The Times is first in furnishing its readers the presidential message in full. Owing to Its length amJAl:ily, hour of the day ('.. when it btjr ne over the wire the messj Vjomewhatupm the spa epartmcnt in . The Til I " Itisil Is free from ""'" l V ilh sensible , suggestions. I ; Vy Our rolatious ruW. Viuntriesaro ; Ihe most cordial, even Vhring Sea . difficulty being in the wS Ian amica- ' ble settlement. Tho Kicgua cana ' " Is progressing satisfactoriM A conventional con-ventional regulation of fho passage of Hie Chinese laborers across our frontiers fron-tiers is advised. A candid statement regarding the killing of Barrundia is made, and iu view of tho close intimacy inti-macy existing between this country nd)Mexico, Mr. Harrison recommends that our mission in the sister republio be raised to a first class ono. The president holds, with the ma-, ma-, Jority of tho American people, that the " benelieent Jaws passed during tho last ' . session' of congress will mako an improvement im-provement iti the industrial and commercial com-mercial condition of the country as soon as their operations can be felt. ".4eciallv i . this the caso with (regard to , the . tariff bill, which .. . ' has- suffered from misrepresentations . Vefore. its effects were fairly tried. The president; rotes tho signs of a formidable formid-able reaction already setting in. The iinaucial crisis is past. The. inspection of our merits iutended for export must either open the foreign markets to our product pro-duct or else reveal the falsehood upon which the pretexts for its exclusion Is based. ihe president recommends the passage pas-sage of a reapportionment bill and of a national bankruptcy law, as also the establishment es-tablishment of an international American Ameri-can bank iu conformity with the resolution resolu-tion of tho late American congress. In view of the frequency of railroad accidents-, his suggestion concerning the Introduction of modern appliances -is very timely. Mr. Harrison favors a postal telegraph, but not the ownership of it by the government. forcible and convincing is tho mets-sge mets-sge on tho question of reciprocity. It is practically unanswerable and we are glad to know that the admiiistrution is pledged to a policy heretofore identified j with only one member of it. In pro- j motion of this policy the president urges the encouragement of first- class steamship communication with j such countries as shall enter into reciprocal trade relations with us. Very properly the message advises the reiiof of the supremo court. This ubject was first introduced by Senator ; David Davis on his resignation from the bench and it is today more urgent than ver. What the president says cou-j cou-j cerning irrigation and the arid lands is ; to the point and should bo read. ; ' Inthofaoeofa vituperative opposi-; opposi-; Hon Mr. Harrison comes bravely to the |