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Show ADMIXISTKATIO.V HEVEXUE IIII.Ij IS SCOItKl). (By Congressman Longworth) .. I am not making my attack upon this bill solely because It comes from a Democratic source. From whatever source tho bill had come, under whatever what-ever circumstances It might have been Introduced Into the house, I would characterize it as tho most obnoxious taxation measure I have seen since I was first elected a member mem-ber of congress. In tho first place, it starts with a deceptlvo and misleading mis-leading title. It Is called "a bill to provido Increased revenue to defray tho expenses of tho increased appropriations appro-priations for the army and navy and tho extensions of fortifications, and for other purposes." If It were not for tho saving use of thoso words "other purposes" the title would be an unredeemed fraud upon Its face. It Is an-ndroltly constructed boll. It Is not for preparedness that this bill is intended to provide. It is because of tho "other purposes" that tho huge nmounta of money that this bill carries car-ries aro demanded. Allow me, my friends of tho Democratic party, to congratulate you upon ono thing. If you havo made a lamentablo failure of raising tho mo'noy necessary to support this government you have mado a monumental success of spending spend-ing it. You havo done something, It is true, toward preparedness; to ""V that extent I congratulato you; but i your main efforts havo been success fully concentrated In tho direction of "other purposes," tho creation of thousands of additional 'and useless offices sinco this administration camo Into power for tho benefit of deserving Democrats; tho hugo expenses ex-penses Incident to your pitiful Mexican Mexi-can fiasco wo havo Just heard discussed; dis-cussed; "pork" in vast quantities distributed dis-tributed In certain favored sections of this country; and many other forms of wanton and wasteful oxtrav-ngance, oxtrav-ngance, tho cost of which has mounted mount-ed Into hundreds upon hundreds of millions. As a matter of fact, thic bill represents rep-resents tho flnnl confession nf tho Democratic party of its p-ithotlc in-competonco in-competonco to successfully manage tho business of this nation. Had It como a few months ngo, my friend, , It would havo been your death-bed confession. But with nn adroitness worthy of n better cause you succeeded succeed-ed In deceiving tho peoplo before election as to the real condition of this country's finances. You adopted tho policy of postponement, and, I regret to say, it worked; but It will not work this time You were wise enough to know that you had to put off paying tho piper until after election, and you did It by tho slm-plo slm-plo process learned no doubt from a closo study of the llfo and methods of tho lato Mr. Mlcawber of falling to pay your debts. In ono policy, at least, you havo been consistent from tho beginning, to get what you could when tho going go-ing was good. Any one of you who remembers his Mark Twain, and ho could hardly do that without recalling recall-ing his lmperlshablo Punch, brother, punch with care, Punch in tho presence of tho pas-senjare. pas-senjare. will trace the sourco and inspiration of a verso I may bo permitted to recite re-cite as my conception of a suitably Inspiring war cry for tho Democratic party, to bo used when in surrlcd phalanx It makes Its repeated raids upon tho treasury: Dig, brothers, dig with glee, Dig to tho bottom of tho Treasurco. Shovel out tho shoklcs for tho Klssimmeo, Millions for tho nitrates on tho Tennessee; Tho South is In tho saddle, you bet, by gcol Dig to tho bottom of tho Troasu-reo. Troasu-reo. I think I am tempted, to reclto another an-other verse: Dig, brothers, dig with glee. Why 'havo a nlcklo In tho Treasurco? Treas-urco? Leave tho accounting to William , O. Ho can fako up a balanco to a T. ' Tho voters nro plunged In lother-geo; lother-geo; : Dig to tho bottom of tho Treasurco. grammar-school education. I live in nn eastern Pennsylvania county, near a small town. I am working on a farm at ono dollar a day nnd am living "'with my parents. They nro both good to mo. I savo nearly all my money except what goes for clothing. I havo n small bauk account ac-count which is steadily growing. I do not Intend to lenrn a trade, but want to bo a farmer. "These aro tho reasons I like tho farm: First, becauso of tho puro nlr; second, becauso I bcllovo that man who owns a farm can bo Independent; Inde-pendent; nnd third, because I be-lievo be-lievo ho can save money ns well at farming as he can at a trade Ho raises a lot of his own vcgetnblcs, fruit, meat, nnd other things, nnd gets hi. wood free. I am theroforo a thorough believer In farming." |