Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01

gate rate until complaint luas been
made TO II by the shipper.
We further declare thai al sRs>-
ments OF trafac or etAr snasA0n>
or railway agents a1sstinG iAhnrnnS
rates. sorstcs or classification sAal Be
unlawful unless nled with and apprsv-
Cd by tho Interstate commerce comma
sion.
We favor the soactmsnt Of n ~
giving to the interstate csmmercs com.
mission the power TO inspect proposed
railroad tariff rates or schedules befors
they shall take effect. and n thsy be
found to be unreasonable to initiate
an adjustment thereof.
Behaving with Jef.
The Rights fsrson in the SUP
Of the Statsa port q the stato
governments In all
their rights rs the most competent adj
minLstration for our domestic concerns
and the surest buiwark against anti
republican tendencies" and In "the
preservation OF the general government
In Its whole constitutional vigor as the
sheet anchor or our peace ut home and
the safety abroad" we are opposed to
the Capitalization implied In these sug.
gestons. 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 which exploit
Ing interests can take refuge from
both. and IL Is as necessary that the
federal government shall exercise the
powers delegated TO Il as IL Is that the
state governments shall use the author.
ity reserved To them. but we insist that
federal remedies for the regulation OF
Interstate commerce and for the pre-
vention OF private monopoly shall be
added TO, not substituted for. state
remedies.
The Republican con-
Economy In gress In session just
Administration. ended has made ap.
preparations amount
Ing to $1,00S,0o0 900, exceeding the to-
tai expenditures OF the past fiscal year
by S9O.000,o00 aud leaving a deficit OF
more than S60.000,000 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-
slve tariff exactions and other indirect
methods. IL 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 a stop be put to this fright
full extravaganza and insist upon tho
strictest economy In every department
compatible with frugal and efficient
administration.
Coincident with the
Officehoiders. enormous increase In
expenditures Ii a
like addition TO tho number OF Office
holders. During tho past year "a. Ts4
were added, costing sac. 10000, aad Ia
the past six years OF the Req uhlkoaa
administration the total number az
new Offices created. aside fxom many
commissions, has been 99,S19. entailing
an additional expenditure OF nearly
$1O0oo,oo0, as against only 1920 new
offices created under the Cleveland and
Mckinley administrations. which In
volved an expenditure of only $4,000
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
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
ceduro 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
uonal proof that II is either unwilling
or incompetent to protect the interests
OF the general public. II has so linked
the country TO Wall street that the sins
or the spectators are visited upon the
whole people. While refusing to rescue
wealth producers from spollation at
the hands OF the STOCK gamblers and
spectators in farm products, II has
deposited treasury funds, without In
terest and without competition. In fn.
yorite banks. 1t has used an emer-
gency for which It Is largely responsi-
bic to force through congress q 5iA
changing the basis OF bank currency
and inviting market manipulation and
has failed TO give to the 1900 900 do
positors of the country protection In
their savings.
We believe that I'm so far as the
needs OF commerce require an emer.
Bency currency, such currency should
be issued. controlled by the federal
government and loaned on adequate Sc
curlty to national and state banks. We
pledge ourselves TO legislation under
which the national banks shall be re
CURED to establish a guarantee fund
Tor the prompt payment of the depos-
itors OF any insolyent ms tional bank
under an equitable systom which shall
DO available to all state banking insu-
MT a.