The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-24

! curity.
: mighty Government ike the United States
and naturally led to public distrust and anx
IN wa o so
uting causes Of the recent panic. the germs Q
Ehich we inherited from our opponents II
!: :, During the recent Harrison Administration
!. iinusiiy Increased. II there was nny esonom,
or retrenchment anywners manifested It va
eS to sso 81 TS0 bspn
mont. It looks as though looseness. eYtrava
and oasftb II. had %a to no
wesEened. The following Is 2 stat mea e Of the
expenses OF the Government during the Tour
years of Mr.. Harrison's Administration:
10000 10 ga
s! st$ossss5
a mnS we're ~ IN II. ssi
year than n his first year; and the expenses
hs dollars % SSns Sy sfaR
N Administration Dur5E the Gam m.
in
moss intereste OF the country would not be dis
turbed BY a change in tariff laws. The figures
change was inevitable in their own tariff. and
would have been oblige to have been made by
themselves II they had succeeded. In order to
provide for tho actual and necessary expenses
ofthe Government.
pelled. or oil an increase in the internal rove
nue. taxes imposed. In order to prevent n def
1t is clear that revision was a necessity and
was inevitable. no matter which political party
THE PENSION ROLL.
| The figures show that over S159.0O0000
were. expended during the last year Of the
This is nearly half n million dollars q day. and
nearly one-halt OF the expenses OF the entire
q sewers drain upon the labor orr resources. and
revenues OF the country: and the amounts de-
aa to II n
q single dollar OF this enormous sum- where
its 6snelc , n are the brave and deserving
refer to this vast and increasing expen diture.
| not by wa y OF complaint. but to suggest that
| its very hugeness and accommodating proper
| tons REQUIRE the greatest crcumspection on
fraud and Imposition. Every honest Soldier
as well as good citizen. wants the pension roll
Injustice should not be done to the claimant.
nor to the great public-the masses and con-
rense. and who will always bear It cheerfuliy
and periodically whom assured that it repre-
sem sents the reward 81 merit, honesty. and lus-
and fraud.
Every effort of the Pension. Department to
weed out and expose the fraudulent cases and
to protect tho deserving. will have the support
Of all good s Stizens and taxpayers regardlsss
partment ought not to do, and. as | under
s 5sm St. i more than that has not been at
II our national Treasury is nearly empty.
II our revenues are insufficient for our, ex-
adequate. II there exists uneaslness in busi-
ness circles owing to the governmental OK
.hf Hs's -four these
leans alone are res ponsibIe. The Democracy
Is responsible for its own record, but not for
the record OF its adyersaries.
THE SHERMAN SILVER PURCHASE LAW.
Another legacy left US by the Republican
elaborate discussion which has been had upon
this measure in Congress- in the prees. and
sssEh S during TIE past months may
las With IN the prHyfSns of this aw 1t
1t was Republican scheme in it's inception,
10 its purposes. and in Its execution. Every
Democrat in both Houes of Congress voted
Tho law was illogical in its construction.
law, rs it reduced silver 10 tho level Of com;
storage Of silver bullion and was tho very op-
posite OF free oimetallic coinage, TWAS not u
mine awners f. the West The effect Of It's |
and It's tsndsnsss We're place s 81 Us upon a
yer IN mGnoTetallic basis especially II unlimited
W i; b, OUT Tx OF it
that there seemed to DO a general acau I"H
1 70 ts ss'H FACE the
Democracy Of the Empire State IA. always
i was as early as Sept -. 1850 sn1 w thin
Sa 81 p hse:f s
fs5sSnnn bpildinE IN this city upon The
denounced the Sherman act. and sought
to arouse an interest in It's repeal. At
s. ,Ss R S nf e50s Il the Sherman
silver question, and the Democrats platform
SSefnG9nneine it as false pretence, but artiul
age This believe. was ii the first nSi
ton Of the sherman law that had appeared IN
states At the famous February Conventi"n
OF 1892 the Democratic party Of our State
reiterated its previous denunciation Of It's
PROVISIONS: and at the Chicago National Con
Union. adopting tho views Of the New " YORK o,s
the Sherman aS t6 be declared
SHIFT and demanded It's repeal.
THE FIGHT FOR REPEAL.
:, The fact should not be overlo oked that the
Eepn6ilean national plat rm adopted at Min
act. while the recent Republican State Convon
ton Of our state. held at Syracuse. contnnel
demand in respect therso This s was ,a9' yor ry
strange and significant omission. which was
m .ntion-d bv an anti. repeal Senator Mr. Du-
bois OF Idaho. in debate in tho tinted States
senate. asan Indication of the present views
OF the Republicans of New York. It is
understood that by vote OF rs to ii !
the COMMITTEES on Resolutions refused 10
recommend tho repeal Of that law, No State has
q more vital interest in the repeal OF this law
than our State. and yet In the very crisis OF the
contest. when every utterance unon the sub
lect attracts universal attention. the Repub.
licans OF New York state refrain to explicitly
and vigorously demand IT'S repeal. Candor
COmDeS to TINT in that Z ha R. !
publican state Convention misrepreaenfed or
signaily tailed to express the sentiments Of
the Republicans OF our state. Certainly the |
people desired no uncertain tones In an emer-
gency IKE the present. and they We're not dis
appointed in tho expressions OF the recent |
state Convention which assembleI
at SaratoEa; which declared distinctly and en-
phatlcaily In iaYor OF the prompt and "uncon-
ditional repeal" OF the sherman law
When the present national Administration
came Into power 1t foundt the Republican Sher-
man law upon US 1t had to be enforced until |
II should be repealed / WAS one ri thnaa whn, ,