The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-08-13
Shameful Violation of all prudent con.

shameful Violation Of all prudent con-
ditions of government as no less than
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
off7eshoIders. enormous increase in
expenditures is a
like addition to the number of office.
holders. During the past year 23.7S4
were added. costing $16.156,OOO, 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
$70.OOO,00O, as against only 1920 new
Offices created under the Cleveland and
Mckinley administrations, which in
volved an expenditure Of only $6.OOO.-
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
a deliberate purpose on the part Of the
administration to keep the Republican
party in power ut 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 in complete control of the
federal government, furnishes addi-
tional proof that it 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, it has
deposited treasury funds, without in
terest and without competition, in ia.
sorite banks. 1t has used an emer.
gency for which it is largely responsi.
BILE to force through congress a bill
changing the basis Of bank currency
and inviting market manipulation and
has failed to give to the 100000 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 OIL adequate Sc
curity to national ard state banks. We
pledge ourselves to legislation under
which the national banks shall be re-
quired to establish guarantee fund
for the prompt payment Of the depos-
ttOrs Of any insulvent national bank
under an equitable system which shall
be available to all state banking insti-
tutions wishing to use it.
We favor postal savings bank IL
the guaranteed bank cannot be secured,
and that it be constituted so as to keep
the deposited money in the communi.
ties where it Is established. But we
condemn the policy of the Republican
party in providing postal savings banks
under a plan of conduct by which they
will aggregate the deposits of rural
communities and redeposit the same
while under government charge in the
banks Of Wall street, thus depicting
the circulating medium of the produc-
ing regions and unjustly favoring the
speculative markets.
We condemn as a
The Misuse Of violation of spirit of
Patronage. our institutions the
action OF the present
chief executive in using the patronage
of his high office to secure the nominal
ton of one of his cabinet officers. 4
forced succession in the presidency is
scarcely less repugnant to public senti-
ment than life tenure in that office
No good intention on the part Of the
executive and no virtue in the one Sc
lected can justify the establishment o.
a dynasty. The right of the people to
freely select their officials is inalien-
able and cannot be delegated.
We pledge our
Protection Of selves to insist upon
American. the just and lawful
Citizens. protection of our cit
liens at home and
abroad and to use all proper methods
to secure for them, whether native
born or naturalized, and without dis
tinction of race or creed, the equal pro
lection of law and the enjoyment Of all
rights and privileges open to them I'M
der our treaty; and if, under existing
treaties. the right Of travel and sojourn
is denied to American citizens or recog-
milton is withheld from American pass.
ports by any countries on the ground
of race or creed, we favor prompt ne