Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-10-21
PROMISE NOT KEPT
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS FAILED
TO KEEP FAITH WITH THE
VOTING PUBLIC.
INCREASE TAX S!0o,OOO,O 900
Iowa May Reasonably Expect Same
Eeeu.ts II That Organize lion Should
Gain Control of State AS Is Shown
BY National Administrators Acts.

The democratic party is always long
on promises. 1t has seldom had op-
portunity to make good on promises,
hence has learned to be quite free
with them.
In the Nation the democratic party
rode into power on promise OF re
turn to the simplicity and economy
which BELTS a democratic govern
ment." In Iowa it is varied to pledge
to IAN economical and just admins
tration of the affairs Of the state"
What the democratic party would
do in Iowa may be, in large degree.
judged by. how it has kept its pledge
when clothed with authority.
The democratic administration in
creased public expenditures over $780,
100000 over those of the republicans
for the year the republicans were
criticised.
If the democratic administration
could get through its rivers and har-
bors bill and the bill to pay blackmail
to Colombia and give some millions
to Nicaragua to make that state be
good, it would have made record of
adding more than 200 million dollars
to the annual appropriations by con-
gress.
Secretary McAdoo, financier and
son-in-law of the administration, asked
an increase in his office force of 1853
persons and the field force of CTS, and
it will cost the taxpayers $1,750,000
in salaries alone.
New boards and commissions and
secretaries and assistants were au-
thorized by the dozens with salaries
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year. 70"
Salaries of three diplomats were
pushed from $4,000 each up to $l7,-
500 each. A new U. S. minister at
$4,000 was provided.
Secretary Bryan boasted of having
saved 1920 in his department, but
then the committee controlled by
democrats, gave him an assistant at
$4,000 a year and two additional clerks
at $500 each.
The New York World, organ Of the
Democratic administration, sums up
that sit is committed to economy in
expenditure which thus far it has ig-
nored."
The chairman of the house commit
tee on appropriations summed up as
to his democratic colleagues that
"They have unnecessarily piled up the
public expenditures until the demo-
cratic party is becoming the laughing
stock of the country"
On top of this the democratic ad-
ministration proposes new taxation,
imposed in reality because of deficits
due mainly to an inadequate tariff,
that will extract millions from the peo-
pie in taxes This bill is so rank that
two of the three democratic members
OF congress from Iowa opposed it, and
the one who boasts that he always
does just what the president wants
him to do is running for office in Iowa
on an economy platform.
Connolly alone OF Iowa democrats at
Washington has not lifted a finger to
stop this national era of extravaganza,
waste and incompetency. He has sup
ported every proposal for increasing
salaries. new offices, added taxes.
Then to make sure of consistency in
/ this record this same democratic party
places Hamilton at the head OF its
state ticket. He had his chance few
years ago when in office, and the first
thing he did was to ask for an i'm
mense increase in appropriations for
/ his department, more Offices and great
er expenditures in state government.
John T. Hamilton, in Office, was al
ways for larger expenditures and
higher taxes; it is only Candidate
Hamilton who is for economy
1t is all part of the old dodge Of
getting office by specious promises
and defying the people afterwards, in
which the democratic party has al
ways been expert.
ONE OF THE GREAT MEN.