Gilpin observer., 1914-07-09
WASHINGTON NEWS
By Edward Heating.

On June 3Oth the treasury depart
ment closed it's books for the first
fiscal year under the Wilson admin
stration, and found, after all bills
had been paid, the tidy balance of
$50, ,OOO, 900!
This was another bitter pill for the
"standpatters" WHO have been pre-
dieting that the Democrats would be
compelled to sell bonds to meet the
current expenses of the government.
Instead OF a bond issue, President
Wilson produces a surplus OF gener-
Gus proportions!
And this in the face of the fact
that we have revised the tariff down
ward, have given the country a mod
ern banking and currency system and
are proceeding with the enactment OF
trust legislation which will put dis
honest business men in Jail and afford
business men a wider field for their
legitimate activities.
Through its manipulation OF tariff
schedules. the Republican party plac-
ed the burden of sustaining the gov
ernment on the shoulders OF those
least capable of bearing The Dem
ocratic party has changed all this.
A few years ago. Congressman
Prouty, OF Iowa, a Republican, declar-
ed on the floor of the house that a
section boss living in his district,
supporting a wife and five children
on a salary of $50 a month. contri-
buted as much to the upkeep Of this
government as did John d. Rockefel-
Ter with an income of more than $780,
Oo0,O0 a year. The statement could
not be successfully contradicted then.
because the Republican party insist
ed on supporting the government
through a tax on the necessaries of
life and the section boss had seven
mouths to fill while the oil king had
only himself and his wife to provide
for.
Under Democratic rule the tax on
the necessaries of life has been re-
duced and has been replaced, at least
in part, by tax on incomes This
latter tax hits Mr.. Rockefeller, and
his associates on the tenderest spot
in their anatomies. the pocket nerve.
Dispatches from New York the other
day told how Uncle Sans agents had
collected $15,0O0.0O0 In income tax
from the residents OF one square mile
Of Manhattan Island. OF course, the
men who paid this money protested.
but the section boss out in Iowa has
not been heard to complain.
Clark Back Of Wilson.
AS predicted in these letters two
or three weeks ago. the effort OF big
business to block the presidents anti
trust program has proven a flat fail
ure. Congress will remain in ses-
sion until we have executed the con-
tract entered into between the peo-
pie and the Democratic party two
years ago.
II is pretty hard on those of ais who
are Compelled to undergo the heat of
n Washington summer but II will en-
able the party to go before the voters
this fall with an unequalled record
of constructive legislation.
This result was assured when the
Democratic senators met In confer
ence a few nights ago and unanimous
ly adopted a resolution pledging un-
wayering loyalty to the presidential
program. A short time before the
Missouri delegation, led by Speaker
Clark. had adopted similar resolutions
presented them to President Wilson.
The speakers participation in the
movement was regarded as highly
significant. Since the debate on the
Panama Canal tolls question, oppon-
ents of the administration have per-
sistently endeavored to cause breach
between the president and the speak
er. They have failed because Wilson
and Clark are both big men and they
have demonstrated that differences