Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-25
THE PARTY OF ExTRAvAGANCE
Moves Which Have Plunged the Nation
Into Expense.

The Republican party, true to the
tradition of its ancestor, the Wing
party, has never shown tendency
toward economy and retrenchment
when IN power. The party is so per-
meated with that reckless spirit, in
her1ted from the Wing organization,
ana became SO calloused to public opin-
Ion during the reconstruction period
tina. Republican rule and extravaganza
are to-day almost synonymous from
the National Congress down to the most
magnificent municipal corporation. 4
Republican Congress was never known
TO abolish useless office or to reduce
the salary of an officer whose duties
had been lessened by the creation of
new places. In 1871 the tidal
wave which swept the Republicans out
of the popul~- end of the Capitol was
not caused by the Mckinley bill. but
was popular condemnation of Repub-
lean corruption and reckless expend-
1ture of public funds. Since that tidal
wave" the House. which originates all
revenue and appropriation bills. has
been intrusted to the Republican
party but twice. The Forty-seventh Con-
gress was so notorious for corruption
and extravaganza that ten weeks after
the first session had adjourned a Demo-
cratic House was returned by seventy
hive majority. Two years ago the Re-
publicans carried the House by ten
majority, and three weeks ago the
people again showed their want of con-
hdence in the Republican party so en-
phatically that, had not the party lead
ers taken the precaution to steal the
Montana Senators and create States out
Of mining camps, the party of spoils
would have been annihilated.
The appropriations made by the last
session of Congress are so enormous
that if levied directly upon the people
eight dollars would be required from
every person enumerated in the last
census to raise the money to carry them
out. Although the service in sew
eral bureaus of the Govern
ment is decreasing-for instance, in the
general land office, the bureau of In
dian affairs, the military service and
the internal revenue departmental 61
new offices were created and 1925, 900
appropriated for their support. The
appropriation for old offices was in
creased S135,000- When the surplus had
been exhausted and a pension deficien-
cy of S75.000,000 saddled on the next
session, the Republicans during the
last days of the long session author
lied contracts to be made for the
manufacture of heavy ordnance to
the amount of So. rs, 900 and also
authorized the construction of heavy
war vessels which, with armament,
will cost S24, 225, 900. OF this amount
only s5,475, 900 was appropriated and
the remainder was saddled on the next
Congress. Public buildings We're au-
thorized to be erected which will cost
S7.116. 639.54 when completed. but only
S2.315.O0O was directly appropriated.
Besides appropriating 81. 100000 for
river and harbor improvements, the
Secretary of War was authorized to con-
tract for other works amounting to
Sl+ 922. go, of which only s., 600. 900 was
directly appropriated
The fallacy of protection has had
much to do with inoculating the Repub-
hcan party with this mania for extrava-
gance. The leaders. having taught the
rank aud file that the consumer does
Lss pay the tariff, naturally regard the
millions stored in the Treasury vaults,
derived from taxes on imports and in
ternal revenue, as so much plumber
from importers and foreign manufact-
urers. and use them accordingly. a
high tariff and extravagant appropria-
tions go hand in hand.
The Republican party, as at present
composed, has been taught to look
upon the money which finds its way
into the public Treasury as not de-
rived from the pockets of the
people. Being imbued with such ideas,
it is not strange that when it con-
trolls Legislature the State treasury
is treated as if it was Washington
surplus. The rebul1es which the Re-
publicans receive after every trial
given them by the people do not seem
to teach them a lesson. A few days
ago the leaders of the party were as
sem bled at the Denison from all parts
OF the State to ascertain what was
wrong with their organization and
what remedy should be applied.
They resolved after a long session to
make more places for the workers
and to silence a free-trade pa
per by buying it out and running
it as spoils organ. To make places
for the workers means the creation of
new offices, and it is fortunate for the
taxpayers of Indiana that the Legis-
lature is not Republican, for the State
house would not be large enough to
shelter all the workers" whom the
Legislature would have made places
for. 1t is only necessary to refer to the
Republican House of 1887 for an ex-
ample of what would have taken place
in the Legislative halls of the State this
winter had Republican Legislature
been cted.-Indiarapolis Sentinel.
DOCTORING THE LOCAL VOTE.
Viewed by MIR. Harrison.
The people of State elect their Gov
ernor and Secretary of State by majo
ity vote, and the officials thus chosen
act as their representatives in certifying
their choice of representatives in Con-
gress. If this is wrong the entire sys-
tenn of local self-government is wrong
and the ballot is blunder; for, GER
tainly if the people of State or local
ity" can not be trusted to manage their
declared by their votes, they are unfit
to cast the votes in the first place. In
his message Mr.. Harrison openly takes
the ground that the local authorities
must not be trusted with ''certification.
He is willing to let the local voters vote.
but on condition that the ''certifcation"
should be done by the agents of the