Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-13

panied him to the door, and suddenly
turning toward the table on which were
spread the maps of war, the great Presi-
dent, in a tone of sublime conviction and
patriotic prophecy said. I'VE shall beat
them, my son-we shall beat them.'
IT'S LINCOLN's VICTORY.
And Lincoln did win the victory. 1t
came through alternate defeat and sue
cess. through terrible trial and bitter trib-
ulation. 1t came through experience which
brought up our people of the north to that
plane of confident trust and loyal deter
mination which Lincoln inspired. 1t came
to stay so far as the United Union and a
| freedom of the individual was concerned.
1t came to bring a greater prosperity and
a greater progress to our nationality. 1t
came 10 elevate and reward the labor and
develop and diversity The industries of our
! country. 1t came to protect and to pros
per American Industries and to bring COM
| fort and happiness to American homes.
The victory Is with us to-day.
It's the victory of the republican party.
1t has been questioned in a measure by
the democratic skirmish of these latter
years on that article of Lincon's faith
which read In the Chicago platform of
1850 os follows
THAT while providing revenue for the
support of the general government by
duties upon imports, sound policy requires
such an adjustment of these imports as
Will encourage the development of the in
dustrial interest of rhe whole country and
we commend that policy of national ex-
changes which secures to working men
liberal wages to agriculture renumerating
prices, to mechanics and manufacturers
adequate reward for their skill, labor and
enterprise, and to the nation commercial
prosperity and independence"
Rut the skirmish is nearly over. The
lines are forming for the last fight. The
pins with heads of the Stars and Stripes
and the English Jack representing the
positions which are he'd by the friends of
American industry and the foes of home
labor, are stuck In the maps which the
voters of the United States are now study
ing. The republican masses are saying in
their patriotism and in their eonvlction OF
the benefit of the administration of Lin
coins party: 1--WE shall beat them my
sons. we shall beat them"
Yes, my friends. slowly and wearily this
democratic administration Is trudging
along the path which measures the term
of its allotted life. When high noon wa;
struck in Washington to-day democratic
control of our government was exactly
1856 days
JOURNEY FROM ITS GRAVE,
and there is not a Joshua among us who,
If he had the power, would extend that
journey by a minutes time in his COM
mand to the sun to stand still. But there
are hosts of patriots in every section, who
are Americans if they are not prophets,
who would accelerate, If they had the pow
er the diurnal revolutions which should
shorten the democratic journey to the
tomb. The interest in the funeral obse-
quies is not an interest to de.ay, but rather
TO hasten. Not more eagerly did the
children of Israel await the parting of the
waters which should allow them to pass
over into the land of promise than do the
voters Of this country await the coming
of next November election day which will
vouchsafe 10 them the return of republi-
can control of the nations interests.
AN INSTRUCTIVE COMPARISON.
From the close of the war up to the full
control Of the democratic party in this ad-
mnistrat!on, year by year, the expendi-
. lures of our family under republican ad-
. mnistration had been less than their re-
, ceipts. Through all the periods of excess
, sive drains on our resources In the recov-
|, cry from war and in the restoration of our
dlsordered household and In the improve
ment and enlargement of our long neg
lected public works, the republican adj
ministration met their expenditures from
their receipts and had every year a sur
plus to apply to the reduction OF the ma
tonal debt.
For IS years, under republican admins
tration, from 1866, the average excess of
revenue oyer expenditures was Gi,SY.
29SlS. For two years under democratic
administration, the two fun fiscal years
ending June 30. 1891, and June 30. 1885, the
excess of expenditures over receipts has
averaged $56 S0i, PAL SIS. There is an aver
age difference, so far as we have gone per
year, between republican surpuscs and
democratic deficiencies Of 1921, l2S, $40. .O6.
These computations are made from Off
cial statements. | believe they are evil
dcnce to every business man that lack OF
revenue is the cause of present financial
difficulty and that deficiencies in our busi-
ness transactions are prone to create dis
trust and lead to disaster
OUR CURRENCY NOT RESPONSIBLE
Any currency system in existence, or
any currency system which might be de-
vlsed cannot supply revenue or honestly
convert u deficiency into surplus on our
balance sheet of a years business. Re
tire your greenbacks and your silver certi-
fcates, If you please, as the president
urges, and make the currency system, so
far as the government has part in It,, one
of gold coin and gold bond transactions
exclusively and how can IT change for the
better the situation of our national eX-
chequer? Place, If you please. the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the government
on the presidents idea of IA gold basis, and
how can that offset the more than fifty
millions per year deficiency in the demo-
cratic method of doing business? The
government can not divorce itself from the
same conditions which control the ndlvd-
ual and the partnership and the corpora
tions in business affairs With the one as
well as with the other the profit of the
business makes the credit and the loss of
the business makes the dscredit. With
the one as well with the other the surplus
makes the prosperity and the deficiency
makes the disaster.
WHERE THE BLAME RESTS.
Now then, 1t lis demonstrable that the
policy and the legislation which produces
this lack of revenue is democratic, and the
policy and the legislation which produces
a surplus is republican. Mr.. Cleveland In
his message to Congress complained that
the republican tariff law of 1890 was "ln-
efficient for the purpose of revenue" and
his party ard his administration set about
the enactment Of law which should pro-
duce sufficient revenue. The democratic
tariff law of 1894 was the result. That law
did not express the real policy of the party
or the president in the tariff. 1t was too
protective In its provisions, and admitted
ly it was "A considerably larger revenue
producer than the law as first proposed by
the democratic House.
i But for the purposes OF comparison on
the revenue basis we have the republican
law of 1890 and the democratic law of 1894.
Respectively they represent the revenue
results of the policies of the two parties
| From official statements 1t Is shown that
the revenue produced by the republican
law of 1890. for the 20 months 1t was in un-