Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-10-01

amounting % <2f2. c50 .ccc. and those q 4
ire last fiscal year-the seventa after ,
Grover Cleveland ceased % - Prsssi-
dent--aggrexatinr $50 0oc 900. there q I
a difference SO great as 10 excite alarm +
ia fhe breasts % All thouKhtfni men
even excluding the sun OF 80 coo 90 4
paid for the Panama Canal rights and i
10 the State 81 Panama. the cxoendi- I
tUres % the last fiscal year exceeded 4
he sum OF $500 600 900. being more /
than double the expenditures % the 7
government for all purposes during the /.
lrst year Of Mr.. Cievelant's admins (
tration-
The expenses OF the arst foar years
succeeding the last Democratic admin
istration amounted 90 the enormous av-
crazc q 81 600 Geo per yea. This large
expenditure vas due 70 considerable
extent 20 the cost 81 the spanish
American War. which occurred during
that period. but the termination u
that war brought TO relief 20 the
T I reasury. Tor the average annual cX-
pCrses of the government during the
three subsequent years ending jgne go.
. 1904. we're about 1919 600 0o0. which -
the largest sum hitherto reached. lu-
ring a ike period. since the close q
tie Civil War
This draft rron the revenue 90 fhe
country hos had che erect Which might
have been anticipated. and now We
have presented the reverse 90 the situ-
ngon which lc1 to the famous o1ser-
Walton. -It is q condition and nos
4 theory. which corfronts us.' for a.
though the present Incumbent fourt az
tho close % the arst fiscal wear during
/ which he assumed control 81 the ad-
f ministrati0n. a surplus ~ receipts over
+ expenditure 81 more than t9i onl 90.
there was an excess OF expenditures
over receipts no frc close OF the last
fiscal year OF So 600 600. and the OIL
Ciai monthly reports made by the
Treasury Department show that thc ex-
reudItures are continuously and rapidly
Increasing while the receipts are a.
FINISHING
fn this connection if ga Interesting %
note the recent adm nistrative orders
forbiddIng government officers from
making public any statement OF esti-
mates on which future appropriations
are 90 he based.
~ man of ordinary intelligence aud
prudence should End in the operating
expenses 90 his business such a ire
mcndous percentage of increase. would
be not promptly set on foot an inquiry
tor the cause % the waste and take
Immediate measures 90 stop Co. cape-
Claliy when trusted employees have
been found dishonest ana convicted.
ard a widespread impression exists
hat = thorough Investigation may dis
cover other cases 81 maifeaslnce ?
when fhe Chief Executive reported %
Congress that. through frauds forge
rlog and perIur.es. and hy shameless
iriherIee the laws relating fo Che
proper conduct nf the public service in
general and f0 fho due administration
40 |I..f HIHr N..er
roforiousiy violated there
was general popular demand Tor a
rilII sweeping Investigation hT Com
lress in addition to that undertaken
nv the Executive himself Such an in-
tcstIg cation the Republican majority In
? Congress would not permit although
fhe minority insisted that the interest.
. eff good government demanded BE-. An.
( che minority was right. The iocralty
patriotism and national pride of ths
PEOPLE should noe he made an excuse
tor waste of the public funds. Ofic'a
eNtrnyaranre is Official crime.
There is not sentence In fhe Re
, publican platform recomuentirs re
= duCtou in che expenditures of fhe gor
F. Crnm nf. not a iine suggesting thnt ON.
= Increase in the tnst OF the War Dc
.rartmen from $4,000 goo 20 1855 q.
. >It1NUU 600 In 1904 -h ol'i hc inquiries
into. ana not a paragraph calling Tor
thorough .nFesf. cation of those depart
ncnts oi the government in which lls
= honesty bias beCn rerenty disclosed
Reform Iu expenditure must 0e nl
I'M both the Clvll. Military and Nava
I, establishment in order that che na
,Loual expenditures may bc orouEh. @
= "a basis Of peace and the sovernmcn
/, maintained without recourse CD Oh
f.rn1 no war