Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-10
REDUCTION OF EXPENSES.

| DC Because. owing to the foregoing
reductions, the expenses this year are
less for each individual than they were
under Washington, and less than they
were under any Administration since,
with only four exceptions, and In the
case of these four the advantage is on
" apparent, and only few cents.
ri. Because, under Buchanan, in
1860, the population being 81, 443, 32l,
the expenses were ST. IS for each per-
son. and in 1871, under Grant, the popu-
lation being 3S, $50, 9S3, the expenses
were Sl.76 to each person.
% Because, while in 1860 the whole
amount expended for public buildings,
improvement of rivers and harbors, and
ether public works throughout the
country, was only S2,913,3 7l, As, In 1871
the amount paid for such improvement
was SO, 1873, 1905, and making allow
ance for the increased payments OF the
kind, the expense per capita under
Grant is as small as it has ever been
since the foundation of the Govern
ment.
%. Because, while Trumbull said
at the Cooper Institute that the expen-
SEES of the Government, III consequence
of the increased population and m
creased demand, and aside from inter
est and pensions, ought not to be more
than 33 per cent. greater than before
the war, they are actually only IL per
cent. greater, being S61, 4O2, 4OS.6i in
1860, and only $6S, 6S4, 613.92 in 1871.
/ 30. Because the retrenchment and
reform in Government expenses al
ready 50 extensively carried out
wherever the public interests permit
will be continued IN every possible
direction, and direct taxation for ma
tional expenses will be soon wholly ex-
tiuct.
81. Because this Administration has
performed an admirable work, such MS
no Government on earth has ever pre-
viously exhibited-that of vastly IN
creased extinguishment of the public
debt, and very large simultaneous re-
ductlon OF taxation
COST OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE.
81 Because, under Republican rule,
the cost Of collecting the customs rev.
enue has been reduced more than one.
half since 1860. In that year the per
centage of cost to collections was
| Sc. % in 1868, it was -. 06; in 1870, it
was So. 20 and in 1871, it was &3. IL.
| CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
49, Because Grant is the first Presi-
dent who ever recommended and inaug.
urated a system of Civil Service Reform
which makes Office dependent upon
fairly conducted and competitive ex-
aminatons; which makes dismlssion
from the public service to depend up
on misconduct, which leaves the attain
ment of office open to all classes of
citizens alike, irrespective of political
opinions and religious creeds, and
which deprlves the National Executive
of all benefits to be derived from cler-
ical appointments
"a Because to adopt such system
and to pu. it in operation just on the
eve of Presidential election when the
President is himself "A candidate, shows
how devoted he is to the free and I'M
biased rule OF the people.
1 80. Because Grant has always dis
approved of compulsory payment by
! the civil service of the Government of
contributions for political purposes,
or any arbitrary assessments for such
purposes, EXPRESSLY declaring that no
officer of any kind should be dismissed
or prescribed for repudiating such
/ leyies, thus leaving all uutrammeled
and entirely free. This is the action
of every department under Grant, and
is exactly the reverse of preceding
/ Democratic administrations.
1 DEFAULTERs AND DEFALCATIoNs.
/ 80 Because delinquents and defaul.
! ters have been detected, pursued, con
victed and punished under Grant with
an energy and vigor unsurpassed by
I any preceding Administration, owing
to increased vigilance in the scrutiny
OF accounts aud stern enforcement of
( the responsibilities OF official station.
/ 81. Because four-ffths of the cases
of official Delinquency and nine tenths
of the loss occasioned thereby, have
/ been entailed through the corruption
of officials, the responsibility for whose
appointment rested on the previous
Administration, while the present Al
minlstrahon has exposed their dis
honesty, removed them from office,
and as far rs practicable, punished
their crimes
/ b. Because, under GIANT, the Demo
cratic rule in regard to official rascals
has been reversed, and instead of going
out of office with applause, they now
so ous of office to he iucarcerated in a
prison--tor fully two.thirds Of the'em-
be2zlers and defaulters who have been
detected during the past three years
are now in jail.
30. Because Secretary Boutwell,, in Il
public speech, fully vndieates the
present Administration in comparison
to others, with regard TO defaulters.