The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-25

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III still growing, like Jonahs
gourd vine. What will the stand
patters do now, poor things? How
long can they stand pat ON an increas.
Ing deticit2 They will be compelled to
haul off from gloatlng over events of
1S93-unfortunate events caused by
the Mckinley tariff bill, but falsely
charged to Democrats-and fix their
thoughts upon this growing hole in the
treasury caused by the blessed Dlngley
bill. OF course it will be like pulling
| eyeteeth for General Charles Henry
Grosvenor, Hon. John Dalzell, Colonel
William Peters Hepburn, ct i'd genus
omne, to confess. as confess they must,
that there Is q deficit and that some
thing must be done to remedy it. Dur
ing the campaign Republicans swore
that there was no deficit or If there
was one 1t was merely temporary and
by the end Of the fiscal year 1t would
be completely wiped out But that
was for vote getting purposes, and,
strange as it may seem, deceived some.
They played on the credulity of the
people and won. But there is an end to
credulity, as to all things else. The
deficit can no longer be denied, and
the only question is, what are we
going to do about it?" Perhaps it
would be more correct to ask, what
are they going to do about itr, They
made the deficit. 1t is theirs. They
have a beastly majority in both houses
of congress and can do as they please;
but they must do something, and do h
at once, and 1t must be satisfactory
something. Otherwise they will have
no majority in the next house, and
their majority in the senate will be
cut down. AS to what they will do
the rest of us can only speculate, or, to
use less majestic word, guess. Here
are the things which might be done:
W Cut down expenses; (2) lower the
tariff; 81 increase internal revenue
taxes; (4) issue more bonds. The first
is out of the question 80 long us Re-
publicans rule the roost. The only way
to cut down expenses Is to kick them
out and put us in. But they are In until
March A, 1907, In every branch and de-
partment Of the government. In the
meantime unless sometlHng Is done the
deficit will continue to grow. Will they
cut down the tariff so as to increase
the revenue? Not If the tariff barons
and trusts can prevent 1t, and they
furnish large part of the money with
which to buy elections and must be
VIII they increase the In
ternal revenue taxes? Not IL the brew
ers and distillers can prevent it. and
they, too, must be consulted, for they
are liberal contributors to the cam
paign chest. Will they issue new
bonds? That's what they would like
to do. But do they dare to do that |
particular thing? So, taken by large |
and small, the stand patters are be-
twlxt the devil and the deep blue sea.
Waking Up.
There are sporadic performances
which indicate that the craze for the
laps and things Japanese which has
been sweeping over this land for about
two years has somewhat run its course. |
For several months any man who hest
.ated to assert that the Japs We're the
highest type of humanity, only little
l very little-lower than the angels, be-
,ame at once persona non grata to any
company in which he happened to be.
There are signs-not many. but never
heless slgns-that some folks are wax
ng up to the fact that the little yellow
men are not what imagination painted
hem. Not long since reference was
made In these letters to the fact that
he scales had fallen from the eyes of
Jalifornians to such an extent that
hey were demanding an anti-Japanese
nw similar to the antl-Chinese statute.
)f course that agitation will upset the
equilibrium of all those who desire to
ee an alien race wallop nation of
only nation of eau
asians, Indeed, who were friendly to
he federal government when its need
vas the sorest; but Japanese exclu-
ion net will appeal with great force to
II who have at heart the good of our
lborlng classes and the good of the
ountry.
There Is also trouble over the Japs
ut Mt Omaha In the packing houses.
he white men working In that busi-
ess are not much stuck on the little
elbow men. Quite the contrary. They
re demanding their expulsion. This
ne bosses refuse to grant; hence the
'ouble. And the end thereof Is not yet.
Why do these white men demand their
xpulslon from the Omaha packing
ouses and why do the white Califor-
ians demand their exclusion from the
For sentimental reasons?
%; but from the Impulse OF self pres
first law of nature. The
lain, unvarnished truth is that the diff (
'rence between Chinese and a jap Is '
10 inappreclable difference betwixt ,
Veediedee and tweedledum. When /
le anti-Chinese bill was before the {
ouse foreign affairs committee three
rour years ago so eminent person
se as Mr.. Secretary of War Taft testi-
I'd that, If put to 1t, Chinese can live {
cents per day. and Wr Ting Fang {
ice boasted that Chinese could work [
ith equal facility and energy on the I
luator or at the poles and that all he |
'eded for sustenance is bowl OF rice. !