The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-14
The Success Of the Adininistraiio II.


The great questions before the country,
whom Gen. Grant was elected, were fdau-
- reconstruction ana our foreign poll-
y A. to financcs we Ind that the re
..ints f,r the wear ending June 30, 1869
amounted to $50, 945, III. or Within
III. 900. one of the receipts OF 1868, not
y,thstauding the acts Of Congress which
,.lucsl the taxcS OF manufactures al
east 500, 600, 900. The expenses given
= the following table are for the fiscal
ears ending June 81, 1868 and 1869:
ivi, service s6noll,0s ! s5G35t0sl 90
ren,ions In'iians 2 So ees ~ = w
aar % !t6tiS o. ,S'a-i35 %
Z.vv pepartment.......- ,iI5,o02 - 2uutuiJ9 10
INF on public DeIt.....14n ,oi5 Il l3o69l,-{Z %
Total. ..Si77 $40 PSI So 1921 ,g4io5' o.
Here is decrease Of more than 500
oco vn in tho expenses OF the Govern
mnut. and mo Of the money has been
u-ed 10 reduce the public debt From
thr 4 h Of March to the 4th OF ccrtcm-
Der. the public debt was reduced $780,
olD ONl The Dem ats, 1t viii he re-
memacred, declared that the action OF
Congress IN reducing taxation Was an
..ctloneering dodge 70 help the hepuo-
lieans elect Gen. Grant, and that IN 1909
,here would be found a dehclt OF 500
on 0oo. Delmar made this declaration,
and Gov. Seymour repeatedly. lie cdieu
an his adherentS to press the hninclal
question.
Did Dclmar and Seymour expect that
tba Democrats would triumph, ANA tnen
conduct affairs so as to confirm Delnar
predictions, by running the country SUD,
uInoa IN debt? We believe they would
have ADMINISTERED affairs so as to come
nearer t. Deimar 5 figures than the pres
ont satisfactory showing, Which IS SOD
0oD ono better than the Democrats pre-
dIcted We know that the last Demo
cr.,iie administration was the worst Specl-
mon Of poltical scoundrelism ever known
Many Democrats admit his Ii is too
liam 10 be denied 1t was foul with WI
lainy. from rank treason to petty pecula-
tluns.
In REGARD to re construction, Virginia
bas adonted a constitution aud the Nils
.issippi and Texas elections are ordered
In a short time these STATES VII, be BACK
IN their old places supporting the Union
they tried to destroy;
The fore gn policy has been conducted
so as to maintain peace, without any sac
ri6ce of national dignity or honor. The
aatast news from England is satisfactory.
II annears that negotiations can now be
opened with a fair prospect or an honora
HE adjustment Of the Alabama claims
4 treatv between two great n; tt MS can.
not be m q ute soc s y asa horse trade
a., We are content to wait and have 1t
nronerlv negot a.ed this time La regard
70 t,nha. the neutrality laws of 1918 have
been strictly obeyed We favor the in
denendence of Cuba; but we will not VIC
/, Inv and involve ourselves IN war with
Sna;n 10 helm Cuba. This law was made
lone before the Republican party wa:
Thought of. Had General Grant VIOLATED
it he would have been guilt, of an lmpeach
ment offen>e. %
In view of all these facts we ask II an,
administration ever commenced It's cours'
more successfully? We must strengthen
its hands by a vigorous support OF GU
State organization. The enemy mus
make no in roads upon us In Wisconsin
Let the line be kept unbroken at TIN
point This can be done, il every maj
who vote for Grant, viii so TO polls an,
vote the Renubllean State ticket.
Our NAVAL FoacE-The fnll strengt'
of our navy, actually on duty in shin
and guns, is as follows: Moth Atlanti
squadron, 10 ships, 6S guns; South Al
lantic ships. As guns; European fee
5 ships, Sc guns; Pacific, II ships, !
guns; Asiatic, ships, So guns; on specl;
duty, ships, SO guns. This force coul
be trebled at short notice.
In the Corps Legislatif of Paris a
American has introduced an electric con
munication for registering the vote dr;
ing the sitting. Each depury's seat cor
municates with the tellers desk and
fitted with two knobs-one FAYE" ar
one mo-" BY this means the entire 70
a.r 10 oonufea in the snaee of one mi