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VOLUME 4, NUMBER 39
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Senator Davis's Letter
The Johnstown Democrat
Jobnstown, Pa.
WARREN WORTH BAILEY, ED.
It stands for Democratic Democracy
Henry G. Davis, democratic nominee
for vice president, made public his let
ter of. acceptance October 2. The let
ter follows:
Hon. John Sharp Williams Chairman,
and Other Members of the Com
mittee: ,
Dear Sirs: In accordance with cus
tom, and my promise when notified
by your committee at White Sulphur
Springs, on August 17, of my nomina
tion for tho office of vice-president, I
submit the following observations upon
some of the questions now before tho
country.
The times are propitious for the rein
statement of the democratic party in
control of the government. The public
mind is being disillusioned of the pre
tension of the republican party, so
long and so arrogantly made, that tho
material prosperity of the country de
pends upon its own ascendency.
Thoughtful and patriotic people aro be
coming more and more distrustful of
the heady and personal element of the
present administration, and are more
than willing to see it replaced by one
that better recognizes constitutional
and other lawful restraints. They de
mand that the present wasteful, ex
travagance in the expenditure of the
money, drawn by taxation from the in
dustry of the people, shall cease, and
that economy and honesty in the pub
lic service shall be again regarded as
virtues in the high places of the gov
ernment. Tho expenditures per capita of the
government are increasing at an
alarming rate. When the present ad-
Informntlon wanted as to unknown heirs. Tho
undorslgnod Is Booking Information as tothorosldenco
of Edward L. Ilnwoa and Francos 'J ay lor or vr
berry, whoso raaldon naino was 11 awes, If living or of
tholr holrs if thoy aro doad. important. Addross,
D. B. Van 1'olt, Ilelbold Uldjr., Dayton, Ohio.
aBEATH TO HEAVES.
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German As She Is Spoke)
Sir William Ramsay likes to tell
about his first mooting with Profes&oi
Ira Remson, president of Johns Hop
kins university, back m 1871. Botu
were students at Tubingen university
Germany, but did not know eacn
other. Sir William lost his way. Ring
ing -for a Ions time at a door in thr-
rear of the laboratory, he was finallj
answered by a man with dirty fa .
"and hands, and still dirtier overalls.
"Konnen Sie mir sagen wo die Vor
lesungszimmer?" queried Sir William.
' This was shocking German, but he naa
done the best he could with his phrasu
book.
"Vas 1st?" inquired the man of toll
The question was repeated. Finally r.
light brQke upon Professor Remscn.
"O," he said, motioning- to a building
.across the yard. "I guess you want
the recitation room. New York Times.
TVir nnmnnrnf io n rnninal anvAnnfa nt
JeHorsonian principles as applied in the, ministration went Into power there
pmiosopuy oi near ueorge. -- - ----- , : " - -" ..
Dally $3. Weakly $i. m u "7muuo u, lu v-
xiuua mmunuu mu uui uuh aucijuuLo
to meet the demands made by reckless
appropriations. The revenues fell short
during the last fiscal year, over
$40,000,000. In the first sixty days of
this fiscal year the expenditures ex
ceeded tho receipts by $24,000,000, and
if this rate of excess should continue,
the deficit for -the. present fiscal year
would be in the neighborhood of $140,
000,000. This needless deficit is due
to tho extravagance of the administra
tion, and can only be met by imposing
additional taxes or selling bonds,
thereby increasing the interest-bearing
debt of the- government. Which course
will tho republicans adopt? The cost
of government during the fiscal year
was $7.14 per capita, which means
that the average tax paid in some form
or another by every family of five
persons toward the support of the
national administration of public af
fairs was over $25, which, in the case
of wage earners, is a considerable per
centage- of their entire earnings for
tho year. No more money should be
taken from $ie people by .taxation,
direct or indirect, than is necessary for
tho needs of a government economic
ally administered. To show the rapid
growth of the cost of government it
is only necessary to give the total ex
penditures in the last fiscal year of the
following administrations:
Buchanan, 1860, $63,000,000; per cap
ita, $2.01. Cleveland, 1892, $345,000,000;
per capita, $5.29. Roosevelt, 1904, $5S2,
O00,000; per capita, $7.14.
