Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-09-07
Republican Expenditures.

Mr. Pendleton, having disposed of the
real issue in the Ohio canvass with a
swsgger not becoming United States
Senator, he comes to what he is pleased
to call the real issue. And first, he
charges the Republican party with the
guilt of full treasury. That may be a
misfortune; it probably is, but it is evil
dence of the prosperity of the country.
II that is sin the Democratic party
WAS never guilty of it. When 1t sur
rendered control of the government in
1851 it surrendered an empty treasury
and broken down credit also. There
was no money in the Treasury. and Bu--
chanan's administration found it neces-
sary to pay IL per cent per annum for
loan of a few millions. Now there is
a solvent Treasury, and the govern
ment credit is 31E per cent. The Quss-
tion then was how to raise money. The
question now is the best method to re-
duce the income. The Republicans in
Congress proposed a reduction In inter-
nal taxes of 100000 ,o0O.>, This the Dem
Gratis opposed, and finally talked it to
| death in the Senate. But what was this
proposed reduction, says Mr.. Pendleton
Well, it was an abolition of 1.-The war
tax on bank capital and deposits; /;
| on bank checks; on patent medicine, and
on matches. The tax on bank deposits
is tax on debt. 1t is an unjust bur
den, and is not justifable except as a
war measure. What justice is there in
taxing people On what they owe? The
tax OH bank checks is not paid by the
banks, but by the people, and is nais
-snce, which is not justilable except on
the ground of necessity, and there is no
necessity. The match tax sustains a
monopoly. The Republicans proposed to
abolish it In order that men of moderate
means could engage in the business.
And in opposition to this just measure
that almost peerless Democrat, Senator
Bayard, the representative of the. match
monopoly, stood up in the Senate, and
with all his might opposed the abolition
of the tax. AS result of this Demo :
cratic performance, the monopoly has
advanced the price of Matches. and are
transferring millions from the pockets
of consumers to their own overflowing
, treasury. @ go,
The appropriations were eKtrayagant,
but the great increase was in provision
for pensions to soldiers who saved the
Union, while such statesmen as Mr. Pen
dleton made their work all the more
hazardous and dangerous Even if the
hseldiers are overpaid the loyal people
will not complain. The river and haF-
bor bill was recklessly adopted, says;
Mr.. Pendleton. Well, Republican Pres
ident vetoed it, and Democratic votes
passed it over his head. ,In. the House
the vote on passing the bill over the
Presidents veto was divided politically
as follows: -t .s
Republicans. Democrats.
eaS --..-.. os o3
Nays ......... 80 27
In the Senate the majority for the bill
were Democrats. Here is the vote:
Republicans Democrats.
u ctio 10 10
Nays IL
Now put that record in your pipe, Mr.
Pendleton, and smoke it. Our Senator.
also arraigns the Republicans for appro-
priations made for public buildings, and
specifies several in the South that were
not, in his opinion, necessary. But for
those appropriations, also, the Demo,
Gratis voted as they did for the river and
harbor bill. And we are proud of the
fact that, in voting for public buildings
and for the Improvement of the rivers
and harbors, Republicans gave the
South its full share, and that it did not
forget the great Mississippi River,
which has near one-fourth of the entire
sum appropriated. While these appro-
priations seem large, its must not be for
gotten that since the Democratic party
ceased to control the National Govern
ment the population Of the country has
increased from thirty to fifty millions.
Time moves; the country grows; but
Mr. Pendleton and other Democrats like
him keep their face TO the past and their
backto the future and plod along in the
same old ruts that they trod twenty
years ago. The policy that would turn
back the hands of the clock would suit
that class of statesmen.-ICin. Gax.