Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-09-29


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CANT nature. the Administration has
steadily cxcrted itself to keep down
expenditure. and, rs far as possible,
to repair the waste cngendered by
the war.
From the moment of his elevation
to power, President johnson has act
cd upon the principal of economy of
which he was a consistent advocate
in Congress. During his occupan-
cy of a seat there, he was the uncom-
promising opponent of fjobs, of flavish
outlays, of combinations looking to
profit by the plumber of the public
purse. His earliest efforts in the
Presidency were devoted to the re-
vision of the scale of expenditure,
and its curtailmcnt to the utmost cx-
tent compatible with the maintc-
nance of authority throughout the
South. The reorganization Of the
Southern States, considered merely
as measure of economy, operated
most beneficially. 1t rendered feas-
ible the disbandment of large armies,
the dismissal of large crowds of Off
cials whom the war had fastened like
lceches upon the body polite, and
the stoppagc of lcakages which no
country could long endure. Wheth-
or all his steps were right or wrong,
judged in party sense, at least they
resulted in saving the peoples mon
cy to tho extent of hundreds of mil
lions Of dollars. The same purpose
has been apparent in all he has done
within the past six m months. The ac-
QUESTION of enormous patronage did
not abate his hostility to the shamc-
full outlay of the Freedmen's Bureau
Bill as it was originally passed; aud
the known impossibility of evading
his vigilant guardianship ofthe coun-
try'a means undoubtedly frustrated
moro than one corrupt scheme in
Congress, and crippled the power of
an unscrnpulous lobby.
The recommendation of the Scc-
rotary of the Treasury have tended
in the same wholesome direction.
The fault is not his that no vigorous
attempt has been made to reduce the
public burdens and hasten a return
to specie payments. Nor is he re-
sponsible for the onslaught upon the
Treasury under the poor pretencc Of
equalizing the soldiers bounties.
lie craved power to retrench and to
bring back the good old days of hard
money: b1t Congress withheld the
authority. and did VIA; j; eOuld TO
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