Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-04-13

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never seems 70 commend itself TO Re
puhlioanA They cannot get that Demo
cratic theory through their beads
Their masters who furnish the Doodle
10 dehaueh the Suffrage win not let
them economics, for where they con-
tribute a dollar 20 Mark Hanna's cAmpI
chest they demand thousands Of pub
lie treasure in return. The men who
furnish Doodle for Republican cam
paigns do not do is for love Of country
OF for their health o. for amusement
With them it is a matter Of business
pure and simple. They demand their
''pOund Of flesh" Inevitably and re-
moEselessly.
If the people are 10 have economy in
the public services. there Is a way, and
only one to secure il. and that Is to
restore Democrats to power in every
branch Of the federal government
A Phrase That VIII Lave.
The latest manifestation Of Republic
znism is found in the history Of the
Fifty-ffth congress, which has Just |
passed into odoriferous history. II Is
astounding TO study the appropriation
bills Of the Fifty-ffth congress and 10
undertake. to comprehend what a Demo
cratic member felieitously termed 'the
riotOus total Of expenditures" That's
. phrase which win live in literature
and in history. II was not only a riot
ous total. II was wicked and wanton
waste Of the peoples money. fer let II
never be forgotten that a dollar means
Il hard days labor from the rising Of
the sal 70 the going down thereof by
an American citizen somehow, some
where.
The fact that the original 'sbiuion |
dollar eongress"-the Fifty-fnst-ap-
pEopriated 1905. ESQ., ZOE. "a had q
great deal to do with hurting the Re
publican party from power. but the
Fifty-ffth ut-Heroded Herod by ap-
~propEiating the vast sum Of 81. 56e. $780,
016es. 1t staggers the Imagination, II
exhansts the mathematical powezs Of
the mind. to comprehend Il.
II Is said that when some one was
speaking In Hon, Thomas B. Reeds
presence Of the Fifty-hrst being q s'bil-
lion dollar congress" be replied, "Well, |
this is billion dollar country" At the
present rate Of piling up the appropria-
tons the brilliant speaker win soon be
compelled 10 change his famous bon
mot 80 al to read, This is 9 two bill
lion dollar country"
The entire volume Of money Of an
sorts in this country = gold, silver,
nickel. copper and paper has been
generally estimated at about 81, 800,-
000. 900. and here comes the Fifty-ffth
congress and votes nearly that entire
sun in two years
Colossal ExtrAvasaAee.
Still another way Of expressing this
colossal piece Of extravagance-Missouri
is the richest and most populous state
west of the Mississippi, yet all her
property is assessed at a little over
5000. 600, 600, about two-thirds Of the
SUM appropriated by the Fifty-ffth
congress. which sun is equal to about
twice the assessed valuation of Kansas
the great and growing commonwealth
where we have met tonight At this
rate in so years congress viii have
voted away the entire assessed value Of
the richest and most puissant republic
the u ever shone upon since the day
when God said, "Let there be light"
The scope Of the appropriations Of
the Fifty fifth congress was as wide as
that Of the old missionary hymn which
From G~reenland's icy noun
to midas coral strand" for our
statesmen voted the peoples
money for every purpose under heaven,
from buying reindeer in Lapland to {
purchasing Malays under the equator
at s2 per head or at about ~ cents per I
Republicans will not practice econ :
omy in the public expense, " for they !
not how heavily labor is burdened.
No people IN the face Of the earth
long stand this awful drain upon I
their resources. their energies and their
toll, and as cure a grass grows or wa
ter runs they win. when they clearly
the situation, drive from power
he party which 50 shamelessly squan-
iers their substance and abuses their
I
The voters Of the land might as well
make up their minds to the stubborn z
act that there a be no reform in this
p~rodigality 80 long a. the Republicans
iod possession Of the government All {
demonstrates hat proposition
be true.
Under Republican rule II is almost !
impossible 70 abolish an old Office or to
'educe a salary. but il Is no troubls :.
whatsoever 10 create a new one or 10 u
aise a salary. These latter performances
ome as natural 70 them as falling Of a 4
og. and q slippery log at that
Herbert N. Lord.
There isa class of persons in the pub .
ic service who do a vast deal Of valu-
Ible work Of which little is generally
rnown- They are clerks Of the great =
Of house and senate. For
Instance. there il Herbert n. Lord, fors
ears clerk Of the house COMMITTEES on
and means He was Governor
right hand. Lord e an indie b
atigable worker, in the very prime Of
lie powers and perhaps knows more Of
be details Of tariff legislation than any !
man He Is Al unfailing reser-
or Of information on that subject :
have been informed that be is ale
sndidate to succeed Governor DingIsy.
While ! am neither the legal nor the
pintaal adviser Of Maine Republicans n
fesl sure that they can do nothing bet /
e tAan to elect Lord except to elect .
lemocrat. which latter performance. I
sar, Is not within the range Of posi- Q
certainly not within the ranes =
{ probabilities have no doubt that :,
Reed would a. c appoint
ord : member n the ways and means .
ommittee. which would put him upon
be bread and easy highway 10 emit =
snee in the bouss. y
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