The Jasper weekly courier., 1876-08-25

; IL had not been IN session long until Il
was discovered that many things wer,
wrong. IL was soon discovered that
THE SECRETARY OF WAR
} had been guilty Of gross wrongs and
actual nalfeasance in Office. lie was
mot content with 5000 per annum
what the law allowed him for his ser.
)lvices, and concluded he must have more
. money honestly If he could get it
dishonesty if he could get il no other
way. Posttraders' positions were al
!, his disposal. These post-trader posi-.
'tions were located out on the frontier
:. amongst the soldiers, far removed from
the cities, where such goods a. the\
needed Were sold al exhorbtant prices.
and those having positions could sell al
their own price to the men who were
defending the honor OF their country.
The wife of Belknap. IL is said, fest sug-
gested the idea of speculating ia these
positions. and demanded from those al-
pointed from $500 TO $40. 200 per wear
Who was cheated out Of that money (!
The soldier That riskcd his health and
his life for The country. The history OF
Mi. disgracciul aud di,honornble affair
TfaAa - III AAt NVhA ufiitNIlfrs lutN
fell. | an not much in the habit of
quoting Scripture, but will refer YOU toI
the third chapter at Genesis fora strong
cH>e in point. The man was tempted
by woman. woman bv the serpent, aud
thence their fall Their only excuse.
like Belknap',, was. they were beguiled
by the serpent. II The ministers through
out the country would only preach from
that text once month, no doubt they
would do great good.
Al ECOSOMICAL CONGRESS.
At the beginning OF the la>t Congress.
Democrats determined 10 cut down eN-i
pen>es and eronouiZe iu every WAY pos
sibie. Congress convened ia December. /
when salaries were high. The senate
refused to cut down expenses To ihcl
figures proposed by the IIouse. Inl
order To get anything. the House was
Obliged to Yield much. la order 10 get
the reductions they did propose, thew
were compelled To- allow the president
$4,000. instead OF $25.OOO .aiary wear.
or get 10 bill passed. You rccollcci I
such bill did pass once. but the prcsi- .
dent vetoed IL. he thought SJOuup'
none too much tor his services or that I
oi his successors. e.perislly ss lac thought
al that time he would 5e his own sue (
ress0r while Washington. Jefferson. Il
Jackson aud Lincoln were worth only q
s25.ucD. such men ~ Grant must have
double that smount. At any rate the
Democratic Congress saved for the pco-
pie many millions Of dollars. aud NO,
,ries were reduced. are siill getting
IL. al
make more than YOU or can on farm
~ hard " ork, more than the merchant.
: making. the mechanic and the labor
ng man, yet they are not content The
lumber of employees in the departments i
vas reduced greatly ID
THE HoUsE PROPOSED REnrC1to> Il
# 200 employees, while the senate
y ould not agree To more than 7OO The
rest we could do was u reduction in en- 4,
,enses OF $4,000 .OOO. l. that amount !
worth saving in less than one wear? lei
hat not worth something TO the tax .c
,ayers Of this country Suppose this,t
educiion had commenced ten wears 4
go, when reform ought 10 have begun. Ii
ow much better off do YOU think YOU III
would be? That amount each year, at q
alf the interest allowed, ia ten wears ld
would amount To Sl6o, 100000. added TO "a
he principal would make S460.OOO.OOO. lc
Would not that be u pleasant thought TO
ou who are ground down by bard d
lines? Would IL not have been bettcrlu
hat n Democratic Congress had had {
ontrol ton wears agol Would not that O
ort OF economy have unloaded great v
'ortion of the public debt that is bank lc
uptiug the people? Would not thstlit
ave kept you farther from the reach OF %
he bondhoider, who, I am sorry TO say. |
: controlling, to great extent. the AZ Il
airs OF this government Are motto
Democrats starting out in the right di- lc
ection? Are We not living up 10 our,d
promises and our platforms But many \
say they don't want any of.n
hs sort of rcircnchmcnt and reform. {
don't believe they do. We are car /
ying this thing on in reality aud the a
,cople have found il out. ii
TAIN RIGHT BUT VOTE WRONG. =
I have a ncighbor who il n clever old b
elbow, aud means TO do right Some I,
imcs ] get my audience TO CRY ing. but d
Ind that ] always have 10 cry fret. SO p
With my ueighbcr when we talk poll a
les; | ask him what he thinks Of tie q
lines, but he won't bulge an inch unit, "a
e htars from me. lie Invariably agrees {:
With me, aud says am right. He talk il
ight aud votes wrong. Thousands of c
'eople are the same wav. Everybody u
vii agree that we are right, but when
We ask them to come over TO us, and we
VIII d. TO them good. and no harm. a