The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-10-12
Remember Levi Hambleton will not be
undersold na--.aasa. III
of last yeay, ye. It is claimed as a
2.61l.IsS IS

OF last yeas, yet It is claimed as
saving due so Democratic "econ-
Omy' and reform"
pr5priaton ........4.. ia 2sll,7as Is
NoTE-This amClnt figures in the
aggregate of last years Gppropri-
atoms, ana represents completed
works, which 10 not therefore cali
Tor further appropriations In
stance: FOR completing the jail in
the District of Columbia" was an
item in last years bill. The jail
having been completed and paid for
BY that appropriation, it is not due
to Democratic economy that the
same amount is not appropriated
again this year.
Appropriations which take no money
out OF the Treasury ...........,.... S2,lo5 q
NorE.-Instance: National banks
are required to deposit money in
the Treasury to pay all the en-
pOyees engaged in the redemption
bureau, and, while there is for
mai appropriation for that pur-
pose, every dollar is reimbursed
out Of the funds thus deposited by
the banks. The Democratic House
cuts down appropriations of this
nature to the above amount and
calls it saving" so much to the
Treasury.
Reputation of national obligations, l.sll,ooo o.
EoTE.--Instance: Denial of appro-
priations to pay judgments OF the
Court of Claims, over $500, 600 be-
ing now due. This court was
ganiZed by ourselves to decide
upon claims against the United
States-an arbiter of our own Sc
lection. We invited claimants to
submit to its arbitrament. They
accepted our invitation, and judg-
ments to the amount above men-
toned have been rendered in their
favor and are now unpaid. These
Judgments are as binding upon tho
honor of the nation as tie public
debt, and neither can be denied or
delayed without stain Of repudt-
alton. In the partisan scales by
which national honor and political
necessities were weighed the for
mcr kicked the beam.
Denial of necessary appropriations. 5,s55,99o 90
NOTE-1nstance: We have $780, QO,-
go invested in navy yards, for
which at least one per cent, or
$4,000, was imperatively needed
for repairs and preservation; not
one cent was allowed by the House.
The appropriation for this pur-
pose last year was about two per
cent. on cost, or 81, o30, 900; thisyear
nothing. Consequently. by per-
hitting this vast propertyto go to
decay and ruin, reduction of Sl,-
09O000 was effected. Other items
OF precisely the same nature swell
the total to the sum given. And
yet this Is not all. In the Ian
guage of an officer ofthe navy, "tha
effect Of this reduction will be to
increase the cost Of repairs another
year by amount which cannot
now be estimated, and which will
have to be provided for in future
appropriations either at the next
or the following session of Con-
gress." Only when the amount
of this increase is ultimately as
certained can we know the actual
results of Democratic reform"
Total. 2i,7oI ,o54 81
Aggregate appropria-
tiOns for fiscal year
ending June 80, 1876. $lT2, 500, al SO
apprOpria-
lions for fiscal year
ending June ,ls?7. l43,005,5 Is
............ %, 5941 1877 So
saving. 4,s93,1S2 SO
But even this may be lost. Take, for in
stance, the collections of internal revenue, in
which a saving could have been safely effected
upon last years appropriation. But instead
Of stopping at the point where economy ends
and waste begins the House bill reduced the
number of districts and the appropriations so
low as to render morally certain loss of reye-
nue. greater than The above 's1stirs saving The
same thing is true as to the appropriations for
mints the reduction of clerical force below
the point of efficiency and safety in the trans
action of public business; the refusal to pro-
vide for the preservation and repairs of navy
yards and naval vessels; the denial of means
for searching the rebel archives, whereby MIL
lions may be lost TO the Treasury, and the
general aud almost universal mutilations Of