Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-23

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600. During these elevsa op The
Republican party has reaoivo1 ~ The
money taken from the peop1a o~56irect
and sndirect taSaton amoualiq - fully
81 400, ,O00, 900. rsom this huenss
receipt Of funds only .sbest 11lo, Co.,
O00 Of the National debt hss beoo rid,
snd when you deduct The sme1na paid
for interest on that debt and npouni
paid for bounties to soldiers. ere Is
still left for the ordinary exp@ooes of
the admins trstien somethine 90 81
600. .00O. 900 thus leaving eboof IA.
O0O. 900 fos ordinary sennual a 6ot<n
Of the Government fiji hoan1 -
iegtimately exre.1e1 zol1e -
gomez Perhaps whose he wosa-bine
twineth. - IS vgr.s :, -, s,
The reason Why the credit Of the
country Is now better at home end
abroad than it has been for long time
past is because the Democrats had con-
troll OF one branch OF the National Leg.
islatnre, and thus initiated . system al
reforms and economy in the adminis-
trstion which IL followed up will spou
result in the .extineuishment of NE
national debt, and the further fact tint
there is every prospect ofthe tyrannical
despots who have SO long ruled this
country, parslyzed its industry end
robbed It Of its treasure. being hurled
ignominiously from power, and Samuel
J. Tilden, the great retormer, being
elected to the presidency. That is
the reason and the true one of the in
creased confidence now felt in Ameri-
cen securities, at home and abroad, and
not the corrupt Legislation and tyrannical
abuse Of power OF the Republican party.
NJ says 1.-The able and patriotic men Of
the liberal Republican party and one
Of the men they recommended for the
presidency (Bristow) endorse him"
(Hayes.3 This is only partially true;
many Cf the leading men of that party
who met at the Fifth avenue conference
are Mr.. rilden's most earnest support
ers in this canvass, Park Goodwin being
one, and if Bristow endorses Hayes in
the hope Of obtaining official position,
l can tell the gentleman that the Re-
publican convention which met at Gin
cinnatti did not endorse Bristow. The
following are two Of the resolutions
passed by the liberal Republican Con-
vention and the public can Judge wheth-
er or not they constitute an endorse
ment OF Hayes, or as to which OF the
two Presidential candidates they point
Hayes or Tilden.
"a man to be entrusted with the
presidency this year, must have deserv-
ed not only the confidence of honest
men but also the hatred and fear of
thieves. He who manages to conciliate
thieves cannot be the candidate of hon
est men," Every American citizen
who has the future Of the Republic and
national honor at heart should solemnly
re: olive that the country must now have
a President whose name is already a
watchword Of Reform; whose capacity
and courage for work are matters Of
record rather than of promise. 80 A
man at the mere sound of whose name
the most disheartened will take courage,
and all mankind will say Americans are
indeed in earnest 10 restore the ancient
purity Of their Government. The pub
lie will have no difficulty in determin-
ing which Of the Preside ntial candidates
fill the measure Of qualifications requir-
ed in the above resolutions. accept
the statement that President Grant is
the companion of thieves and the pro-
moter of corruption" Boss Shepherd,
Babcoek and Belknap. all Of whom have
been convicted Of plundering the pub
lie are his chosen associates. Belknap
made $20, 600 by trading in post tr. der
ships and his partner in fraud about the
same amount, thus trading upon the
necessities Of the soldiers and their fam
lilies, for the post traders in consequence
Of having to pay this large amount for
the privilege Of selling had TO charge the
most exturtionate prices for their goods.
Belknap's counsel on the impeachment
trial after alluding to the President ac-
cepting gifts and afterwards rewarding
the donors with important and lucrative
Offices made the point that Belknap was
no worse than the President and the
res. OF them.
Since the gentleman says that no bet
ter man could have been selected for the
second position on the ticket than WIN.
A. Wheeler, will reproduce a few
little episodes of his career. When in
1861 the honest Republicans Of the
House presented resolutions extend.
ing the Investigations of the corruptions
OF Simon Cameron, Secretary Of War,
he voted to Law them on the table, raised
technical points of order and voted
against their final passage. The inves-
legations showed fraud everyw here in
the War Department. He also favored
every job OF the Pacific Railroad cor
ruptionists and opposed every effort to
hold them 10 proper accountability
He was Chairman of the Committee OF
the Pacific Railroads and carried ten
bills through the i1st Congress in their
interest. He advocated resolution
largely increasing the Pacific Railroad
grants, which was forced through Con-
gress, though strenuously opposed. He
reported bill granting Goat Island to
the Western Pacific Railroad for its
terminus. The Island was worth S5.-
600 900 cash. Mr.. Knott moved an
amendment requiring the company TO
pay So, ,000, 900 for Il, and one member
stated his Willingness TO give the Gov
ernment 80 ,0Gs. 900 for il and another
offered $2.5o0. 900. The till was re-
iected but revised again by Mr.. Wheel
er in 1872, passed the House but was
beaten in the Senate. In the s2nd
Congress he opposed she proposition to
compel the Pacific Raiirosds to paw
the Government such sums Of money