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Show THE MESSAGE. !I1$B The annual message of the President to Con- ( pIl'fBp gress is this year particularly satisfactory. Con- j Air; IHfc, trasted with some of the dreary, monotonous mes- i ffi $ s 'Jm it sages that have proceeded it, it is as champagne , $1 Ell ')' l to buttermilk. , tpj' H t B It starts off like a literary cavalry charge and i Hi I W kindles American blood and veins like old wine. ,, IjHfriB' The important subjects are discussed with great ml ''(! ability, business and courage. !nB The message will, as a whole, appeal approv- ffifujilB ingly to the great mass of the intelligent men of i JPtgjIfjH the Nation. He handles the subject of trusts in ' jiwa 'B a manner that reveals clearly enough that ho be- I w&s'JB lieves they should be dealt with justly but by di- ' ifliPl'tJB'l rect methods. His ideas 'of the relations that I nljffH' ought to exist between labor and capital show that j lljfff H; he has a like abhorrence of the exactions of capi- I HyiL iR tal and the tyranny not infrequently exercised by " aEfHtvB'i1 organized labor. He believes in a tariff and that s'anif ' W its revision should be performed by its friends. , Jfc SPg J. Hi Ho urges the increase in ships and in the effect- J W fefmB iveness of the work of our navy. We are sorry JEswh. JK that he did not express a desire to attempt nego- J iviiifB tiations with the civilized powers of the world to OTlfraJ---"' limit the increase in the ships of the world's na- j gliiB vies. liwftf He pleads for reciprocity with Cuba. His ar- KK B' gument is eloquent and will be convincing in every wSbIh State not a sugar producer. ijBHif'iB He has the Eastern view of the money question ) jTCSE'vB' and has not yet raised his eyes to see that the j 9p eK 4 , coveted great trade with the Orient could be as- MPm Br. sured if enlightened statesmanship would at some Ma f UH! ratio with gold reinstate silver as money. The i vjtt giaHH great East would then authorize the Government M lit to loan the silver as rapidly as it could be pro- ffill duced; to China taking interest and principal in ' jBjKB; Chinese products. The President is all right on the subject of irrigation. He stands squarely on n!llK the justice of the country's policy toward the Phil- JfillPEr ippines and by the boys in blue who in those far ra off islands are upholding the flag. wK The best features of the message are, first, its !ftH hopeful Americanism and, second, the brave, mas- !! terful, honest tones in which it is couched. KH inB |