Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-07-19
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
heir strong arm, and plain duty vanished
ike mist before the rising sun. The
president wheeled into line, the repubE-
,an party reversed it's policy and set up
! tariff wall between the island OF Porto
Rico and the remainder OF the United
States. The democratic party stands for
equal taxation, equal rights, and oppor.
tunities to all who come under the folds
81 the flag.
"Tenth--They wholly failed to tell the
country what their policy is in respect to
the Philippine Islands. For two years,
by their equivocating policy and no policy |
at all, they have continued in that archi-
pellgo war expensive in human blood |
as we'll az in money. incompetent to
desl with this q ,estion, and too cowardly
to avow their real purpose Of Imperialism
and militarism in dealing with these and
kindred colonial questions, they should
be retired from power and the control
should be given to a party honest, bold
and patriotic enough to apply American
theories and precepts to existing condi-
tons, and thereby solve them in harmony
with the underlying principles Of the
Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution Of our country.
"Eleventh-The scandalous dealings OF
high cabinet officer with private banks
Of the country. These scandals are no.
torious, and are based upon the earnest
and repeated written demands of the off.
GERS Of some Of these banks that they
shout he favored by this administration
because Of money contributed by them
with which to buy the presidency OF 1896.
correspondence submitted to congress
shows that in one case at least an appeal
from an institution in New York City to
the secretary Of the treasury for financial
assistance because, as it was the officers
Of that bank had contributed literally to
the election Of the present chief execu-
tive was not made in vain and the asked
for assistance in this case from the
government was freely ii rot corruptly
given.
"Twelfth-The scandals which sur
round the war department in feeding
embalmed beef to the soldiers in it's pur.
chase Of old yachts, tugs, ocean liners.
ocean tramps, barges, scows &C., for use
as army transports.
"Thirteenth-The scandals in connec-
ton with the post.office matters in Cuba,
and the expenditure OF the funds Of the
Paris Exposition.
"Fourteenth-They loudly proclaim
that theirs is the party Of liberty, yet
they stand supinely by and refuse even
an expression Of sympathy with the Boer
republics in their heroic and unequal
struggle for existence against the gross
oppression and brutal efforts at enslave-
ment of the same old tyrant who went
down in defeat when he sought to prevent
the establishment Of our own liberty.
loving republic. They thus permit a
brave people in love with their free re-
publican institutions to perish from the
earth. lest by one word Of sympathy and
comfort they might offend the delicate
sensibilities Of their new-found ally
Great Britain.
"Fifteenth-An important chapter is
the oft.repeated promise, made to be
broken, that when the war ceased the
burdensome and vexatious war taxes on
many articles Of prime necessity should
be repealed or reduced. Though the war
closed two years ago, and notwithstand.
ing there is large and growing surplus
in the treasury, not one dollar Of reduc.
ton in these taxes has been made.
ut is known that delegation after dele.
cation OF citizens suffering from these
burdens crowded the committee rooms at
Washington and literally begged for some
relief. 1t is true that those Of us who
constitute the minority Of congress joined
In thst appeal and declared our readiness
to support any and all measures that
might in some degree remove these bur-
dens Of taxation. But deaf ear was
turned by the republicans to all such
efforts for relief. and none came.
"Sixteenth and lastly-The cost Of re.
publicanism and it's twin monster imper-
ialism. The average Of appropriations
per year for all purposes Of government
for the two years Immediately preceding
the Spanish.American war was about
$475, 100000. The average expenditures
per annum for each Of the three years