Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-28

Will Congress bcs
The practiesbility, as well ~ the necessi..
~. az ! sharp cutting down Of the National
exrenditures, Il made quite evident by
comparison Of the actual expenses IN 1861
with the appropriations asked BY the SEQ
rotary of the Treasury for the next fiscal
xe.r. emitting the extraordinary expenses
growing out Of the var.
iseo-AcsuAL kxrxxsss.
For civil list te.o7s GOO
For War Department. ............. lS,sss 70 =
For Navy Department. ............. li,oi4.ovS
Total. :. ................ tsi.l5A.ooo
ssyuuArs-lsss.
For The War Department. exclusive - 49,.
of bounties end pensions. sSe.vvo' 90
For the Navy Departnens.. ..... s,'os,, 600
For civil service. .............' e',
-, .slss, ooo, 900
Iolni.
TIL. Adherence between the actual ex-
c.cs.s NJ ! 500 and the estimates fos 1889
K eI4y. $40 900, and the latter are more
than Eve and oue-third times - great Is
the former These are the facts, and 1t Is
proper that " look these fscts square 10
the faee, and, IL ~ don't like them. at once
spp.y The remedy. That The people are
not satisfied with these outrageous expen-
ditsrss Is apparent. That they mean they
oAall be red bcsd 10 also distinctly under
stosd. burlington Howksye.
Right every time about, the people are
aos satisfied with these outrageous expen'
ditures." The Ha,ckeys aud ito brother
radical sheets, will ind that tho way Of the
trausgressor is hard, very hard. and grow
ing harder and more difficult 10 travel every
day. Not only are the people outraged at
enormous expenditures that are eating out
their hard earned wages, and determined
upon.A change, but they are also outrage d
at the fact that largo and wealthy class Of
bondholdsrs are shielded from paying any
taxes u sll-from. bearing any portion 81
the enormous burden Of taxes that these
Outrageous expenditures" .involvc and
for the removal OF that evil too, their cal Ii
are becoming lsud and long, and increasing
every day. These facts cannot b covered
over, nor can the cries Of the people for mer
cy b drowned BY radical bowling about
coppsshsads and traitors. The people mean
that the burden Of taxation shall Be reduced
and having the power 10 enforce the change
they will do Il. Loud warnings from Ohio
Psnnsylvanis and New York. came up last
fall, but those were only subdued Whisper
10 what the radical pluudesors Of the pub
lie treasury will hear the next time the bal
los boxss arr epsned "a. receive she popular
suffrage. 10 the language Of The New
York Evening Pest. the voting Of last fell
in the sbevs named States was hardly a
ssbuke-''it Vas IN admonitory finger
pointing out the fate Of the radical party.
In case il failed TO hear and learn. Accept
iss that Is fact believing that those re
suits were only an "admsnitory finger,
what must the effect be when che grsa
popular fat that 10 now being firmly dou
bled up. shall strike that radical party fai,
and square in the face,
These expenditures must DO reduced
the taxes must be reduced and equalizsd
the Union must DO restored and made
whole a. was the intention Of the fathers OF
the republic. and she people are fast cs-
pousing the belief that their only hope lies
with the dcmocratic party, and to power
they will raise it without further delay .
Thus and thus only will there be rctrensh-
mcnt and reform in tho administration o
the government.