In answer to criticisms upon tho
size and expense of maintaining the
army; the president has said that the
number of soldiers now is no greater
per capita than In former times. But
an army then was necessary to pro
tect settlors from the Indians and to
do other police duty in the unsettled
portion of the country conditions
which 0 not now exist The army,
however, has greatly increased in cost
2 $???& onJna OoJdB.Omp and all
rooWTTroable. tfl.ee, 60s. aBdS6e, per bottle.
much faster relatively than it has in
numbers.
Tho expenses were:
Under Buchanan In 1860 ? 10,500,000
Under Hayes in 1880 38,000,000
Urider Roosevelt in 1904. . . 115,000,000
Wo hail as the harbinger of tho new
era in tho commerce of the world the
inception of tho great work of build
ing the wnal that is to join the two
great ocuans; but we deprecate the
action of the present administration,
which inflicted a wound upon our na
tional honor by its disregard of the
rights of a weaker nation, in order to
gain a doubtful credit for energy in
forwarding that great enterprise. Ter
ritory of a neighboring republic, with
-which we are at peace, -was seized by
a band of revolutionists, protected by
tho guns of the United States navy
and erected Into state overnight,
which the president promptly recog
nized as an independent nation. A
gross offense against a friendly repub
lic which it was helpless to Teseht.
These and many other unwarranted
things that belong more to an empire
than a republic, have occurred under
tho present . administration, and
brought deep concern and alarm to
thoughtful and patriotic minds. They
must be regarded as the first fruits
of Imperialism, and show how fast we
are drifting toward absolutism and
centralized power. The effect of the
Imperialistic tendency of the republi
can party upon our foreign affairs is
in opposition to tho teachings of tho
founders of the republic, and so im
pressed was Washington with the im
portance of keeping aloof from the
affairs of other nations, that in his
farewell address he warned his coun
trymen especially against foreign en
tangling alliances. Imperialism is
hurtful and abhorrent in a free gov
ernment and subversive of free Insti
tutions. The policy of imperialism if
it can be said to have a pilicy is al
ways dangerous to liberty. Its powers
aro first exercised in far off territory
and on conquered people, but once,
adopted for acquired and distant pos
sessions, it becomes, sooner or later,
the rule of the home government. Lib
erty and free government have always
been secured at the cost of great sac
rifices, but history teaches us thafboth
can be easily lost without the knowl
edge of the people.
Our federal constitution has appror
priated to the exclusive use of the gen
eral government the power of indirect
taxation, covered by the popular desig
nation of "tariff duties.' In exclud
ing the states from this domain of tax
ation, there is an implied and wise
partition of the taxing power between
tho states and the fodera! goyernmont.
Except in the exigencies of war ths
taxing power has been exercised by
congress largely In the direction of the
imposition of duties upon Imports. No
one expects to change this arrange
ment, -which has proven so convenient
to the general government and so con
ducive to the interests of the states,
whose resort to ottier sources of reve
nue is left untramraeled. Indirect
taxation, however convenient, needs, by
reason of Its indirectness, to bo watch
fully guarded, lest abuses should at
tach themselves unknown by the peo
ple. That many of the existing tariff rates
are excessive and enable powerful com
binations to extort unjust and op
pressive tribute from the people can
not be controverted. Tho tariff is un
doubtedly too high upon such articles
as enables the manufacturer to sell
his products abroad cheaper than at
home. Steol rails are a conspicuous
example In this respect. It is admitted
that they are being made for $15". a
ton. A few years ago they -were freely
sold in this country at $17 a ton. Thar
are now selling; at the mills horo for
home consumption at sua n " A.
for thv 'foreign market at from sir tn
122 a ton. This unjust discrimination
saiu uiu tieopio is made possibla
only by a tariff that on this article 1b
entirely too high. w
The average selling price of loo
articles, taken principally from tho
Iron and steel list, is found to be about
20 por cent higher in thL, country than
abroad. Relief from these conditions
will only come through the success oC
the democratic party, which stands for
a wise, conservative and gradual
change in tho tariff laws, which will
equalize the burdens of taxation and
make honest competition possible. But
in making such changes its purpose
will be to legislate with a duo regard
for the labor and capital involved in
industrial enterprises.
It is estimated that there are in tho
United States between 200 and 300
combinations of capital and corporate
interests, known as trusts, which have
grown up in the last few years under
republican rule. Some of them are so
conducted as to be pernicious and
harmful to the general Interest. With
the power they are able to exert, they
can lessen competition, control prices
and regulate to their own advantage
the law of supply and demand. In
dividual effort is helpless against such
strong rivals, and the natural right
of all persons to barter and trade Is
Unnaturally restricted. The effort of
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