The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-01
THE PRESS.
Thursday Morning; December !, 1870.
The Corrupt Successor Of ihs virtuous

Enc Corrupt Successor Of the vlrtuous
Cox.
Democratic and "Revenue Reform" author
tiles have caused it to be generally UNDER
stood that Gen, Cox was "kicked" out OF his
office because he was honest and incorrupti-
BILE, and that Columbus Delano was appointed
his successor as Secretary of the Interior be-
cause he (Delano) is Corrupt politician"
and tool of mercenary and dishonest
President. Delano has been Commissioner
of Internal Revenue since Mr.. Rollins retire
ment, and Gen. Grant has thus had the on
portunties to observe what an accomplished
scoundrel his new Secretary is. The retire
ment OF Cox and the advent of Delano being
admitted to mean an entire change in the pol
ley OF the administration, an abandonment of
the old preference for honest men and an al
lance with the most desperate political in
trisuers in the country, it may be instructive
to look over the new Cabinet officers official
career and to speculate as to the future from
our knowledge of the past.
The last thing Mr.. Delano did as Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue-a very pretty
place indeed for venal wretch, who may be
bought by such as give his price-was to make
his annual report to the Secretary of the
Treasury. This report SO fully discloses the
incredible yiciousness of Mr.. Cox's successor
that we canuot fOrbear the recital of its salt
ent points.
During the fiscal year ending June SOth,
1870, Mr.. Delano collected over one hundred
and eighty five millions of internal revenue
an excess of ten million over his own esti-
mates, and of more than twenty-five million
over the receipts of last year.
With the taxes very much reduced he has
collected ten millions more on his spirits than
was collected during the last fiscal year, one
halt of which was in Johnson's administra.
tion. On tobacco the excess is nearly nine
millions.
This minion of a despotic military dictator.
who at the end of his term will unquestiona-
bly, perpetuate his power by means of a hire
ling soldiery,--this tool of the Cameron Chan
dler-Forney ring, states that during the first
eighteen months of the present administra-
ton he has collected internal revenue fifty
millions in excess OF that collected during the
last eighteen months of Johnson's administra-
ton, and that, too, when the sources of reye-
nue. been much diminished.
Comparing the receipts during the cores
ponding months from the same sources the
excess above mentioned is more than one
hundred millions!
The unprincil led and dangerous character
of the man having been clearly indicated by
these revelations, ones curiosity is naturally
excited as to his opinions on Indifferent mat
tiers not having any logical connection with
the main purpose Of this article-especially as
to what he anticipates will be the reduction
in the amount OF Internal revenue due to the
changes made in lie tax law last July. We
find that he expects the existing law to yield
about one hundred and twerty-six millions.
This is about the extent to which Congress
desired to 60 in reducing the internal taxes,
the rest of the eighty millions which were
taken off from the burdens of the people the
present Congress being attributable to the
notifications of the tariff.