The Prescott daily news., 1908-07-11

to dVOlQ that roQuctlOn lHdt Wouiu compel a reduction of wages, prevent adequate service or do injustice to le' gitimate investments.
 We heartily approve the laws pro hibiting the pass and rebate, and we favor any further necessary legislation to restrain, correct and prevent such abuses.
 The Rights of States.
 Believing, with Jefferson, in "the support of the state governments in all their rights as the most competent administration for our domestic con cerns, and the surest bulwark against anti-Republican tendencies" and in ''the preservation of the general gov. ernment in its whole constitutional vigor as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad, we are opposed to the centralization implied in the suggestions now frequently made, that the powers of the general government should be extended by ex- ecutive and legislative action and by judiical construction. There is no twi light zone between the nation and the state in which the exploiting interests can take refuge from both, and it is as necessary that the Federal govern ment shall exercise the powers dele gated to 1t as to thatrdluaoimwyp gated to 1t as it is that the state gov. ernments shall use the authority re- served to them, but we insist that the Federal remedies for the regulation of interstate commerce and for the prevention of private monopoly shall be aded to, and not substituted for state remedies. 9-s
 Economy of Administration.
 The Republican congress, in the ses sion just ended. has made appropria. tions amounting to $100S,OO0, exceed ing the total expenditures of the last fiscal year by $90,0OO,000, and leaving a deficit of more than $60,00O,000 for the fiscal year We denounce the needless waste of the peoples money, which has resulted in this appalling in. crease, as a shameful violation of all prudent conditions of government, as no less than a crime against the mil. lions of workingmen and women from whose earnings the great proportion of these colossal sums must be extort- ed, through excessive tariff exactions and other indirect methods. It is not surprising that in the face of this shocking record the Republican plat form contains no reference to econom- ical administration or promise thereof in the future. We demand that a stop be put to this frightful extravagance. and insist upon the strectest economy in every department consistent with frugal and efficient administration. Waterways.
 Water furnishes the cheapest means of transportation, and the national government having the control of nav. igable waters, should improve them to their fullest scapacitw. We earnestly favor the immediate adoption of a lib eral and comprehensive plan for i'm proving every water course in the Union, which is justified by the by the needs of commerce, and to secure that end we favor, when practicable. the connection of the great lakes with the navigable rivers and with the gulf, through the Mississippi. and the navi gable rivers with each other. and the rivers. bays and sounds of our coasts with each other by artificial canals. with @ view to perfecting a system of inland waterways. to be navigated by vessels of standard draught.
 We favor the coordination of the various services of the government connected with waterways in one ser. vice for the purpose of aiding in their completion of such system of inland waterways, and we favor the creation of fund ample for continuous work, which shall be conducted under the di. rection of commission of experts to be authorized by law.
 How Bryan Received News