The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-22


pleasure, TO Investigate their form Of gov
ernment; to see whether or not he IL salts
fled with Ii. and. In the event that he u not,
to sImnarily decree such punishment az
In his Judgment the circumstances warrant.
But the President has not the power to de-
clare n policy equivalent to n threat of armed
intervention when he shall decide the cir
cumstanccs justify IT.. An attempt to ex-
ercise such power would constitute usur-
pa,ion prohibited by tire Constitution Of the
that, Notwithstanding the letter to Secretary
Root. which was read at the Cuban ami
versary dinner, no Administration will
dare attempt TO establish universal pro-
Electorate over. American. STATES. or to be-
come responsible for their misdeeds.
PURPOSE OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
MIR. Olnev admirably stated the purpose
of he Monroe Doctrine ia his address at
Harvard College. March ?. 1898: The vital
feature of the Monroe Doctrine X that no
European Power shall forcibly possess
itself OF American soil and forcibly control
people
THAT is the national position and it will
he maintained But how South American
States shall behave toward each other, or
whether they shall govern themselves
we'll or he prosperous, is not part Of the
Monroe Doctrine. Until the people shall
amend the Constitution so az to permit the
execution of the remarkable policy sug-
gested by the letter OF Secretary Root.
II * perfectly safe to say that We shall
than We formerly had In the conduct of the
War Department alone, therefore, can be
saved to the people many millions a year.
which the Administration not only does not
propose TO save but is frank enough to say it.
Take another illustration which | recte as
furnishing strong presumptive evidence Of
extravaganza.
EXPENDITURES MORE THAN DOUBLED.
"Seven wears ago. under Democratic adj
ministTation, the civil and miscellaneous
expenses OF the Government amounted to
500 900 900 for the year. During all tho
history of this country the expenditures
of this character have been gradually
mounting up as the country increased
in population, until finally it had reached
the sum of s9O,O00,0O0.
Nov. what has happened? SO tre-
mendouslv have our expenditures under
that head grown during the last seven
years that the last fiscal year they amounted
to S1S6OOO. O0O-more than double the ex-
pendtures of 1897. If we deduct the eX-
traordinary expenditures for the Panama
Canal and rights, amounting to $50 ,W0,OOO,
we still find the expenditures under that head
to be $4,000 600 greater than they were
seven years ago, an increase of more than
so per cent.
WASTE or MONEY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
81 have another occasion referred
to the waste of money in the Philippines,
putting the cost to us at $3.50 900 600, In
for the opportunity of taking its place
in wasting lives and money on
the Philippines, asserting not a dollar Of
it will ever come back to us. The answers
so far have betrayed a desire to destroy
the effect the statement should have. To
that end an issue is attempted to be made
as to the amount expended.
THE defenders OF this policy of W aste
say that | put the figures too high. An
examination of the speeches of Senator re-
and Representatives in Congress recently
made, including that Of Senator Hoar in
the Senate of the United States, May 81
1902 will show that my statement of cost
was an underestimate, as it was intended
to be.
Edward Atkinson. whose fame as a
statistician is secure in the confidence OF
his countrymen in letter to the New York
Times Of Oct. 20. 1904, estimates the cost to
us at $500, 0O0, 900 year and the probable
cost to date at 81 200 900. His letter
should be read by every voter. The vast
sums thus expended come out OF the pockets
of our taxpayers. Not dollar Of it will
be returned to them, and it IL for thcrn to
determine whether they are willing to have
their monev expended in support or such
policy. II they are, then other islands
and other countries may be added to our
possessions until their cost OF maintenance
compels every worker in this country to
support soldier and his family "a we'll as
himself and his own.
SPECIFICATIONS LATER.
zone Of the official family of the Admin
istration asks that we support our charge
of extravaganza by specifications. The
figures given above will FULLY answer that
purpose They not only raise the pre-
sumption of extravaganza, but they prove
it. A further bill of particulars will be
furnished as soon as Democratic admin
istration has had chance to examine the
books
SPENDING MORE THAN WE TAKE IN.
sThe result OF this extraordinary increase
in our expenditures has been to create
deficiency in the annual receipts In other
words, 1t is costing more money now TO run
the Government than we are taking IN.
In the last fiscal year the revenues fell short
over i40,OOO,OO0. In the first sixty days OF
this A sca year the expenditures exceeded
the receipts by $24 100000. How much
more we nave run behind since we are not
able to state owing to the recent Admins
tration orders forbidding Government Of
fcers from making, public any statement
are based 1t ia safe to assume from the
making OF the orders that there has been
no Improvement otherwise the public
would not be denied all information pending
the campaign.
SERIOUS SITUATION.
-Sow this d. Il cheney IN receipts presents
a serious situation Either the expenses
must be cut down, and the Present Adj
mnistration says In effect that it does not
propose to do it, or We must provide some
other method of raising the needed money.
Either bonds must be issued for that purpose
or we must levy other tax 5, such taxes az
were raised under the war revenue Law of
1898, entitled, An act to provide ways and
means to meet war expenditures and for
other PURPOSES an inconvenient and ir-
ritating method of providing revenue,
which in its operation both annoyed and
burdened every class of people
ECONOMY UNATTRACTIvE.
I'VE do not charge that money is deliber-
ately thrown away or that it is turned over
to all who make some shadow of claim for it
without questioning, but rather that the
evidence points Enthusiastically to lack OF
effort to hold in check those whose business
it is to provide ways and means to profit by
government expense. In other words,
economy in the expenditure of the money
of the people is no longer leading object
of administ ration. Saving millions of the
peoples money a year seems unattractive.
1t requires not only hard work to discover
the leaks, but it requires moral courage
as well az hard work to stop them. Every
business man knows THAT he must be on
guard IL he would prevent the expenses
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