The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-03

this government when 80 public Office
was public trust" To-day "a pub
lIc office is private snap" in the es-
timstion of republican officials. The
salaries Of government officials in
many instances are so ont of proper
tion with the little work they do that
We can readily account for doubled an.
propriationB. Que striking example
ca this eztrayagsncs may be seen in
the report Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury. showing that l92 custom
house on eaieess, employed at salaries
aud expenses amounting to Gl6A GOO,
collected but $63, 1000. At Glouess.
ter, MASSACHUSETTS, it costs $l9, ,489 TO
collect S5,132; at Brazos, Texas, IL
costs S3l 1891 to collect S4,731. Those
are only few incidents which might
be multiplied until you tired hearing
them. Of course there are other ports
which pay very mdoh in excess OF the
cost Of collection, but it only goes to
show the extrevagent methods Of pro-
teetion and the crying necessity for
reform in the mode ef collecting reve-
nue..
The next great difference between
the national parties is On the oues-
tion OF subsidies. The republican
party, not content with making you
pay tex of from twenty five to fifty
per cent. to the manufacturer, would
take an additional toll from you to
enable the truste 70 carry those goods
from your oenters OF trade at very
low shipping rate to the door OF the
competing foreign purchaser. It is o
repetition Of the old miiier's conduct,
who said to one Of his boys: "John.
you toll that oorn?" eyes, sir" saws
John. Turning to another he said,
Tom, you toll that oorn?" eyes,
sir" II believe you ara both liars so
III toll it myself" A bill providing
g subsidy of something like ten MIL
lions, direct gift 60 the chipping in
terests, passed the senate during the
last session, and was barely killed in
house committee by the aid Of two re-
publican votes. The bill will be re-
newed, and so auFe as republican
Standardization lie elected will pass
b6eh houses.
In closing let me summarize what
We etand for and upon what wo hone
town in Che next election. We stand
fora moderate tariff that will build
up commercial interests at home, de-
stroy trusts, and produce only 80
much revenue as is necessary for en-
economical administration OF the gov
ernment. as against high tariff that
foster9 tTcstB and extravagant ad-
ministration of government.
We stand for honesty in Office as
against corruption that has arisen as
stencil in the nossrils Of the Ameri-
can people.
We would release the Philippines,
holding over them proteotorate rights
and claim for such amounts 90 they
Justly owe US, thereby putting an end
to further expenditures as against an
extravagant policy of continuous ad-
minstration there, entailipg the cost
Of additional hundreds of millions, and
bringing uB NO nearer solution, of
the problem. We are for reform COM
plete and entire, not such as the old
time serving minister recommended
to. his rich and wayvard parishioners
when he said:
Brethren, you must repent a little,
asst were, be converted in measure
OF ycu will be damned to some ex-
tent"
! Our government under republican
rule is fast drifting into that oondi-
tion which invariably marks the de-
cadence Of republican forms Of gov
ernment. We are building up an
aristooracy Of wealth who know no
limits in their demands, who even
now hold the destinies Of the repub.
lican party in their hands, and vhose
arrogance and presumption dictates to
the president himself. When so-cslled
popular government is based upon de-
orees issued from the bank vault in
stead OF the ballot box, labor will bo
robbed and degraded, and liberty itself
trampled under foot. Such has been
the history Of other republics chat ex.
ist now only IN history-sueh is the
trend OF events with us. ,t44