Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-09-25
Economy and Government.

Democratic economy in the House OF
Representatives at the last session of
Congress is receiving some hard parti-
san blows 1t is found that the Indians
are suffering from it. that there can't
be a new navy because of it, and that
the consular and diplomatic service is
being deranged by it beyond recovery.
In comparison with this Democratic
economy one recalls with peculiar sat
isfac ton the iberality of the Republican
management. The Back Salary bill
may be given as an instance. The
River and Harbor bill of couple of
years ago is another. The iberality
has been so extreme that millions were
taken from the Post-office Department
and for long time nobody was the
wiser, and the Government was after
wards made to spend hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars in a proceeding look
ing like prosecution, but which was de-
signed merely to afford cloud of
smoke under which the guilty might
escape. Nobody ever heard of more
amazing liberality. 1t showered money
old hulks worth about five dollars and
spent upon them, not once but several
times, hundreds of thousands of dollars
GuSlt tuCy NC I'LL uCd ihCO fOSSClS
worth only few thousands at the
most. One of these vessels, temporarily
used as pleasure vessel.for a portion
of the Government and incidentally to
advance the cause of Mr.. Blaine on the
raging main, recently collided with
coal schooner and was at the bottom Of
the water in five minutes. 1t will cost
q very large sum to raise her. and
when she is raised and repaired over
again she will be worth about half the
cost of the resurrection.
1t must be said nevertheless that
there has been a great deal of Republic
an economy. During the twenty-four
years that the Republican party has
been in power it mi ht have created a
navy-it has spent money enough
but it hasn't done so. 1t might have
had an Indian policy that would have
prevented ordinary Indian starvation at
irregular and the more pronounced
article at stated and convenient peri
DDS; but it has reserved the public
funds for other purposes, such as those
mentioned above. It has been extreme
ly economical with respect to the de-
fenses of the seaboard-during its
greatest prosperity that subject has
rarely been mentioned. 1t has sauan-
dered millions on whisky and other
rings and for the benefit of. itself; but
it has not spent a dollar toward a new
navy, a better Indian policy, or the de-
lenses the country needs. But there
has been no let up to taxation. For
some reason or other nobody and moth
ing but itself has been benefited by this
curious economy. The war tax still
exists The surplus in the Treasury,
with all the misapplied extravaganza
and misdirected economy of the party,
still exists. Business is dull. Labor is
ill paid or without employment. 1t is
estimated that there are $500. 900, 900 of
Improbable money in the Treasury;
but there are hundreds of thousands of
men, anxious to work, with their hands
in their pockets, and with but faint hope |
that in due season they will find there
the money which good government new
er fails to distribute among those who |
deserve it. Thus there is not too much |
money, but there is the most rapacios1s
economy. There is not money enough,
but millions of dollars are scattered |
with lavish hands where they can not |
do the general public any good. The |
business man finds himself crippled so |
that he can not be enterprising and |
can not pay labor the price it deserves;
and as for the laboring man he is so |
that he demonstrates in a |
rather dangerous manner and one that |
promises to be extremely vicious.
What this country needs is good gov |
eminent. The reigning party has been |
quarter of century |
and business and labor are more |
crippled and more apprehensive year
by year. How would it do to have a |
change? The army needs it. The |
navy needs it. The tax payers need it. |
The coast defenses need it. The Indians |
need it. Is there an honest man or |
woman or business or labor interest |
that does not need it? Not one.-M. r
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