The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
Democratic Nominee Is Cor diaIy Received By GOV-
 ernOr of Minnesota
BRYAN SPEAKS UPON
 t. ]. P. EXTRAvAGANCE
Candidate Addresses the People of St. Paul at the Fair Grounds and
 Shows Up the Wasteful
 Ways of Republicans.

St. Paul, Minn, August 31.-Secure in the knowledge that Gov John A Johnson of Minnesota. his leading rival for the nomination before the Denver convention, will Loyalty support him in the coming campaign in the northwest, William J. Bryan, democratic candidate for Presi- dent, left tonight for Fargo, N. D., where he will speak tomorrow.
 This was Johnson-Bryan day in Min nesotas capital. MT. Bryan said so him. self. Addressing the members of the state central committee this afternoon, Mir Bryan said q know I am not the first choice of the democrats in this state. but it is good to be even second choice } in a state where Gov John A. Johnson is first. l am well satisfied to have the preface Johnson and Bryan in Minne- sota. The news you bring me that this will be democratic year in Minnesota Is very pleasing
 The meeting of the state central com mttee was real love feast, in which Mir. Bryan and Mir Johnson showered compliments and praise upon each other Previous to the gathering of the commit tee MT. Bryan and MT. Johnson held con- ferences regarding the campaign, and not only with regard to Minnesota but the other northwestern states
 They discussed organization and the question of speakers, and these will be provided by the national committee. Gov ernor Johnson pledged his executive of the national ticket and will make numer- ous speeches between now and Septem- Der g.
 Cordial Welcome.
 No sooner had the presidential candi- date stepped from the train this morning than lie was taken in charge by Governor Johnson, National Committeeman F. P Lynch, State Chairman Day, Mayor Law Ter and others high in the councils of the party. The greeting accorded MT. Bryan at the station was most cordial After breakfast he was escorted by Governor Johnson to the executive chambers, and there, for an hour, shook hands with the throng which filed in to meet him. An other hour was spent at the fair grounds. where the presidential candidate found much to interest him. Later he returned to the fair grounds and spoke for an hour before an immense crowd. His principal topic was republican extravagance Ad- dressing himself to the farmers, he de- clared that they had special reason for complaint, because they paid more than their share of the taxes collected and re- ceived less than their share of the benefits which flowed from the expenditure of the corporations He received a great demon- stration upon being introduced by Gov ernor Johnson and in his preliminary re- marks took occasion to laud the governor and urge his hearers to assist in re-elect- ing him as their chief executive.
 Bryan's Speech.
 MT. Bryan said
 The democratic platform makes re- publican extravaganza one of the issues of the present campaign. The republi- can platform is silent on the subject and naturally so, to have promised economy would have been mockery and to have defended the appropriations made by the last congress would have been impossi- ble. The fifty-first congress was com monly called the billion dollar congress The appropriations made by that con- gress covered two years amounting for the first time to a sl.OO0, 100000 or $500,- 000,0O0 year. The extravaganza of that congress contributed to the overwhelming victory won by the democrats in the campaign of 1890. The last congress- however, has made a new record in ex- travagance. In spite of deficit of more than $60 000,0 900 in the last fiscal year. the appropriations made during the last ses- sion amount to more than S1, 900 00O GOO. or twice as much as the appropriations for a single session of the fifty-first congress The increase over the year before was $90.0O0,000 showing a growth in ex- penditure far in excess of the growth of the population. While this tendency to extravaganza manifests itself in nearly all departments 1t is especially notce- able in the army department and navy department The army is more than twice as large as in 1896 and the appro- priations for the army more than three times as great as they were eleven years go. The expehses of the navy are also Ut three times what they were de-
 ago. The increase in the appropria-
 'or the army and navy alone are
 10 a year in excess of what they
 S97. The imperialistic policy, for
 9 republican party is responsi-
 only cause for this enormous
 ing drain upon the taxpayers. |
 New Offices.
 1rm also calls attention to |
 5000 new officers have been |
 expense of $70,00O,000 a year,
 increase of 10000 new of- ]
 Iaries amounting to $6O00,- |
 leveland and Mckinley ad- |
 y element of our population |
 greater or less extent be- |
 unnecessary expenditures of 1
 nent, the farmers have spe- |
 for complaint, because they
 than their share of the bene- |
 flow from the expenditure of |
 ration. Nearly all of our fed l
 snues, excepting possibly postal |
 are collected from internal rev. |
 axes and import duties, and these l
 Ia va umption always overburden those of l crate means and underburden the | i If the federal taxes could be sep | rated from the price of the article in | fhich they are concealed and each per- l sons per capita tax be shown, 1t would | be found that the federal tax now col | 'ected would be in effect a graduated | 1come tax, the largest per cent being l ,llected from the small incomes and at ho larcro In,