The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-08-26
An oRGtS or THE THIEVES.
Fr.e ..Inqulrer'. sold to the ming

er proves exactly what we predicted
concerning that sheet when it "assum-
cd virtue" last winter, in Pretend
ing to discountenance the operations
of the Radical Ring at Harrisburg.
The Inquirer, not six months ago, adj
mitted the extravaganza and corrup-
tion of its party in the legislature, and
in its pretended despair, asked, Is
there not one man to be found who
will stand up against these corrup-
tions? 1t has, now, apparently for
gotten the disgust it effected when the
twenty seven "addit,, nal pastors and
folders were provided for the legisla-
ture, at a cost of at least $40, 900 to the
taxpayers. In answer to charge in
| the Harrisburg Patriot, that in two
years SEVEN MILLIONS of dollars,
over and above the payments of the
State Debt, had been expended by
Gov Geary's administration, the In
quirer does not deny the correctness of
the figures, but says that these Seven
Millions were applied to the expenses
of the State Government, and with an
affectation of innocence that is as re-
freshing as a breeze from an iceburg, it
declares that the wonder is, not where
did the money go, but how did the re-
| publicans manage to carry on the Gov
ernment so. economically" &c.!!!
Now, the Inquirer knows all about
the fraud by which the extra ''pasters
and folders" were quartered on the
treasury. 1t complained of the out
rage at the time when it was perpetra-
ted. Does it dare, now, to face about
and eat its own words? We do say,
and the Auditor Generals Reports
prove, that during the first two years of
Governor Geary's administration, up
wards Of Ezeren Millions Of Dollars
were received into the State Treasury.
| In Geary's last annual message it is
claimed that little upwards of -Four
! Millions of the State Loans had been
taken up, which of course, leaves SeUe,a
Millions for other expenditures. Now
the Harrisburg Patriot, the GAZETTE,
and nearly every Democratic paper in
the state, have called on the rad
ical press to give the public the items
of these expenditures. This request
has been refused, because the
publication of these items will damn
TO eternal infamy the radical legisia-
lures of the last three years as well as
Gov. Geary's administration. The
question still is, What has become Of the
3Secen Millions?
The Inquire, taking its cue from the
Harrisburg Telegraph, sheet which
never tells the truth except when a lie
will not answer its purpose, says that
"the interest on the state debt iG those
two years exceeded four and a half
| millions,n and claims that this sum
must be deducted from the Seven Mil
lions. 1t is simply not true that the
interest on the State Debt amounted to
four and half millions in 1867 and
1868; but no matter what it amounted
to, it acas not paid ont Of the SeUen
Millions. 6ut mainly ont Of the loan
made Ia 1867. That loan amounted to
Ttceaty Three Millions Of Dollars, and
was made for the ostensible purpose of
taking up portion of the old loans.
The Auditor Generals Report for 1867,
shows that not quite Ttce13ty One Nil
lions of this loan was applied to the re-
demption of the old loans, leaving up
wards of Ti00 Millions of it to be paid on
the interest on the State Debt. Hence
the allegation Ofthe Inquirer thata large
portion of the Seven Millions was paid
out in interest on the State Debt is false.
We refer the reader to the reports of
Auditor General Hartranft for 1867 and
1865, FOR the verification of our state
ments.
"The WONDER" therefore, is still,
'where did the money go ?" The IN
qttirer alleges that we make no allow
ance for necessary expenses of the
| government" sc. Yes, we do; but
we want to know to what the maneceSsd-
RI expenses amounted. We want to
know how much more the legislature
and executive department, and Treas
ury department, cost than they ought
to cost. The Inquirer will admit that
Radical administration ought not to
cost more than a Democratic admins
tration. Very well. The cost of the
last Democratic administration, THAT of
Gov. Packer) in 1860, was $401, 1863, Al.
Double this, and you have SS03, 1862,
eight hundred and three thousand sew
en- hundred and twenty six dollars and
eighty two cents, the cost of a Demo-