The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-07
VOL. XLVI.-NO. 2.

REPUBLICAN 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
herited from the Wing organization,
and became so calloused to public opin-
ion during the reconstruction period,
that Republican rule and extravaganza
are to-day almost synonymous from
the National Congress down to the most
insignificant municipal corporation. A
Republican Congress was never known
to abolish useless Office or to reduce
the GALAXY of an officer whose duties
had been lessened by the creation Of
new places. In 1874 the tidal
wave which swept the Republicans out
of the popular end of the Capitol was
not caused by the Mckinley bill, but
was popular condemnation Of Repub-
lican corruption and reckless eXpend-
iture 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 Demo-
cratic House was returned by seventy
FIVE 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-
fdence 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 Department., l61
new offices were created and $1,235, 600
appropriated for their support. The
appropriation for old Offices was in
creased slS5,0oO. When the surplus had
been exhausted and pension defcien.
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 tc
the amount of $3,775,OO0 and also
authorized the construction of heavy
war vessels which, with armament
will cost $24,225, 900. Of this amount
only s5,475,OOo was appropriated and
the remainder was saddled on the mex
Congress. Public buildings were au
thorized to be erected which will cos
| S7,116, 63954 when completed, but only
ss,375,OOo was directly appropriated
Besides appropriating S2s,OOO,00O TO
river and harbor improvements, tn
Secretary of War was authorized to con
tract for other works amounting II
1922, 970, of which only $2,000,O00 wa
: directly appropriated.
I The fallacy of protection has ha'
much to do with inoculating the Reput
lican party with this mania for extrava
gance The leaders, having taught tn
rank and file that the consumer doe
not pay the tariff, naturally regard tn
millions stored in the Treasury vault:
derived from taxes on imports and IL
, ternal revenue, as so much pIunde
from importers and foreign manufac
} urers, and use them accordingly.
, high tariff and extravaganza appropri'
! tions go hand in hand.
, The Republican party, as at preser
!. composed, has been taught to loo
9 upon the money which finds its wa
: into the public Treasury as not d.
8 rived from the pockets of til
! people. Being imbued with such idea
9 it is not strange that when it col
i trolls Legislature the State treasur
}; is treated as if it was q Washingto
It surplus. The rebukes which the R
IS publicans receive after every tri
= given them by the people do not see
to teach them q lesson. A few da,
g ago the leaders of the party were a
r. sembled at the Denison from all par
IS of the State to ascertain what W
10 wrong with their organization 81
9r what remedy should be apple
o. They resolved after long session
10 '.make more places for the worker
DO and to silence a free-trade p
)" per by buying it out and runnil
10 it as spoils organ. 70 make plac
~ for the workers means the creation
a new offices, and it is fortunate for t
II Taxpayers of Indiana that the Leg
lature is not Republican, for the Sta
I'D house would not be large enough
cd shelter all the workers whom t
W, Legislature would have made plat
,ft for. It is only necessary to refer to
i" Republican House of 1887 for an {
he ample of what would have taken pls
in. in the legislative halls Of the State t
winter had Republican Legislatl
been elected. Indianapolis Sentinel
BLAlNE's QuAcK MEDICINE
DR.. Jingo's Reciprocity Remedy Moth
in. but Weak Wash.
The Mr.. Blaine's panacea for all Rep
a Eooy, %ror,b1ac ic ant tn turn mt