The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-11-03
Remember that Samuel j. Tilden
stands Arraigned as Per-
iurer and as a Rebel
Sympathizer.
And'you who want a Change" give
Attention to- Facts stated
Below, then tell us
What Change.
Horace Greeley wanted a Change
but would Not Trust our
Government to the
Solid South.
Voting for "a Change. f"

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Republicans that they should vote for
the election of Tilden in order to effect
'a change in the general administra-
tlon OF the Government, and that such
change will be more effective when
made by the Democratic party than if
made by Gov. Hayes. The necessity
for this change is put upon the direct
ground that there has been so much
robbery, fraud, defalcation, and gen.
eral misconduct during the Republican
administration of the Government,
| that a general publication of the Gov.
ornamental service, it is said, is demand
ed. Have Republicans, who are urged
on this ground to vote for Tilden in
preference to Hayes, ascertained the
truth on this subject! Let us see
what the facts are.
| In the first place, Gov. Hayes has an
nounced that if elected he will devote
his single term to the elimination from
the public service all incompetency, un-
fitness, and dishonesty that can be dis
covered, and makes integrity and COM
potency the standards of official en-
ployment, making no distinction polit-
ically between those appointed, or re-
tanned, or dismissed. Gov .Tilden, in his
letter, proposes general dismissal Of
all those now in public service, assum.
ing them all to be Republicans the
appointment Of new men, all Demo-
Gratis and then the publication of the
new force in the course Of time.
These are two plans proposed by the
persons who are candidates for the
Presidency, and we submit that no
man who desires reform for reform
sake and not merely bestowal of
party patronage, can for moment re-
| ject that of Gov. Hayes for the wild,
partisan spoils-system proposed by Mr..
Tilden.
But the facts do not warrant the de !.
mand for any general change such as
made by the Democratic party. The
Republican party, upon the very in
slant of its accession to power, was en-
cOuntered by a civil war of long dura-
ton, involving an expenditure of
money, an increase of revenue, and an
expansion of debt ana the issue of pa
/ per-money to which the nation had
been previously stranger. The loans,
revenues, and expenditures during
that period frequently exceeded dur
ing a year three thousand millions Of
dollars that is, that amount of money
or credits was handled by the Govern
ment in a single year. The War was
succeeded by years of deprecated cur
rency, want Of credit, with the specu-
lation, extravaganza, and reckleSSnesS
of expenditure in private life, which
have attended every war in every ma
ton of the world. Out of this social
decentralization, the natural outgrowth
of suddenly acquired wealth and reck-
less private expenditure, there came a
looseness of morals, an undermining
of integrity, and taste for eXtrava-
gance fully as remarkable in CONNER
cial banks as among officials. EmbeZ-
Elements, Interpretations, defalca-
tiOnS, and all the crimes against hon.
| esty were general, and were found in
private commercial banking circles as
we'll as in official life. The revenues
required by the Government were en-
Ormous as compared with those in all
previous portions of the national eX-
| iStence, and the natural inclination of
mankind to evade taxation, to swindle
and defraud the Government, had op-
portunities such as never existed be-
! fore. Official dishonesty is necessari-
ly confined to two lines desperation
Plumber of the Government in the col
lection Of the revenue and plumber of
the revenue after it's collection. Dur
ing the term of Johnson the whisky
tax was SO heavy that it inspired fraud,
which was heavily practiced.
Frauds thus suggested and success
fully practiced survived the return of
the Republican party to power, and it
required time and vigor to discover
and break it up and bring the guilty to
justice. This hasSbeen accomplished,
as we'll as the complete breaking up
of the wholesale smuggling carried on
to the loss of the revenue. No one has
now the hardihOod to assert that there
is any robbery or fraud committed in
the collection of the revenue which
any Government could ordinarily pre-
vent.
Now, what are the facts in the case
of the robberies, thefts, frauds, defal-
cation, and crimes committed on the
revenue after it has been collected
Such crimes exist under every Gov
eminent in the world, and have exist
ed under the Government of the
United States from the organization
down to the present day. These are
all matter of rec >rd, and in response
to requirement by the United States
Senate this record has been made out,
brought down to July l, 1875, and has
been officially published. The losses
sustained by the Government through
it's officers, in all manner of thefts,
defalcations, etc, under each Admin
istration, is given, the percentage of
loss being on each $1,000 collected.
The following is the comparison:
Loss on
Administration. ca IN $1,000.
George Washington ......S 222
john Adams 10Y
Thomas Je1erS0n ...-.. ...... 40
James Madison ...... 49,. -. 4.16
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