The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-24
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Some Reasons Thy Times Are
Hard ana Taxes High

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Having begun to tell the truth II 20
Just 20 well TO 90 ahead and tell tho
whole truth. s NJ
Very few " ashing 81 correspo ents
tell sall they know. Tor many reasons.
In the first place. the edi tor don't be-
Level can be possible that such things
should be. n the next place, the Wash
.ington corresponds soon becomes
conservative, for he finds that public
men do not like to have the whole truth
told; andsunless he. is IN favor with pub.
lie men he cannot get much news. II
he cannot get news in abundance he
cannot get q good salary. and he may
even be discharged. And nobody, not
even Washingtoncorresp ondent. likes
the punishment of his bread and butter.
Z 1T is a5matter Of personal Knowledge
with me, as q result OF years of close
observation, that for . long time the
government Of the United States has
been extrava gant ly ad administered. That
lisa matter of knowledge. Its my in
dividual opinion, that the government
has for years been corruptly admin
istered, and, when we have gone clear
through the. subject during the next
few weeks, you will probabl reach the
same conclusion. s5 4 -. 6xg. /. zf III 5t5s
AS q practical illustrations let us
make note Of the fact that Maj. Gen.
Miles recently went to Europe at the
expense Of the government to inyesti-
gate the military systems of the old
world. Before starting he drew s.. 600
for expenses. How would you like to be
able to go into the national treasury
and draw $4,000 for a trip through Eu-
rope and start of. knowing that there
are many other thousands which you
may draw when you need them?
Make note also of the fact that Gen.
Miles paid $500 for palatial apartments
on the steamer which took him across
the ocean. Think of it! He spent the
sum of $500 in q little more than five
days, and the money was taken out
Of the treasury of the whole people
of this republic. They say that it is
necessary for the general command.
ing the army of the United States to
travel in great style, or else people OF
other countries would say thatswe are
still backwoodsmen. =. 4 -. u 3
What do we care what people say
of us? If our money was not stolen
from us under various plausible pre-
texts we would have rich and power
fulgovernment, and no nation on earth
would want to tackle us as back
woodsmen," either in the peaceful
walks of life or on the tented field OF
warfare. It is that feeling of patriotic
pride that has enabled men in, public
life, of every political party, to induce
US to permit extravaganza in public ex
penditures; extravaganza which has
brought upon our people individual
hardship and the humiliation of bank
rupt national treasury. ~ .-=,2:,1S,s
Before taking up other subjects lei
us make note of the fact that Gen. Miles
has with him a captain of the regular
army as military. aid; and also pr
vate secretary. Inasmuch as the gen
eral has nothing to do but take pleas
ure trip, what need has he of an aid il
doing nothing? The captains salary
goes on, and all of his expenses must be
paid; and you and l are paying all Of
theexpenses. = 81 ~ :. u ri
Gen. Miles has rendered his country
splendid services. He went into the vol
unteer army in 1861 and has served il
many campaigns. He is the best In
dian fighter of this generation, and too
much cannot be said in praise of hi:
career. But he has been well paid al
the time and now draws princely
salary. He will draw his salary as long
as he lives. zr. 7*s5%> %...-...-: ~. .~ =
Gen. Howard, Gen. Ruger. Gen
Brooke. and many other men, have beer
gallant soldiers; but they do not aspir.
to an expensive junket, for their owl
personal qualification. glory and re
nOWn. They are c0ntented tn he ooof