The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-15
The investigation Ended.

The Congressional Committee that
has been engaged for some time past
sitting in New York, investigating the
affairs of Grants den of thieves in
that city, have practically finished
their labors. On Saturday last the
Senators composing the Committee
returned to Washington. The revela-
tions of corruptions i'll that Robbers
roost. are astounding beyond the Wild
est authorizations of the bitterest enc
mics of the administration, and all
the capital the friends of Grant can
make out of the manifest attempt OF
The Radical members of the commit
tee to yhitewash the swindling oper-
atoms of the Presidents pets, they are
welcome to. The Hartford (Ct.)
Times, says the Investigations have
proved these things beyond all dispute
or denial:
That the so-called General Order
business is simply a system of BARE
FACED ROBBERY, amounting to perhaps
! S200,00O a year.
III. That Leet and others, who have
shared this plunder, are close and IN
innate friends of President Grant, and
wrote their letters on blank letter
sheets dated Executive Mansion,'
Washington.
III. That Leet, the chief ruler of the
gang, was appointed at the special
/ written request of the President; ;
/ request which was practically-as tht
collector we'll knew "a command
which he could not affordto disregard
if he cared to retain his own place.
". That the New York merchant
have been treated by Grant and the of
ficials at Washington as but so mucl
| game be TO p1ucked by the personal ant
i political friends of the President, ant
in spite, too of the earnest and oft
repeated remonstrances made, for up
wards of a year, by Mr.. Stewart AM
others, who appealed directly to th
President, but always appealed L
vain.
v. That the New York Custom
house has all along been "run" in th
Interest of the Grant wing of the Re
publican party, rather than in the IL
terest of the country-an honest co
lection of the revenue being altogethe
t a secondary consideration to tn
! advancement of the particular tactic
: w hieh is understood to be pushing I'll
: Presidents pretensions to another fol
D years leave OF power.
: These, and other shameful thing
n stand proven by the investigating con
! mittee-the facts being mainly e!
) torted by the clear sighted cross que
i tioning of witnesses by the Democrat
e minority OF the committee. alter 60
e Buckingham, the chairman, had e
d pressed wish TO end the helnvestigatio
q Now, what is President Grant goiI
v to do with these men Is the CustQ
n, house to be cleansed
,f Not bit of it! The plundering
g to go on. A part of the proceeds
. this robbery-say S20,00O-is to
t. used as an electioneering corruptl'
D. fund against the Democrats of Go
1t necticut at the coming election.
a Mr. Grinnell, the lase Collector,
e. knowledges that he sent into the Sta
W $4,000 from that establishment il
7e spring, for the benefit of Grant a
s Jewell And this monstreus robbie
1t and corruption is to proceed. Ii
We year they tried to cover it up unde
o. persisting shouting about the 6 c.
to ruptions of Tammany." But Pre-
of dent Grant keeps in office worse
o. of thieves than any that were come
n ed with Tammany. Their rascallty
ty PROVED.