Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-08-22
The .Bane of Politics.

tails are perfectly astonishing. Mayor
Hall and Controller Connolly are proved
to haze drawn amounts Tor S6,231 .5Sl.6s
FOR repairs and furniture ON armories and
county offices during a period OF nine
months One gets little idea of the
enormitieS by figures in the aggregate
1t is necessary to look st particular items,
to realize. the truth. We quote few
items only:
ToIugersOll, fcr chairs, &c n1,9lo59
" C;Aney, for plastcring. SV2,0Is-.s
MsT 5 for cg Plp@Sas work l
The top floor OF Tammany Hall build
ing is let for $50 200 II year, while it
could not be let for $1,000 FOR anything
else. Z. Is. Sweeny receives $50, 200 for
arnories which are high at $1,000 Mr.
Palmer receives $4,000 for an empty
lott which would not bring $1,000 for
any business purpose. Aud so on IN a
long list. showing how the peoples mon
; ey is squandered by democratic rulers in
that worst governed city in the country
New York 1t is in vain for the demo
cratic papers to try to cover the iniquit-
Gus proceedings brought to light by their
own party papers, by raising the cry of
''slop theft" as they find some delinquent
republican office holder. 'Let every tub
stand on its own bottom" Let racality
be denounced. wherever exposed, with
out regard to party rolations--without
fear or favor. Partisan papers treat the
I New York politicians lightly, and try to
pass these charges over as only the inven.
tons of their political enemies. To show
that they are not so regarded by The peo-
pie most directly concerned, we append a
document which has been circulated
in New York city, among the tax payers,
merchants, bankers, and leading men,
without distinction to party. 1t is rs fol-
lows
NEW YORK. July -, 1871.
Whereas charges have been made in
leading newspaper, of waste, misap-
preparation and peculation in the public
funds To very great amounts, and many
particulars are given, tending TO show
enormous frauds committed by public OF
ficials: and whereas it is the right and
duty of the citizens at large TO inquire
into and scrutinize the doings OF their
servants. and by proper means to investi-
gate the public accounts, and the present
occasion calls for the prompt and united
action of the people TO deal with this new
and startling aspect of alleged misrule,-
Therefore, the undersigned invite their
fellow-citiZens, without distinction of
parties, who desire good government and
honest and fair dealing with the public
moneys. and are disposed TO have the
charges. now 30 publicly and distinctly
made, followed by iull and thorough
examination of the public accounts, and
ale ready To take the necessary steps
therefor. To meet at the Academy OF Mu
sic, on Tuesday evening, August :, AZ s
o'clock.
The most remarkable efrontery is |
shown by the AlbaIy ArgUS, democratic,
in its treatment OF the matter. Il says
A radical editorrecently went through |
the New York Court House. and asked !
where is all ihis plastering, all this furni |
ture We can tell him. The hands OF
radical politicians at Albany had to be
plastered annually, before the New FORK |
tax lew could become law. To one !
man, saint OF ST. Lawrence. sixty thouS-
and dollars had to lie paid; TO another, a
white neckclothed scoundrel from Madi' |
son, sum nearly rs great. Garvey'S |
plaster whitenS walls and lertilizes
farms TO the west of the State. lngersoPs |
furniture decks respectable mansions
in the interior, and the neighborS wonder
how the wealth and taste OF the owner
were thus suddenly developed.
Does any one suppose that that old
republican firm Of plumbers, the keysers |
were let off with furnishing New York
Court House No; their lead pipes ran
into Herkimer, and tapped the politics of
Montgomery. Indeed, the sewerage OF
Cayuga and Chatauqua, ii Is believed,
found their machinery aud equipments
NJ this good old radical establishment.
There is 4 drainage from New York
into the interior, under the laws, which |
amounts to millions annually The school
law and the system OF appraisment in
New York, rs contrasted with the ratio
in the rural districts, gives an advantage
10 the State or against the metropolis OF
seyera, millions year. But this incquali- |
tv under the law is nothing compared
with the secret subterranean drainage
which exhausts the vitality and strength
of the metropolis for the benefit Of radi'
cal politicians in the Interior
This is like the Irishman's plea, in
court. to the charge of thcft-"Guilty.
but prove it, I'VE admit we have stol
en- the peoples money" says The Argus,
"but we have divided it with The republi-
cans"
All we have to say to this is, if a re.
publican cdh be found whose etching
palm has been SO glutinous rs to have
any OF these ill-gotten gains adhere to it,
let him he exposed, and take his place
forever with the party which openly de-
tends raseality and in whose ranks MEM
bership is not affected by stealing money
by wholesale.
Speaker Blaine was serenaded at
SARATOGA, an immense aSsemblage, esti-
mated ii ten thousand. being present.
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