Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-15
Has The Grant .A6A0t9s .
trNEioM been EcON0na6-


Tbs Repnbllcan speakers ana
the Republican papers have a
good deal to say about the econoE
my of the Grant Administration
and the great reduction of expen-
ses while Grant has been Presi-
dent. The Eaton Register is ma
king q big effort to stuff its read
ers on Grants economy. It is a
dirty piece Of deception for even
a reckless pot-house stump-tail
orator to undertake to impose up
on those who have not the mean
to detect the fraud and imposi~
ton, but when a christian( q edi-
tor of a Sunday School journal
engages in the imposition it is
still meaner and lower. If he does
it ignorantly he is to be pitied.
If his Boosting be true the public
documents furnished by Grants
officials ought to show it, utthis
they do not appeart to do. 1.-THE
Grant Administration has been
economical comparison of SINH
lar expenses under the previous
administration will demonstrate
it. The New York Tribune has
made this comparison and here
are the results, let Morris study
them
The expenses of Congress itself
seem to fulfill this requirement.
Now we find that the cost of the
Fortieth Congress, from June 30,
1866, to June 80 1869, was So
651,O74, including books, and that
of the Folty-first Congress, from.
June 80, 1862 to June 80 1871,
was 81, 223,0 AZ. Wefn1 no evil
dence of economy here; but, on
the contrary, a startling increase
in the bill. We are at a loss to
conceive what we have had for
all these millions. 1t scarcely
seems possible that the Forty-first
Congress was worth five millions
more than the Fortieth.
Next we will compare the cost
of the Executive Department.
Under this head are embraced
the salaries of a great number of
ofHceholders, including nearly all
the big and little officials at
Washington. We are told that
Johnson's administration was no
toriously prohigate, and it is
commonly believed that Grant is
immensely less expensive than
johnson was. Yet we find that
the last two years of Johnson's
administration consumed $12,>
856,220, while the first two Grants
run up to $18,709.472. The lat
ter sum does not include two-mil-
lions expended FOR compiling the
| census returns. The Judiciary,
too, increased their expenses from
81, 84O,3 89 in 1863 to $5,931,262
in 1869 II. Neither in the legis-
l~ative, executive or judiciary de
partments do we find the Grant
administration less expen sive
than Johnson's.
The mint, assay Offices and sub
treasures, which cost $2,281,055
in 1863 rise to 1894 77 in
1869-71. Foreign intercourse,in-
Guiding salaries of ministers and
consuls, was maintained at an ex-
pense of $2,470, $40 in 1879, and
of $3,095,150 in 1869-71. john
son collected the customs for $14-
SAB ,448, in 1869-71; Grant for
$14,8O2, 528. The Indians were
experimental with for about $10,-
100000 for the two years by both
administrations. Forts and forti-
Gcations, river and harbor im>
provements, public buildings and
repairs of buildings, absorbed
$14,574,763 in 1863, and &c.,
420,761 in 1S69-71. But we will
not weary the reader with details.
We make the broad statement
that there is nothing in the offlc-
lCIl 1tsDO1O 70 vi WV CNkBSI
ditures from 1867 to the latest is
sue to countenance in the slight
est degree the bost of superior e.
economy which is so boldly made
by the partisians of General Grant.
It is not an easy. matter for q
great and unwieldy government,
such as that of the United States
has now become, to make pro-
gress in the direction of economy.
For the last three years, leaving
out of the account the army and
navy, the progress has been the
other way. With the Presidents
peculiar management of the civil
service and the subservlency Of
Congressman, what else could be
expected Let us hear no more,
then, of this false pretense of e
economy as an argument for a sec
ond term of personal govern
ment.