Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-05

Clty 10 the secretary OF the Treasury
for financial assistance because, as II
was claimed, the officers OF that bank
had contributed literally to the election
Of the present chief executive was NOT
made In vain. and the asked for as.
sistance In this case from the govern.
fleDt was freely il not corruptly given.
"Twelfth-Tbe scandals which sur
rounded the War Department in feed.
ing embalmed beef to the soldiers. in
its purchase Of old yachts, tugs, ocean
liners, ocean tramps, barges, scaws,
etc., for use as army transports consti.
tute an important chapter.
"ThirteeDth SO also the scandals in
connection wlththe Post Office matters
In Cuba, and the scandals In connec.
tlon with the expenditure of the funds
Of the Paris Exposition. Time will not
permit an ainplifcation Of all these
scandals.
"Fonrteenth-irhey loudly proclaim
that theirs Is the party of liberty, and
in their vain glory boast of their very
name, Republican, yet they are caught
coquettlng, and forming secret entang.
ling alliances of the most detestible
character, with the old mother Mon.
archy. They stand supinely by and re-
fuse even an expression of sympathy
with the Boer Republics In
their heroic and unequal strug-
gle for existence as free
men as against the gross oppression
and brutal efforts at eDslavement Of
the same old tyrant who went down in
defeat when lie sought to prevent the
establishment of our own liberty-loy-
ing republic. They thus permit
brave people, in love with their free
Republican institutions, to perish from
the earth, lest by one word of sympathy
and comfort they might offend the deli
cate sensibilities of their new.found al
ly-Great Britain.
"Fifteenth.-An important chapter is
the oft-repeated promise, made to be
broken, that when the war ceased op-
pressive, burdensome and yexatious
war taxes on many articles of prime
necessity should be repealed or re-
duced. Though the war closed two
years ago and notwithstanding there is
4 large and growing surplus in the
treasury, not one dollar of reduction
in these taxes has been made.
ut is known that delegation after
delegation of citizens, suffering from
.hesc burdens, crowded the committee
'ooms ut Washington and literally beg
,ed for some relief. 1t Is true that
hose of us who constitute the minority
IF Congress joined in that appeal and
declared our readiness to support any
md all measures that might in some
legree remove these burdens of taxa.
ion. But deaf ear was turned by
he Republicans to all such efforts for
elief, and none came.
ut is well known also that no relief
will be given by the party in power,
nd 1t is vain for over-burdened people
o look to them while present policies
re attempted to be enforced.
"rhe only hope for relief lies in hurl-
ng from power the Republican party
nd the restoration Of the party which
elieves in simple and economical gov
sixteenth, and lastly: The cost Of {
and it's twin monster
Imperialism. This is neither the time
or the occasion to discuss in detail the {
lcreased appropriations made neces- Il
iry by the Republican policy of i'm |
Briefly, however, l will men I
on that the average of appropriations 1
nr year for all purposes of govern
cnt for the two years Immediately
the Spanish-Amerlcan war
as about $475,OOO,O0O. The average I
lpenditure per annum for each of the