Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-09-22


TIE Times has on several occasions
within the past week exposed the false
statements made by Vice President Colfax
In his speech at South Bend, on last Sat
urday, in regard b! the expenditures of
Grants Administration for the fiscal year
It win be remembered that he and sew
eral Republican SenatorsihaVe been busy
for months In obtaining documents from
the Treasury Department for e~lectloneer-
ing purposes, and it appears. from the
manner In which ColfaK has opened b
campaign in Indiana, that after the Treas
ury statements anne into the hands Of
those for whomth were prepared for q
partisan purpose, the ihgares, although
not changed, were 50 manipulated as {
present as truth that which was unquali-
hedly false. On t+eFS al 5..0f 5-ay. i
The speech OF Hon. s. 8. MarshaIl, at
Springfield, nSWednesday, presented, in
. brief and clear manner, b actual gex-
penditures for the year referred to, and
the proof that he was correct in his pre-
sentation was furnished by Secretary
Boutwell,. Without. recapitulating here
b various obiectsfor which the money
was expendedsdtks enough to say that the
whole am cunt of expenditures exceeded
800, 100000. Allowing q deduction from
this of the entire amount paid for PEN
sions, Indians, and interest on public
0ODs Np4OO, E9O,3 Job anu I0eT6 I6m61uB
overs S40,O0Q000fo1 expenditures.
In his speech on the floor of the House,
last spring, Congressman Beck said the
expenses of the government for the Year
ending 1 June Rouldlbe more than $685.
100000. Since the close of the year, the
actual results nave been lascertained, and
they show that Mr. Beckis, estimate was
under the mark by more than $4,000, 600.
Mr.. Marshall well says that, there ear be
no honest controversy with regard to these
figures, because they are taken from official
statements made by Secretary Boutwell,.
There can be no challenge of b correct
ness of the suhjoined statement: kGT Z
Ucexpended balances on hand, June
Regular ppropEiatiOns....---.... Ss1,1iS,sss 81
$3.50 800, 4ss IS
To this, says Mr.. Marshall, must be
added the suNs received for government
property during the year, amounting to
several millions and which do-not appear
either In heestimAtes or appropriations,
This is also true Of 8he loan and lapsed
funds, amounting to several millions of
dollars, and out of which large expendl-
lures are made 10 sEfS Lila Cg
dispatches said thafgtha Republican Ma
tional Executive Committee was sending
campaign documents all oYerthe country,
embodying substantially such statements
concerning ne reYenue and expenditures
IS were made BY Collar in his south
Bend Speech 6enator, Wilson is Rt the
head of hat cdmmittee. He knows that
he his daily sending to all parts Of the
Union speeches and pamphlets which are
filled with f~s1sehoods, and are intended to
deceive the people. 4,rT .u x
Is it not a sad commentary on the. de:
generacy of morals in thosescharged with
the conduct Of this government, when
the Vice-President and q leader of the
dominant party Ia tie Senate descend 30
low as to busy themselves IN the manu-
facture and dissemination OF lies TO hold,
up q party sorOtten, and with q recofdiso
black that itsEeqViTes such support &c III
ca00 Times. s afs