The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-05
NO. AZ.

Democratic party to expose and dive
them from power they still eIeteise
great influence in the administration
of public affairs. Now turning from
this hasty sketch OF our political con-
dition, and considering our domestic
affairs, the view isno better.i 1t diA-
cult To realize or describe the present
depressed condition of the people and
the business of the country. Every
branch OF industry has beam aippleit
and many entirely destroyed; wages OF
all kinds reduced, rolling mills, iron
furnaces and factories of all kinds have
nearly all come to stand still; the
working OF coal, iroii and other rnihes
has been generally suspended. The
farmer can get buta meager return for
his produce and most of that little goes
10 pay the heavy taxes that hang over
the country like a, dark cloud. Com
merce is languishing, our steam ships
are without emigrants and with but lit
tie freight and few passengers. BY
miserable and We might say almost
criminal mismanasement Of our IL
nancial affairs and partisan legislation,
values are unsettled, property has
shrunk almost one hall, labor has been
depressed, capital made timid and
boarded because nothing is certain in
the financial world FOR a'day The cur
rency has been contracted by unwisely
attempting 10 force resumption
of specie paymentS, and iKing Ger
tain day Ia do 81, thereby compelling
all payments in gold; silver has by act OF
Congress been demonetized. In u
word all profitable business has
been brought Ia a standstill. Millions
OF people are without employment,
hopeless and helpless, face Ia lace with
want and hunger, and winter before
them The remedy for these evils in
my judgement Ia change of admins
tration. Ii cannot be TINT the Repub-
lican party that has pr,-luced such re-
suits i'll twelve years, whose adminlstra
ton has borne such fruit, can or ought
to be continued. Certainly IL has for
feited all claim to the confidence OF the
American people.
am aware that general charges and
statements do not carry conviction, but
facts and figures, though, some times
dry and uninteresting do and | will
now proceed briefly To submit both in
support of what have said.
Receipts of the Goyernapent prior to
and since June 1891.
From an official statement of the
Treasury Department made Ia Congress
through cx-Secrctry Boutwell, showing
the gross receipts and disbursements of
1,. A =, yatt
TO June 3Oth. 1879, dated August 10th.
1876, the following factsare taken:
Prior Ia June 8th, 1851, the
total receipts were ........ u, ,HS ,UD, $40, ,0s
From July lst, 1851, To June ...
Dth, lS'1......... II,'W,ot,"sES
Difference t23 ,tsi ~ -
That is To say, there was collected
from the pcopl" in fourteen years ol
Republican rule, since July lst, 1861,
more than ten billions II dollars more
than or about six times as much ~ was
collected from the foundation al the
Government 10 June 30th, 1861, n
period Of scvcnty-two years, and which
is about four times the ahi6ant Of the
public debt, and yet out OF this cnor-
nous sum collected there, has been
paid less than $500, ,000, 900 on The
public debt, the balance Of this .cnor
nous sum has been expended In pay
ing expences Of tho Government, dur
ing this period
Expenditures OF the Government prior
TO June, 1901, and from July, 1901, To
June 30th, 1878.
From the same official statement We
have the following facts:
DIsBURtRMHSrs. 90
Prior To June ~, 1881 2,Z,o,A7.l .l75 -
From July ], 1851, 10 JuneD, .-
1876 ~ GSJ, s,2I6p B