Show THE VETO the presidents president s veto of the bill to provide for or the coinage of the silver was wag oot dot much of a surprise to those who seriously thought though of him attitude ou on ane financial question not nor can it be much oi 01 a disappointment appointment dia to the most ardent of those who forget if ful of his bis past atti attitude hoped he might be prevailed upon to approve the bill as an a sort of compromise with the free silver element of his hia party indeed the chief wonder Is 1 that a so unimportant in its results aud and so BO inconsiderable in its benefits should have aroused such interest and activity on the reaper ive parts of its reads and its enemies it was at beat a halfway half way measure satisfactory to neither side in the controversy and altogether unworthy the he gigantic efforts of those who have championed it as well as the extreme pressure its toes foes have brought against it its enact ment would in no sense have war ranted the claim that all silvers ver 2111 rights were at last laist about to be fully lecog its defeat to ta not to bo be re carded as all an evidence that the gold idea is making headway as an against the white while metal the only real benefit its friends might inight nave expected if success had crowned their labors labore would have been the moto moral effect and victory and this would have been largely sentimental senti merta as to any material aid to the cause 0 of if free five silver or bimetallism the abill bill was simply nil lu in stating his objections the president criticizes unsparingly the language as well SO as the spirit of the bill his references to the former emark much of the pleading of the savo advocate cAth because weak technicalities are dagni fied bed as the objects of derision when he comes however to the actual meaning of the proposed provia provisions ions he be reasons forcefully and with courage and from hie big standpoint makes a really admirable argument one feature at least of the message la is characteristic there to Is no manifestation manile station of a spirit of compromise or bur surrender render the idea being that whatever is wrong must not be winked at or encouraged although there is the expression of a mysterious hope at the close ot of the document that some way will present itself in the near future for the adjustment of our monetary affairs in such a comprehensive and conservative manner as will afford to silver its proper place in our currency in view of the fact that mr cleveland called congress specially together to repeal the 81 seerman berman law and approved their labors to that end and and that he fie has now disapproved of the boly other silver legislation that has been attempted it would be interesting to know just what he be regards as silv silver erld proper place in our currency 12 and how bow he be VF would propose to put it there meanwhile it is in to be expected that the agitation in and out ot Cori congress gress will go on the western men will probably cease to spend time aud and effert upon halfway half way measures sad and the lines hues betwee between n the goldilea I and the Uve rites will be more sharply drawn we suppose it is necessary that this sort of education should be had bad and wad that monetary debates and controversies will be till still deeme l essential to the interest of legitimate e history and yet we cannot restrain the opinion that the cause ol oi silver liver and the welfare of the country would be promoted by a more or lesa complete rest arm the agitation tor ome bogie time to corne come |