St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-25
Political Meeting.

Johnshury Glee Club.
By Orler Of E.recutire Committee.
Political Meeting.
HAYES AND WHEELER CLTB.-The
first public meeting of the Hayes and
Wheeler Club of st. JohnsburN, WAS
held ut town hall on Thursday evening
the l7sh. Col. Franklin Fairbanks.
president of the Club. presided. and ON
the platform with him were Judge Po-
land, Ex-Gov. Hcndce, Henry Ballard.
Esq, Capt. Idle. chairman of the cXecu-
tive committee, etc. The ST. JohnSburN
Band WAS in attendance. and added
much To the enjoyment of the evenings
entertainment. The first speaker an
nounced was Mr.. Ilcndre. member of
Congress from the third district. The
speaker made quite an elaborate speech.
going quite fully into the record of the
two parties in Congress during the last
few Years. 1t WIS Il speech full of in
formation To the people at large. dis
abusing them of certain impressions
which II constant iteration had made
them believe were facts. For instance.
Mr.. llendee said great noise had been
made ab"mt the Stealings 10y the Rcpuh-
lican administration. and the Democrats
We're ringing the changes on REFORM"
assuming that if they could bc put in
power. dctalcationS would cease and
thieves would be punished. To show
how likely this would he, he quoted
from the official record. showing how
much loss there was III carry ing ON the
government under both Democratic and
Republican rule. For the ID Years prior
Ia le6l. when the Democrats were in
power. the LOSSES or shortage in the
Post Office department were SSO-. 5lu
For the ID Years since IS6l. under Re
publican rule, the LOSSES have been
Sll3.W6O: or Il loss on each one thou
sand dollars handled of 500 under
Democratic rule. to I.H under Re
publican rule there being much more
money handled the last fifteen Years
pension and Indian departments. the
difference Is much greater. the proper
ton being rs 80 is to 81 cents. That
l.. there WAS IL loss on every I.WW
under Democratic rule of = go. against
81 cents under Republican rule And
81 the speaker went on comparing the
LOSSES under the two PARTIES. through
all the departments one show ing
heavily against the Democratic party
the detalcationS of the Republicans. In
summing up the losses. in all the de
partmcntS. the result stood Under
Democratic rule. S5.l7 under Rcpuh-
lean rule, - cents. to each Thousand
dollars handled: while during the last
four Years. the loss has been only -
cents to each Thousand. The greatest
dcialcatinnS OF any administration were
under the Democratic one of Martin
' 'ii phi'h. NlItH NV ItsttIlt'l l.I
To every thousand dollars used This
should put Il quietus on the howl against
Republican stealing; and they are facts
every voter should know.
Mr. llendec went on to speak of the
Investigations of the present Congress.
showing how partisan every one was
continually introducing bills to get in
dcmnity for losses incurred by them in
trying /" destroy the government. He
also alluded To the rebel and murderorlS
spirit evinced by the South. lis 81 often
shown by incidents and transformations
known now to every northcrner. He
also showed cOnclusively, that Il Dem
ocratic administration meant putting
the ruling power into the hands of these
very Southcrners men who tried 50
hard to destroy it-.just that and moth
ing else.
Mr.. Ilendee spoke for over an hour.
and was followed 10y Henry Ballard,
Esq. of Burlington, III one of the best
political speeches ever given in this
place. That he held his large audience
until Il quarter past ten o'clock at night,
is one of the best indications of how
they liked it. We shall attempt no ali
stract of his remarks, nor attempt to
give IN idea of his powerful argument
against restoring the Democracy T."
power in this country. 1t was maStcrly
aud put in so forcible way as to carry
conviction.
West Concord.
One of our most excellent and tightly
esteemed citizens. Henry o. Burroughs,
has passed away. He died Aug ID.
aged 81 years. Mr.. Burroughs was one
of the few on earth against whom the
shafts of i'll will are seldom if ever
aimed. He had not an enemy. and they
are few who have left behind them Il
cleaner record than his. His sickness
was long and painful. bnt he bore it
with remarkable patience, and with
calm:and cheerful resignation he passed
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