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Show THE MESSAGE. The President of tho United Blaten Iian wrltuni a inesengu and li-iinsinliied It to Congress. Probably by tlds tlmo all ot our renders who taku an Intort'St In Nntlonal nffitirs have read that luussngo nnd Conned their own eon-itluslons. eon-itluslons. Wo hcllove, however, that a few words from us on tho subject will tot co m n niulsi. (n the first plucu wc lellcvuthat wo can Justly any that the mi'fsHCo Is a sincere (ll.iippoliitiiiont to all western men, und particularly tu i hat class Unown as "silver Hopubli-fans." Hopubli-fans." The nifs.tago Is particularly distinguished hy two characteristics; llrt, by Its unusual length, and second hy its almost total lack of recommendations recommen-dations for CoiigiuAslonul action. The messngo coniiucnros with, wbat we may call, the customary homily, on the ntNfaetory condition of Iho country and Its progrest since tho last effusion. It exalts In Its preface tho condition of tho nation's lluauces nnd then in u later part of tho samo messngo disproves dis-proves tho point (n? wo will endeavor j to show later in lids nitielo). Tho beginning, anil wo mny say, Iho mniu portion of the message Is taken up with a history of Iho recent war with Spain nnd tho enures leading up to that war, nil of which lias been detailed In the dally prefM and U familiar to every citizen, and even to tho uicii)bors of Congress. As the' Salt Lake Herald says: It Is mom of a review than n message. mes-sage. It might have been compiled from tho files of any leading dally newspaper. Thoy lioariy all printed better and more complete neuounts of tho war, more extensive toports from tho various departments, mure suggestions, sug-gestions, even In their iiuwm columns than tho President has permitted to creep Into his own. All of the facts related hy tho President Presi-dent In his message may be Interesting to posterity, in fact they may form n portion of American history to bo written hit or. but us nn alleged mcs-ago mcs-ago of the chief executive of n great nation to a body of lawmakers It cor-talnly cor-talnly look- childish und out of place. The congratulation of tho President to the nation on being nt pence with tho world may bo true but unnecessary. The nation knows all that fact as well as ho does. Tho President recom-mends recom-mends tho building of tho Nlcaragtian canal nnd Its control by tho United States; talks u llttlo abmt Hawaiian annexation, without recommendation; speaks again at same length In regard to our foreign relations und then, branches oil Into that subject it) which wc uro all most vitally lntore.slod, our financial sjstcin und our monetary standard, Tho Presidont admits that under our present war tax tho receipts of tho government for tho year ondlng JuuoSO, 1801), .vlll ho $112,000,000 less than the expenditures. Ho docs not attempt to explain where this enormous enor-mous dellelt arises, notwithstanding that tho war tax has brought In millions mil-lions of money over that exponded for tho war. and, yot us wo say In the be. ginning, has tho nerve lo compliment tho nation ou tho "successful administration" adminis-tration" of tho finances. Tho President Presi-dent Is evidently n profound humorist. (As to where tho mpuoy has gone, nsk llaiina nnd other favored government contractors). He glvos that "chestnut" "chest-nut" talk ubout tho "government resources" re-sources" and "strengthening the treu-Hiiry," treu-Hiiry," and follows up by u reiteration ! of his advice of 1BU7 to retire tho greenbacks, green-backs, thus giving national banks iho control or our currency. Ho "puts In a plug" fur tl)o gold suuidurd as follows: fol-lows: Tho Importnnco of nilcqualo provision provi-sion which will Insure to our future n money standard related as our money standard now 'Is to that of our commercial com-mercial rivals, Is generally recognized. This can moan nothing else but tho maintenance pf the gold stntulnrd mid must bo a severe disappointment to thnso so-called "silver Hcpubllcans," who hnvo so often assorted that bimetallism bi-metallism will