The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-10-15

Under this head the n Y Sun shows
how certain officials and Stipendiaries of
| the Grant administration in Washington
| have managed to 4'cut 4 SWELL" Geo NJ
| Robson is Secretary of the Navy and the
| Sun SAYS his name has become familiar 70
the public in connection with the allow
auce of fraudulent claims and other Job
berry in the Navy Department, some OF
which We're reopened after rejection by
| his predecessor, against positive law and
all established usage of the public service
At the time of his appointment he could
barely earn a living Al the bar, and he
was urged by his patron and predecessor,
Mr.. Borie, because the salary would inn
prove his financial condition.
! He and the contederatcs who Job for
him and themselves, have made the de
partment and its vast contracts and pur-
| caaSes a mine of wealth. From poverty
he has risen to Sudden atliutncc. contests
the palm Of shoddy display with the rich
est Of the new rich. OWLS q fine house at
Washington. has recently built cottage
at Long Branch, drives fast horses, and
eutertains maguiticently al the pnhiie en-
! pense
Columbus Delano is Secretary OF the
Interior and is one of the thrifty Christian
statesmen who divides his time when at
Washington between singing psalms and
negotiating with the Indian and Railroad
Rings. Ii is estimated that his worldly
store has been increased Il million Of dol
lars since he first served as Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue in the balmy and
prosperous days OF the Nhiskey Ring.
Under The bcnignant rule OF this pious
patriot the Indian appropriations have
risen from three and Il quarter to seven
and a halt millions a year, The supplies
and annuites OF the tribes are stolen. and
the Peace Commissioners have indignant
ly resigned because they could not sane
ton the robbery he protects. Thousands
Of honest and poor settlers have been
driven from their homes by his arbitrary
decisions in favor OF great corporations
that knew how to place their money " here
it would do the most good
Gen. Babcock, Illegally called secretary
Of the President, is the engineer in charge
Of the public buildings and grounds at
Washington, who measured the Ring
work and certified all their vouchers,
whereby three and a half millions We're
Fortune has smiled most literally upon
him also. He in company with the
BOSS, has built a block of snowy resi-
dences, in the best OF which he is himself
housed Tor the gay season, after which he
transfers himself 10 his Long Branch Cot
tage with all the modern improvements,
to repeat fashionable existence within
call of His Eycellency," during the sum
mer months.
BOSS Shepherd the head of the Wash
lngton Ring of plunderers who operated
under the name of Board of Public
Works, may be fairly treated rs a mem
Der of the Administration, tor the presi-
dent has done his best to make him such
with every mark of favor, friendship, and
protection, right in the face of the recent
Investigations When he was made a
member OF the Board Of Public Works in
ls1l the land record show that. detlucting
the mortgages from the value Of the prop
erty his real estate would not have sold
for 81, 900 clear Of incumbrance. That
TACT is easily proved by the registry
Very recently this same Boss announced
himself that he had expended million of
dollars in building houses, and his organs
proclaimed with proud confidence that he
had purchased the ST. Cloud Hotel and
surroundings tor 5000 900. and that con-
tractor had engaged to furnish his latest
palace at a cost OF $50, 900 by the first of
November The furniture is now making
in New York city on a scale OF riches I'M
known even in the records of shoddy, and
its real cost will be nearer 800, 900, than
so 900.
When Cabinet offices are so productive,
and other places nearer to the throne Weld
such princely revenues, it is easy to under
stand why these patriots should all be SO
jealous for third term of the same sort
of prosperity, in which they may serve
the country and themselves at the same
time No wonder they think that prece
dents have no value, and that Grant OUGHT
to be made permanent President for life.
The political cauldron begins to seethe
in Massachusetts. Talbot who has been
nominated for Governor by the Republi-
cans, is a ramrod after the straitest sect,
holding to prohibition, state police, &c.