The Portland daily press., 1872-09-28
SWINGING ROUND THE CIRCLE
HORACE Again SpeaEeth-Ise DenOum cetis
Official COrruptiOn-Warmo and
Tammamy Not MentiOned-Asks His
Friends Not TO Sell Their Votes.

AAoAAssS ANOs ~ sun MeAT NOtcss
SCRANTON, Pa. Sept. 27.-NIr Greeley, on ar
irving at Danville to-day from Northumber-
land made Speech in which he denounced of
fetal corruption, especially in legislative offices.
he sara ofhclals who used the public money in
private speculation ought not to be supported.
The country was more in danger from 1egisla-
tive corruption, he believed than from any
other source whatever. If we he said, who
stand before you - the Cincinnatiti and Balti-
more platform have been corrupt legislators or
corrupt politicians; if we have enriched our
selves or our friends by selfish legislation, do
not touch us; strust no one who has so acted. At
Bloomsbury, Mr.. Greeley again urged the i'm
portance of selecting honest men to office and
recommended that the polls be watched on
election day in order to render it certain that
every voter favorable to the cause deposits his
vote.
AT Kingston Mr.. Greeley spoke briefly. At
Scranton Mr.. Greeley began his address by re-
ferring to the question of national reconclia-
ton, and said that until that was settled we
cannot have other questions fairly considered.
He therefore was for disposing of it with all the
controversy concerning the rebellion, or slaves,
or negroes, or the equal rights of man. Mr..
Greeley then referring to the civil service re-
form, said The Secretary of the Treasury the
Secretary of the Interior, Postmaster General
and Attorney General were out on the stump
trying to drag the people into the endorsement
OF their policy and conduct. He protested that
this was in direct defiance of every reasonable
conception OF civil service reform. He insisted
that they should attend to the business for
which they Were paid and not be traversing
State after State to twist the people into sub
servlency to their policy and retention in office.
AS to the subordinates we must expect they
will follow the example set byitheir superiors.
Mr. Greeley then referred to Gen. Hartman,
who, he said, was stamping the country trying
to convince you that everything is lovely and
his boss and himself ought to be again in office.
Mr.. Greeley demanded, just as the people in
the mighty uprising of 1910, insisting that there
should be no reelection of President and that
office-holders should confine themselves to their
duties and let the people take care of the cleo
TONS MIR. Greeley concluded with an expires
sion of confidence in the advancement of the
liberal cause and warning the people not to sell
their votes. .-
AT the wigwam in Scranton Mr.. Greeley
spoke as follows:
Gentlemen-There is one idea, that is, one
subject have not yet touched upon in my
journey thus far through Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana. / Have been asked the question
CONSTANTLY upon all sides, what will New York
do In this contest? How will she go? What
will be the maiorities? On which side will
they lean? can say to you, gentlemen. that
In the State OF New York the Liberal Republi-
can movement is certainly as well developed as
in any State in which have yet BEEN and that
is saying very great DEAL for in the State of
Ohio as we'll as in the State of Indiana they
cannot defeat the Liberal and Democratic par
ties without great frauds are committed The
State of New York, between the two great par
ties on a fair vote is evenly balanced A change
OF about 10000 votes either way will throw the
election over to the one side or the other. The
Democratic party of New York is united. 1t
Will poll its full vote, and we have not less than
$4,000, beyond shadow of a doubt, of Liberal
Republicans. But do not think, considering
all things-the great efforts the Government
has made with its Office holders, postmasters
collectors of internal revenue and it's other vast
resOurces-I do not think, under the circum-
stances, that can safely say that we shall have
a great deal over $4,000 Liberal majority. But
4 the States of Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio
will rye majority for the Liberal candidates
New York will give more rather than less than
100000 majority sr-l
Mr.. Greeley, in a brief speech at Pittston,
said II believe we can make the people I'M
derstand that we don't propose to pay the rebel
debts, pension rebel soldiers, or any of those
montrosities which have been between the
truth and the public mind 1 believe that the
people are seeing the truth and are pushing
and thrsting aside the misrepresentation, and
that bright day dawns for this republic
through the reconciliation of her people and
the uprising OF the masses in their majesty
against the official corruption and office holding
controller or dictator of the people,
AT Wilxesbarre Mr.. Greeley addressed a
large crowd, saying he believed that unless pre-
vented by enormous and corrupt expenditures
OF money the public voice will respond to the
principles embodied in the Cincinnati platform
and ratified by the Baltimore Convention
ALLENTOWN, :, Sept N.-Mr. Greeley and
party arrived here at 10 o'clock this evening
and were escorted to the public square where
Mr.. Greeley delivered an address. He said:
T.. Il am one of those who who believe that the
time has fully come for scrutiny of accounts
with the men now in power i'm the nation. and
L presume IN the majority of the States if not
in ALL believe there should be complete
balance OF the books of the men in power by
some impartial and capable tribunal, so that we
could see just what money has been lost by in
competency and carelessness. and for a fair and
honest report of the condition of the finances
and of the expenses of the government
Mr. Greeley went on to speak of the defal-
cations in the treasury, and referring to the
Hodge defalcatien, said: Hodge was hurriedly
tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary
What more do you want? say they. want
ana the country wants clear, impartial, search
ing report of the ways and means whereby one
peculator was enabled to rob his people.O a
sum of money greater than thousand could
earn by years of honest labor We have de-
falcation upon defalcation, loss after loss, and
we are called upon to admire the honesty and
publication of an administration which once in
dozen times catches the rogue. What we
want is not punishment for this one rogue in a
dozen, but means devised and put in operation
whereby such stealing shall be impossible
Speaking OF office-holders leaving their Off
ces to take the stump, Greeley said, l am can
didate before you in opposition to this kind of
policy. You will never see any genuine civil
service reform so long as the President wields
the power of 900 officers and has $4,000 900
per annum of official patronage; so long as he
may be and most necessarily must be a candi-
date for reelection, you can have no genuine
civil service reform Hr ~
SO says the Cincinnati platform, and so says
its endorsement by the Democratic national
convention at Baltimore. l demand of the
people that they enact a decree of civil SER
vice reform, by doing away with one
primary and prominent source of abuse in the
civil service-the re-eligibility of the President
to reelection for second term