Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-22

gate rate until complaint has been
made TO IL by the shipper.
We further declare that all agree
ments OF traffic or other associa lions
or railway agents affecting Interstate
rates. service or classification shall be
unlawful unless fled with aud approx.
cd by tho interstate commerce commits
sion
We favor the enactment Of a law
giving TO the Interstate commerce com.
mission the power to inspect proposed
railroad tariff rates or schedules before
they shall take effect. and II they be
found 20 be unreasonable TO initiate
an adjustment thereof.
Believing with JEFF.
The Rights ferson in "the sup.
Of the States. port OF the state
| governments In all
their rights as the most competent adj
ministration for our domestic concerns
and the surest bulwark against anti
republican tendencies" and In ''the
preservation Of the general government
In It's whole constitutional vlgor as tn,
sheet anchor OF our peace at home and
the safety abroad" we are opposed TO
the Capitalization implied In these sug.
gestions, now frequently made, that
the powers OF the general government
should be extended by judicial con.
struction.
There is no twilight zone between the
nation and the state in v Itch exploit.
Ing interests can take refuge from
both. and II Is as necessary that the
federal government shall exercise the
| af,.l -,
state governments shall use the author.
fty reserved TO them. but we insist that
federal remedies for the regulation OF
Interstate commerce and for the pre-
vention OF private monopoly shall DO
added to, not substituted for state
remedies.
The Republican con.
Economy In gress in session just
Administration. ended has made ap
propriatlons amount
Ing to $1,00S, 10000 exceeding the to-
tai expenditures of the past fiscal year
by $9O,OOO,OoO aud leaving a deficit OF
more than S60,000,0O0 for the fiscal
year. We denounce the needless waste
or the peoples money, which has re-
suited In this appalling increase, as a
shameful violation OF all prudent con-
ditions Of government as no less than a
crime against the millions OF working
men and women from whose earnings
the great proportion OF these colossal
sums must be extorted through exces-
sive tariff exactions and other indirect
methods. 1t Is not surprising that In
the face OF this shocking record the
Republican platform contains no refer
ence to economical administration or
promise thereof in the future. We de-
mand that stop be put to this fright
ful extravaganza and insist upon the
strictest economy In every department
compatible with frugal and efficient
administration.
Coincident with the
Offceholders. enormous increase In
expenditures is
like addition to the number OF Office
holders. During the past year 23,7S4
were added. costing $40. 10000. and In
the past six years OF the Republican
administration the total number OF
new Offices created. aside from many
commissions, has been 99,319, entailing
an additional expenditure OF nearly
$4,000, 900, as against only 10.279 new
Mckinley administrations, which In
volved an expenditure of only $1,000
600. We denounce this great and grow
Ing increase In the number Of Office
holders as not only unnecessary and
wasteful. but also as clearly indicating
q deliberate purpose on the part Of the
administration to keep the Republican
party In power at public expense by
thus increasing the number Of Its re.
tainers and dependents. Such pro
cedure we declare to be no less dan
gerous and corrupt than the open pur.
chase Of votes at the polls.
The panic of 1907,
Banking. coming without any
legitimate excuse,
when the Republican party had for a
decade been I'm complete control OF the
federal government. furnishes add
tional proof that II is either unwilling
or Incompetent to protect the interests
OF the general public. 1t has SO linked
the country to Wall street that the sins
OF the spectators are visited upon the
whole people. While refusing to rescue
wealth producers from spoliation at
the hands Of the stock gamblers and
spectators In farm products, IL has
deposited treasury funds, without In.
terest and without competition. in IN.
vorite banks. IL has used an emer.
gency for which 1t is largely RESPONSE
bic to force through congress a bill
changing the basis of bank currency
and inviting market manipulation and
has failed to give to the $1,000, 900 de-
positors Of the country protection In
their savings.
We believe that In so far as the
needs Of commerce require an emer-
gency currency. such currency should
be Issued, controlled by the federal
government and loaned on adequate Sc
curity to national and state banks. We
pledge ourselves to legislation under
which the national banks shall be re-
Quired to establish a guarantee fund
for the prompt payment Of the depos-
ttors OF any insolvent national bank
under an equitable system which shall
be available to all state banking insti-
tutions wishing TO use IT.
We favor a postal savings bank II
the guaranteed bank cannot be secured,