Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-09-15

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cutting down the expenses within the con
troll Of the executive department of the
government below that of the preceding
| administrations. The comparison will show
| also that each succeeding Republican adj
ministration after 1868 increased expenses,
and IN some instances SO greatly as to in
dictate reckless extravaganza and waste OF
the peoples money
GROWTH or REPUBLICAN EXPENDITURES.
During Mr. Clevelands first term the
average annual expenditure was about
| a269, 100000. For the past three years it
has been about $519, 000, 600. The govern
mental expenditure last year amounted up
| to $685., 900, 600, which is not equaled by
any year since the Civil War with the ex-
ception of the year Of the Spanish War.
There is an inevitable result to such
extravaganza. Instead of a surplus in the
annual receipts Of about $50, 000, 900, which
the present executive fund on assuming
control, there is now deficit to be found
there of $40, 000, 600.
The limits of this address will not per
nit further reference to the cost of adj
ministration, but it should receive careful
examination at your hands. And you will
be convinced that reform is necessary aye,
far more necessary than in 1876 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 chal-
lenge of the Republican platform permits
you to compare the details, the everyday
life, so to speak, of the Democratic adj
ministrations with both predecessive and
successive administrations, and you will
not shrink from it.
The sturdy honesty, marked ability and
thorough devotion to principle of all those
in high places during those Democratic adj
ministrations may, without hesitation, be
placed alongside the qualifications Of sim
liar officials in any and all other admins
trations. Who, pray you, would hesitate
to compare the members of the cabinet of
those years with the present one, or with
any one? Is the fame of Bayard, Manning,
Fairchild, Endicott, Whitney, Villas. Dick
inson, Garland, members of the 1884 Cab
met, and Olney Carlisle, Lamont, Smith,
Francis, Herbert, Bissell, Wilson and Hair
mon, of that of 1892, dwarfed when con-
trasted with the Cabinet officers of to-day?
When the comparison is once completed
you will be eager to ask the people which
is the better. They will declare the victor
in the contest between administrations to
be the one which, in addition to other ex-
cellencies, sayed many millions year to
the nation.
FEDERAL RXrRAyAGANCE RUNS RIOT.
Extravaganza is running riot in Federal,
State and municipal governments, in spite
uf the well-directed effort of some excellent
officials The Indebtedness of the munich
pal governments is steadily piling up,
bond issues are increasingly frequent and
the people haye not the satisfaction in
many instances of a full equivalent for the
money expended. And the Federal Govern
ment is leading in the race of great ex-
penditures. Ere long the people will de
mand a reform in administrative expenses.
And they will do it now if they can be
made to appreciate the whole truth.
The Democ attic party is not a machine.
1t is a body u citiz-ns who believe that
on the whole, its fundamental principles
are best adapJed to the conduct Of the
government.
Among so many patriotic and intelli-
gent men, it is inevitable that divergence
Of opinion as to mlnor questions and diff
feTences of view as to the correctness of the
disposition of the dead issues should be
found. The party is concededly united to-
day as to every vital article of it'll which
can reasonably enter into the peBding can
vass.
''Our adversaries are entrenched, in full
possession of every department of the gov
eminent, and 1t is mistaken policy that
would drive away voters who would help
to GUST them. The cause cannot be adj
vanced by attacks on others within the
party with whom we have had disagree
ments, but who are now working with US
for a common result.
DRAWS LESSON FROM VERMONT.
s'All men who have any degree of promi-
hence have their friends and the exercise
of ordinary prudence forbids the alienation
of allies who are willing and anxious to
assist The coming election is not to be
determined by the September vote in hope |
lessly Republican States, where the local
issues and candidates even are grievously
handicapped, but the result in Vermont /
Tuesday admonishes us and there can be |
no harm III giving voice to the admonitlon |
that a harmonious cooperation of all /
and the elimination of personal, fractional T
and unimportant differences involving no
surrender of principle, are essential to sue
cess
After the speaking was over Judge
Parker and the members of his family /
greeted all the guests at an informal re-
ception held on the veranda. The entire /
delegation and other visitors then pro-
ceeded to the boat, where luncheon was
served. The party returned to New York
city by boat.