Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-26

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t'es' gstiou 81 government ospar--
nents army and navy. pensions for
our spldaeTt and ssiloTf and fore ~ re-
afiuns itre fFeeted eEhsustfvaiy.- Cor
tu.6ng. he saTe-
EeformE in Governmental Expsno5-
Eu,eE
% Twerty Weight resfe have passed
sinae she Democratic party of rbs s-sts
- New gU1s. iu eOnveuriuned asssm-
blad recommended 20 the national De
nioefsev she nomination ~ samuel J.
yfdeu as re esn8idzte for the Presi-
deucr. and declared n 20 b. their sst-
tlsd eourieti0D fhat return 20 fhs
euns. r. ufiunal principles. frugal *
peuses and a3miuisfra-ire purity ~
she founders ~ the Republic 10 the
frg+ and m0sr impefiops duty n the
mee--tbe eontusBojug issle DOW be-
fore fle people ~ the Tniyu.' Ttif
strong eEtressjgu was called forth by
fte ratiDnai expenditure FOR the year
1sTJ. ubien ampuuted ~ sZTs.994f99
"a sifuzfiyn which, iu the opinion -
majority q 0pF pe9f3e. gus Md az
imperative demand for reform in the
administration ~ Dutle AFFAIR." A.
the expeuditures ~ the Last fiscal year
amounted g. the en0rmOus total q
s5sZ p00N00. it j. evident that q thor
ougt investigation Of the public ser
vice aud the immediate abandonment
~ useless and eKfraVagsnt eEpendi-
tufes are more necessary now than
they were then. This astounding in
crease is Out of al proportion 70 the
Increase ~ our population, and hnds
20 exeuse from whatever aspect We
view she situation. Tie National Dem
oeTatie platform declares that large
reductions can easily BE- made iu the
annual expenditures 0f the government
without irupsiring the efficiency Of auy
bfanrh 0f the public service. 'anI
there be- any doubt ~ the accuracy of
ftls statement Between the expeudi
tufes ~ the year 1856, amounting 10
sZ42. .O0O.O0O and those Of the last
hseal yeaf-the seventh after Grover
Cleveland ceased 20 be PTesident-ag'
gregating sJsZ, ,g00, 900, there j. a dif.
ference ~ great ~ 90 excite alarm IN
the breasts ~ an thoughtful men.
Even including the sum Of s50,OOD00D
paid for the Panama canal rights and
10 the State ~ Panama, the eHpendi.
tures 0f the last fiscal year exceeded
the sum 81 s532 10000 being more
than double the expenditures ~ the
government for all purposes during the
first year Of Mr. Cleveland = admins
tratiOn.
1.-THE expenses OF the first four
years succeeding the last Democratic
administration amounted 10 the en0r-
nous average Of gji 100000 per year.
This large expenditure was due 20 a
considerable extent 10 the cost 0f the
Spanish American war, which occurred
during that period, but the termination
OF that war brought no relief 10 the
pouses VI the government, during the
three subsequent years ending june
80 1904, were about f5lp0OO,000,
which is the largest sum hitherto
reached, during a like period, since the
close uf the civil war.
"This draft upon the revenues Of
the country has had the effect which
might have been anticipated, and now
We have presented the reverse of the
situation, which led 20 the famous oh.
srryation, ~ is condition, and not
a theory, which confronts us;' for, al
though the present incumbent found az
the close 0t the FIRST fiscal year, during
which be- assumed control OF the AL.
miuistratiou, a surplus Of receipts over
expenditures OF more than sal, ,OO0,0O0,
there WAS un excess Of expenditures
over receipts al the close OF the last
fiscal year OF 80 100000, and the OH.
rinl monthly reports made by the treas
ury department show that the eXpendi.
lures are continuously and rapidly in.
ereasiug. while the receipts are dimin
ishing.