Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-02-01
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The 7AdW ini istraEiOn and its, Enemies

The Administration and ITS Enemies
The following is quotation from Senator
Wlsonsrspeeeh at the N4W HainlpFFAlit'e ~ Con c4ns
| vention: rr,.a' age,tbsu1si 4. at tsA,i, Ia
| In the war of 1912, when military prcpaia
tons and expenses were insignificant com
! paredwith the last war, the government, lost
generaio hiaie, honesty rpervades ievefy depart.
ment ofTiie present government. al Whenadi
| honesty has been found it has been thoroughly
| weeded' out Where there have been, sslls-
| picions of fdishonesty, the most thorough and
| searching investigations have been made, In
| several of the departments there has not been
Q loss of single dollar reported. The Presi-
| qent desires every wrong to be ferreted out.
1T has been asserted in some quarters that
there is a disposition on the part of uthe Ad-
ministration and Congress to eyadei inYestiga-
ton! Such.is not the case. / In 1866 al J ONT
COMMITTEE of Retrenchment and Investigation
was appointed, which was in force eyup TO the
present Congress. One of its members was
your OWN honorcd Senator--Pattersen . On
account OF there being a. question as to the
power Off sticha committee to administer Dun
lshment' for imalfeaslnce in, Office there was
at the commencement of the present session
Of Congress Senate Committee of 2mTestiga-
tionappointedg clothed with full mower to-
send for persons and 'papeTs and t9figidly
examine every sub jent demanding theinatten-
r6na rThen President WANTS hpnesty an the
public servants hut thh peBple tnsastr rileplli,,a
Keep the officials EiiOfnish.ai FEhebe iape ttEioEN
$4,000 men in the seDyiac of utheq 4QNelnnAerlt,
andtwho Can Sbe lstapriseds that theretisfRoNl
aMl. then an instance oofs itisheneslyt;I LyAas
been so in all past ti1ias with every GOV erll-
plent. anGwiu DE so ipstlseyfutHae laaless a
$Tent olahge Goines ovtYthespiritamldr ldraapas
or nGr.J2 lhere Q ever Bas d Ilopei haRsst, or
lnpnGtendinS q man than RiHsilent ~ ktAante
Having been without much experience in
pubHcGnatters I've may lliave aQnmfnittedt some
errors mia few dppOintments slBntth sgreat
bulk OF his appOintnleflts lave lbeen as a gaa,
eral rule better than We have seen for the last
forty YEARS. ] Some are in 8otiice who ought
not E1ei thcre oldnG .Sonie isaygtheI Pyesi-I
DENT accepts pre$ehts, gbutlhe has mot done So
since takingft6 oath of office, except IN some
thrilling cases, Il AN old lady out West, eighty,
tNeoyears lold. TdGently sent ihimva pair of
whiGhiIshe had knitted with her
own hands She, wrote to the President that
she had1four sons who Were ih1hisI command
In the great rebellion Het Brought none of
them back to her, but, ihe had brought her a
country, and she thanked God forit.s.T There
are some persons nowadays who endeayored
TO bellttle manyl ifl not all persons in publicE
stations They Eeviled the iainented Lincoln
Whenihe was eliminated, > Rldn wanted, him /
Withdrawn. But they did not succeed. Il in-,
coin was ,triulnphantly reelected, and inj his
own personal character and i4qtAe homer and
tof mst Standardization he now stands |
beside the peerless Washington. Office hold
ers.were peHef sdpowerless as at tho, present.
tane. % EspeciallNnen account s,of the Presir |
dents honesty did the speaker believe the 1
people ii lNed him4and would want ito sre-eleGt |
him, and would DO itf1oH was iHtere$ting-to |
ieweither histmyapf General Grant at the,
opening of the WAN AdqlietH Nnppetepding (
man, be Went doSJeta Spsing gfisld, alipais t0 j
.ssist in raising and ldiseip pGijlg regiments. I
atter twenty eEgaaizatisns had ube cen, rieFn
1ected, Mr.. Grant was given the eGnananSi rof Il
ne 2ast, anaowas commissioned, 9, CSlSnet T
/ 9 ,ha1shet naeney enough to get himself 10
WORD end he borrowed 'somej3e buy one /
With. But what reaera he soon made for
iilaself! 1.-The ink ,upon his commission had
hardly got dry before, under his direction, a
lgnal victory was won over an army of 80
700 men. 81 Then he rose from step, to step
lptr the gebel hestsaWers conquered and he
lad gained for himaelf,ca high, place among
ne greatest commanders of modern times,
Ehe sneaker, )beheved yPresialepta Graatto he
ne clleifero of the great mas OFF RepNbli licens
or selection. He had no doubt but that he
SoAld gcaFry twenty-eigI lEStates, NJ and laaye |,
MY nine for, tue Democrats, hus asr,oi,,,, t.