The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-09-29

produce two such prodigies in the same
age.
But, turning aside from this absurd docu-
ment, let Us look for moment st a few
facts which are incontTovertible, and see
whether. Sc Mr.. Dawes charges, the ten
dency of Grants administration is alarm
ingly In the direction of extravaganza of
expenditure. | will examine the fiscal
year which closed on the Goth of June
last, and state. IS near as can be ascer
tanned from official records, how much Of
the peaple's money they have received on
trust, an how much they have expended
for that year, and then, by comparing
the expenditures Of this with other ad
ministratiOns, every man can form his
Judgment for himself.
Unexpe-ded balances on hand, July
J. 1St9. SfU2. 3U l5g %
Received from rustoms 19t 539 374 Al
Rec lived from Internal revenue... Isl 500 756 10
Received from sales o. public lands 3,350.4S1 rs
Thus, it appears from actual official
sources, about which there can be no con-
troveTsy, that the present Administration
received in trust for the people, for the
year ending Jund 50, 1870, of their hard
earned money, the sum of $513, 645, 1913 30.
What have they done with this enormous
sum?
Twill endeavor to trace the appropria
tons, as far IS they can be ascertained,
from official Sources. In addition to the
unexpended balances on hand at the be-
ginning of the year, of $1O2, 1870, 1887,
there hiss been asked for, and was apprO-
sted IN advance:
For leois- ativa dans-tment 81 a32 Ole an
For executive proper ..... 40 ZOO 90
For department of state ............. 214 1914 10
For treasury department. .........1 56 9S5 tS1 10
Fer interior department ........... % AL f61 %
Tor gar department ................ 4i 95S COS IS
Fo- navy department.. ............... Is 96 666 60
For agricultural department. ........ 41,440 90
For pOstCfce department. .......... 81 374 500 90
For judicial department ..... 49, 100 90
In addition to this, Congress has al
adv appropriated, by deficiency bills
;or this same fiscal year, $l3,000,0O0
REHABILITATION.
Unexpcrded balances on hand June
30, 1859. S1C2 80 40 81
feEt.er aDIroDflatlons.... ~ ABYSS bl
Deficiency bills. Observation-Disclosures. 1910 1000 90
Total. .................s 1896 S05, AS IS
To this should be added the loan and
| lapsed funds, amounting to several million
! dollars, and ous Of which, as will be seen
| by the communication of the Secretary of
the Treasury of June 1, 10 Mr.. Beck, large
| expenditures are made that nowhere ap-
pear IN the estimates or appropriation
bills. There must also be added the sums
received for government property during
the year, amounting TO several millions,
and which ere expended without appear
Ing anywhere III the estimates or apprO
priatiOns. Il is nowhere claimed officially
| that OF these immense sums there viii
reInein exceeding about eight million dol
lars SIS an uneXpended bslance to be car
| red over to the present fiscal year, and
the experiences Of the past years will fail
rs if additional deficiency hills are not
required next winter TO about equal this
uneXpeDd.d balance So that it thus ap-
pears, from data about which there can
be no controversy, tnat the expenditures
which we can trace of Grants admins
traticn, for the year ending June 30, 1870,
amount to at least the enormous suin of
four hundred million dollars (S4OO, Geo.
COO Allowing deduction from this Of
the entire amount paid for pensions, In
dams, and interest on the public debt,
which amount to $158. 440,47S, and we
sill have lett the enormous sum of over
S24e,CC0Oc0 of these expenditures.
leaving il TO the Administration to ex-
plain what has become Of the balance OF
the 1913 G00.Gc0 which I have traced into
their hands, | wish TO inquire for mo-
Gent how these admitted expendi-
lures compare with the expenditures OF
former administrations before the Repub-
lcan psrty tGok control of our govern
ment, ard became responsible for its ex-
penditures. And it should be noted here
thai in these estiasses l do not include
the hundreds Of millions of dollars worth
OF public LANDS that are worse than given
awsy By reckless. II not corrupt, grants to
organized rings Of public piunderers.
How viii NY uns0phisticated Republi-
can friend stare when tell him, from the
| official records, thst this sum expended
during one year Of Grants hdministra-
ton, afer making iuil deductions for
| pensions, and interest On the public debt,
and lndlsrs, exceeds, by nearly SO co.,
coo, the entire expenditures of the gov.
eminent from the adoption of the Federal
Constitution to the close of the last Brit
ish var, which for those 50 years. includ-
ing war With the most powerful nation
on earth, We're only S172,00O,000, as viii
be seen from this table, taken from the
| official records:
TABLE GIVING TIE FNTIRE EXPENDITURES OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, EXCLU-IvE OF THE rub
Lie DEBT. FROM THE FOUNDATION or THE Gov
EsNNENT TO TIE CLOSE OF THE LAST BRITISH
F.om March 4, 1889, to DecemberS1,
ll9l-.-..........--. .............. 1910 500 -
| l.f---- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1,~17.gr} -
l."j ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lilo G1n u
lt9l---- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3.5GO5ij 81
ltH9.-... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81 G5S O.
/ 30 ..-.-..---.... 2,53l $50 ~
is't NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s;'3 800 VI
| 4 :.