Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-28

tie slasE dsca15 yeart the seventh after
GroYer!sEieFelaHd ceased to be Presl-;
den ssfrhsgaafiiig $3.50 100000 there iss
3 difference so great. ge as 10 excite alarm.
iiiSf the breasts Of. aaii thoughtful men;
Even. AM dflig the sum 5oof $4,000, 600
paid sfot fths tihis 1'aflanta Canal rights and
to stheSS State OF Panama, ths expendl;
turesS oGathe last fiscal year exceecea
.tlessIWs of s5S2, ,000, 900, being more
than sdStible the expenditures OF the
gGyerIHient for: all purposes during the
tlfs5 ri: of Mr.: GleYe!and's admins,
@Thessxpenses 1,1 iEg Of the fGffst foafr years
:isuccesd dsng the last Dem acratic admin!
iistratioh h!amounted to the enorfiou aS- W:
srage es1ss11 ;0O0, cooper year. This large
kxb be;dtture was due to. a considerable
exfenfN Cost az the Spanish
AM cansWt az Which occurred during
that Esai6d But the termWatf6H of,
that .Ws srs brought: 10 faief q to thu
ttfsasusys for the average annual cz..
93Ipenses iof the eiev vernment during the,
three4a6b 6bsequont years ending June so,
9G4; were about s519 ,000, ,000, which 70
tfis atgast; auIii !, hi itherto reached, du-
ringsas ssliklss period, since tse close OF
the Civ INY7ar: !, 49,,
This idraft upon the revenue OF the
,touIitrss Has had the effect which might
have sGseis sai leipated, and now we
have. PRESENTED the reverse o. the situ-
alton. !. which led to the famous o5ssfl'
yatiort; lis "a eond dition, and not
fhesfYSERhish eenfronts u.s." for, al
ih6ugi}ths resent incumbent found et
fh6 eI1sgs6fst the first fiscal. year, during
which fes ASSUMED &8ntrbI a the az.
ministration, a surplus of rec5tFts oyeaI ysa
expend lures OF more than s91, ,O00,00o,
there .Was an excess of expenditures
ever 3tacei pta! at the close Of the last
fiscaiss issysaf 6f s4a, 100000, and the off,.
ciai iIfnoo oonritthiy; reports made by the:
1feasnS Dgpar rtmsnt show that the exs
nenditifres are c6f1 tifu6uSly and rapidly
increasing; while the receipts are df-
plinisblng IS 49,, !
In stbistconnection it is interesting TO-
note stfeSrecent: administrative orders !
fofbiddfng government officers from
making public any statement OF estl.
ruat es3 5n 5nit which future appr5pria lions
are to. .bStbaSsa: st..ss :;
Z # # 3. manor ordinary iiteiligence and
+ 'pfudence should: find in the operating
expensSS: 6f his business such a tire:
mendols percentage OF t1eTsase, would
he not3promptly set on foot an ihqHtrg
for the cause OF the waste, and take
Immediate measures to stop it, espe-
cialIysw6e trusted employees nave
been found dish honest and convicted j
and q Widespread impression exists
that a. Thorough investigation may dis,
c6VJeef ,s iUtytherT cases 6f rhalfeasance7 Z
Whefi The: Gfiief Executive reported to
nglresssthat, Through frauds, forge:
ries ndaDerjuries, and by shamelass
briberies the laws relating to. tee
propelSS conduct of the public service in
renerafs.and to the due administration.
Of the pSstoffice Department have been
hotori5Gsfy violated s there
was asgsnerai popular demand for d
rigid. sweeping ihYestig CATION by C5E-
gress, safis addition ito. that undertaken
by,the slExecutiv himself: Such an iri-
;yestigea ion itoSp the. Republ blicai maj ajority IN
Congress essssgsWisrould not permit; although
the 5n;SoIrriity insisted that the interests
Of Of gto,os2sgovernm mt d emanded 1T. nd
the miSDrity was rig Il. rliberahtys
:pat9a nssaad Qua sprid dsS9IssEE9!ss .EE!ss
Tor waste s e. -6f 51 the public funds. Official
extravaganza is official crime.
There is not sentence in the he
publi.an platform recommending re-
duction in the expenditures of the gov
crnment; not a line'suggesting that the
increase in the cost OF the War De-
rartmenf from s34,OOO,O0O in 1886 to
Sis 100000 in 1904, should be inquired
into; and not paragraph calling for a
thorough investigation of those depart
ments of the government in which dls-
honesty has been recently disclosed.
Reform in expenditures must be naa
in both. the Civil, Military and naval
in order that the ma
tional expenditures may be brought 70
a basis of peace and the government
maintained without recourse to the
taxes Of war.
c0NCI JIC}ON