Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-08-19
Democratic Extravaganos.


A few days before the adjournment Of
Congress Mr., Cannon, Of this state, made
a speech In the house on the surplus
resolution, which contained some very
pertinent details Of government expense.
important AS showing the general charac.
ter of the Democracy from a strictly nd
ministrative point Of view. Those de.
tails deserve especial consideration for
the light they throw upon the prcten.
sions OF the Democracy to economy.
The Democratic press has tried very
hard to make the people believe that
this Is an era Of frugality. Tho numer.
Gus pensions vetoes are cited as proof Of
Mr. Clevolands devotion to retrcnch
mcnt Something over hundred such
bills were vetoed; amounting, however,
to saving Of less than six months Of
his own salary, Over against this claim
| to economy must be set this indubitabl,
fact shown in detail by Mr.. Cannon. In
the first year Of its power the new adj.
/ minstration asks appropriations for the
| service of the government to the amount
OF $3.50, 7i5.676,il for 1887. which Ia
| 500, S5l ,056, OF In excess OF tho expendi.
ture OF 1896. Notwithstanding this
great sum, II IL over S23, 900, 900 less
than the estimates the heads of this
Democratic administration asked for,
The sum asked for In those Democratic
estimates was over s406, 000, 900. Hero
| II should be remembered that the appro.
| priations for 1885 were made under
Republican administration,
There is no escape from the force of
these facts, 1t is utterly impossible to
explain them away. Those who care to
follow Mr.. Cannon step by step in his
facts justifylng this resume can do so,
| for The Inter Ocean publishes his speech
no far as II bears at all upon this point.
but IL IL not Necessary to burden one's
| mind with dry statistics in order to feel
| the force OF the general facts In the case.
Indeed. there Is no escape from those
facts. All the ingenuity OF experts can
not explain away the bedrock on which
this Arrangement of the administration
| rests.
We do not doubt that the president
would like to give the country an econ
omical administration, but the trouble Is
| he does not know how to do II and Is
not taking the right course to learn.
Instead Of setting himself to the task OF
understanding the mighty engine which
| he Is Obliged to run, Mr., Cleveland BUS
led himself with such utterly nsignih
cant details as private pensions. Having
u taste for that sort of trifles, he in
dulges II freely. spending the time
which should be devoted to the great
economies to trivialties. II Is ~ II an
architect, charged with the construction
Of house, should neglect the masonry.
| plumbing, carpentry, decorations, and
| the like, intent only upon economy In
the purchase Of door-knobs.
| Mr., Cannon having shown the enor.
mus increase Of the appropriations for
1887 over the expenditures for 1885,
| periincntly asks: III In the first grant Of
| appropriations made under this Dem
| ocratic administration, with the cleo
tions next fall staring II In the face. II
| eXpcnds that much more than was ex-
pended the year before, what will the
appropriations and expenditures be next
year in event the people give the party
further lease Of power and it feels firmly
seated In the saddeS"
| Whatever answer may be made TO this
inquiry II Is certainly high time for the
people to realize the gravity Of the pres.
cnt tendency, at least sufficiently to a.
void being hoodwinked by the sham
economy OF n lot Of private pension
vetoes, which were undoubtedly inspir.
cd by desire to please the south and
| divert attention from the record OF ex'
travagancc into which the party has
already driftcdY