The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-05
PUBLISHED EACH THURsDAYa
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Now, mark you, three or four ofthsse

I Now, mark you, three or four ofthese
have acted as private secfefariest the
! PRESIDENT; but what have they to do
/ with horses and forage atSthe White
1 mouse Yet they receive all that .nnsrl
Listen to Dawes, of Massachusetts,
you know his character ;Nthiss istwhat
ne said year ago last wipter, and he.
twas Chairman of the COMMITTEES on
Appropriations in the House; What
ldld An drew j ohnson estimate that he
/ could carry on the e-Gevernment-for2s-
i He estimated that he could caprv il ON
for $303 3,O0O,OO0. and we cut down the
appropriation $40, 600 600 3below his
estimate. What the people at the polls
declared to be profiigafe and unrea-
sonable was $303. 100000 and now
what does our administration Estimate
it will carry on the Government for
under Grant? The sum of 33l ,OO0,-
600, an increase over the last years es-
innate of Andrew Johnson for the
years 1859 and 1870, of SIS, 900, I,' ~
j But we cut down his estimate $40,
i 100000 SO that the difference of nthe7l
| appropriation to johnson, as COMPARE
ed with that of Grants Administra-Bo
iition, is .$49, 600, ,000siog afFf yabzTuffT
/ What do you think of that2 Theresf
| is not one of the Departments that q
docs not to-day ask for an increase offs
appropriation over that of last isyearg3o
save one, that the poor, unpopular
Attorney General.
| hope it is not because of this re-
| markable trait in his character that it
was contemplated on the other side of
the Capitol to relieve him from the
public service He was relieved:ei
lLaughter.] laa.issf l.sa1 ri is7si o bsss9plor
| L only state these as examples of the
| facts and figures which these men pre-
sent. If they are not true why do
| not the Grant Republicans explain or
deny them :isBut the truth is, they
are admitted by the Republican pa+sq
pers. Having q strong desire to be- 4
| correct in these matters, / have care-,.,I
fully read the speeches and articles on I,
both Sides and. T. find that the facts
and the figures aEeFper6e 6ectIy appalling of
and ruinous to the ADMINISTRATIVE, nj
and certainly -haEenot been explained
away by its advocates. Il Il may Allude
to the fact that Mr.. boutwell, imakes
certain statemeHtssof. the weekly -ex-9o
penses of the Government, statements
which Senator Trumbull has shown y
to be FALSE Mr.! BoutwelRs effort was y
to show that General Grants sAdmin- ~
istration was as prudent and eeonom- s,J
ical as his predecessors, Andrew
johnson. Let me, however, call you're
attention to a single statement that
Mr.. Boutwell, uses in establishing that ~
fact. 90 az "a
The ordinary expenses, of the Gov
ernment, he says, Including the armys0
and navy, werere in 1867 sos, 600, ,000,oe
while in 1871, under Grant, the ex-
penses of the army were l$6S, ,0G0, 600. y
Now. subtract $126 600, ,O0Ofrom $2O2,9
100000, and it leaves SIC, 100000, forfir
the ordinary expenses of the Govern
ment. Taking the $4,000 900 of ex-
Ipenditure Tqunder Johnsoil,9 and item
makes, q, difference in favoriof his ad-oK
ministration, of over ,$25, ,000, 900 sNowrb
when Secretary Boutwell, made that
statement, he knew that he had taken
his estimate of the expenses under
Johnson's administration before the
dissolution of the army, which would n
have, been in favor of ] ohnsons ,as1o
against Grant Now the Secretary of II
the Treasury understood that he did orr
or he didn't; if he didn't he is a fool, m
and unfit to be Secretary; if he did IN
understand it you lay a deliberate so
falsehood upon him of $25, ,0O0 600 and -
upward, and you can maker nothing
else oft. [Cheers. M y, 10. oS4 "a,
We have, in addition TO these, dec er
cIarations on the part of both Houses q
of Congress of positive distrust iinfthesh
integrity of the Grant Administration.oI
THE ATTEMHTED cHoRPENING iswtSDLE %
I will not stop here to give you the on
disgraceful details of the Chorpening
case; suffice it to say it had been set-oiu
tied, and the claim refused to be paid !;
it was reviewed. and reported nonb
cided nothing was to be done In "
1Q7n Mr. GracUalt the rAraeQnf mat
master General, said in speech in
Michigan, shat he had givefisit aithorlon
ough examination, and .thefeivwas1D
nothing due. Nowsa a bill was got
through, the House and Senate oriier[
ing Mr.. Creswell to examine the case 81
again and what do you thing be did 2 a,
He actually awarded Chorpening
$443,000, after both Houses Of Con- q
gress had affirmed that there was not n
one cent due to him, and Mr. Cress7sm
well had himself said, after an, exam- 81,
nation, that there was nothing due.
When the motion was before the
House, a committee was siappointed. toi3o
examine the case, and one of the eom-Ioo
rnittee, called on Mr.. Creswell to ask "a
him respecting it. Mr., Creswel1 told -,
him that there were some claims aud
interest there, but that they wereisa
very small. The committeeman Wentlaq
back and reported that, and the bill
passed the Senator lAnd fhisl infa.e
nous man, Creswell,, awarded $443,-
600 when he himself did not pretend ,or
there was anything due. Before the
was made, however,
an honest clerk came to Mr.. Dawes tIe
and told him of the contemplated -
fraud. which Mr.. Dawes exposed, and tsi
a resolution, offered by him was passa'AS
ed, forbfdding the payment of the s
claim. a And mark the vote of distrust y
which followed. In every appropria- 81
tion made to the Post-office Depart-isD
ment after that a prohibition was ad .iaia
ded that no part ofthis money shall ,gs
90 to pay the Chorpening. claim, eay-snl
ing definitely and distinctly If any OF ID
the funds ofthat Department are left,isf
that bad man will clutch them for thee
payment of that dishonest claim. 9isSID
- Now, how does that affect the Adesiu "
ministration? That manis in power a
to-day. He remains in his place un-
(: whereas any such declaraao
tion of tiistrust made in the British IN
Parliament would cause the resigna- 1s9
ton of the Ministry in an hour.a .ynbiaE
"a wish to call your attention to Ar,
single law passed by the last session
of Congress. Just before lts ADJOURN
ment. last March, Congress and the iot
Nation were startled by a disclosure.
made by Senator Morrill,. He affirm ioh
ed that Assistant Postmaster General
Smith had resigned. He immediate
ly issued orders to the Presidents OF =
Railroads, telling them that he could
secure the passage of q law through o =
Congress, by which their appropriast
tions for carrying mails would be in- 10
creased fifty per cent. rThatl would
give them; in addition to what they
were receiving, three millions otfdol-aoS