The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-04-24
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Democratic EcOnOmy!
DWIGHT P. PALMER.

economy, decrease OI taxes ana aDOlltlOn
of useless offices, made by the Demo-
Gratis if they were entrusted with the
affairs of government. They have now
had large majority in the House in
Congress and no bill can pass without
the approval of Democratic committee
and the votes of the Democratic major
ity; SO they are responsible for every
dollar appropriated by the last Congress.
The statement given out by ]. ]. Fitz-
gerald, Democratic chairman of the
Committee of Appropriations in the
House of Representatives, informs US
that the appropriations of the last session
amounted to the stupendous sum of
s., 098, CAT, $3.50 for the next fiscal year,
and in addition to that sum contracts
were authorized on public works pro-
vided for involving the ultimate expendi-
ture of about $50, 900, 600 more, making
the total obligation of expenditure by
this last Democratic Congress of pro-
fessed economy of the unparalleled
amount of 81, ITS, COS, 1851, which ex-
ceeds the amount ever appropriated by
any of the "extravagant" Republican
Congresses by the enormous sum of
nearly $S7 ,000,0 900! Mr.. Fitzgerald says
there was surplus of $37, 553, 1853. Al in
the treasury on the first day of last July.
So we see that under President Taft the
expenditure had decreased about ten
million dollars and he had nearly thirty
eight million dollars in the treasury for
the Democratic Congress to begin bust
ness on. "This surplus, says Mr.. Fitz-
gerald: "1s in itself temptation to
reckless expenditure. And see how
easily the Democrats yielded to the
temptation! They have entirely elimi-
mated that large surplus, and according
to their own figures will have in it's stead
at the end of the next fiscal year def
cit of $1S3, 812, 626.2 81 under existing law!
We all know Democrat cannot bear
surplus; that with them national debt
is blessing, and as they have turned
our abundant surplus into deficit, there
by increasing the national debt over
1921, 000,000 in two years, they must feel
that they are abun dainty blessed!
1--WE denounce the profigate waste of
money through the lavish appropriation
of recent Republican Congresses. We
demand reduction in the number of
useless Offices That reads WELL That
is part of the last National Democratic
platform. But how does it tally with
Mr.. Fitzgerald's statement of increased
expenditures, and 1922, 1000, 900 increase
in the public debt by Democratic ex-
travagance? No doubt the people
thought there was ,good reason for their
demand for the reduction of useless
offices, and they would "turn the rascals
out. So in order to make their prom
lses good they cut down the salary of the
private secretary of President Taft $500
a year, but before Mr.. Wilson took his
seat they were very careful to restore it
to the old figure! Can any one conceive
OF a great political party doing so con-
temptible thing as that? How did
they keep their pledge to reduce the
Offices? Why just as they have always
kept their promises; by creating 7,O49
new offices, with an annual pay roll of
about 81. 700, 900! No Republican Congress
has added more than one half as many
offices to the credit list as has been
created by this Democratic Congress of |
ECONOMY" Of course this is hard on
the taxpayers, but we shall have to
stand it. Mr.. Taft succeeded in having
Congress pass the income amendment,
so that we may get enough out of that if
Congress passes an efficient law to pay
off these extravagant bills.
1t does seem strange that after the
Democrats have always failed to keep
their pledges, the people should put
them into power again. (But then,
really, the people did not put them into
power, for Wilson had some 1900, 900
less than majority of the votes; over a
million less than Bryan had when he was
defeated.) But it may be blessing in
disguise. 1t may teach us that we do
not appreciate the excellent system of
the affairs of government that the Re-
publicans have given us. 1t often re-
quires just such periods of adversely to
bring US to a realization of our past
blessings. And when we return to
power, in four years from now, we will
not denounce them for 'incompetency
and reckless extravaganza, but we will
have charity for their inability to resist
the temptation which they acknowledged
was before them to squander the peoples
money, and for their inability to resist
the elamor of the hordes of Office seekers
which beset them and led them to create
over 1000 offices to partially satisfy
them. And after they have floundered
through the four years of failure to
manage the affairs of the Nation which
they cannot comprehend or control, and
have drained the treasury and increased