be secured through Mu-Klulcy Mu-Klulcy nnd iho ItHpublleun party. Ho favors n standing army of 100,000 men, which must mean tho retention of the Philippines although ho falls to say so. Ho also favors corresponding Increase In tho navy, His expressed purpose of mustering out tho volunteers will meet with unanimous npprovnl. Thoy have served tho purpose for which thoy on-listed on-listed ami deserve discharge. Tho message closes with mention of Iho proposed Washington Contonntnl to commemorate tho roinovul of tho national na-tional capital lo tho District of Columbia, Colum-bia, a roferuueo to tho labor laws and tho statement that tho remnluder of fuds necessary for Congress to consider con-sider wll bp found in, tho reports of tho various departments. As a whole, tho Prosldont's messugo tbls.yoar mny In tlmo bo n valuable historical document, docu-ment, but m to Its bolng of uuy vultio no.v to either tho pppplo or Congress that Is u grave question. It Is superficial super-ficial as to issues, and, as wo say In tho i)oginniug,devold of recommeudutlons, nnd might bP written by nny school boy wliQ'roiuls tho daily parroru, It Is however accoptablo to Wall street nnd the gold power which owns tho president, presi-dent, although It fulled tu awakon a rlppjo even In thoso circles. In rofor)-ug to tho np;ssagp a.s to Iho war .iudiyjib,n (hp gait nlo Trlbuno saypt, . Tlioro Is nothing olso of Special In tercst in tho mossngo, Is It possible that the Tribuua o think? During the last campaign (lie Trlblina w;u one of tlmsa paper whloh supported the party and candidates who "conllully" endorsed thu "admin-1st "admin-1st ration and policies'' of the President. The meisagc so far as llnancos Is concerned con-cerned Is t'lillruly goldutig. Docs tho I'lilitino see "nothing of special Importance" Im-portance" in tluitT In referring to tho mesiago tho Provo Enquirer says: Tho splendid oomlltlon of the nation's na-tion's finance Is commented on, and the benefits of tho present money flandard during tho lato warnrojip. parent. Wo suppose that "splendid condition of I ho nation's llnancos" refers to tho citlmutcd annual deficit of S112.000.000 miller a war tax In timo of profound peaco. The Enquirer editor ought to be in tho President's cabinet. In referring to tho nie?sageit mny ho of Interest to nolo how it is regarded hy our Utah Senators. Senator Cannon says: y On the subject of a llnnnclal policy, tho message Is most Indicative, and it Is likely to send severe chilis to thu marrow of those credulous citizens who have believed and voted that the Uu-publican Uu-publican party would restoro tho free coinage ot silver. Thu last protouso of friendship toward bluietalUm for thu United States would scorn to have been abandoned and tho evident desire und purpose of the Piusldent is to insure i lie safety of the gold standard, nnd to effect currency reform on snmo such plan as that of the McClcary hill. If this purposo shall bo carried out the torm of President McKlnloy's administration adminis-tration will comprehend tho history of two uvi'iits tho liberation of tho serfs of Spanish power and tho enslavement of I iniTlean freemen. Rather n sovcro cotnmcntnry from a Sonator olectcd by tho party to which tho President belongs nnd the party which endorses tho "administration nnd policies" of McKlnley. Senator Itnwlins says; It was gentrnlly expected that tho tuessagu would outline some policy in rolntlon to iho vitally important questions ques-tions concerning tho Nation, It Is, therefore, a disappointment, for tho President seems to have refrained from doing this and contented himself with n simple recital of somo of the events lending up to and during tho wnr, with which wo are nil familiar. As to tho wholo thing, wo do not sco how the message can bo hotter summed up than in tho closing sentence of nn editorial In a recent issue of thu Salt Lnku Herald, which is: As a rohash of current events It is fuir; as n iucss'iiko it is ono of tho most uncertain,, vacillating njid unsatisfactory unsatisfac-tory that ever emanated from tho pen of a ca ml hi ate for ru-elootio n. |