The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-09-05

Democratic house determined upon re-
trenciment. In every hill appropriating
money they applied the test: the lowest
sum possible consistent with efficient adj
ministration. Useless offices were abol-
ished, extravagant salaries reduced, and
unnecessary work suspended or aban-
doned, and the result was reduction OF
| about forty million dollars as the bills
passed the house. The retrenchment
was resisted in the senate and the oppo-
sition was carried to the extreme of n
| threatened suspension OF the public SER
vice. SO determined was the senate that
upon many bills the house was compelled
to yield somewhat The result was re-
| duction of only thirty millions in the APP
| preparations. as they finally passed. A
reduction of thirty millions at the first
session is the reform in economy with
which the house returned to the people.
VIII you stand by the house. or will you
| sustain the senate and the administra-
| tions My fellow-citizens upon which
side of this well defined line will you
! standy 4U.,
REMARK, ABLE PROPOSITION.
Gen. Harrison madca singular propo-
sition IN his Danvile speech. He said {:
IL say to the Democracy that If their In
yestigations shall succeed in detecting
any Republican officer in abuse of his OF.
| flee, we pledge ourselves to correct the
abuses, and punish the offender, and we
mean to redeem the pledge Why must
| ii be left to Democrats to detect and eX-
| pose official abuses: WHY does the
| pledge not include that also: But the
| past does not justify any confidence in
| the pledge when made tor the party and
administration When the fraudulent
| contracts for the collection of the reve-
nue. AT a ruinous per cent. were exposed,
and the Indignation OF the people com
PEELED Richardson, the secretary of the
| treasury, to resign, was the offender pun
| ished? On the contrary. within two
weeks he was appointed to life office.
in which he adjudicates claims against the
United States and his appointment was
confirmed by the senate.
During the late session il was reported
to the house that the superintendent of
public printing had been guilty OF eX-
trayagancc. waste and tavoritism. costing
the United States more than oue-half mil
lion dollars annually. So gross were the
faults that the report recommended the
inquiry whether the superintendent was
an officer of the United States and liable
to Impeachment. The result of the re-
port was change of the law so as to dis
charge the superintendent. and to pro-
| vide for the appointment OF a successor.
Within few days before the adjourn
ment the president reinstated the same
! man and the appointment was confirmed
by the senate. need not refer to the
case of the present minister to China, and
| his connection with the Credit Mobiler
| before his appointment and confirmation;
| nor 10 other eases. Ii is very PLAIN that
| the leaders of the party will not allow
| their party friends to be exposed and
punished.
DEMOCRATIC PLEDGES.
have another inquiry TO make of you,
the answer To which Will influence your
your votes. Have you reason 10 contidc
in and rely upon the pledges OF reform
made at St. Louis ? The pledges were
distinctly made not so in the Cincinnati
platform. There no reform, no retrcch-
ment WAS promised. The assurance that
the civil service should be purified, the
expenditures reduced. and useless offices
abolished would have been a resuke and
condemnation of the administration of
Gen. Grant. On the contrary the Gin
cinnati platform declares the "Dational
| administration merits commentator tor
| its honorable work in the management
OF domestic and foreign affairs" But
may you trust to the pledges made at
St. Louis? Who will be most likely to
| abolish the thousands OF useless offices !:
! In some Instances they were created for
party favorites, and in Others they have
been continued after their occasion has
ceased. They are now filled and their
emoluments enjoyed by men who con
tribute money and bestow their labor TO
elect Gov. Hayes.
Gov. Tilden will encounter no political
| nt inn
evil. Not so with Gov. HAYES. This
reform requires that thousands of places
of profit be made vacant now filled By
his supporters. The present house is
Democratic. Has it not proved itself
true to every pledge given: In its inyes-
legations it has gone as thoroughly into
| the work as was possible for men to do
who had been excluded from the records
and departments for many year. In the
reductions Of expenditures and the abo-
lition of useless offices, it went As far as
the persistent opposition OF the senate
would allow Have You occasion to be
offended with this house: Has its work
not been in the interest of the people
was it not for you that useless offices
were abolished ? that thirty million dol
lars were saved, and that the enormous
corruption was brought to light ! II tins
| uOu-t lldu not DttH 10 you
not know that Gen. Belknap would still
be the secretary Of war Because the
house is OF and for the people, it is de-
nounced by every epithet that vicious
political taste can command. IL has been
deemed sufficient to say that Bclknap
was Democrat until made secretary of
war. Does that, indeed, satisfy you
AS Democrat he remained without a
| spot upon his character until the meridian
OF his manhood, but so soon as he came
under the new associations lie tell. That
is, indeed. attributing terrible influence
to the habits that have obtained at Wash
ington-the habits OF extravaganza and
OF expenditures beyond legitimate IN
come.
1.-THE CONFEDERATE HOUSE,
Have you been quite content to heal
the house described az the eonfederat,
house, 1t is true there are many from thu
. South who support the Democratic
party. Is that offensive to YOU! They
I are chosen by the people in pursuance O
the constitution. Would you have i
otherwise? In what respect have til,
Southern Democrats in the house offended
, | against the rights or the honor OF tho
r North! Surely you will not say they
have offended you in voting to re
4 duce the national expenditure thirt,
, millions OF dollars. Dealing fairly witt
f This subject will you not admit that i
r was liberal, as it was honorable on thei
part, TO vote TO support the Centennia
# exposition rather than suffer the homo
p. | oil the country tD bp tarnishpl and an