Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11

met OfncerS. A forced succession in
the presidency is scarcely less repug.
Inant to public sentiment than Is life
tenure in Tat office. No good inten-
ton on the part of the executive and
no virtue in the one selected can justi-
fly the establishment of dynasty. The
right of the people to freely select their
officials is inalienable and cannot be
i delegated
ECONOMY IN ADMINISTRATION.
The appropriations by the republi-
can congress in the session just ended
amount to sl,G08, 100000 and the ap-
preparations exceed the total expendi-
lures of the last fiscal year by $780,
100000 in fragrant disregard of the
fact that a deficit of more than $780,,
900, 900 is now assured.
We denounce the needless waste of
1.-The peoples money which has result
ed in this appalling increase as a
shameful violation of all prudent
considerations of government and as
no less than crime against the mil
lions of working men and women,
from whose earnings the great pro-
lpOrtion of these colossal sums must
be extorted through excessive tariff
iexactions and other indirect methods.
1t is not surprising that in the face
of this shocking record the republi-
can platform contains no reference
to economical administration or prom
Uses thereof in the future. We de.
mand that a stop be put to this
frightful extravaganza and insist
upon rigid application of the strict
? est economy in every department com
lpatible with frugal though efficient ad
ADMINISTRATION.
GOVERNMENT BY OFFICE HOLDERS
Coincident with the enormous in
q crease in expenditures is like addi
F. ton to the number of office holders
Il During the last years 23,7S4 were add
led, costing $1G,156,000, and in the las
J. lsix years of republican administration
= the total number of new offices Great
l. ed, aside from many commissions, ha.
t. been 99,319, entailing an additiona
Y Expenditure of nearly $70,OO0,000, a!
IS iagainst only 1929 new offices created
o under the Cleveland and Mckinley ad
IS ministrations, involving an expendi
s ture of only $6,000,000
,l We denounce this great and CROWNS
increase in the number of Office hold
ers as not only unnecessary ant
n. wasteful, but also as clearly indicat
II ing deliberate purpose on the par
4. of the administration to keep the re
g publican party in power at public ex
i. pense by thus increasing the number
% of its retainers and dependents. Sucl
# procedure we declare to be no les:
% dangerous and corrupt than the opel
4 purchase of votes at the polls
10 PROTECTION OF AMERICAN
81 CITIZENS.
le We pledge ourselves to insist upol
1t the just and unlawful protection of ou
i citizens at home and abroad and t,
70 use all proper methods to secure 70
II them, whether native born or natural
e lied. and without distinction of rae
. or creed, the equal protection of law
IL and the enjoyment of all rights an,
70 privileges open to them under tn
IL covenants of our treaties of friend
~ ship and commerce, and if under eA
- iSting treaties the right of travel an
&c sojourn is denied to American citizen
" or recognition is withheld from Amer
u" lean passports by any countries on tn
ground of race or creed, we favor tn
beginning of negotiations with tn
III governments of such countries to 81
D. cure by new treaties the removal G
III the unjust determinations.
W We demand that all over the worl
OF duly authenticated passport tissue
e- by the government of the Unite
he States to an American citizen sha
ne be proof of the fact that he is a
IL American citizen and shall entitle hi
ed to the treatment due him as such.
Is WATERWAYS.
40 Water furnishes the cheapest near
~, of transportation and the national go
nv lernment, having the control of navig
tut BILE waters, should improve them
as their fullest capacity. We earnest
is favor the immediate adoption of Ii
gh eral and comprehensive plan for IL
of proving every water course IN ii
ret union, which is justified by the neet
to of commerce, and, to secure that en-
IN. we favor, when practicable, the co
'nection of the great lakes with ii
he lavigable rivers and with the gu
err through the Mississippi river, and Il
lid lavigable rivers with each other, al
raj he rivers, bays and sounds of o
ate coasts with each other by artifici
ks. canals, with view to perfecting
I'm. system of inland waterways. to be ma
be gated by vessels of standard draugl
md We favor the coordination of t
,si. various services of the governme
un. connected with waterways in one sci
Iall ice, for the purpose of aiding in t
sti. completion of such a system of inla
waterways, and we favor the creati
If Of a fund ample for continuous wol
mr.. which shall be conducted under the
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