Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06

OF those for postal service, and of postal
disbursements for each administration
since and including the second term OF
zen. jackson, and also the average oil
loss through official defalcations on
each 81, 900 of the sums SO given:
ANDREW JAcKsoN's SECOND TERM. }
t"&n' @"t le#t4 44a} eaa Loss on
i gUHIaH.s "a Ha. Amount. 81, OOO
Gross receipts. -. $135, 995. 96O. % S1O.17
Gross disbursements ITO, 308 325.19 1O.5
Postotnce. .......... Ill ,697, 8S4.18 LII
M s MARTIN VAN buren,. saer@
Gross receipts. -. 1919. GAS. 548 al OF
Gross disbuI sements 137,U94, 1888 21.15
Posto1hce. .-...! - IL, 284 a61.77 ass
HARRISON AND TYLER.
Gross receipts. $50. 116, 1885, O4 81 63s
Gross disbursements 109, 1877 401.24 1887
POstofhce. ......... 1855, 750.20 Ii
suae JAMES K. POLK. sHs
Gross receipts. 2O1. 1851, 50845 Dos
Gross disbursements 2O5,194, 7OO,57 8.34
Postoffioe. ........ 1851, 478.4l Is
3t3td 500 TAYLOR AND FILLMORE
Gross receipts. I'll, 9O8, 612.91 100
Gross disbursements l94,370, 493 IA 7.64
Postothce. ...-...... 26, $50, 57O.74 199
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Gross receipts. . 1882, 179, 1886 OTIS
Gross disbursements. 1856, 638, 87565 5 sc
Postoffice. ..... 40,439, 1910 692
JAMES BUCHANAN. t.k.
Gross receipts. .312, $50, 679.56 O.62
Gross disbursements. 1923, 1873, 268 80 6.O8
Postothce. .......... Sc, 957 ,922.74 1902
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Gross receipts ;. a ,67O, 400, 1871 g O.1O
Gross disbursements 1867, 45S, 921.22 1.41
Postohce.. ....... AZ, T79Oo5.45 1.91
9 ANDREW JOHNSON. -.
Gross receipts 80 a, O42, BIG, 43S As O.63
Gross disbursements 1891, SIG, 259.1O .4s
Postoffice.. ,....... 81,O16, 286.91 2.O6
FIRST TERM OF U. 8. GRANT.
Gross receipts. >. .2,576, GAS, 585,22 O.37
Gross disbursements 2,6O1, 1853, 5000 40
Postoffice ...... 104, 1872, O79.69 1.13
HALF OF o. S. GRANTS SECOND TERM.
Gross receipts. -. L 400 222, S9S.62 O.22
Gross disbursements ,406, 500 1881 26
Postofice ...... 65,737, 724.03 ... So
The official records of the Treasury,
as above given, will, as footed up, show
the following facts: ett
The gross total receipts and disbursements
for all purposes from the second term of
Jackson to the end of Buchanan was $780,
Ass, 1885, "A.
The gross total receipts and disbursements
for the same period, excluding loans and post
Office, was 81 $50, 356, 73l.04. gfrt $780,.
The gross losses we're $15. 845 1854. esAa ti
Ratio of losses per ST. 900 on total receipts
and disbursements including loans and post
Office, 1886. '.-''5'
Office, S7.04. - AL.
Under Lincoln, Johnson and Grant
both receipts and disbursements were
infinitely larger, and yet the gross
amount of losses was smaller and the
percentage almost ridiculously dispro-
portioned. Thus:
The gross total of receipts and disburse-
ments, including loans and postofice, WAS
S25, SIG. 202 805 80.
The same. excluding loans and postofice,
S9,701 Ga, 431.4S. ktfsfEIIEs .#Ha
Gross losses, $14, 666. TIC O7.
Ratio of losses per $1,000 on total receipts
and disbursements, Including loans and post
office. 81 cents.
Ratio on same, excluding loans and postof-
fee, 81. 81. IS Fn@
Thus it will be seen that on total of
receipts and disbursements not one
fourth that under Republican admins
tration, the Democrats lost $1,179, 900
more. That is with the amount of
money handled, and the opportunities
for thefts and losses immensely in
creased, the Republican administrations
lost actually less than their Democratic
predecessors. If the Republican losses
had been only relatively less, it
would still have been much in
favor of Republican rule; for with the
necessity which the Republican party
encountered at its very entrance upon
power, of providing for the expendit-
ures of great war, and thus organ
izing new and greatly extended systems
of procuring and disbursing revenue, it
was to be expected that great losses
would occur, and that they would
prove relatively larger than ever
before. But nothing of this
kind has occurred; the above
table shows that the losses have been
actually much less. With this fact APP
pearing from official figures, which no
Democrat has yet attempted to dis
prove, so far as we have seen, what be-
comes of the howl about the corruptions
of the Republican party and its admin
istration2 5.aa
Until Democrats can disprove these
records, their cry of corruption" will
only draw attention to the maladminis-
tration of their own party, and the fact
that it is far more guilty than it's oppo-
nent. Let Republicans preserve this
table for the discontinue of their
political adversaries, who are now so
loudly shrieking for 'reform."
Southern Claims.
AS an illustration of what is in store
for the tax payers of the country when
Democrats get control of the govern
ment, it may be stated that during the
last session of Congress there were in
troduced bills for the payment OF
Southern claims amounting to $472,
316, 1873. The following table indicates
the character of these claims: Isl o.
Bills for 14O claims amounting to.$ 1852, 26e
Bills to refund direct taxes uncol-
lected -. ........ 1851 Ut
Bills to refund cotton tax......... 68,072, 08s
Bills to pay for property used and
destroyed. northumberland. $50. OoO, OO(
Bills to pay for supplies. ......... csc, OOO, OO(
$472, BIG, 13s
Here is sum amounting to more
than one-ffth the entire national debt.
But, say the Democrats, "they would
nnre; ne Maid Whv then ara thnx