The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-03

IlfNs
The immcoeity ~ The appropria-
lions hayir@ been thus established.
let us see whcflicr Tho American pco-
pie got what they wanted aud ,yhr.r-
er the money was spent with good
business se"sn and mnr~ "crlopt' %
use nc limitations applied by the
president
In"S IS Prestige.
First, what Gid The American pco-
pie gel IN tho way Of national stand
ing among he nations of the earth?
"hai did We get in response to our
earnest desire for an America first
lor prestige that would make every
man proud to assert in every land
ana on eyory sea that he is an Amer
lean citizen? In return for This in
creased expenditure OF money we saw
diplomats of long experience and dem
onstrated ability sci aside for iney-
perienced and unqualified men whose
ohly clam to recognition was that
they were deserving Democrats.
we Sa" Russia rchulsc our pttempf
10 play petty politics with the ambas-
sadorship to that country. We sac
rllced large degree of the respcrt
OF pan-Amcrican countries nv sending
to the Dominican republic n man who
was recalled at the instance of mcm-
Sers OF lhe Democratic party. We
demanded salutes that We mover got;
we demanded disavowals that werc
never given; We made bluffs that We
dared not back. Were our expendi-
lures for the department Of state made
with what President Wilson terms
good business sense and manage
men? ''''
What did We get in the way Of pro-
motion OF American industry? Al
tariff law that increased our consump-
ton Of goods made by foreign labor
IN foreign countries at the same time
mat our own factories We're closed or
thelr production Curtailed, so that mill
mons OF men were thrown out of en-
ployment until a foreign war brought
relief. ~ ~
Was that what the American peo-
pie wanted for their money? Was that
good business sense?
What did we get in the way OF do
nestle governmental service-in the
postotiice department, for instance?
The rural mail service was so demor-
allied that almost every senator and
congressman was flooded with pro-
tests. Even the senator from Georgia
tMr. Hardwick) is authority for The
assertion that the injury 10 the rural
mail service in his state was so serious
that If the state were not so over
whelmingly Democratic the admins
tration would lose the state in the
coming election. Service in cities has
been curtatled. Star route contractors
were thrown into bankruptcy because
the administration unexpectedly forced
upon them enormously increased
burdens without commensurate in
crease in compensation.
The list Of wasteful and useless
expenditures is 100 long for extended
enumeration. The number OF offices
has been increased by 10000, at an
annual increased expense of $40, OO0.-
900. You establish nitrate plants and
build armor factories, as the forerun-
ners OF other governmental CONNECT
ton with private enterprises. thus dis
couragng individual initiative, You
increase expenditures in the South
and increase tax collections in the
North. You increase expenditures for
commercial agents in South America
and let the balance Of trade increase
against us. You tear down the
structure erected by civil service re-
form and yield The place of honor 10
the spokesman.
you maintain publicity bureaus in
the government service whose task ia
largely that Of promoting political
partisan welfare. You prosecute bank
ing institutions OF recognized stand
ing, and when the jury has brought
in verdict of acquttal you force
the people to hear the expense OF pub-
fishing and distributing an argument
in defense OF the administration. Yon
printed twice in the Congressional
Record and once as a public docu-
ment a partisan speech made BY Inc
secretary Of the treasury. which
speech, I am informed, has been dis
trihuted in envelopes addressed by
clerks paid by the people of the United
States.
do the people demand that Won
conduct your campaign at their OK
pense, and, II so, when and how did
they express their wish? You let din
lomatic and consular officers leave
their posts Of duty at critical times
in order that they may he at home
during the political campaign. You
violate your pledge Of simplicity and
economy until one of your own Nun
her. the senator from Missouri CNIr
Stone) felt impelIed to protest against
increased purchase OF automobiles
Your high salaried heads Of DEPART
ments and bureaus go about the coun-
try making partisan speeches while
government work is delayed.
you eypcnd your energies for tho
passage Of n ship purchase bill when
every ship on earth is already as busy
as human energy and ingenuity can
make it, and when every shipvard
has all the orders 1t can fill for two
years TO come, You pursue policies
so carelessly considered that Won are
forced 10 reverse yourselves and ac-
knowledge the waste Of time and Of
fort
You preach pitiless publicity. hut
make q record that you deem best to
conceal. You pretend desire TO CO.