Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-07-16
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| " Ouf NEShtSAS Oh .tSSS rttNf's
The Chicago Ti'tsmge, shlls. it has
criticised freely some OF tbo ,Esatprss
of President Grants administration,
! is fr,rsE to accord just ti,@aise tol,ini
| in the conduct br'otr& bnblfec 'fneas=
urcs which uannuf fafisto Nssei rs TIE
| approval of the e,itiFe Tuoantsy.', -
From the 7'NHrnsd'fisls .we make
the iolidWfns poirtetf-a9ttacts5: -
The platform Ola when General
| Grant was made RIestdUu ts~wss, es-
sertialIy that Of retrapshHept, econ
omy and reform. The Ieyenue SER
tviee wac then 80 aem6Ta! fEed th sa
commissioners Wells .estinnAted. aeur
Eanr,uaf loss FROM this. source. ut
Eeighty MILLIONS Of, dollars, Corrpp-
ton seemed to be fast becoming the
rule, and collection 81 the revenue
an impossibiliiy.' Parties convicted
of defrauding the revenue were ,sei'
fdom prosecuted. and IF .c0nyicted,
were pardoned, We, appeal TO the
candid recollection Of Solf reatiers il
the chief claim put fofwafi"By the
mass Of President Grants sspport-
srs was not that be would reduce the
expenses of the government, Increase
the revenues, reduce its debt, and re-
store the country to Sofvency. To
this urgent'need Of the Tour 'Presi-
dent Grant first addressed himself
!. WHAT'S the result? The cry OF cor-
ruptiun has ceased. The. wliskey,
ring. like the pardon brokers' aud
fIhe rebel. congress- 10 n forgotten
term. :. An. inspiring, change. has
come over the revenue Aeryice'-. In
May, 1868, under johnson, the wills
| Fey tar, atsS2 per gallon, welded ST.
100000. In May 1885, under Grant,
o TAX one.third - high. Yields three
times.thatsume or "a, 90, 9,. sYith
thirty.six collection districts yet. to
hear from. The first three quarters
lof the fis6af yeaf Tbegitiriing JufT I,
1852 .yietded cnry ss25B,HDB006 OF
revenue The cufrenta quarter will
yield 800, 600, 900, or a. TIE. rate of
| $50, 900 Gee per year mdfS" thah was
lcollected under Andrew Johnson
thus verifying Com missioner Wells
estimate Of OUT former .leakaEe,T and
proving that II has'beeu tightly plug
ged up. ..-,, -
Turning 10 our expense account.
we find that during the first three
quarters Of the fiscal year nnder
yoh nson) our expenses ayeraged..exA
ceeding 5000, 900 per, quartsr.Y, Dur
ing the current quarter they will not
4 exceed S65, 0O0, 0t8, or S2G,oo9;D0V less
shan t,efore+aul annual is1ying,. II
kept up, of $50 600 900 pery year As
the discharge Of myriads.s Of clerks
and officers which has transpit ed did
not tell on the first quartef4 'expen-
ses "a 1t will on the others, {we see ne
reason why the savings oh tive first
Iquarter- should not be, -eaualed
throughout the year. Ii so, the joint
gain on both revenue and expenses
Twill amount to $3.50, 000, 900 "a. year,
q gain, which seems alpest imppssi.
BILE, aS the result of whatever, admin,
istratfve skill. -
Though President JohEs6h's out.
going Secretaries protested againsi
the appropriations of l'qpxress. ,.foi
the current year as wholly made.
quate aud predicted large .deficief,
cY, IL is now known that there will
be a surplus of thirty-ssysassafiild Hot,
dollars, and for the FIST .tima. A
many years there win be 10 deli
cheney bill before CossFess.GEANhe4t
Secretary. Mcttulloch--Ge declared - lha
he could not possibly get along WITT
so little, MI. Boutwell, .wn arstnr,
that he has been unabfetbaa Hhd d
That fearful nest Of csht siafS5 9Th,
Indian Bureau, has been DIsEen up
| nt. IrA hn4 III,
failed to render are being performed
by army subafterns- Who Iyfrs-tIhsi
lounging around the cities, bit WhoQ
Grant has detailed. TO shetlafa afE-9l
the frontier wherever they Lcoald. bt
set at work. The bureaus aHd ide
partments have been swept CLEAN -,
all pretended functionaries wkasiru u
salaries from the government NJ Ill,
giving most of all their time to pri.
vate business. Imbeciies and kHaye:
have been weeded out. In all tai,
President Grant has kept, the, prom
ise Of his platform and inaugural,
and the result Is seen in the" balance
sheet. = -
Reconstruction, under Ehe spscia
and effective influence OF. the Pref
dent, Is asvanciug&ith silent rapid
ity. In Virginis and Texas NC wit
ness a new phenomenon illustrative
of the progress of opinion. SeitheI
State has ut present any Detn'cGratie
party, or any party that opposes the
enfranchisemeDt or. the negrJ. There
are only Conservative Republican
and Radical Republican parties the
| former asking q FREQ ballot for Reb-
els, the latter restricting. H. The
RnRlhilation Of the Dem ocratic par
ty in two States is accompanied by
ITS paralysis almost. everywhere.
It's demagogicsl capital is gaRe,. It's
hostility 10 Grant lie meaningless and
uncalled for. Intelligent, lcriticism
is always I'm order, but thisis bestow-
Cd so freely by General Grants
strongest supporters that ffsere'is no
| useful function for an opposition
party to perform. So it VIII coHtiR-
ne SO long as Grant does his best, and
the Republican press are indepeu-
dent. Admitting that tho frst four
months Of an ADMINISTRATION are too
short q term for the estimate of is
full powers, we still Cannot but see
in President Grants course thus FAR
opening successful administration
the assurance Of continued. .triumphs
10 the Republican party, and the
guarantee of q. more perfect peace
and more certain and enlarged
prosperity than the, country has
known for many years. Therefore
we thank God for President Grant as
heartily and devoutly as'in the old,
dark, trying times We used to thank
God for the General -. A-T'"