The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-22

4 In favor of comforting upon tue $iTesi'
dent, the power TO interfere with the ~.
ternal affairs OF a Sottl American a
Slate at pleasure
Has Not The Power.
rhe President has not the power To DC.
clare q policy equivalent to n threat 81
armed intervention whenever he shall de-
eide the circumstances justify it an
H. attempt to exercise such q power woulu
/ constitute nsurpation prohibited by the
I Constitution of the United States. Hence
d IL is safe to assume that notwithstanding
the letter To Secretary Root, which was
nj reu,l III the Cuban anniversary dinner,
ii no administration will dare attempt 10
establish universal protectorate over
American States. or TO become #resPeii-
sib1e for their nilsdeeds
mir. olney admirably stated the pur-
pose OF the Monroe doctrine In his speech
II Harvard college March 2, 1885 "in &c
vital feature Of the Monroe doctrine -
that no European power snail forcipiy
POSSESS itself or American SOIL and forcl.
bly, control tho political fortunes and
destinics OF its people.
The National Position.
.rhat is the national position, and 1t
y will be maintained. ,
"But how South American states shiill
behave toward each other, or whcthcr
they shall govern themselves well or be
PROSPEROUS Is not part of the Monroe doc
trlne. Until the people shall amend tho
Constitution so MS TO permit the eSecu-
a ton Of tho remarkable policy suggested
nv the letter Of Secretary Root, 1t is per-
/ 1ectly safe to say that we shall have no
moro need for q larger army than we
formerly had.
SIN tho conduct OF tho War Department
alone there can be saved TO the people
many millions a year. which the admin
tstration not only does not propose 10
save. but is frank enough to say It. Take
another Illustration, which recite as
furnishing strong prcsumpt!ve evidence
OF teStravagance. Seven years ago, under
Democratic administration the civil and
miscellaneous expenses of the govern
ment amounted to ninety millions OF dol
lars for the year.
Now, what has happened So tre-
n,endously have our expenditures under
That head grown during the last seven
years that the last fiscal year they
amounted to one hundred and eiEhty-six
million dollars Moro than double the
4 expenditures OF 1897.
Was an Under Estimate.
II havo on another occasion referred
to the waste OF money in the Philippines.
rutting the cost to us at six hundred
and fifty million dollars, in addition to
the twenty million dollars paid TO Spain
for the opportunity of taking it's place
in wasting lives and money on the Phil
ippines, asserting not dollar of it will
q ever como back TO us. The answers so
Tar have betrayed a desire to destroy
the effect the statement should have.
TO that5en an issue is attempted to
be made as to the amount expended.
1.-THE defenders of this policy of waste
.t..,A & ii, Is, t
examination of the speeches of senators
and representatives in Congress, in
Guiding that of Senator Hoar III the
Senate OF the United States, May 90
1902, will show that my statement of.
cost was an underestimate, as it was
intended to be.
Question for the People.
Edward Atkinson. whose fame as Il
statlstician is severe in the confidence
OF his countrymen, in letter to the
New York Times, of October 20, 1901.
estimates the cost TO u.s. 1T two hundred
million dollars a year. and the probable
cost to date at one billion and two hun
dred million. His letter should be read
by every voter. The vast sums thus
expended come out OF the pockets OF
our taxpayers. Not q dollar Of It will
be returned 10 Them ana it Is for them
have their money expended in support
OF such a ploicy. If they are, then other
islands and other countries may be add
cd 10 Our possessions until their cost Of
maintenance compes every worker IN
this country TO support a soldier and his
family as we'll as himself and his own.
Gne Of the official family OF the admin
sstration asks that NC support our charge
& OF extravaganza by specifications. The
figures given above will fully answer
That purpose. They not only raise the
presumption OF extravaganza hut they
prove it a further bill of particulars
will be furnished as soon rs a Demo
cratic administration has had n chance
80 examine the books The result of this
s extraordinary increase in our expendl-
tures has been 10 create deficiency in
ne annual receipts.
A Serious Situation.
Now this deficiency in receipts pre-
4 sents a serious situation. Either the
expenses must bsi.cils doEn-and the pres
ent Administrations" says in effect that It
does not propose to do 1t. or VIC must
provide some other method Of raising
the needed money Either bonds must
be issued for that purpose or We must
levy other taxes. Such taxes were raised.
under the war revenue law of 1898. an
announcement and Irritating method OF
providing revenue. which In its operation,
both annoyed and burdened every class
OF people.
We do not charge that money .s de-
aberatcly thrown away or that 1t Is
turned over to all who make some shadow
OF claim for It without questioning. But
rather that the evidence points unmistak-
ably TO lack Of effort to hold In check
those whose business It Is to provide ways
and means TO profit by government ex-
Denses. In other words, economy In the
expenditure OF the money of the people
Is no longer leading object OF admins
tratton.
illustrations abound on every hand
q which show that the teachings of re-
cent Sfars-that II is legitimate func-
ZION OF GOVERNMENT TO help indiy!duals--