The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-24
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.

&c. Z. GOODWIN In GoodWlnS WeehiJl
A little short dispatch the other
morning stated that the congressional
appropriations thus far aggregated
$1,000 100000. That is a reminder that
one of the very funniest things that
has ever been produced in this careless
old country of ours is the plank in
every democratic platform, state or
national, which denounces the extray-
agance of the opposition and calls
upon the people to support the party
of strict business economy in the ad-
ministration of public affairs. That is
one Of the oldest tricks of the demo-
cratic party. More than two score
years ago there was a republican adj
ministration of affairs in the great
state of New York. 1t left its books
all balanced and a clean sheet for the
democrats who succeeded it, The in
coming governor was Samuel ]. TIL
den. He and his party ran the gov
eminent for term, and then asked
the people to keep the party of econo-
my in power. But the people in the
Empire state are never sure how an
election is going, for they are never
sure which way Tammany Hall is go
tration came in and then the books OF
the outgoing crowd were examined.
They established in day that the Sc
cret of Mr. Tilden's economy was that
nothing had been paid except what
the law absolutely commanded. 1t
was behind ON many salaries; on APP
propriatlons to public institutions; on
all contracts; on what was due to
public works-every possible thing
that could be STAYED off.
The whole expenditures for which
BILE far exceeded those of their prede-
cessors. 1t required it's SUCCESSORS to
pay its debts and still Mr.. Tilden ran
for president and the democratic slo-
gan for that year was "Tilden and Re-
FORM"
The burden of the campaign cry
when Mr.. Cleveland was candidate the
first time, was, on the part of the dem
ocrats, the frauds, stealings and ex-
travagances of the republicans who
had been so long in power. The demo-
Gratis won and began to gather in
Washington.
Old lack Chandler was in the treas
ury department. He met a company
of the democrats just before the inau-
guration, and said to them: $50 soon
as possible, please send on your in
vestigating committees. Try and have
some one on each committee who can
read and write and add and subtract,
not as necessity, but merely to ex-
pedte business"
All that generation of democrats
called Old lack bulldozer and brute,
but they found no mistakes, no frauds,
no stealings.
We all recall the democratic plat
form of four years ago. 1t was strong
on the economy that was to be If the
party won. 1t did win 1t has seven
months yet to serve, but the appro-
priations for this congress for twenty
months foot up $1,7OO,OOO.OOO.
Deducting the preparedness sched-
ule and then it is far in excess of all
expectations. OF course the people
understood that the party had been a
long time out in the cold; that 1t was
both hungry and thirsty for spoils;
moreover that 1t as a party, was not
made up of expert accountants and
expected some generous stealing, but
why on every occasion does the party
proclaim it's public integrity and hor-
ror of the extravaganza of their OPP
ponents? Still it is an old trick and
may be hereditary. In the New Tes-
lament there is mention of a particu-
lar class whose representatives were
wont to stand on the corners and
thank God they were not like the 9TH
er fellows When Mr. Wilson calls
congress together and makes his
speech from the throne" has he
never reminded us of that class in
Jerusalem?