The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-31
BRYAN EATS SALT
WITH JOHNSON
IN ST. PAUL
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT AT FAIR GROUNDS
SCORES THE REPUBLICAN PAR
TY FOR ITS ExTRAvAGANcE.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Aug. 31.-Politi-
cal peace reigns supreme. Bryan and
Johnson met today and all differences
were amicably adjusted
A large crowd gathered at the sta
ton To greet the Democratic pres
idential candidate and his party.
Among the first to greet Mr.. Bryan
was Gov Johnson. The candidate for
president and the candidate for COVER
nor breakfasted at the Minnesota
club together and discussed the Taft
angles OF the campaign.
This afternoon Bryan spoke at the
Minnesota state fair. before several
thousand people. In his speech Mr..
Bryan took the Republican party to
task for its extravagances. He charac'
terized the fifty-first congress as the
: "billion-dollar congress" and said that
the extravaganza OF that congress was
especially noticeable in the army and
Iayy departments.
Mr.. Bryan spoke as follows:
The Democratic platform makes Re-
publican extravaganza one OF the Is
sues OF the present campaign. The
Republican platform is silent on the
subject and naturally so; to have prom
Used economy would have been mock
tTy. ana TO nave utltHutu the
printions made by the last congress
would have been impossible The fifty-
frst congress was commonly called the
"biliion dollar congress" The appro-
prIations made by that congress COW
cred TWO years and amounted for the
first time 10 a billion dollars, or five
hundred million dollars Il year. The
extravaganza OF that congress contrib
utcd To the overwhelming victory won
BY the Democrats In the campaign OF
1890. The last congress. however. has
made new record in extravaganza, in
spite of a deficit OF more than sixty
MILLIONS In The last FISCAL year, The ap-
preparations made during the last SEES
sion amount 10 wore than billion
dollars or twice as much as the APP
propriat ions of a single session OF the
hfty-first congress. The increase over
the year before was ninety million dol
lars. showing a growth In expenditures
far In excess of the growth OF the pop
ulation.
Heavy Army and Navy Expenses.
The expenses OF the navy are also
about three times what they were a
decade ago. The increase In the APP
preparations for the army and navy
alone are si20.000.O00, year in excess
OF what they were In 1897. The inn
periailstic policy. for which the Repub-
ttean party Is responsible, Is the only
excuse for this enormous and increas-
Ing drain upon-the taxpayers. Our
platform also calls attention to the fact
that $4,000 new offices have been ere
ated. at all expense of sl000OOoO a
year, against an increase OF lo,OVv new
Offices. With salaries amounting to &s.-
0O0, 900 In the Cleveland and Mckinley
administrations.
why is 1t that the Republican party
IS so much more extravagant than the
Democratic party In the expenditure
of public money? There are two rea-
sons
First: Because Republican leaders
are more intimately associated with the
-tax-eatefs than with the taxpayers
Second: The Republican leaders have
taught the doctrine that taxation is an
unalIoycd good They have tried TO
cultivate a public opinion to support
the idea that tariN taxes, even when
not needed for revenue. are direct
advantage to the protected interests
and an indirect advantage to the whole
country
The Democratic party is in position
to bring n reform In the matter OF eN-
penditure. IL believes that tax Is
defensible only when necessary, and
that II should be reduced to tho low
est limits consistent with good gov
eminent.