Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-10


duced by precisely so, l.09
during the eleven months ending on
the 1st ult.; and that this statement
is "based upon the books Of the
Treasury Department and cannot in
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The Louisville commercial showl
that the expulsion (or resignation td
avoid expulsion) of Congressman
Whittemore for corruption is not the
only case of the kind that has hap
pened. Messrs. Matteson, Welch
and Edwards went through the same
mill in 1857. The point the Com.
me,ciM makes isa good one; it shows
that Republican Committees un-
earthed the rascality, and Republican
majorities in Congress condemned
and punished it; and then it proves,
by instances like Fernando Wood
and others, that no amount. OF dis
honesty or corruption will make a
Congressman or any other man lose
place or power in the Democratic
party. And herein is lesson for
those who think that "all parties are
equally corrupt"
Speaking about the usual Demo
cratic cry of "Republican extrava-
gance," the New York Tribune takes
occasion to remark that in 1867 the
expenditures of the government OF
the City and County of New York
wholly Democratic) amounted to
$23 ,920, 1892; while the whole Ap-
preparations for the Government OF
the United States, for everything
except the Armyand Navy Pay-rolls
and the fees Of District Attorneys
and Marshals, for the year ending
next June, amount to only So, ,a72, :
1880! These figures speak louder
than words, as to the comparative
economy of Democratic and Repub-
lican administrations.
Cuban news continues uncertain
and various as ever. 1t is reported
that the insurgent General Arrange
has surrendered, with 70 men; but
the report is contradicted. 1t is also
reported that General Jordan, the
Commander in Chief of the insurgent
forces, has resigned; but this is con-
tradicted. BY the way, the Chicago
Post says that this Cuban Gen. Jor-
dan was Quartermaster in the U.
S. army when our late rebellion
broke out, and that he went over to
the rebels with several thousand dol
lars Of Government money, and was
Gen. Beauregard's Chief Of Staff
during the war. A pretty chap to
head a revolution!
Legislative Jokes have been in or
der lately. Some member Of the
Minnesota lie gislature introduced a
Resolution COPIED verbatim from the
Democratic Platform Of 1868; and the
Republicans voted for it and every
Democrat against it. Mr.. Sphinx Of
Dakotah tried the same game in the
u. s. House Of Representatives a few
days ago, with equal success. He
offered the Resolution favoring tar
iff for revenueand imposing the least
possible burden on industry. The
Democrats voted almost unanimously
against it-and then Mr.. Sphinx re-
marked that the Resolution was
merely one plank of their 1868 Tam
any Platform. But that joke leaves
room for two or three large inferences.
The Grand Junction Head-Light
records a circumstance not hitherto
published: At the grand Army Of the
Tennessee Reunion at Louisville last
Fall, while all the officers shone in
all their glory, Gen. Custer made
himself especially conspicuous. See
ing him strut, Gen. McGnok Of Illi-
nois called out to him, "-Iullo, Gus
teri got new clothes on, eh? Why
the d--l don't you come up and see
use We'd kick your cusyed carcass
all over the State, Just for old ac-
quaintanceship." Custerslunk away.
Wouldn't some of the LIST Iowa Cav
airy boys have liked to hear that sal
utation?
The Chicago Post can't see what
Democrats can find to get mad ut In
the idea Of Indians voting, as itcallsl
t0 mind the fact that indians who