Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-09-11

ate example-and l select the case OF
the most honest aud honorable of all the
recent prominent appointees-that fCom-
mission Delano, Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau. This gentlemen has been much
"on the wing" He has, since his brief
term, "traveled much," and consequently
"knows something" Idon't know how
many miles he has made--he does. But
l do know that the Government allows
twenty cents mile, and that there is not a
railroad in the country that charges q
known prominent officer dime for jour-
ney, if it should extend from Dan to Ber-
sheba. But let all that pass, and let US
attempt to get at something like practi-
cal view of the "inner life" of our expen-
diturcs by descending to small matters.
The salary of the President, as prescribed
by law, is s25, 900 per annum. His "per-
quisites," beyond mansion, furniture,
most spacious gardens, and pasture enough
for all the cattle ofthc Duke of Newcastle,
are--scrvants ad HLitxm, clerks and en-.
ploycs to the extent Of a depletion Of the ar
my--and presents of all kinds from his
"iellow citizens" at home and abroad
Two orders of his, since he has been rus
ticating at Long Branch, tell a significant
story. That othc Secretary yof the Interior
is laconic. 1t is simply to see that his
two tavorite nags are properly " shod' and
sent on. Upon inquiry find that tho
mere "shoeing' of couple of horses
should not cost more than ten-dollar
grccnback; but the word "shod," like
Littlctons "&c," in Cokc's Commentaries,
is made to mean by the sycophautic Secre.
tary, great deal. In short, this business
Of shoeing" and sending on" these ami.
mails will cost the United States more than
three thousand dollars as per calculation at
the Department of the Interior, although
Secretary Cox ccrtiics that he "carried
them with his own hand"
Now. here is picture Of the manner
in which the Radicals are conducting the
Government, which should be studied by
those who pay the taxes. From General
Grant to the meanest "shyster" who hangs
upon the departments, the principle is, get
all out of the Treasury that is possible.
Economy is forgotten word in the trans
action of public business. Not content
with rising their salaries to five thousand
dollars per year, the members of Congress
spend their whole Summer in journeying
from one part of the continent to another
with their families, and leaving the bills to
be paid out of the contingent fund. These
bills are not small ones. They embrace
all the aclicacies of the season, to which
are added gloves for receptions and pres
cnts for the ladies'. In this manner the
expenses ofCongress arc kept up to a ruin
Gus height, while those of the departments
are pitches in the same key. Money is
needed and must be had to meet such un-
prcce Tented outlays. The money must
come from the labor of the country. For
every visit Schcnck or some other Radical
makes to the West or South, the poor
men Of the nation must work the harder
and thoir families miss few more of the
nccessarics of life. Are they content to
thus toll for their Radical masters? If
not, they must defeat the Radicals at the
polls, turn out the thieves and plundcrers
at Washington, put honest men in their
places, and thus prepare for reduction of
taxes, by reducing expenditures.