The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-20

pearances better fed body of gentlemen
never before assembled in convention
Fax collectors, tax assessors, postmasters;
and post Office agents were there in force,
and did what they went to -do-control
the convention. Experienced politicians
like Wade and Galloway were driven
from the field, and a probate judge of
] Hamilton county was put IN nomination
for the office of Chief Magistrate of Ohio
As if determined that the-Werld should
] not be in doubt as to who controlled the
convention, one part of the hall was set
apart for the use. of the, officeholders of
| the Ohio Association of Washington City.
/ These industrious gentlemen, who work
/ from 9 till3 O'Clock every day, had been
relieved from their duties as bureau chiefs
and clerks, that they might direct the de-
iberations- Of the Ohio Republican Con-
vention. i''.f
This, however, was not the most singu-
lar feature of this most singular body. 1t
is known to. the entlre country that since
| 1861, the Republicans in Congress, under
the approval of Republican Presidents,
have given away to railway and other
corporations two hundred million acres of
land, and have only left for the people re-
fuse or remote tracts of land among the
Indians With this fact before the world,
the Convention passed the following reso-
luton:
"We reLeat our condemnation of the
policy of granting subsidies of public
lands to corporations and monopolies."
That is, the Republicans in Congress
gave away all the public lands worth hav-
ing, and now pass resolutions condemnlng
their own acts.
1t is believed that this resolution was
penned by Senator Sherman, which fact
may to some persons seem strange, as he
was one of the most unfaltering advocates
of land grants to private corporations, IN
Congress-. In one breath the oficeholders
Eplead guilty of having violated the trust
reposed in them by the people; pass con-
| demnation against their own acts, and
with refreshing simplicity ask the people
to continue to maintain them at the pub
lie crib. z51 @
This modest request, however, IS sur
passed by the fourth resolution, which de-
clares ''The success of. the present ad-
ministration has been illustrated in its
fathfulness, honesty and economy in
the collection of the public revenues"
1t would be difficult, fellow-citizens, to
find in political literature a finer example
of audacity- than is found in tbls resolu-
ton. -s a1-1i als-as
During the first year of President Grants
administration, (sse Executive Doc. No. 81
I'd Session Al Congress), his Secretary Of
the Navy in violation of law, without an
appropriation of money having been made
for that purpose, drew from the federal
Treasury nine hundred thousand dollars
and divided the same among the naval
officers by adding one-third to the salaries
allowed by law. And this abuse would
have continued until tins hour, had It not
been exposedA and zdeAeaaced by y-DeinO-
I Gratis on the floor Of the House.
The Senator, no doubt, had IN hfs mind
this illustration of honesty and economy
Iwhen he drafted this resolution, and he
4 will appreciate my kindness in calling
y your attention to the fact.
An hour might be occupied with advan-
tage by giving many Ike evidences oi
honesty and economy in the Navy De-
partment, but it would not do to pass the
other Departments without word Of no
tice. r.G LIS
There was law firm in Maryland undel
the title of CressYell & Earle. 1t had al
ready achieved an enylable reputation be-
fore Mr.. Creswell became President Grants
Postmaster General, and Mr.. Earle his
/. first assistant This arrangement looked
' like business. Indeed, it meant business
Modest claims bloated to four times then
honest proportions were pressed for ad
justment before the Post-Offiee Depart
ment Among these was. one of Georg'
Chorpening originally for less than fifty
Thousand dollars which under the magl
cal influences known to exist at Wash
ington, swelled up to claim of nearl.
four hundred thousand. The Junior Law
= partner resigned has commission of frs
Assistant Postmaster General Sand beeam
the attorney OF Chorpening, and othe
j., meritorious individuals in the prosecution
: of their claims before his former -senio
+ law partner, now the Postmaster Genera
> of the United States This has The loo
d of honesty on its very face; and no on
+ weuld dream of fraud under such cireum
stances. Well, a Republican membe
from Pennsylvania, one bright mornin
smuggles through the House q joint reso
L luton, which 1 believe had already passe
T the Senate, authorizing the payment {
d Chorpening's claim, and within a fey
hours afterwards the prompt Postmaste
General, the senior partner of the fornle
firm of CressWell & Earle, drew a warran
on the Treasury for the amount. Unluck
lily for the gentlemen concerned in thi
"honest" enterprise, the history of th
claim had become notorious, and 10 va
arrested and the resolution authoriZin
1 payment was reseinded. This attempte
robbery of the treasury was denounced I
q both Houses of Congress, but the proof {
u the Presidents desire to secure "honest
and economy" is made clear by his retair
ie ing the senior partner in the late firm {
Dress we'll d Earle as Postmaster General
1 = AS my remarks will be limited to q siT
gle hour, my friends will be excused,
se trust; for not alluding to what could nC
m be treated of in q single day, and Will pas
r. the Interior Department to the 9Ieasors
~ IN silence, with the single remark that I
Secretary CressWell had his Junior par
&c ner made First Assistant Postmaster Gel
- eral, so did Secretary Delano have his il
,s NOR law partner made SoliCitorof the II
,e terror, The coineidenee is peculiar, an
: as the case Of Ohorpening came befol
Earle, the Junior partner of CressWell, 5
ls has that of McGaTraghan been referred
o. Solicitor Smith, late Junior partner ofSe'
retary Del2no. Citizens the world move
ID u, qThe Success of the present AdministrI
\. tion has been illustrated by its honest
~ and economy IN the collection of the pul
n lie revenues p So says Senator Sherna,
ic so said the Collectors and Assessors Of Il
D. Internal Revenue, when assembled
20 Convention at Columbus. s1 -lL
!. It Is not difficult to imagine the gri
ad bAAlllO. t4AO ASceNA~S
the author, when he penned the bitiE
sarcasm contained IN that resolution. = /
4 DOUBTLESS had before him Executive DO
I'D iumeIt No. 14D, n. r. Sd. session, Al
Congress, dated Feb. 1s, 1877, and signs
George L. Boutwell,, Secretary Of Il
n Treasury. As he ran his eye over Il
,e. names Of the 300 defaulters, "a of who
were appeintod by President Lincoln .6fi
= of whom have been sued on their bond
rs and of whom, Joshua F. Bailey, not sue
pm is marked as defaulter to the amount
to 1892, 600, and aoPposite whose name
II, Written-"Abseondeda March Is, 1870
2 he thought he would get off a good pie
= of wit which the people would appreciat
And as am sure. citizens, that you d
sire to know the reason, trust the Sen
n tor will net regard il az an intrusio
H,. when in your behalf express the no
( 3 that he viii exp plain why suit has not be-
brought on the bond of the absconded q
fauher, Joshaash 8ailayszzz
>. "The PRESENT Administration has be
| -, "a. t.,r- ao3,y snI