Show PELTING A STONE slone STO NE WALL WITH SNOWBALLS SOME of the newspapers are disposed to be satirical in maeir references to that portion of the presidents message which refers to the immense surplus in the treasury perhaps tor for the reason that it ic cannot be controvert ed they suggest lae itic condition of our sea seaboards boards the pitiable piti aole plight of our navy lue lae lack of govern foundries forges and tua chine the absence of many things which aru are useful and which other great nations have bave as an outlet for the teng lens of millions illions lu now stacked up aud lying perfectly idle la in tte the vaults at W asnin ton on the face of the su subject b this would beem to lo be good rea aaning soui but investigation shows ic to be very is not the vast hoar dings now BOW on hand band which constitute the endre evil but tile stem prevailing autt ami by means of which such burdensome cc amala tion was possible the tae only obligation ol of the people to the general government in time lime ot of peace is mural moral and financial uda ad j anted the I 1 latter a ater ca case 8 e to t 0 its 1 t 8 actual A ual wants economically administered there Is and can be no valid objection to 10 a reserve land fund of considerable pro portions as no good citizen would care to seat the nation doing doieg business in a hand to mouth style and besides it would entail additional and needless expense to cut down holu inga so as to leave no HO change in the lae drawer so soto to speak but that does not meet the case at all as there is 18 apart from f rom the surplus a reserve fund of sufficient magnitude for all present and prospective interest securing and other purposes so 80 that the government is held reelon sible for taking and holding without use rud and purpose some ot of the peoples money nearly a dollar lor for every man mall woman wom an aud and call d in the land A government doing this reaches the point at which protection the real article we mean ceases and oppression begins as taut amount of money which it has taken and does not r require t quite w would auald have in made a de a great re t dif feit and perhaps have obviated nut not g a few assignments if left lathe in the channels aiom which it was improperly taken no one is disposed to question the statement that we need tons foi ts urse arsenals nuis and armaments or that good policy would oe ile bud served in having the materials produced and the kanuf manufactures altures conducted on our own soil soll but these can and sho should U id be accomplished by proper mean taxation proportionate necessary essaiy outlay and wise legislation and management but congress shum provide tor for the unloading of the surplus as the newspaper men so flippantly suggest anat kind of an attitude would it place tile the governa government eat to in laudable e as touch buch a plan dian might be in one sense and justifiable in another just tills this that the people peopled having been deprived of millions beyond toe tae ot of tile he govern government went the latter latler lial bad to resort to orbed tor for getting rid of the woney ulger auer it ic A as taken as thu the only excuse that could be offered thue is baving done wrong it 11 must muse reboil to b to 10 cover up the wrong and provide against the disposition of what is still coming lu itt the tae babe why way buh bub five ic tue tae plausibility ot of a patriotic purpose just aust the plea pies put in by tae tur fr the late laic wiilliam walliam bl tweed he took more a great deal more than he was entitled to by virtue of services rendered or legitimate profitable speculation ula tion out he at squandered most ot the surplus in costly public buildings buil dinga uy by jesuis ot of whick obtained employment and in private charities I 1 uti at oti structures were prospectively lively useful aud and highly ornamental orna quite a cradit tu to the city and to aid aue aue la id boorer aud tut poor was waa noble coble and worthy ui of mutation emulation but somehow the people had not consented to such disposition ot of their means meana at least not LO tae me extent prevailed and io in weir laeli rage they broke up the system which had taken their money f from rom toem teem and sent us its head and front tu to prison for a if tue cases are not iden idea liadi is ia there not at least something of a As we luok look at it the parallel ceases only at the point where lae governed flud find themselves unable to io grapple bitu the governors but they wake make up for this or are likely to iu in protestations ion loul I 1 and long and baese protestations tire are likely tto crystallite crystallise crys tallise into effective eff active action at the ballot boad it is quite likely griat president alve laud had bad h ad thoroughly digested his subject and was well acquainted with all us its details ramifications and lu iu aideuis when he sent to Von congress gress a message which was almost monopolized by that one consideration aide ration real heal zing the vital sity ot of not only relief of a legitimate character for tile me present burden but of legislation providing against its or future recur beuce he spoke with sufficient elaboration incisiveness and f to who were lethargic on ahe subject in hand baud lie he showed that the proper remedy for a superfluous influx of treasury treasure is to reduce tite the volume and then pointed out the safest aud and readiest reau iest lest meana of accomplishing accomplish to g LUIS abis perhaps a better eudoise ment of its Bou logic and f force oree cannot ne be found than Is in co contained couta ined in the tact that opposition editors combat it with sneers innuendo aud and alleged sarcasm |