The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-23
co,,,iuued from First PGge,]

,,h;s truth: and that they are SIN
OF tnls the boldest and broadest asser-
inglo! i'm IMPRESS the public mind with
lions a :" that their party is for reform,
the idt" ',' renewal OF the conf
sna ',% f,he people by declaring that II
Gnscrr y in the approaching na mario. al
s 3,ctiSn they will purge their party 9i
eIe." and present impurities, ana VIII
Pa'l '"' new set of books, over which
open !" and integrity shall preside.
hone,'; lnastion. therefore, in the pres
Inc , T would seem to be, not
en' Lar there shall he reform i'll the
i'tr;.,ratiun Of our government
a""i M nsrfi,s. whether sincerely or not,
10 Ill atsrrntlv clamorous for such re-
are "L IL6nt the real vital question
!" m,rLi,h Of the two parties can be re-
!, S ,,m,n rncarry into effect this rntiex-
..Tl termination OF the popular will?
'o.y m,Iamrn. this pretension OF the
p,nnbIi,an party, at this late hour, to
h'F1,,,,,,inuS ui reform, * among the
" rnrinn, and striking maniiesta-
mos II thr present canvass. 1t has
"'.' ,lout il even the dignity OF death
T I% r,nentancr. Ii Is the cry OF the
ori ~, whose ill-gotten plumber is
~, holm, rescued from his grasp. 1t
",,'. ,.ry Of the thief, who, mixing in
,rr.uit. seeks 10 avert attention
nv himself hv CRYING more loudly
I' Ipy of the crowd around him,
..! ,I;i% thief, stop the thief For
,,,, nearly sixteen years tins party has
". ..n in power, and who can point to
.,litarv act OF economy and re-
W." n,bment that has marked its his
49, Expenditures have swelled up
!rpouslv under its administration
F,.. have been multiplied; salaries
I'r,. been increased; the public debt,
,5onrh nominally lessened, is virtually
aIargpd, Notwithstanding near $1,000
t0ulO have, within the last ten years,
i.,.r collected from the people in the
,rw Of taxes; and yet challenge the
.,.Juction OF single instance in which
ttny real and bona .ddc purpose has been
inhibited to purify and reform the civil
.,.Iriuistration OF the government. |
mn well aware that the army has been
r.-Jurrd, and that many sources OF eX-
,.pjjIurr growing out of the late war
haze been Topped off, but | defy the
,r,jurtion Of single instance where
any ii that class of expenditures which
,N,. prople are now looking to as the
Ylirrts Of retrenchment and economy
t.,y,. ever vet received the support and
r,unteuance of the Republican party.
And does il not exhibit extraordinary
.r,Iariry Ia ask OF the American peO-
,,,. IA giye credit for intentions of re-
I,rm tn party which, although now
ion rr,vrr, and fUr sixteen years in pow
rr have treated every proposition OF
,.,npnruy and rrtrcnchment aS the mere
snsrl and bark OF an opposition minor
iry moi worthy even OF q moments
r,nsiIrra,iunn Ii would, indeed, gen
tI,lu,n. exhibit Il most extraordinary
SIMPLICITY and crcdulity in the people
II .nch long delayed promises, and such
I,ld rlrr,ipurrring CANON could for Il
,pruru, retrieve their confidence and
favor
Now will proceed To show by 4 few
urpufrDyrrtihI,. FACTS that reform Is no
pant oi the policy oi the Republican
party. that il is with them deluSive
r.amor intended solely 10 beguile and
deceive the people and that the vices
Of THEN party are So inherent i'll their
.,,rrm, and have. become 80 complete
j. the rule ui their existence, that they
.uN not change them ii they wOUId,
and that they ro"id not change them ii
they rouid.
will state these facts in some
what chronological order, not going
back. however, beyond the opening of
Tire session OF Congress which has just
been closed; and the first fact 10 which
will call your attention is; that when
W. assembled at Washington on the
ir,r Monday in December last, and
when the Republican party had every
motive then 10 manifest tendency
u economy and retrenchment, the es-
Inmates Ol appropriations presented by
the government lnr the expenditures of
the next wear, instead of being reduced
a. demanded 10y public opinion, were
enlarged more than $2j ,OO0,O 900 beyond
the appropriations al the last year.
Here WuS an open mOckery and def
aur. tu the Causc al economy and re-
lrrurhmrnt, made in the face of 4 par
tI40 revolution which had returned Il
mauri'N 81 eighth Democrats To the
then Iiuu~, 81 Representatives. IN
other words tie government met us at
the VERY Threshold al our session and
called Upon Il, ,n-.vr them S25;O0O,OOO
mur. than rhr .N.UOO,OO0 which they
hJd expended the year before i'll car
nmG on the ordinary operations OF the
government
After a careful and laborious exam.
nation OF all those estimates of the
government, We found that We could,
without in the slightest degree impair
M the efficiency OF the public service,
reduce thcrXpenditures $4,000, 900 be-
.ow the annual expenditures of the
Previous year and S65, 100000 below
Tie amount asked for by this wasteful
and cXtravagant administration. OF
roursc We We're not allowed TO make
these reductions without 4 severe and
obstinate fight from the Republican
party, nevertheless We carried our re-
lrrnrhmentS through Democratic
House OF Representatives, and they
We're sent for concurrence to Repub-
lean senate. You no doubt noticed
Ii" pertcnacity with which all our re-
auctions We're resisted in the Senate,
AMI upon their part in the committees
81 conference appointed by the two
houses This severe struggle between
'h" friends and enemies OF reform, be-
tween Republican Senate and Dem
",ralIc House of Representatives, led
I" the prulungatiOn OF our session To
PERIOD almost uneXamplcd i'll the his
'"ry 81 our country, and at times SEEM
ct Ia threaten u stoppage of the wheels
" government. This contest between
the senate and House of Representa-
lives resulted in restoring Sl0,OOO.OOO
'othr appropriation bills which we had
stricken off, thus making the final tri-
mmph ii the friends of reform against
The rombined opposition of Republi-
gaN President and Senate S30,OO0,000
less than the appropriations Of last
Year and 500 10000 less than what the
government had demanded OF us 1T the
"lrhng ui our session as the standard