The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-08-31
VOLUME 9s-NUMBER As.

? sundry 6,6S7Ss3 81
, Deduct defelency----..-.....-. s.S52, s6S y
River and harbor biII..--...-..... Isss-5i7 81
Making = total or. ..-----. I53is,s64 Il
By this table it will be seen the
, difference between the two Houses
is about SlO,OOO,OOO.
Whenever the conference commit
tees have met, the Senate confefses
: have IN every instance shown an en-
tire willingness to meet the demands
OF the House conferees on ali matters
OF discretion more than half way. In
fact they do not even resist the de-
mands OF the House on all matters OF
discretion but on matters of Iegis-
latiOn that could not receive the sane
ton OF the Senate by the ordinary
methods OF legislation, they declined
to yield.
1 have shown beyond question that
the reductions are only about ten mil
lions, instead OF thirty-nine millions,
and that the balance Is simply post
. ponements OF appropriations that
must be provided for in the future.
That OF the ten millions OF reductions
q considerable portion Of it is obtained
by crippling the Government ma
ehinery, entailing Inconvenience and
loss 10 the people. have also shown
that the pretended reductions OF thir-
ty-nine millions is ia reality but
about twenty-five millions.
Never in history have current facts
been distorted as they are Ia this mat
ter by our democratic friends. Never
was deception practiced to such extent
as now.
The reduction In Government ex-
penses last year was more than six.
teen millions when the. books closed
an the 30Ih OF June, 1876. This Is aa
actual test Of the years work.
! When the present year expires and
the work OF this House Is tested by
the actual result l shall be grsti6ed II
It makes as gOOi q showing as last,
namely, an actual reduction OF Sl6,-
O0O, 900. ..1rIa
Having said this mueh on the ques-
ton OF appropriations propose now
to address myself 10 the question
OF economy and reform, the present
wRteh-word of the democracy.
REFORM.
Much has been said by our demo-
cratic friends on the subject OF reform.
Economy aud reform Is the burden Of
their song. The word "ref0rmii ap-
pears eighteen times In a platform
adopted recently sc st. Louis. The
Hon e. - - /
necessity Ii has been proclaimed In
every platform Of every pSrty since
the first one was made until human
nature approaches near perfection
necessity for reform must always !
exist L do not object t. reform, the !
republican party dOes nOt-obi .ct I'd it /; !
and we cougrHtuizte- the country /
when this democratic party, in this |
esnte uial year, shows any desire to /
reform. Let their conversion for the |
future be proclaimed. 1t certainly /
augurs well for the country. It was
this party which is now crying reform
that In 1861 plunged the nation into
rebellion 20 destroy it. Persons are I
here on this floor crying economy and
reform who assisted In that lOng-tO-
be-rememDered but unsuccessful ef-
fort to destroy the country. A less
charitable person than myself might
say that the last democratic Congress
undertook to destroy the eOuntFy-by /
secession and rebellion, and now the
first democratic House since the re-
bellion undertakes to pRralyze the
GOvernment by Withholding neees-
sary appropriations. These same
gentlemen now have much to say
about the enormous expenditures OF
the Government. Even the gentle-
man from Virginia Mr.. Tueker] Is
reported 70 have said recently in q
stump-speeeh that the cost OF the
Government before the war was about
81 per capita and 1t Is now SIS. Let
me first correct his statement by sub
stItuting Sc for SIS. -1r
Be q little modest, gentlemen.
Look into the question fairly, and II
there is extravaganoe anywhere aid
In IneS re- eomIiagff MAI isohs As have Hnuueo 70
Epp aaast knoT ts5ssan hsf V6,,T 6s,n,Tused these
additional expenditures. Do not md
fault IL IL does cost s. per capita to \
maintain the interest and sinking
fund ot the public debt Of which you
were the direct, only cause. Do not
complain if it does cost nearly 81 p6r
capita to pay the pensions TO the sol-
diers who saved the glorious Republic
you sought to destroy.
Do nOkeOniplain II 1t cost S2 per
capita more to maintain other ex-
penses oecasiOned by your attempt to
Obliterate from the Declaration OF In
dependence the Immortal words OF
Jefferson.
What evidence have we OF reform
on the pat of the democratic party /?
The only thing that they can possibly
claim as evidence is their attempt to
reduce and postpone expenditures.
When you claim credit for this tell
the labOring men that with atuil
Treasury you refused TO appropriated
money for the payment Of then
essary work on the public buildings Of
the country at 8 time when the COM
pletion OF these buildings could be eff
fected with greater eheApness than at
any time since the war, and when 4
the labor Of the country would BE- !
greatly benefited thereby. Let them
tell the laboring-man now In distress
that the great democratic party re-
quIred that they and their wives snd
little ones must suffer for the good Of
the party. Tell them, you represen-
tatIves from Philadelphia, Cinein-
natl, Chicago, and Saint Louis, that
II was not because the Government
was embarrassed that this was done,
but they must suffer privatiOn, hum
ger, and pain because the democratic
party wanted an opportunity to cry
reform. - s.is.-i
Tell the commerce Of the country
we have deprived IL Of facilities for
which 1t Is taxed we have put out
lights and refused to create new ones
to aid 1t all for party capital.
While you have reduced little and
postponed largely you have refused 70
reduce taxation. You have resolved
In all your conventions for years, in-
eluding the one just held at St
Louis, that the present system sof
taxation was vicious, that IL provided
bOunties for the rich at the expense OF
the poor. My friend from New
York Mr.. Coxl made the statement
but q few days since that the people !
of this country were paying Sl,OOO,- |
OOO, 900 q year as bounty to the /
manufacturing interests. Nobody |
believes this, bat be proclaims 1t, and
the democratic party proelaims It
now as they have IN the past. IL
this is true, Mr.. Speaker, why has
not some attempt been made on the
part OF this reform House 70 relieve /
the people Of their heavy burdens
Is . party fit 10 be introsted with
power that admits and charges grew
Gus evils bat makes no effort when II
has power 10 relieve the country OF
them
Yes, You talk Of reform. What did |
Won do when you gained possession OF
this House {? How did yOu practice
reform then? You knew but the one !
democratic motto, .ito the vietOrs be
long the spOils." Not less than ten
thousand hungry democrats besieged
these haIls for the two hundred places |
within your gift. Virginia came eve
Thousand strong. North Carolina !
too, Georgia, AisbsmsI aRd even
Texas, with her "bigsr man than old
Grant" !" who was made DOerkeeper. |
His only known qualification was the
fact that he had been oooFkeeper OF
the Confederate Senate .-
We all rauaem ber the scene here A.