Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1885 — That Message. [ARTICLE]

That Message.

X - The President’s message is a singul aii\ cl 1 ai'acterist ie doouraent. It is the work of a man.of j gr&it force and independence, and I sagacity, who has thoroughly stud- ; ied the many and Vast interests of the country, and who presents j them to the attention of Congress and of Ins fellow-citizens with a | sincerity, . simplicity and decision which command universal respect and c mfidence. There is no evasuni in his treatment of any topic.! Harper’s Weekly. All this seems to us very (paeer. JVe:agree with Mr. CurtG that the message is “a singularly cliaiaeteristic doeumeut” - very singularly characteristic of n“politi:c]au, but not Of ideality of whicii the country had; ' been taught to believe Mr. Clove- 1 land was-t’ne incarnation.'- No; i vasion in .Ids treatment of- nby topic? His discussion of the tarifi j pointed as many ways, as a sign-; post at a countrv cross roads. His] treatment of t*ivil service rofia'UL was a palpable evasion. He talk-! ed as though it Avero an accom-l piish.eH fact, whilst four-fifths of j the offices still'remain the prey of; spoilsmen, and -whilst lie is tilling j .them with' rilf-raii’ at the rate of 200 a week, lie did not find space j in his lengthy message to,urge' that Ihe scope of the existing law be -extended, He p sup ply rec unmended Congress to increase the salaries of the Qiyil Service Commissi erners. . Most lame and impotent conclusion • It would pain us very, xn iich to say Boat .the editor of The Journal of Civilization Is-a chuckle-need. We will diiarUably ' conclude that he him not, read trtie message.. -1 ndia;ia[)olis -Time 3, ■ ’ f».»; ;_swv kl'.'-Affv'-s..rr4»rassai»

Attention is calk’d to tiie exhibit glLthe growth of the town of Renssclaeiy during the year just closing, in this issue of the UePuSlAan. It will be notic-.nlthat most of the money there mentioned was expended in building and improving private residences, and comparatively littleY.f it in business houses; and hone at all on pubi ic'buikiings. Considering the dull times now prevailing, we regard this fact as a good sign for the future,prosperity <;f ‘the town. It means, in our judgment, that the business facilities of the place are not likely to outgrow the permanent resident population, *mid m so doing-cause an injurious reaction in t he progress of the place. Another fact worthy of mention, in this connection, is that in the ■ better class of residences; erected j during the past year, a strong disposition, has been shown to conform to the modern taste for the ornamental in buildings of that character. The buildings of S. P. Thompson and Mhii.S. Stockton, strongly exemplify this fact, and, in a somewhat less degree, the same can be said of Mr. Berry Paris’ residence.' Mrs. MarWjOwen, wife of the Hon. .W. D. Owen, died at Washington last Wednesday, of consumption. The body, in charge of Mr. Owen., reached Hogausport Saturday, and was temporarily interred in Mayor Bringknrst’s privAteburial vault. Mrs. Owen was 36 years old, and the only daughter of John T?n Rossi, cf Oxford, • .£» A. ' I ■' . - ■V- :• ' « this state. - *• < u I