The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-21

N fAKe nefnr4 the fIfuiii cant sim pos TED
on the hou1e and senate VIHf8 OF the
building stu tinkefink with tho tar.
~. E Y I rnoerneAth was nfintea tlie
how lUngfv 1t u said that at the mo.
ntent when William L. Nvilsnn yielded
his bin to the over four hundred amends
ments OF the GDrtnan substitute. yielded
20 the trusts and combinations, = 10 the
phEht Of treason that blasted the coun-
sela Of the brave In their hour OF might"
Welded to party periidy and dishonor."
and. for the yielding. was scixsd and
carried atuund the aisles OF the house
on the shoulders OF the arist0erAtic
Tucker. of virginia, and other self.con-
adtuted super-Bervile Democratic ador-
ers-it II said that at thar moment, out
N our own state. Q mother. driven TO
Despair BY reason Of lack OF bread, was
hanging herself Ia View Of her two help
less children, IT Is not surprising that
as soon m II was over Wilson sought
rest and moral announcement across
the sea, and In London told the approx
Ing lords, while he ate their meat and
drank their wine. that efroe govern
menta were complex and short-lived,.
and the beginning Of the tarin war had
only begun. You patriots In the second
district Of this proud little state, which
proclaims "Mountaineeru always 10 be
free, ended that beginning two years
ago in short order.
Then Came the Bonds.
Next under this Democratic admin.
istrrtion came bonds. bonds. bonds, debt
debt. debt: Not day has passed
scarcsly since the passage of the wilson
German monstrcsity that the govern
ment has not gone deeper In debt
refer at random to diffGrent daily
treasury statements which have been
sent mo during the winter. direct from
the treasury department, on March Ii
o. this year the expenditures exceeded
the receipts t1e6. 80 u, 10 that Il would
take over 123k West virginia 10000
farms to pay the debt incurred that dry.
But the Same statement tolls IN that the
first eleven days Of that month the debt
created was q. 6sp. 40 ae--eieven days OF
Democratic government costs Us, IN act-
ual debt. mora than the value OF abs
farms worth $40. 900 each. But this state
meft shows that from january to
March II this debt was s2l, 40. 12S 20, so
that three months and eleven days OF
Democratic rule loses Us the value OF
/ over lilo ~. 900 farms,
on May g this dc debt !. for the day was
days OF the month IS, SCI. 2l2 So, and from
January to May 20. i've months and
twenty days. Ses02s,433 S.
In the Harrison year OF 1892 the re-
ceipts over and above the expenditures
were 50. 914,45S SO. while the excess OF ax-
pendltures over receipts In 1895 was 49,
S25.049 20. Thus one year OF Democra-
cy costs us In value over 4,2S2 farms OF
$4,000 value each.
have already pointed out how the
Harrison administration paid debt dur
ing Its term. I now want you to hear
what that sterling Democratic author
ity. the New York World, says about 1t:
In It's issue Of December 81, 1895. It says:
Between August 81, 1866, the date
upon which the national debt reached Its
highest point. and March /, 1893, the
amount OF the governments outstanding
obligations was reduced by 3l.SS1, 567, S73.
TO accomplish this remarkable feat OF
debt paying, bonds were purchased be-
fore their maturity and cancelled 10 the
amount OF S770. S09. $50. The reduction of
the national debt by four year periods 10
given on March !, Of each year, AZ fol-
lows. cents omitted.