The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-29
OUR TREASURY STSTEM.
ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
COMMITTEE.

DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE OF
PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, Oct.
%, lST5.- Taxpayers Of Pennstyca-
mia: | address vOu-you who foot
, the bills of government. 1t is you L
desire should read the great chapter
of your wrongs, set forth IN report
of committee of the House OF Repre-
sentatives of this State, and which lays
bare the frauds and despicable prac-
tices of corrupt ring fastened upon
the public treasury of our State, and
is herewith presented to you. Will
YOU read it Don't say that you have
not the time. If you are a farmer you
have given months of your time at
hard labor in your fields, in sunshine
and storm, in heat and cold, to raise
money enongh to pay your share Of
the six millions of the public moneys
stealthily and dishonesty filched from
the public treasury Ifyou ale me-
chanic, pray how many of the absO-
lutte necessaries of life have you been
obliged to dispense with to make up
Your share of the six millions to glut
the greedy nav of official dependents?
II you are n laboring man, how much
of your time has been taken, which
was necessary to provide subsistence
for your halfstarved family, to feed
the plunderers and make up your share
of the six millions? ? Therefore, | i'm
plore each of you, don't say that You
have no time TO read tie chapter of
your wrongs. A committee OF the
House of Representatives of this State
were directed to examine into charges
of corruption, in abstracting the funds
from the public treasury. On the goth
of this month the committee came to a
dead halt. and were forced to abandon
the investigation, because the chief
delinquent refused 20 appear and testi-
fv, and the committee not having the
power to enforce his attendance by at
tachmert, were obliged to abandon the
inquiry. | copy from the report:
MANY other minor fraudulent transactions
came under the notice of the committee, but
those here mentioned may be tabulated
follows:
Unawfully taken from the sink
ing fund So 400 ,oD0
futerest on the public deposits. 400 geo
Overc barge IN interest account ,123 sol
o vercharge i'll gold premiuns...... III, ,427
Total. .........--.S6, Oh, I2S
This vast sum of your money has
been lost to the State, and taxes upon
you in the future must be levied to
make it good. What do You think of
it! Will you tamely submit to the
monstrous iaud, or will You, like men,
shake these creatures from their hold
on the public treasure? Do YOU pro
pose to indorse the fraud and thus i'm
poverish yourselves? Should YOU not
rather hurl them from power into the
abyss where they belong? How many
more millions do you propose they
shall abstract from your Treasury
Do you not think q seal of condemna-
tion should be placed upon them
Tweed wears his uniform PennsylYa-
MIA lacks the moral courage to make
the ring tremhle. Change the tables,
and they will tremble Six millions
distracted from our treasury 1t is
Your money. 1t has been taken with
out warrant of law. The delinquent
boldly and andaciouslv defies Your
authority. His appetite and the ring
about him are to-day clamoring for
your votes, that they NAV continue
their game of public plumber at your
cost. Taxpayers of the State, do
these things please you? Do YOU in
dorse these gigantic swindles Do
you approve the act? Have YOU six
millions more to hand over to this
miserable and corrupt ring? Do you
10 n,-Il,- H.
the item of six millions is OF no mo-
ment to You? VIII you permit the
Shiny, dirty fingers of these creatures
to cake your own money, in violation
of law, with impunity, before your
own eyes j? If so you are indulgent
Turn the other cheek, and court an
other blow give them your overcoat
also. Gou are kind, you are forgiv-
ing. What government in the enligEt-
ened world save this would tolerate
such frauds without administering
proper punishment? Cast them from
place and power, and assign them to
the position their dement's require.
Do, taxpayers of Pennsylvania, read
the report, and, having read it, make
up your minds that henceforth homes
ty and purity are elements that shall
alone control the policy of the State;
that these people who have brought
disgrace upon us shall no longer have
a voice in our public affairs The
trust put in their hands has been
abused, and they shall not, in the fu-
ture have the custody of our Treasu-
ry. The time has come for change.
The time has come to blot out the
record of corruption which these crea-
lures have made. We must have
change. We must cry reform, and we
must accomplish it too.
HENDRICK B. WRIGHT.
Chairman.