The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-10-03
SAYS TIMES ARE RIPE FOR A CHANGE
AND TAXES ARE EATING US UP ALIVE
Attacks Alleged Repubica Ex.avagance and Polls Fig
ufes to Substantiate His Claim. Deprecaes the
Panama Affair and Throws the Cos
tomary Harpoon Into Octopus

The following letter of acceptanc
has been given out by Henry G. Davis,
vice presidential nominee of the Dem.
ocratic parry:
Elkins, w. Va, Oct. 3, 1904.
Hon. John Sharp Williams, Chairman,
and Other Members of the Com
mittee:
Dear Sirs-ln accordance with GUS
tom and my promise when notified by
your committee at White Sulphur
Springs ON August II, OF my nomina-
ton TO the Office of vice president, |
submit the following observations up
Ol. some of the questions now before
the country.
Times Propitious for Change.
The times are propitious for the re.
insta ,ement of the Democratic party in
control of the government. The pub
lie mind Is being disillusioned of the
pretension OF the Republican party, so
long and SO arrOgantly made, that the
liateral prosperity of the country de-
pends upon its own ascendency.
thoughtful and patriotic peope are
becoming more and more distrus ful
of the heady and personal element of
the present administration, and are
more than willing to see II replaced by
one that better recognizes constitu-
tional and other lawful restraints.
They demand that the present waste
fu extravaganza in the expenditure of
thn ltn hu luyatinn from 4 n
industry of the people shall cease, and
that economy and honesty in the pub
lie se.vice shall be again regarded as
virtues in the high places of the gov
eminent.
Expenses of Government.
The expenditures per capita of The
government are increasing at an alarm
ing rate. When the present admins
tiatiOn went into power there was a
large surplus, but, Notwithstanding the
enormous taxation, the revenues Their
from a. G not now adequate to meet
the demands made by reckless appro-
priatiOns. The revenues fell short
during the last fiscal year over $40,-
100000. In the first sixty days of this
fiscal year the expenditures exceeded
the receipts by $24, 900, 900, and if this
rate of excess should continue, the de.
iicit for the present fiscal year would
bC in the neighbOrhOod of $l40,000,0OO.
This needless deficit Is due to the eX-
travagnce of the administration, and
can only be met by imposing additional
taxes or selling bonds, the 'cby incroas.
ing the intcrest-bcarlng debt of the
government. Which course will the
Republican party adopt? The cost
OF government during the fiscal year
vas $7.H per capita, which means that
the average tax paid in some form or
another by every family of five persons
toward the support OF the national ad
ministratiOn of public affairs was over
$55. which, in the case of wage ca n
Crs, is a considerable percentage of
Their entire earnings for the year. No
more money should be taken from the
people by taxation, direct or indircc.,
than is necessary for the needs of n
government economically administered.
To show the rapid growth Of the cost
Of government, It Is only necessary to
give the total expenditures in the ,ast
fiscal year Of the following admins ra-
tiOns:
buchanan. 1860 sG3.OOO.OOO; perl
capita S2.O1.
Cleveland. 1892. s3I5ooo.ooo; perl
capita S5.Z9.
Roosevelt. 1905. s5s2.ooo.ooo; perl
capita S71i.
Army.
In answer 10 criticisms upon the size |
and expense of maintaining the army.
tho president has said fnat the number
Of soldiers now is no greater IWr capita
than in former times. but an amy
ihrn was norcssary go prutrct settlers
{ ON the Ind ans. and 90 Do other
police duty iu tho unsettled portion
- the country r1.1ifiDns which 10
i0i nov exist Tho army. however
ias greatly incroa=od .n r0sf. much
faster relatively than b. has in num-
Jcrs
Tho rNpcnsDf Errr.
Under Hurhauau. 'n 1850. g1s. 500 900
Tnd'r Hayaa in 1850 80 .ff1. .In1.
I-nder HODasfalf. in 1905 g11s.Hn1.
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