The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-15

h Their appropriations for public
buildings, military stations, agricul-
tural stations OF all kinds and char
acter, fisheries, ETC., ad lib. are
honeycombed with millions of graft
for little out Of the way cross roads
places throughout the south and
made for no other reason in the
world than to get votes for the
Democratic congressman and sena-
tors. who now too must look to the
proletariat for their support.
The pensions bills of the Demo
cratic congresses Of the past four
years have been the most stupcndOus
ever before known. and this upon a
Tline of appropriations which has
been the favOrite point of attack for
Democratic spell-binders for years
Pback. They increased the pensions
appropriations in the very first con-
gress they controlled while still un-
der Taft as president by $4,000, 900
at one swoop. and they have added
thousands and thousands Of pension :
ers TO the rolls by special acts of
political henchmen who had been
refused pensions under former Re-
publican administrations rs unwOr-
thy.
They have driven old veterans Of
the union army out of the govern
mcnt service by the thousands 10
make room for more active partisans
of their W stripe.
Then, too, we must not lose
sight OF the 100000 900 our dear
secretary of state from the wild and
woody west wants to present TO
ColOmbiaa nd Nicaragua. some
southern states but without votes,
for mere good WILL" Oh our
Friends are very economical = they
are cutting down Republican cxtrav-
agane by putting hydraulic jacks
under the figures.
Now they propose to a V the dc
plctcd treasury, which is rapidly be-
coming bankrupt under their beat
tiful free trade tariff bill. because
there is nothing coming into tn"
country to pay tariff since about cv-
cry substantial! import to this cOun-
try has been put OF the free list for
the benefit of southern farmers and
planters. The Democratic brethrCa
are ]squcaling about the war ruinin.
imports and are going to put up that
wall with increasing lOudncss and
pcrsistency as the voting hour ap-
p]roaches. But just you consider for
a moment themillions and million.
Iof imports from all the rest of the
world not at war which our friends
have put on the free list to cut Off
the protection oft rusts and monop-
Olies." (Which has not even reduced
i prices :. single sou. The war talk
business is very fine for political
spell-binders to try to fool voters
| with, but there was no "a twenty
years ago when our friends found
themselves in exactly the same posi-
ii n they find themselves in now
They cut their national income tc
pieces. kill the goose that lays the
! golden eggs. and then rush to cover
lunder any old sort of a port in Il
EStorm. Twenty years ago it was a
| big gold bond issue. Now it is All
extraordinary war tax" (whcn we
Fare at pcasC with the wOrld) 10
! raise $1OO. 100000 taxes a year,
This time it is to be raised by Dr.
RECT TAXATION VIC so assessed
against-and added tO--our freight
bills of every kind and character.
Truly the deer pecpul" will thro"
up their hats at this delightful in
formation.
Then. too. the railroads will b.
lust tickled to death at this
freight rate increase" from which:
they will get nothing but a lot mOrs
work. and that on top Of a direct dis,
elimination against them by the lit.
i tic joker in the bill eXempting ship
ments by parcels post from this tax,
This, Of course. will encourage
freight shipments by the railroads
land express companies to such an cX
tent that all the railroads will have
to employ thousands and thousands
of new hands to take care Of the eN'
IIId lldlllIs II VIII IIhhI Nv IL =
road business hum throughout thu
country and all the railroad men will
be kept so busy they will have t.
I employ bookkccpers to keep thcii
time for them, collect their wage
and keep their bank account.
straight.
I'VE have Il high class, high-brOV
administration down al Washington
and you have got to keep brushed III
most all the time to keep alon;
with the procession.
But say-wouldn't it have beer
a little more statcsmanlikc for tina
Ihigh-brow administration to do a lit
tie figuring and make a little cfforj
to cut down the out-gO a hundred
million a year rather than figure
out such an admirable CD schcm.
for increasing the income? Senator
Aldrich said a half dozen years ago
after a long and careful investiga'
tion, that he was confident he coult
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