Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-09-29

dencs. n know he speaks Of eeonon1 and the saw
WsssS I and fSst he has eSsnASS 81 snergissaz
Alone ths-whoR estimate Tor which Tor The last
E EsSsscsssyssSs 6s ~ SksOSss II f Ia. 'hitl
RsEsHsi S9ly 1.-THE sas s.tsmnt z sayS 500 sOcAg
per 6oaeht by this government, and 30 letters a
day 70 eyery member sent through me ma4s e
hope to ssS the franklin pri WI r11 aboIiSSsd. but
On no such absurd apfetencs as thae K WI save,
ss;SSS % ;CSSS Ud ! RELY sssss s stSIsg t9at 4; 4 s Ssss8 #a. e ESsss
rHoseeteearies could be breaghtf oiiehtand Get,
8 NIL To5k; the ne P Pub debt w9gla q ReiS before the =
This WonderfuI mathematieiKnfd oessther
figuring for the Republican Congressional
9onmiteee. It must be the same nan
II iBhStdly possibleT that the world y
Produ0eutWo such prodigies In the same
age 10 5IfS9EI noUu Jn1
But, turning aside from this absurd docu-
'ment, let us look for q moment at aSfdWl
Whether.a as MI. DsWeaie charges, the fen
dency Of Grants Administration is alarm
ingfyjnthe directong of ,S~z6aNafAIee OF
ksxpendfsure. / will examine the fiscal
year wHbch closed on the Both of June
last andsstate, IS near 1esIcanbeg Ssper-
timed from official records, how much of
~thepeoule's money they haVeSeoeizBd0 ON
trust, an how muehthey have expended
o fSthat year, and, then, 5byScomparing
the expenditures of this with other adj
illustrations, eFeEEYman ca91faEms his
Judgment for himself ysfsr III "a 10 !
eHsxpended balances on hand, Jsly s . staoS
On customs N SISS5S SsS'5Ss 4
.ReeeivedU om intarnEI fevsnne.. ,756 40
fReeeived nom sales OF public lands. a3,S51lS1 y
Received from miscellaneous sources 26,466.66494
= GAS, 6s7 80
|odTHus. ~ appears fremractual official
sources about whichatlfere canFbenocon5
Et~roVeIsy,that the present Administration
ET rs.s sUai @d1 9aad f e ss9Rss fG SITS
eafned'money, the sum of $513,645568T9O.
s Mnat have shfSJa T Qf' VII ny T1PffTYiaTf
i WilEendeayor to trace the ~appropria-
lions as far as they can aeeertsiaeA,
bHomAhdh sources. In addition tothe
IHpexnepded balances on hand at the be-
[gihning-of the yeaTwot$1g2 sp0159sz.
Ethq9has be4n asked6AIfAf Vas atpfo'
bete6 hasdFHnce: -
Fer lSgl Sb. SsRsTtnent0o8 y. TS1SSa Z g 8
E ESss ssssss9ssS & 4l$fsssisSslssgA1::w.a sss IS IS 10 80 s S
For tnterQr departmenGI ~ sra 2e,444d61 98
EUnav1 deDarlmenf s-... 1855 666 90
FSE R 11ie 2 As9s5tIsns sse-ssY sGs g
- lol2t Y
Observation-Disclosures gS3s1 sS16.a55 81
4sedditifipn to this Ooneressihas al;
readA appt0priatedSOby deficiency bills
ptoE thisaahe fscalgeaFn$l3,000.00 sdi
Fss9o79 cd aEcAPITULATIoN A.
UlexpPeRded balances on hand June
Re- I.%sspPsSaisii:A3Sas .
go Total $500 $685. as 2s
10 this shouldlb e addedthelibanI ahd
Iapsedfdnd anbtdtihg I'd several miIi6h
dollars, and out of which, as viii be seen
by the cQmmunicatidn Of he 6sefetafF Of
the Treasury Of June 1, to Mr.. Beck, large
expenditures are made that nowhere ap-
IIpesR1n the estimates oori appropriation
bills There must also beaded the sums
received for government property during
the year, amounting to several millions,
and-VhichsRre expended Yithoutaappear-
ing anywhere in the satmates iorr appro-
HfiationsA Htis nowhere claimed officially
thatCo these immense snms there will
remain exceeding about eight million dol
ried over to the present fiscal year, and
the experiences Of the past years VIII fail
us If additional Ief1efeney bills are not
required next WintRrst0 shout equal this
unexpended balancedi So thatit thusaaps
pearsGfnOm1dsta abonteWhich there can
be- ac0ntroyeEg, bst9he expenditures
which Welcan trace of Grants admins
t~ration, for the year ending June 30, 1870.
amount to at least b enormous sum of
four hundred million dollars I$400,000,-
.O0OE Allowing q deduction from this of
thehsntire amount paid for pensions, In
dams, and interest ION the public debt,
which amount to $156, 440,478, and we
still have left the enormous sum of over
$240000, 000pf these expenditures. .ssal
. 0eaving Il to the Administration to ex-
plaih what has become of th~eibalance of
their hands, I wish TO inquire for a mo.
ment how these admitted expendi-
lures compare with the expenditures of
Eformer administrations before the Repub-
-lic6n party took control of uf govern
ment and became. responsible for its ex.
penditures. Audit should he noted here
that IN these estimates / do not include
the hundreds of millions of dollars worth
of public lands khafare worse than given
organized rings of public plpnderers>
How will my qnenphistieated Rsppbi-
cam friend stare when / tell him, from the
official records, that this sum expanded
during one year of Grants Administra-
ton, after making full deductions for
pensions, n interest on the public debt,
and Indians, exceeds, by nearly $4,000
eminent from the adoption of the Federal
Constitution to the. close ofthe last Brit.
ish war, which for those % years, includ-
ing q war with the most powerful nation
ION earth, were only $172sO00,0e0, as VIII
be seen from this table, taken from the
official records. da.-1Al
TABLE EErIaE E~xrENDrruREs or 4l
FEDERAL EXCLUSIVE OF THE PUU
DEBT. FROM EHE oR-TaE GOV
WAR.
From March q 17so, to December 81,
1871 81, 80, 500 81
-1,ST7,903 IS
1913 1,710.O70 81
179f, $500, $40 90
1875. -. ,~.%TSH9ZHZ@- 1889, 65S 0i
f1796. -. 2,b31, $50 AZ
1897 ASS, 500 SO
/ 179S. 49,. 80 1623sa23 a
$780, Observation-Disclosures SSz3G;sSSss d
k1Sq4z .r-.sos. -%..s1 1g669 19t