Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — Harrison’s Message. [ARTICLE]

Harrison’s Message.

It is a message which will have as much influence on legislation as last ycar’B almanac—no more.—Providence Telegram. We must allow something for the animus of a defeated partisan. His arguments are the result of his desires.—Atlanta Constitution. In short, the dominant tone of the message Is one of petulant defiance, such as can be recalled in no previous public document of Its class.—Philadelphia Times Mr. llabrison gives bis parly no suggestion of recognition. He has nothing around which to call a rally of his disheartened followers.—Kansas City Times. Mr. Harrison Is a man of great intelligence and profound attainments, and it Is immeasurably discouraging to hear him repeat the stale formula of the proteellonist at tills hour.—St. Paul Globe. Tins is a gratuitous performance, as nobody has denied that the country has prospered, though the Democratic party maintains thatit has not prospered as it should have prospered, with its manifold natural advantages. —Rochester Herald. And then, with an expression of regret that the work of revising the tariff must be. delayed at least three mouths—becanse the threut of great tariff changes disturbs business and production—he deliberately recommends that the whole subject be left to the incoming Congress.—Detroit Free Press. It is hardly In keeping with the dignity, not of the defeated candidate of a political party, but of the chief magistrate of the people, to use his privilege of official communication to Congress to assail the wisdom of the people’s action or to sneer at their declared purposes.—Louisville Courier-Journal.

It is inordinately long. In tone it is melancholy and in parts peevish. It is more of a defense of the position the administration has held to during the past two years of its economic debauch, and therefore, without intending to do so, furnishes a justification of the Democratic victory.—New Haven Register. Tiie message adheres to the oldtime policies of the Republican party throughout, including a recommendation for further subsidies and a still further enlargement of the pension rolls. It would have been gratifying to the whole country if Mr. Harrison had broadened out in response to the recent verdict of the people in national affairs, and such an example would have been of great value to the politicians.—Kansas City Star.

Having stated that the horse was seventeen feet high, the President, now that he has just taken a tumble from the hurricane deck of the beast, sticks more stubbornly than ever to that opinion, and backs it up by such authorities as Census Superintendent Porter and Labor Commissioner Peck. He shows that we have a great, glorious and growing country and endeavors to show that for these blessings we are more indebted to a protective tariff than to a kindly providence.— Louisville Times. Pkesident Harrison certainly deserves credit for the sturdy and bold demeanor with which he faces the overwhelming defeat of bis party and the complete condemnation of his officialadministration. He makes no apologies, offers no excuse, and seeks to condone no mistakes. He does not admit, even by implication, that any mistakes were made, but he calmly undertakes the task of vindicating the policy which has met such an overpowering repudiation.—New Orleans Picayune.