Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-05

dealings of high cabinet officer with pri-
waite banks of the country. These scandals
are notorious, and are based upon the earn
est and repeated written demands of the
officers of some of these banks that they
should be favored by this ADMINISTRATION be-
cause OF money contributed by them with
which to buy the presidency OF 1895. Cor
respondence 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 as
sstance because, as it was claimed. the
officers of that bank had contributed lib
orally to the election Of the present chief
executive, was not made In vein, and the
asked for assistance in this case from the
government was freely, If not corruptly
given.
Twelfth The scandals which surrounded
the War Department in feeding embalmed
beef to the soldiers, in its purchase of old
yachts, tugs ocean liners, ocean tramps,
barges, scows, ETC., for use as army trans
ports constitute an important chapter.
Thirteenth. So also the scandals in con-
nection with the post office matters in Gu
ba, and the scandals in connection with the
expenditure Of the funds of the Paris ex-
position. Time will not permit an amplifica-
ton of all these scandals.
Fourteenth. They loudly proclaim that
theirs is the party of liberty, and in their
vainglory boast of their very name repub-
lican, yet they are caught coqueting and
forming secret entanglng alliances of the
most detestable character with the old moth
er monarchy. They stand supinely by and re-
fuse even an expression of sympathy with
the Boer republics in their heroic and I'M
equal struggle for existence as against the
gross expressions and brutal efforts at en-
slavement of the same old tyrant who went
down in defeat when she sought to prevent
the establishment of our own liberty loving
republic. They thus permit a brave people
in love with their free republican institu-
tons 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.
Continuance Of War Burdens.
Fifteenth. An important chapter is the
oft-repeated promise made to be broken,
that when the war ceased the oppressive.
burdensome and vexatious war taxes on
many articles of prime necessity should be
repealed reduced Though the war
there is a large and growing surplus In the
treasury, not one dollar of reduction in
these taxes has been made. 1t Is known
that delegation after delegation of citizens,
suffering from these burdens, crowded the
committee rooms at Washington and literal
| ly begged for some relief. 1t is true that
! those of us who constitute the minority of
Congress Joined In that appeal and declared
our readiness to support any and all meas
ures that might in some degree remove
these burdens of taxation. But deaf ear
was turned by the republicans to all such
efforts for relief. and none came. 1t Is well
| known also that no relief will be given by
the party in power. and it is vain for over
| burdened people to look to them while pres
| ent policies are attempted to be enforced.
| The only hope for relief lies in hurting
| from power the republican party and the
restoration of the party which believes In
| simple and economical government.
Sixteenth and lastly. The cost Of repub-
licanism and Its twin monster, imperial
| ism.
| This is neither the time nor the occasion
| to discuss in detail the increased appro-
| priation made necessary by the republican
| policy of Imperialism.
Briefly, however. I will mention that the
| average of appropriations per year for all
| purposes of government for the two years
| Immediately preceding the Spanish-Ameri-
| can war was about $475.OOO.00O. The aver
| age expenditures per annum for each OF