The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-09-22

WnlAa1 4 Wlllcox, Chairman Of
- BsDubhcan National Committee.
AAs received fren Senator Psnrese q
'brisf but positive samming up Of the
extravagances Of the Wilson Admins
tratton daring the session Of Congress
just about to close. The Senator
says:
when the country reahsss what
tbs Congress has done In the way Of
appropriations II will os dumfeunded
Already. IL has been shown that over
. biuioa. seven Or eight hundred mil
hsa dollars have been Appropriated
mere money than was ever appropn-
ated In any one year In the history
o. the American government. The to-
tai VIII reach nearly two billion dol
lars before the end Of this carnival
Of debsuchery In public expenditures
II reached. because no account has
been taken Of the twenty five millions
for the Danish Islands. the thirty mil
hens which the govsrnment will prob
ably have 70 refund a. q result Of
the ave per cent rebate allowed on
importat1ons brought across the seas
tiers which Are likely to come up.
1T u so2y tee evident that this bill
which u expected to bring In some
two hundred million dollars will alb
solutely fail to meet even the require
meats for the ill-advfsed and certainly
not urgent projects authorized by the
present Congress.
1T II now claimed that these pro-
jects are 70 - financed BY the issu-
anee Of Panama Canal bonds The
American people viii regard such =
precseding ~ q very queer one be-
cause the issuing Of bonds By the
Cleveland Administration largely help
% 70 bring about the downfall Of the
Democratic party In 1896. A bond
Issue has ever since been viewed with
adherence BY the Democracy now.
We md the party leaders compelled,
By reason Of their extrsvagance and
tnc0cency. TO resort to It,
To defray the expenses Of q nitrate
plant and Of q shipping board and
many other needless projects b. the
Issuing Of Panama bonds will Be In
the last analysis equivalent to paying
for then BY bond issues These bonds
are lying In the treasury unissued as
the result of the thrift and economy
and wise administration Of the Repub-
icsn party.
Only about S1300OO.OOO Of bonds
we're put out In the constructors Of the
Panama Canal The balance Of the
csst Of that stupendous undertaking
was paid cut of current revenues:
aad new. to advance the novel doc
trfns that these bonds which repre-
sent the thrift Of preceding years
shall - Issued for these questionable
projects IL, 70 my mind. preposterous
IN fact. II was expressly provided in
the opoonsr Act that Panama Canal
bonds should not be issued fer any
ether purpose than that Of the CON
strucusa Of the Canal. and the In
Usniess theory that they can be L.
sssd new to repay the treasury ana
hat thoa the monsy can BE- sauan-
dared ~ Tie party In power to finance
doubtful projects and to make esod n
lsaot vul not alter the fact dat
such . leac1t exists.
No amount Of reasoning On Tia
Daxt q the Chair nan Of the Commit
tee on rinance viii alter the fact
that sutsids Of preparedness there has
been ut least 900. 000. 100 II wastsful
appropriations and expenditures b.
the present Congress- That condition
81 NE treasury will absolutely nscss-
Gtate the Withholding Of contracts
fer hattisships and delay the Whole
scheme Of preparedness
The figures Of the Secretary Of
The Treasury may be juggled a. tAsy
nay. but when the Secretary 10 ~
against the brute fact Of not havsnr
neasy - pay for thsss projects -
vm thsn snd that ngares VIII ~