The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-19

and constitutional administration OF
the government
| find it. therefore. great pleasure.
standing here upon the bOrderland OF
tn" two Nirgi1ias. TO receive and ac-
cept the commission you bear. to
send greetings through YOU to the
democracy OF the entire country. Is
it not significant OF closer and truer
brotherhood among lis. that for the
first time since the Civil War nomi
nee on the national ticket has been
taken from that section OF Our COM
mon country that lies south Of Ma
son and DiNon's line-a happy recog-
milton OF the obliteration of all Sec
tional differences which led to and
followed that unhappy struggle.
As introductory to the few re-
marks I shall make. I desire to say
that I heartily endorse the platform
upon which | have been nominated
and with the convention and its NOM
lnee Tor president. regard the present
monetary standard Of value as ir-
revocably established.
In the campaign preceding the last
election. much stress was laid by re-
publican speakers upon the prosper
81 ~,
forebodings we're heard of the i'll re-
suits, especially to the laboring man,
which would follow any change in
the political complexion of the gov
ernment. It is true that the times
were then good. but it is no less a
fact that. while there has been no
change in the party in power. many
of the evils prophesied have come un-
der republican rule. -Four years ago
factories, mills, mines and furnaces
were in active operation, unable to
supply the demand. but now many
are closed. and those that are open
are being operated with reduced
force on short hours. Then wages
, were high. labor was scarce and there
| was work for all. Now work is scarce,
many wage-earners unemployed, and
wages reduced. The apprehension
which now prevails in busines circles,
and the present unsatisfactory indus
trial conditions of the country seem
to demand a political change.
The receipts of the government for
the year ending June 80, 1902, the
first fiscal year of the present admin
istration, showed a surplus over ex-
penditures OF Sol 100000, but for the
fiscal year ending June 80 1904 instead
of surplus there was deficit Of
Sal. 100000 From the Ist of July,
1904. to August 10, or for about a
month and third of the present fs-
cal year the expenditures of the
governu cat have exceeded the re-
ceipts by S2IzI5,ooo Their. could be
no stronger evidence Of the eXtrav-
agance into which the republican
party has fallen. and no more potent
argument in behalf of a change to
the party whose tenets have always
embraced prudence and economy in
administering the people 5 affairs.
Our republican friends are prone to
refer to the great commercial growth
OF the country under their rule, and
yet the census reports show that
from 1850 to 1860, under democratic
rule and the Walker tariff, the per-
centage OF increase was greatest in
population, wealth. manufactures and
railroad mileage, the factors which
affect most largely the prosperity of
the country than in any decade since.
The cost of government has large
ly increased under republican rule.
The expenditures per capita for the
last years respectively Of the admin
istration given, taken from the re-
ports OF the secretary of the treasury,
were as follows:
In 1860 under Buchanan. S2.oI.
In 1893 under Harrison, SAT-.
In 1897 under Cleveland, $50.
In 1901 under Mckinley. $3.50.
In 1904 under Roosevelt, $40.