The Portland daily press., 1870-09-23

Friday Morning, September % 1870.
A Democratic Campaign Deeumen,.

PORTLAND.

From the SPRINGFIELD Republican
Figures from the treasury department at
Washington show in manner not to be dis
puted that while the government receipts
during the first eighteen months ofthe present
administration have increased 1928 1855
over those of the last eighteen months of Dem
ocratc rnle under President johnson, the ex-
penditures have decreased SS3,S53,O ,O60, thus
saving the country $40 0,O66,S26. Also that it
has cost less under President Grant to collect,
under reduced tariff, 1924, ,725, ,139 of The Gus
toms than it did under President johnson to
collect s251 ,073,705, while more than mil
hon dollars represents the decrease in the
cost OF collecting, under Grant, S53 ,263. .919
more OF internal revenue than under John
son. Finally, that the Democratic admins
tration reduced the public debt, during the
last eighteen months of its existence. 81 .3S3.-
AGO, while the present Republican administra-
ton. during like period, reduced it $780,
5424O9.
These figures, showing conclusively the
honesty and economy with which the present
administration is administering the govern
ment, have been poser to the Democrats
The party leaders saw that they were likely
to give the Republican party great popularity
among the people of the country, bnt have
not been aDIe to deny their correctness or
lessen their force. 1t was plain sometime
must be done, however, to distract the public
attention, if nothing more. So "Gen." Noah
L. Jeffries, secretary of the Democratic nation
al committee, has got out document show
ing to bis own satisfaction, at least, the sex
travasance" of the present administration, by
declaring that $411 ,255 ,470 were spent in the
hrst fiscal year of Grants administration,
which is SOL ,345, POI more than the whole ex-
penulture OF Buchanan's administration add
ed together! This is sumner indeed. The
war, the national debt; the increase of the
country IN population and wealth are all to be
ignored, and The administration condemned
because 1t spends more than was spent in car
rylng on the government dozen years ago
when totally different state of things pre-
vailed. NextIwe shall expect to see some am
b'tious statistician figuring out that A. II.
Stewart is going to the dogs financially be-
cause he spends more now in year than he
did in five years when he was comparatively
poor man. .
Gen. Jeffries is clearly not much of hand
at figures. Delmar can beat him out OF sight
there any cay. But he does better when be
takes to abusing Massachusetts for the in
huence she has in the government, declaring
that the "entlre government is controlled al
most exclusively by Massachusetts, she hav-
ing until recently two members OF the cabinet,
and still having the secretary Of the treasury,
welding more patronage than all other de-
partments combined, the assistant secretary
and solicitor of the treasury, and the char
man OF six COMMITTEES of Congress" 1t is
true that Massachusetts is a power in the gov
ernment totally out OF proportion to her area
or population, and we cannot account for it
on any other ground than that she is able to
furnish the necessary brains,-a commodity
sadly needed by the whole Democratic party
and by Gen Jetfries, secretary of the Demo.
cratic national central committee, in partic-
Mar.