Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-21

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order BY Col. John =. Dent. the Chair
man Of the County Executive Commit
tee. Col. Dent. in calling the meeting
to order, made few appropriate and
forcibIe remarks. On motion Of Geo.
w. Morgan, Col. Dent was elected per-
manent Chairman. The following gen.
tlemen were then nominated by Col.
Blackstone for yice-Presidents and cleo
ted, viz: DR.. John NJ. Bronze. DR.. Thos.
A. Lynch, Robt. c. Combs, Col. R. H.
Miles, Leo. H. Hayden, Col. Theophi-
lus Harrison and Geo. w. Goddard
On motion of J. d. .Loker, Jno. F. King
was elected Secretary. The Chairman
then introduced Dr.. Henkle, the can
didate for Congress In this district, who
proceeded to deliver an address in sub
stance, as follows:
Friends and teilov-eifisens II would
fall short in doing my duty did not re-
turn thanks for this cordial greeting. I
remember the open-handed kindness
shown me in your county when a can
didate two years ago. Now am again
your standard-bearer for the purpose Of
convincing, if possible, those who have
not already been convinced, Of the JUS
tice of the cause which represent
4 khnn hnt
our cause is just. Everywhere over
this broad land the people are ris-
ing to just estimate Of the situation.
Your votes are the last appeal and you
are deeply interested in the verdict.
This government is now in the hands of
the Republican party-which has inn
posed the taxes-collected the revenues
and spent the money. It claims to stand
upon its record and endorses the pres
ent and past OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to
that record with satisfaction and asks
for a new lease of power for four years
longer. 1t endorses the acts of Gen.
Grant, both in war and in peace. Its
professions of retrcnchment and reform
are but delusive-the election Of HAYES
and Wheeler would be but a continual
ton Of the present administrations
When Bristow and Carl Shurz have said
that corruptions had crept into the adj
ministration, they have been repudiated
and discarded and have been asked to
discontinue their speeches. The poll
CIV Of the Republican party has been OPP
posed to the interest of the agricultural
and every other industrial pursuit. A
million spindles, thousand iron iacto-
ries are still. The whole country is in
distress. One hundred thousand in
New York, thirty thousand in Balti-
more, walk the streets in idleness, with
hands ready and willing to work. This
distress has been caused by the m:sru!e
Of the Republican party, which has he'd
the sway of this country for the last six
teen wears. | claim that it has increased
offices, increased taxation and paralyzed
the industrial interests Of the country.
I'm this connection DR.. Henkle read
from an authoritative statement of sta
tistics, showing that the revenues re-
ceived by the government in 1878 was
about half the amount received in 1864
and that the expenses Of collecting the
same for the last named year was about
half of what it was in 1879 They
have increased the expenses Of gov
srlment and diminished the rcve-
nues. This increase and decrease
have been made for political pur-
poses. II is fact that in national cleo.
ton years the expenses Of the govern
ment were increased seventeen or eight
teen millions of dollars and the receipts
from revenues for those years were cor
rcspondingly diminished. During Mr..
Bristow's two years of service as Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, the revenues OF
the country were increased fourteen
millions of dollars, but he was not the
man and was given notice to quit.
know that figures are not exciting, but
they are so convincing in this case that
they are enough to damn this party
There have been corrupt men under
! every administration, but | charge that
tins corruption has been so general and
so systematic among those IN high places
that no parallel can be found to il in the
history OF any country. There has been
a vile and concerted arrangement be-
tween those in high places 10 plumber
the treasury of the United States for
their own aggrandizement. charged
this upon the hustings two years ago and
pointed to the Credit Mobilier, the Pa
cific Railroad swindle and other things
how | can point to graver offences.
Two years ago, democratic House OF
Representatives was elected. The Re-
publican officials did all they could to
cover up their tracks, but Investigating
Committees were appointed and it was
not long before trail was struck tina,
unearthed the villainies of William w.
Belknap-a man in high position-.he
trusted adviser of the President-who
attempted to hide his guilt behind the
memory of his dead wife. When i'm
peaehed, the Republican party threw
every obstacle in the way OF his con-
viction. His resignation was accepted
by the President to screen him from i'm.
parchment. II is true that the Presi.
cent pleaded ignorance Of the facts, Blu,
when every morning paper in the coun.
try and every street corner in Washing.
ton city were filled with this report thi.
excuse, in the slang Of the day, wa.
too thin" When the Senate finally
determined the same as a Court OF I'm.
peac il at first decided that il had
jurisdiction and finally acquitted because
Il had not. Babcock was acquitted
through the influence of the President
and Is now an inmate Of the executive
| mansion with n criminal Indictment