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ceedings brought 10 enforce Its order
and decrees.
These provisions are really class leg
islation designed to secure immunity
for lawIcssness In labor disputes on the
part Of the luborers. but operating
much more widely ~ paralyzc the arm
Of the court In cases which do not In.
volve labor disputes at all. The hostIl.
.ty to the judiciary aud the measures
to fake away It's power and Its inde
pendcnce constitute the chief definite
policy that can be fairly attributed to
| that class Of statesmen and reformers
whose absorption and control the Re.
publican party escaped at Chicago and
the Democratic party yielded to at Bal.
timore.
| Record Of Administration.
The normal and logical question
which ought to be asked and answered
in determining whether an administra.
ton should he continued In power Is.
How has the government been nd.
ministered? Has II been economical
and efficient? Has II aided or Obstruct.
ed business prosperity Has It made
for progress In bettering the condition
Of the people and especially OF the
wage Garner? Ought its general poll
cies to approve themselves to the
people?
During this administration we have
cry Of government with view to In.
creasing its efficiency and reducing Its
cost. For twenty years there has been
continuous expansion in every direc-
ton Of the governmental functions and
a necessary Increase In the civil and
military servants by which these func-
tons are performed The expendi-
lures Of the government have normal
iy increased from year to year on an
average Of nearly 4 per cent. There
never has been a systematic investiga.
tion and reorganization Of this govern
mental structure with a view to elimi-
nating Implications. TO uniting bureaus
where union is possible and more effec-
tive. and to making the whole organ.
izat ton more compact aud its parts
more closely co-ordinated.
As a beginning. We examined closely
the estimates. These. unless watched
grow from year to year under the nat.
ural tendency OF the bureau chiefs
The first estimates which were pre-.
sented to us we cut some SJO.OOO. 900
and this policy we have maintained
through the administration and have
prevented the normal annual increase
In government expenditure. SO the re
suit is that the deficit Of $5S. .135.OOO
) which we found on the 1st Of July
1909, was changed on the LIST OF July
1910, by increase OF the revenues
under the Payne law, including tht
corporation tax, to Il surplus Of S15.
SOG. 600: on July I. 1911, to a surplus
of S47 .234, 600, and on July l. 1912. t.
a surplus Of Ss6.336O 600 The expendi
lures for 100 were 5000 .234 600: fol
: 1910. $3.50. 600: for 1911. S654.l3S.
600: and Ter 1912 were $'i54.S0i.oM
: These figures Of surplus and expendi
ture do not include any receipts or ex
renditures on account Of the Panama
canal.
Panama Canal.
: For the benefit of our own people an'
Of the world we have carried Oh tn
work Of the Panama canal SO that W
D can now look forward with confidence
D to its completion within eightee
months.
The Navy.
The dignity and effectiveness Of tn
government of the United States, tC
gether with its responsibility for til
l. protection Of Hawaii. Porto Rico. Alas
ka. Panama and the Philippines, a
well as for the maintenance OF tn
= Monroe doctrine, require the mnintt
nance Of an army and navy. We car
: not properly reduce either below 1t
!. present effective size. The plan for tn
!. maintenance Of the navy In prOpOrtiO
= to the growth of other navies of tn
world calls for the construction OF tw
: new battleships each year. The Reput
) lican party has felt the responsibilit
and voted the ships The Democrat
party, In house caucus. repudiates an
= obligation to meet this national need.
- Protective Tariff.
r. The platform Of 1908 promised on b'
n half Of the Republican party to do ce
y tain things One was that the tart
;. would be revised ut an extra session
!. An extra session was called and til
o tariff was revised. The platform di
Ia not say In specific words that the n
n vision would be generally downward
"a but l construed It to mean that. Du
a ing the pendency Of the bill and aftt
It was passed It was subjected to I'll
most vicious misrepresentation. 1t W;
. said to be Il bill to increase the tart
- rather than to reduce It. The law hi
been In force now since August, 1909
y period of about thirty-fve months. W
=, are able to Judge from Its Operatio
" how far the statement is true that
!, did reduce duties.
- 1t has vindicnted itself. Under u
10 operation prosperity has been gradua
- ~ restored since the panic Of 1870
:; There have been no disastrous failure
!. :. Ind no disastrous strikes. The pc