The Irish standard., 1910-05-07

admittedly prejudiced on the subject,
was selected to occupy the role of
chairman of the committee, or, in 9TH
err words, to be the chief Judge.
"To an ordinary man like me-" de-
clared Senator Stone. that looks like
stacking the cards."
Senator Stone then referred to
statement by Senator Hale, made on
the floor of the Senate recently while
the work of the Investigating commit
tee was under consideration.
IT Think Senator Hale had said,
I'VE may count on the committee fur
nishing us with valuable material
which we will, all OF us, use in the
days between now and November"
A deficit of more than nineteen mill
ion dollars SO far this fiscal year!
A deficit of $190,O57,ss7.s6 since
June 30, 1907!
These are features of Taft "cut-to-
the-quick' economy, about which so
much is heard everywhere save in
Washington.
Here are more illustrations of Re-
publican business administration:
Marble baths for senator's!
Autos to carry them 100 rods be-
tween their offices and the Capitol!
Touring cars for the President, Vice
President and "Uncle joe"
White House receptions which "riv-
! al the glory of Napoleons court" at
one of which, according to the Wash
ington Post, "a dazzling ravine of gold
blazed before the vision :
Another group of "cut- o-the quick"
economies Includes:
More than $500 for appolinaris wa
ter for the senators.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars to
keep the senators in vaseline, castor
oil, olive oil, bromo quinine, hair tonic,
costly perfumes, glycerine, bergamot,
nail brushes, clothes brushes, travel
ing expenses in attending funerals,
etc.
Then we come to this item which
stands by itself:
| The addition in the last eight years
of 1925 federal Office holders to the
payrols Of the republic, at an increase
OF expense to the people of more than
seventy million dollars. This item
helps to explain why it is costing the
as much to run the government than
it did Cleveland.
affect the treasury? is asked. These
| figures tell lis:
| Since June 80, 1907, the total bal
ance in the general fund has dropped
! from $272,OG1, 445.47 to $S2,O03,557.G1.
With an average daily deficit eating it's
way into this remaining eightytwo
elapse before the government will have
to sell more bonds to secure more
money to meet more extravagances
Outstanding bond issues are national
debts.
How does all this concern the aver
age citizen? This is how:
The per capita appropriation by
Congress jumped from Sc in 1890 to
$12.40 in 1909. Since the government
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customs houses and internal revenue
offices, you, Mr.. Reader, are paying for
Republican eXtravagances In increased
prices.
There is no use Of your correspond
ent reporting further on the proposed
investigation of the sugar under.
weighing frauds, or the alleged illega
sale of rich Philippine sugar lands tt
the sugar trust. The trust has shown
itself powerful enough to prevent &
probe by Congress. Just how it wal
able to protect itself from an investi.
CATION the writer does not pretend tt
know. All that Is known is that nine
resolutions providing for probe O
this thieving trust have been intro
duced in this Congress, and everyone
Of them has been chloroformed. Thu
brother Of President Taft was the at
torney for the sugar trust, and Attor
ney General Wickersham was former
ly a law partner of this brother. Thu
attorney general says the sugar trus
should not be investigated, and tn,
President sustains this view.
On April %, 1910, -Presiden
Sherman made speech at st. Louis
in which he intimated that the new
tariff law was bringing in so mucl
money that it might possibly be neces
sary to revise the Payne-Aldrich tar
if upward On that day, according t,
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