Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-10-07

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expenditures Of the Government for all
purposes during the first year OF Mr..
Cirvclands administration
The expenses Of the arst four years
succeeding the last Democratic Ad-
ADMINISTRATION amounted to the enormcns
average Of SSH. i.0oo..0o per year. This
large expenditure was due to a consid-
. erabie extent to the cost Of the span
ish- American War. which occurred
during that period. but the termination
= OF that war brought no relief to the
, Treasury fog the average annual ex-
: penses of the Government during the
. three subseauent years ending June ~,
, 1884 were about x5i9 sHs,.ssA, which 10
. the largest sum hitherto reached. dur-
ing a like period. since the close u the
/ Civil War.
CONCEALMENT OF CONDITIONS.
This draft npon the revenaes Of the
country has had the effect which might
have been anticipated. and now we
have presented the reverse OF the satu-
alton. which led to the famous ebser-
walton. 1t is q condition and not q
theory. which confropts us" for. al
Though the present incumbent found At
the close Of the first Ascal year. dWr-
| ing which he assumed control Of the
: ADM nistratioa, q surplus OF receipts
over expenditures OF more than t91.-
tVb), there was an excess OF expeR-
disures over receipts at the close OF the
Inst fiscal year of &i1 tasD. .essl. and the
eHicial monthly reports made by the
Treasury Department show that the
expenditures are continuously ana
rapidly increasing, while the receipts
are diminishing.
In this connection It 10 interesting
to note the recent Administrative Or
ders forbidding Government officers
from making public any statement Of
estimates on which future spprOpria-
tions are to he based.
II mau ct ordinary intelligence
81 prudence should Ind II te eperat-
ing expenses sf bis buainees ouch q
tremeBdeas percsstase q tnCsease,
would be not promptly se< - fest IN
inquiry for the cause u ~ was1e, and
IKE immediate steps To stop Il, espe-
cially when trusted emp 0pes have
been found dishonest and convicted,
and a widespread impression exists
that a thorough investigation may die
cover other cases of malfeasance?
When the Chief Executive reports TO
Congress that, Through fraud, forger-
les and perjuries, and by sha Deless
briberies the law relating TO the proper
conduct of the public service In gen.
eral, and TO the due administrator OF
: the POstoffice Department have been
Dotori0usly violated ;" therv
was a general popular demand for q
rigid, sweeping investigation by Con
: gress, in add! lion to that underta eE
1 by the Executive himself. such ~
: Investigation the Republican ma jOrity
p in Congress would not permit. al.
though the minority insisted that ths
interest of good government demanded
! ii. And the minority WAS right. The
l liberality, patriotism and National
+ pride OF the people should not be made
r an excuse for waste Of the public
I funds. Official extravagance is Omcia
crime.
There n not a sentence in the Repub
lican platform recommending a reduc
tion in the expenditure of the Govern
ment; not q line suggesting that the
increase In the cost of the War Depart
ment from x34,0o, ,O0O in 1886 TO SIS,
100000 in 1904, should be inquired into
and not a paragraph calling for a thor
Ough Investigation Of those depart
ments OF the Government in which dis
honesty has been recently disclosed.
The people, however. can by theiI
votes, II they desire II. order such ar
Investigation and inaugurate 4 policy
Of economy and retrenchment. 1t i,
safe to say that this viii not be &C
complished by endorsing at the poll,
the Republican majority Of the Hous<
OF Representatives which refused th<
investigation and made the appropria
tioss, nor by continuing in power the
Administration which made the dis.
bursements.
Reform in expenditures must be had
In the Civil, Military and Naval e..
tablishments in order that the National
expenditures may be brought to q
basis OF peace and the Government
maintained witbout recourse to the
taxes Of war.
CONCLUSION.
| have put aside 4 coprepia1 vrort