The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-04
DANGEROUS
TO LIBERTY
Senator Davis, in Letter Of Ac-
ceptancc, Warns People
Against Imperialism.
TARIFF AND THE TRUSTS.
Says Some Of Latter Are Per-
l,icious and Harmful to
General Interest.
TARIFF AND THE TRUSTS y J;:''
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! (Sprclal to Tho Times Dispateh)
ELS1Ns. w. VA, october a--The LETT
ter OF acceptance OF the Hon. Henry e..
Davis, Democratic nominee for tho vice..
presidency, was made public Sunday. 1t
| is as follows;
Hon. John Sharp Williams, Chairman.
and ether s members q the s9mm,,ee;
con- eommitYteay Z at White sulpRnr Springs er
MHgus i, 5t q ny 5n fer fSe fo
Gnssaons now 5eiose tRe
lime Propitious for Change.
statement q the Democratic party, il
sant a i S 6 ths cf b p Psso
50 arrogantiy made that the material
country sspsnHs u n1a
more dlstrustfu Of the heady and per-
sonal element Of the present adminstra !.
replaced by one that better recognizes
constitutional and Other lawful restraints;
They demand that the present wasteful
money. drawn by taxation. from the in
dustry Of the people. shall cease, and
stnat. q economy ana ghones.y In tho public
Service Snull De again EIe6IEuEQ4 as VIZ;
tues in the high places Of the govern
,nent.
Expenses of Government.
The expenditures per capita Of the gov
ernment are increasing a an. alarm ng
rate. When the present administration
went into po,wsr ther9 WAS large snT
S taxation, the revenues therefrom are not
now adequate to%meet the demands made.
~ reckless .appro priations T no revenues
! fall g trr 1,o In OF nuc n v nj
! over $i0,O0o,000. In the first sixty days.
Of the fiscal year the eapend,t re- OK,
cseded the receipts By $4,000 co.. and Il Il
DO in the neighborhood Of sl4o.ooo, doo This
needless deficit Is due to the extravaganza
met BY imposing additional taxes, Or sell.
bearing debt Of the government. Which nc
cost Of government during the fiscal year.
was $7.14 per capita, which means that.
the average tax paid, in some form or
another, by every family of Ave persons
aistration Of public affairs was over S25,
which, in the case of wage-carners. Is a.
considerable percentage of their entire
should be taken from the people BY tax
alton. direct or indirect. than is necessary
for tho needs Of q government economi,
growth of the cost Of government it is
only necessary TO give t he total expcndi-
lures In the last fiscal year of the follows
Ing administrations: l5@
Buchanan. 1850 .sea, 600, 600 = Per capita,
Cleveland, 1892, ssl5ooo,ooo. Per capita,
Roosevelt, 1904 $500 900. Per capita,
STA. !. n
Army.
In answer to criticisms upon the sizc
and expense Of malnta'ning the the
soldiers now is ND greater per capita
thaniin former times. But an army then
was necessary TO protect settlers from
the Indians and to do other police duty
in the unsettled portion OF the country.
conditions which do not now exist. The
army. however, has greatly increased In
Iacost.fmuch faster relatively than It has
IN numbers.
The expenses were:
Under Buchanan In 1850. ......,..5 16, 800 900
Under Hayes In 1850. ~. ......... 100000
Under Roosevelt in 1901 .......... liz, 100000.
II. Panama.
We all hail as the harbngcr Of the
I#new era N the commerce Of the world
the inception OF the great work OF build
ling the canal that Is TO join. the two
great oceans; but we dcprecate the action
OF the present administration, which liz
nictcd wound upon our national honor
by its d sregard Of the rig hts OF q
weaker nation, In order to gain a doubt.
full credit for energy in forwarding th Ia;
pea,ses vas vsa, seized ~ band Of revoa.
onists ~ the guns qf the
State overnight. which the President
promptly recognized as an independent
nation. A gross olfense against q friend