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Show " i ,. , . , i, ) i w l .J. .J.-J. .J.- , J ,J, ,J, .J. J. . kt. .f. IJ....J, J, .J.. ty "A Juicy Bitbn "Democratic J I Ecoii6my'? Ffomtbllier'S' Weekly J i fc-"- Ce'turtcldcunenta httd; WCa.ct from, documents' mado; "Clears h fr. tho argument 'upon .which tbeDemocrats are Tvcry much oh itfiJ. defenstvo at this moment. Thirst Is from thp national rltit K-.torra, adopted bythe-.Democrftt.'Conveutlon at llaltlmoro which k. nominated Woodrow Wilson: fy1 ' ij. Wo denounce tho pcolllBiltJiMstf oti'tho ."money Vruhg rrom . J the people by oppressive Jixatjoii'lrrbugli the .lavish; approp;l-. 4. tlon8 of recent Hepubllcw'fc'ftgrMSes, whloh liavo'kept taxes .J. h high and reduced the purcha'r.ln power of" the people's toll. Wo .J. demand a returu to that sirdplicltjrttffd economy which befits a J.' 1 Democratic government onda reuu'etion In the number of useless .fc I' olllces, tho salaries of which drijuf-tlie subBtauco of the people. .J. I To. this declaration empuajsljsyvas added by yet another ox- .J. I- prcssfou, the hist lino of thoplatm, phrased fn consciously sol- ij. J" emu words: . " ' ',''' ;t. I- Our pledges aro mado to, ho U6pt when In ofllco. I" Pass now to tho nctual flgu'res of aliproprlatlonB during tho .J. I thno tho Democrats havo "had' confrol of Congresu: . ! 1911 V-J;? ,$ 07S.B2l.0S7 .j. '.. 1'J12 ""V 055,790,462 X, 4 if- 113 -.-: .-JW 0,353.340 " .J. I" ID" .....U'.j........ 1,057,05,C04 j. 1015 ; ;..?.'. 1,OS9,40S,777 .J. ! That theso llgurca tell tho" truth, that thoy. nro tho sort of . I- Btutlsttcs which reflect tho spirit nB well ug tho letter Is proved J. 'I- by BOmo words uttered by ono of-' the ablest Deinocruta In tho J J H6use, Congrcssinnn John J. Kittfcoruid of Hrook.yn. Congressman J Fitzgerald has been chairman tof iim upproprlatlous committee J ever slnco the Democrats enmo hito power, lleforo Hint, while ! 1 tho ileimbltcans wore In power; the was the lending Dcmicratlo .J I member ot the commltteo. His Gnftro connection with the appro-' J., J prlatlons commltteo has' been marked by earnest effort to restrain J 4. government extravagances. TheWworda jN'e.ro 'uttered, by-hlin W n. f spirit of despair:. "'.'. . . '!. 4 "- I am looking now at DemocrVtJjlJJho B.cmto take amusement ,! P In soliciting;' votes oh tho lloQri;jtV'hduWlo 4 mltteo um'approprlatlons'lR ll'a.-'-eflol-ls to-'oiirry-ou'Utho. pli'dgcB 4' 4 of the Democratic platform, 'Tlitynseeni to-takolt to. bo u -huge" 4.' 'Joke not to obey their platfortn'aud) tomako ridiculous the of- 4 J- forts-ot the members ot buW-pavtVwho doi try to live up .to -the- 4 v promised they made to the pebilrft " ' ' , . ''ye charged tViio Repub'tlcahhpr(twejfre!3ye'ar8 bf my servlco1J 4' .In the House, under Rcpubllcful' Bdmliifstra'tlon' wfth being grossly J ! extravagant- and reckless In, the ex)endlture of the public money." ji , I believed that chnrge to bo true. I believed that my pnrtyj when $ I- placed In power, would demonstrate that tho chnrges we had mado J In good-faith were true. Wenro -entltletl to the -help and to tho J ! support of the memberson thlasido of tlio House In honest ef- J forts to carry out tho-pledges 'of the Democratic party, and In our, .J. attempts to show that what wo charged In .order to got into pow-: .. J er was true. Wo have not bad' that support. Our Democratic J J. colleagues have not given-that suppori to ug thti a far during this J 4 session of Congress. They hnvo unnecessarily piled up tho pub- 4. -J- lie expenditures until the Democratic- -party Is becoming the 4 $ laughing stock of the country. , .$, 4 These facts ought to bo driven homo everywhere. Some peo- 4 pie shout that the Democrats pug lit ito be reelected ag a "vote ot 4 i4 pnljdenc,, President ysonj'.!Pur own view Is that somo 4 J. pemocrafjj aught , to be,,reelected and some ought-ito bo defeated. 4 ,4? 4The .uoluican or editor, or. jrty .'wr, who can give out blanket J advlcen,; tftj words ','vqte.for, a Democratic congressman" dqes J 4 TKt:.appeal tqpur.dUcrlrnlnatlon, rJ, .,.., 4J. 1 , ,-, , ., ,4' 1 s' 'a ' : 1 ' '' i 4 .t'.'- "34 4 4 fr-'I h Hht.'I 4 'h ?J 4 4 ! 4 4 4 4 ! 4 4 4" |