West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-11-22
HISTORICAL AND FINANCIAL FACTS

any school boy knows IS not true.
and why the JOUrRat will publish
such stuff, unless 1T has full
knowledge Of the dense ignorance
OF most OF its readers, is only to be
accounted for through it's general
inability to tell the truth and force
OF habit in lying and fear Of break.
ing It's record by telling the truth ::
With n full treasury, including the
/ untouched one hundred millions t,old
reserve received OF the Harrison admin
lstration less than two years ago. the
/ Cleveland administration finds its.lf
with the treasury depleted. and its in
come running about seven million dol
| lars month below expenses. and the
/ gold reserve reduced thirty eight mil
mons The Democratic party has shown
us utter inability TO administer the af-
fairs OF the country on business princi-
| Piles, hence the change.
When the Journal talks about ga
full treasury received from the Har-
rlson administration less than two
years ago" ii knO'oS It's lying, and
everybody else knows it, when 1t
has never been disputed that the
Cleveland administration turned
the Government over to Harrison
with the Treasury bullying out with
over one hundred million surplus
IN 1t. and in four years time this
surplus was not only wiped out. but
the whole bottom knocked out of
the Treasury and the national cred.
1T Impaired, and the Secretary of
the Treasury juggling with the fig
ures ut his command to keep from
showing the deficit. Even using
the nlckles, dimes and pennies to
help stop the hole in the Treasury.
something that had never been done
before. and then as the leak grew
worse and the situation more des-
perate, falling back on and count.
ing in the reserve Con deposit to
make good the Governments out
standing obligations) in order to
keep the country from knowing the
real situation and TO try and make
showing in the Treasury reports.
Still the deficiency kept growing.
and Secretary Foster was making
nrrn m an,ept, 70 ;s,,,o Io,,l, g. -
der TO raise money for current ex-
penses and keep up the credit of
the country, when his administra.
ton was called upon by the people
to step down and out and give the
Democrats another trial. 1t was a
desperate situation for the Democ-
racy to face and very unfortunate
time for us to get control of the
) Government, for it left us to shout
der all the SINS Of the Republican
INSTRUMENTATION of affairs, and
this time we have had to suffer for
1t and atone for the iniquity of our
enemies. With the enormous ex-
penses and outlay contracted for
and incurred by the Hirnson aud
Tom Reed administration, it was
/ impossible for the Democratic adj
ministration to keep up expenses
(untll we could repeal some of the
Republican Inlquity and pass some
laws of our OWN without issuing
the bonds which had already been
prepared for by Secretary Foster.
and which, under heavy pres ure
during the late campaign, he de-
med, with the Official records of his
Office at Washington standing
against him, and giving the lie to
his denials, made for political effect.
Now if, AS the JOurnal asserts. the
recent change was owing to the
Inability Of the Democratic party
to administer the affairs of the
country on business principles, 8"
will 1t kindly tell us what caused
the change two years ago? 1t looks.
to even "a casual observer, as if his
tory had been repeating itself, to
say the least about it. The tina.
billty Of the Democratic party to
administer the affairs Of the coun.
try" is mainly due to the desperate
and outrageously unpatriotic oppo.
sition and obstruction Of the Re,
publican party in Congress and in
ali the legislative and business AT
fairs Of this country. coupled with
the desperate heritage forced upon
as two years ago.
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