The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-26
THE FAIRMoNT WEST vIRGINIAN

oerats are planning 20 siluflle an ad-
ditional levy ON the CONSUMERS BY q
tax To be lafd on raiisoad treigstt
bills. cheeks. NOES and TIE IKE: The
people as d whole, ana not the ran
Foad siltppery iiIe stand the biFdeai
|of this extra nd e Nj be az
en- from Tile increased price they will
pay for flour. Goa, corn and every
other provision handled in railroad
'shipments. n, 4.
s1-iilsEy5e have staring us in the face.
the bold fact that the Democratic
tariff -forsrevenue only, bill has with
normal conditions given, us a deficit
in tile treasury-what assurance
can we have then that the war tax
about to be levied will not continue
during the life of the present tariff
bill regardless of the brevity or lon-
gevity Of the European WARP"
The governor stated that the DEM.
ocrats in the last campaign charged
the Republicans with extravaganza,
and promised an economic admins
tration. He brandst his promise as
ridiculous" and charges that in.
stead the Democrats reduced the
revenues in the interests Of the for.
cign producers and without taking
into consideration the rivers, and
tarbors bills have made appropria-
lions exceeding those of the last Re-
publican congress by $100,000,000.
the amount Of deficit in. the public
treasury caused by the tariff bill.
With single exception every bill of
the last Republican congress. he de-
tclared, and that exception is the bill
providing for payment of pensions roI
veterans of the Civil war, which has
been reduced $11,500,000. The
Democrats have indicated the acts
OF Republican congresses and demon
strated without the slightest ques-
ton that under Republican regime
the affairs Of the government We're
wisely, honestly and economically
admin istered," said the governor.
Referring further to Democratic
eXtravagances the speaker quoted
the Democratic national platform az,
ifavoring reduction in the num-
Der OF useless offices" and pointed
out that instead of reduction the.
administration has created many Of
'fices at fat salaries and that old sal
aries have been raised. Here i'll
West Virginia in each district there
arc now three assistant district at.
torneys doing the work formerly per-
formed by one; the new banking law
creates five offices at $4,000 per
year while the salary of the control |
Ter Of the currency was more than
doubled; the trade commission &C:
creates five offices at $4,000 was a
secretary at $4,000; three members
OF the board of appeals each get SAL
neys general was increases from SOL
900 to $500; the assistant to theI
attorney general was increased from
$1,000 to $4,000; salaries of many
diplomatic representatives were in
creased from $4,000 to $17,500. It
was pointed out that even in the de-
partment of Mr.. Bryan, who boasted
in his estimate that he had cut ex-
penses to the extent of $3.50, a rider
was hooked on providing for another
assistant at $4,500 and two addition"
II clerks each at $500.
1t was at this "high tide of new
offices and higher salaries that
Chairman Fitzgerald, OF the appro-
priations committee, declared that
+he Democratic party is becoming
the laughing stock of the country"
Referring to the broken promisesl