Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-25
Political.
MISREPRESENTATION RETURNS.

KENTUCKY-oFFICIAL RETURNS.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 25.-0ficial returns from
all but one county give Leslie, democrat
1876 ,057; Harlan, S9,07S. Leslie's majority is
estimated at 81, ISL.
THE sOUTH-CHAsE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Chief Justice Nichol-
son of Tennessee has written letter indorsing
the Chase platform, and expressing the opinion
that the south will accept the choice of the
northern democracy.
GEoRGIA-GRANT ENDORSED.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 24-The republicans of this
city, Monday night, held mass meeting and
adopted resolutions endorsing General Grants
administration, and pledging their utmost eXer-
tons to secure the state delegation for his re-
nomination.
CALIFORNIA ENTHUSIASM.
SAN FRANCIsCo, Aug. 24--S. S. Cox adj
dressed the democrats at Vallejo Saturday
night. There is great enthusiasm throughout
the state. Business is neglected for politics.
The republicans have score of speakers i'm
ported from the east including Hamlin, Bing-
ham, Dawes, Maynard and others.
WISCONSIN, DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
MADISON, Aug. 24.-The democratic cOnven-
ton completed their state ticket last night, by
nominating John A. Rice, of Waukesha county,
for lieutenant governor; Milton Montgomery
for secretary of state, Orion Klaus for treasurer,
Edward S. Bragg for attorney general, L. j.
johnson for state prison commissioner, n. ID.
and Jacob Boden for commissioner of immigra-
ton.
NEW YORK-REPUBLIcAN CAMPAIGN.
SANDUsKY, N. Y, Aug 2.-Secretary Delano
opened the republican campaign in this city to-
day i'm a speech devoted TO an exposition of the
work of the present administration in the way
of collecting revenue and reducing taxation,
and in the course of which striking contrast
was drawn with what was done under JohnsOn's
administration. The present administration
found the public credit impaired by the dis
honesty and mcapaclty which peryaded the pub
lie service. The public debt was rather increas-
ing than diminishing, with a reduction of re-
ceipts from internal taxation How was the
failing credit of the government to be repaired,
its current expenses met and reduced in the
face of this discouraging condition?
This serious and embarrassing question could
only be solved by the energetic enforcement of
the laws and faithful application of moneys
collected to the public liabilities. 1t was DONE
During the first twelve months of the admins
tration, the receipts from internal revenue were
$177 457 1888, and during the fiscal year $780,
235 S67 Notwithstanding the reductions already
stated. Without the reduction lof the amount
the receipts from internal revenue sources,
on this basis would have been S263, 235,S 67.
The taxes on spirits during the fiscal year
1868, of the last administration, yielded only
SIS, O00, 900. During the first year of the pres
ent administration there were collected and paid
into the treasury, from the same source, S05,-
600 O00 and this on a reduction of the rate to
be collected; thus S7S,0OO,OO0 were exempted
from articles on which previously taxes had
been recovered, aud its loss counterbalanced by
faithfully enforcing the revenue laws, and hon
estly accounting for the money.
Observe further, that, in 1868, in the last ad-
ministration, the expenses of the internal reve-
nue. business were $SSs7 1893, while, for the first
fiscal year of this administration, the same ex-
pcnses were reduced to S5916, 410, making a
gross reduction of the cost of collecting the rev
OF 49, All 1892 Mr.. Delano also showed that there
had been auet gain to the revenue from Gus.