Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-11-25
You seem to have a good deal Of
CONDITION oE HE TREASURY.

Al Of CONDITION OF THE TREASURY
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Result of Four Years Of Republican Rech
in IessnesS.
any Inc man who stole a sawmill an
then went back after the dam has al
ma ways been regarded heretofore rs hav
text ing achieved one Of the subliment.
he flights q i~mpudence But in the high
in. u what the republican organs ART
ave doing to-day in condemnlng the dem.
nds ocra;ic administration for a possible
ron dencit in the treasury the impudsnce
INV of the Sawmil thief becomes tame and
The commonplace He might have stood
IN some show Of comparison IL when he
nj. CAM hack for the dam he had abused
t. the ownertorno; having had it fastened
-ia 10 the mill, 81 that he could have stolen
Al, both together
Nd II there should he $ deficit In the
United States treasury FOR The current
M yesr Il viii Ne distinctly and plainly II
N republican creation The emptiness OF
the treasury IS directly due to the re-
IS publican administration Of affairs under
FTssdsa, Harrison When Harrison
Is was ~tasUSG-s,eG there was s suruius
iatss treasury q shout s'ol, NO,N 900 and
. TIE Surplus evsnns n the government
WAS SNG; TIE SINE amount There
. WsS s resSsve IN the treasury Of sold to
2 ESe s1scaat II s,MGM.oM ana SolE in
I eN>sss = :As Saaount o. SSNNNQ
NSS2 sSv>&eSt Cleveland wss i~nsvcl.
{ rates 4 M&ceA IS; the surplus hal lis
; s22~&->S So - NE SS0ANo ex,sss
- So o2y sIN0nN MAS ,ef. II
Ms $ svSSS,e during the lss, three
@>~EiA$ * AS-v.sAa's administration !
- - >NsV>;S-r - tie treasury "a /
N~s rs NS&> $AAvS water This WAS U
5 ?s'>&' tatb !A>sSA tAe mos: eSt-s,> !
&ascy SNs-sNS.s were made 70 S>,, I, u
s>c<; 49, SS&Ns tAe aaninist-sti,~ Il, I
$3.50 = S--a wt;Aoa, a>,us, comics. Q
$50 * ASSSrS?Hr .
->s a2a3;1ls q. tAsucs wss the IL.
sSSt @$@i ~ Cg1NSeAn extravscauce !,
50 TNSsN1es> During the 6~, ;,
eS!& &c to2cyes- period re!erre! 10 u
'-S osg2Atcsa 2asty hal entire and :
so~12t$ coct0o. o. .he government -
A~F1s lie ,Ssi ivo wears 4, had con. 81
'N. .. The presidency ana the senste u
A@~ was so.e 70 exercise full control "a
over al legislation And while the an. M
pE>F'isiions Of the democratic con. W
sEsss IN the last half Of hsrrison's adj. su
U1Ais'ratlon were inexcusably large, ~
me republican party csn no more es- u
cape responsibility tor them than it
can for the work Of its w billion.doI.
lar congress by
There is abundant republican au. l.
'hority on this point Only a few DAYS l
vince the Pittsburgh Dispatch, one of the
ne leading republican papers of the as
'ouhtry' referring to the ~looting of the dee
as the Legitimate result ~ l
our years violation of every principle side
treasury management by which the nav
rent of the country was built nm and mai
Is hnance made prosperous" went on con
D say; Five years ago the policy OF 1t c.
"enty years reached its extreme in q
ne inconvenience of too much monev thir
l the treasury. The treasury had con
ouole surplus, That of cash in the sess
'easury was nearly 800, 900, 600. and cau'
lat OF revenue over expenditures has
Early as much more. There has rara. will
oeeh a more monumental exhibition ana
pol''lcai ~incapacity and fiscal iy- yon'
france than is comprised In the fact and
'a' iour years reversal of the ,radi- Tor
OF the treasury have ~dissIpoted ton
surplus; have brought us to a point Use '
mere outgo exceeds income ut the rate III
Sloo' ooo' 600 annually, and confronts wor'
with the necessity of increasinr tho pare
bt which it has been tho dooI,"n but
rPose or all administrations to re- men
&C. All his in a period of profound OF lie
ace with not an excuse for the dissi. conn
tlon OF the public funds, except what toge
found in the wanton cxtrayarance of the c
r politicians" whic
he mere emptying Of the TREASURY tee +
%evcr, would not create a doe.G; the C
III as is threatened If the reverna of tn
machinery OF the govern. licati
~ were equal to the demands upon ming
unfortunately it is not; and here an ca
I'm the republican party is directly Pre-
| wholly responsible. Tho d.r;,ns place
winch revenue is raised for the ex. or ne
Uses OF the government are wholly porta
republican creatIon. and fora,aa If IN
ong them is the much.laudod NJ mite
Hey act. If one were IN I,dno - benef
giio ~utterances Of the republican ules t
,ers ana organs one would suppose aoVai
t the democratic ad,ninis.ration hnS handl
ing the six months n bas b,o, :. may
'er devised some new methods of VIII
ing revenue, and that it Is the fail that
OF these which threatens n deficit contr'
the fact is that we arc st;Il lit. himse
ar as revenue raising ,s coroorra9 be loo
er the republican dispensation, mater
democratic administration has not crease
hao time to make any change in tion,
regard; and one of the remarkable VINE
ures of the situation is that Viii ought
republican critics of the admins. Wllsol
ION are proclaiming the failure of likely
ting legislation to nrovide ,auann day of
the country's needs thew .ro 40 and IL
ny IN the same breath that moth what
nus De done to change that legis- o"sine
w. At one moment they jeer the ,hey a
because it cannot raise uered
lent revenue in spite Of the Me. SUNNI;
ey act, M the extravagant pen. nature
appropriations; and at the next tnan
are shouting hands off" and do. ABOUT
ng that the Mckinley act must Times.
20 touched, and that not only the NJ
ION laws but the corrupt pension +.
gs must be left intact. -
IS worthy of note that the repub. victory
critics of the administration offer 'he mt
'ggestlon for the prevention of n rePuoi
!. Their criticism is always de. Inc pc
tive and never constr,o,;no TII not, tn
no consequence hon.".n nuns i' democr
I which is threatened will be pro. pissed
for In legitimate fashion by in. an MAJ
ing the revenues or decreasing the -
lditures, and probably bv ho,h Hfty-tl
he doing of this will overturn a ldent Z
deal CT iniquitous republican leo. haanc''
On, incluSing the Mckinley act accomp
II Free Press. was cal
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