The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-10-11
NO. 43
W ashingtOn Letter.
Fro, ory regular Correspondence

" ARLINGTON, ID. c., Oct 4 1879
TIE democratic cackling over the
September Treasury statement is
about ~ Silis' thing as n lot of grown
mer could he guilty oI, when consider
ed in connection with the actual facts,
known to all those who are conversant
with the situation, and easily accessi-
BILE to everybody. During the month
of September the receipts of the gov
ernment we've slightly in excess of the
expenditures, but that does not mean,
as some ill-informed democrats are
saying, that the receipts of the govern
ment have grown to be as large rs It's
expenditures. Not at all. The ex-
planatlon, instead of being favorable
to the administration, is decidedly the
contrary. The heaviest payments of
the government are made early In the
quarters beginning July /, Oct. l,
January l and april /, consequently
the smallest expenditures are for the
last months of the quarters-June,
September, December and March.
This is so TO large extent under all
administrations, but it has been par
ticularly so under the present, because
of the system of withholding pay
ments during the last half OF the
quarters for the purpose of misleading
the country as to the state OF the
public finances, which has been such
marked feature of the Cleveland
regime. Last April the receipts, under
this system. exceeded the expend-
itures. 1t was the same in June,
the excess for that month being about
SO, 100000 more than for September,
and it will doubtless be the same for
December; but all the while that
annual deficit has been steadily climb
ing, and it will continue to climb un-
til the republican Congress takes hold
and passes the legislation necessary to
increase the revenues of the govern
ment, through revision of the demo-
cratic tariff law, which democratic
Treasury officials openly acknowledge
will never provide all the money need
ed to run the government.
When you wish to know the actual
condition of the U. S. Treasury do not
take the figures specially juggled for
any single month, but take them for
all entire year. For instance, on Aug.
81, last, the democratic tariff law had
been in effect for one year. Now,
what sort of showing was made dur
ing that year? Here are the figures
made by democratic officials: The
total receipts were $295,O61 ,O22, and
the total expenditures $359,O26,332.
Now very simple example in sub
straction will show that the deficit for
the year was $63 ,965 $40, sum nearly
equal to what was received from that
foreign syndicate for the last issue of
bonds. This isn't partisan politics,
but statement of cold, hard facts.
These facts demonstrate the incapacity
of the democratic party to successful
ly administer the affairs of the govern
ment is true, but that is only so much
the worse for the democratic party,
which is responsible for these dis
agreeable facts.
Speaking OF bond issues, any one
can easily ascertain by comparison of
the available cash in the Treasury
Just before the first bond issue with
the amount of available cash on hand
today that the three bond issues, while
ostensibly made so replenish the gold
reserve, were of reality made to obtain
the money to meet the deficit in the
receipts of the Treasury brought about
! by democratic misgovernment and
attempts to put the country upon
free trade basis. 1t is no exaggeration
to say that had the democrats when
they came into power officially an
nounced their intention to let the
Mckinley tariff alone, there would
have been no bond issues and no panic.
Although Mr.. Cleveland has known
from the day that Gen. Schofield be-
came the Commander of the Army
that he would retire under the age
limitation yesterday (September 18th.
1850 he has allowed him to retire
without designating his successor, and
until he does the duties of Cemman-
der of the Army will devolve upon
Secretary Lamont, who knows less
, about handling troops than newly
appointed cadet to West Point.
General Nelson A. Miles, as the senior
Major General, should be the Comman-
der of the Army, but it is said that
Mr.. Cleveland does not wish him to
have it because he believes him to be
a republican, and that he even con-