Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-08

| gance Instead of a surplus i'll the an- nual receipts of about eighty millions,
 which the present executive found on
 assuming control, there is now a de- l ficit to be found there of forty-two millions.
 "The limits of this address will not l permit further reference to the cost
 of administration, but it should re-
 ceive careful examination at your
 hands. And you will be convinced that reform is necessary, aye fal
 more necessary than i'll I780 in the scale of public expense.
 and when convinced you will do less
 than your duty if you fail to make the
 people understand it. The challenge
 of the republican platform permits you to compare the details, the every day 1 life, so to speak, of the democratic ad- ministrations with both predecessive land successive administrations, and Iyou will not shrink from it.
 '"The sturdy honest, marked ability and thorough devotion to principle of all those in high places during those democratic administrations may with out hesitation be placed alongside of the qualifications of similar officials in any and all other administrations.
 Who, I pray you. would hesitate to compare the members of the cabinet of those years with the present ones or with anyone? Is the fame of Bay ard, Manning, Fairchild, Endicott, | Whitney, Villas, Dickinson, Garland, members of the 1884 cabinet, and sOl, ney, Carlisle, Lamont, Smith, Francis, Herbert, Bissell, Wilson and Harmon,
 of that of 1892, dwarfed when con, | trasted with the cabinet officers to- day? When the comparison. is once completed you will ibe eager to ask the people which is the better. They will
 declare the victor in the contest be- tween administrations to be the one l which, in addition to other excel- lencies, saved many millions q year to the nation.
 ~Extravagance Is running riot in l federal, state and municipal govern mepts. in spite of the well directed effort of some excellent officials. The 1 indebtedness of the municipal govern
 ments are steadily piling up, bond IS,
 sues are increasingly frequent, and the people have not the satisfaction i'll many instances of a full equivalent i'll improvements for the money expend. ed And the federal government is leading in the race of great expendi-
 turs. Ere long the people will demand
 reform in administrative expenses.
 'tAnd they will do 1t now if they are made to appreciate the whole truth. '.Ehe democratic party is not ma
 chine, it is a body of citizens who be- lieve that on the whole it's fundamental
 principles are best adapted to the con
 duct of the government.
 Among so many patriotic and in telligent men 1t is inevitable that di- vergence of opinion as to minor ques. tions and differences of views as to the correctness of the disposition of dead issues should be found The party Is concededly united to-day as to every vital article of faith which can reasonably enter into the pending canvass
 Our adversaries are entrenched, in 1 full possession of every department of the government, and it is a mistaken | policy that would drive away voters who would help to oust them. The cause cannot be advanced by attacks | on others within the party with whom we have had disagreements but who are now working with us l for common result
 "All men who have attained any de
 gree of prominence have their friends and the exercise of ordinary prudence I forbids the alienation of allies who are willing and anxious to assist The coming election is not to be deter
 mined by the September vote in hope
 lessly republican states, where local tissues and candidates even are gricv- ously handicapped, but the result in Vermont on Tuesday admonishes us,
 and there can be no harm in giving voice to the admonition, that a har-
 monious cooperation of all and the
 elimination of personal, fractional and unimportant differences involving no
 surrender of principle, are essential to
 success