Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-10-04
wAsH1NGroN LETTER


The Democratic cackling over the Sep
TENDER Treasury statement is about as SHY
a thing as lot of grown men could be
guilty Of, when considered in connection
with the actual facts, known to all those
who are conversant with the situation, and
easily accessible to everybody During
the month Of September the receipts of the
government We're Slightly in excess OF the
expenditures, but that does not mean as
some in informed Democrats are saying
that the receipts Of the government have
grown to be as large as its expenditures
Not at all. The explanation, instead Of
being favorable to the administration IS
decidedly the contrary. The heaviest pay
ments of the government are made early
in the quarters beginning July October 1,
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 particularly so under the pres
ent, because of the system of Withholding
payments during the last half of the quar-
tiers for the purpose of misleading the eoun-
try as to the state of the public finances,
which has been such a marked feature OF
the Cleveland regime, Last April the re-
cepts, under this system, exceeded the e%-
penditures. II was the same in June, the
excess for that month being about $4,000
eco more than for September, and it will
doubtless be the same for December; but
all the while that annual deficit has been
steadily climbing, and it will continue to
climb until the Republican Congress takes
hold and passes the legislation necessary
to Increase the revenues of the government,
through a revision of the Democratic tariff
law, (which Democratic Treasury officials
openly acknowledge will never provide all
the money needed to run the government.
When you wish.to know the actual con-
dition of the u S Treasury do not take
the figures specially juggIed for any single
month, but take them for an entire year
For instance, on August 3Ist last, the Dem
ocratic tariff law had been in effect for one
wear. Now, what sort of a showing was
made during that year? Here are the fig
ures made BY Democratic officials; The
total receipts were s205 ,o6I,o22, and the
total expenditures s3so,o26,332 Now a
very simple example in satisfaction will
show that the deficit for the year was $685.
COS, $40, a 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
That these facts demonstrate the incapae
ity of the Democratic party to successfully
administer the affairs of the government
is true, but that is only so much the worse
for the Democratic party, which is respon-
sible for these disagreeable facts.
Speaking of bond issues, any one can cas-
lily ascertain by comparison of the availa-
bic cash in the Treasury just before the
first bond issue with the amount of availa-
bic cash on hand to-day that the three bond
issues. while ostensibly made to replenish
the gold reserve, were in reality made to
obtain the money to meet the defcits,in the
receipts of the Treasury brought about by
Democratic disagreement and attempts
to put the country upon a free trade basis
1t is no exaggeration to say that had the
Democrats when they came into power
officially announced 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. Schofeld became
the Commander of the Army that hewould
retire under the age limitation, September
10th, 1895, he has allowed him to retire
without designating his successor, and I'M
til he does the duties of Commander of the
Army will devolve upon Secretary Lamont
who knows less about handling troops
than a newly appointed cadet to West
Point General Nelson A. Miles, as the
senior Major General, should be the Com
mander of the Army, but It'll said that Mr..
Cleveland does not wish MIN TO nave II
because he believes him to be a Republi-
can, and that he even contemplates leaving
the position vacant in order to deprive Gen.
Miles of the honor of holding it.
Every day something turns up to accen-
tuate the desperate condition of Senator
German and his ticket The latest is the
refusal of his registration officers to allow
a number of Republicans who own homes
valued all the way from $1,000 to $4,000
in Maryland, but do business in Washing
ton, to register in that State A test case
will be taken 10 the courts but as German
controls the courts largely there isn't much
hope of accomplishing anything further
than putting them on record.