The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-09-22

We hear great deal about the corruption OF
tue Republican Administration. The Demo-
cratic press is full Of it, and the speakers on
that side Of politics are loud in their proclama-
tons to the same effect and severe in their de-
nunciaGons OF the 9 Corrupt Republican Admin
istration." That there is occasionally dis
honest Republican Official we do not deny. bu'
when once detected in tortuous practices they
have bsen promptly dealt with. In this respect
the Republican party and administration do
what no Democratic administration was ever
known to do
That Democratic officials were great !" steal
ers" lis abundantly shown by their record now
remaining in the public archives Of the Govern
mont From the year 1880 to the year 1860
Democratic officials defaulted to the Govern
ment ths snug little sum OF s12, sol ,O3l.97, and
not ons was ever punished. We will state
few OF the items which go to make up this
enormous aggregate:
In thu department OF the Indian service we
find that,
Luther Blaze, special agent during the years
1882 pocketed the snug sum OF $4,000;
tina.
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during the years 1909 the sum of s6s, S7S.-
II that
Miltoo Dlckey, an Indian agent in 1S59-61
deHaultei to the amount Of s1S956.57; that
H l.. Ford, sub-agent from 1557-60, fell
short S27. 19i.21 that
A. b. Greenwood. commissioner OF Indian
affairs during $4,000, appropriated to bis own
use the sum Of S2s, 9062 90; that
J. b. r. Russell, captain and commissioner
during tho years 1S3i-35-36, fell short in his
accounts with the government si7, 464.50 that
jacob Thompson, Secretary OF the Interior
from 1857 TO 1861, forgot to pay over the unim.
portant little sum Of SSH 900.
Do these figures look as though Democratic
officials ever did any stealing
Let us take look at some of the collectors
OF the revenues in the good old Democratic
times, and see whether they were any better:
There was one Sammy Swartwout, collector
nj tbs port OF New York from 1929 to 1898, who
fell short in his accounts with the government
the small sum of 81, POS, 035.6O and there wai
Jesse Hoyt who succeeded Swartwout, ant
collector at the port OF New York during the
years 1839-40-41, who failed to pay over $2iS,
81 86, which came into his hands as collector
It. G. Morgan, collector at New Orleans il
1sil-42-43, defaulted to the amount of 1912,
1924 and
IT. Barratt, collector at New Orleans durini
the years 1si4-i5 pocketed SI1 1864.
O. ID. Russell, collector at Cleveland from
1s49-53 carried off 500, 1867.
o. M Hyde, collector at Detroit during 1850
51-52-53 was short $13, STATS. He was a goo
Democrat at that time and exercised grea
deal OF Influence on the politics Of the State.
r. O. Saunders. collector at San Francisco il
1928. carried Of S92,256.42.
X. H. Hammond who succeeded Mr.. Saun
ders and held the Office OF collector at Sa
Francisco from 1853 to 1855, contrived to max
his pockets hold 1912, 122.54 of the funds be
longing to the government. And then there wa
William A. Linn, who was collector at 81
Louis from 1554-59, who enriched himself b
pocketing $50, 407. SO Of the peoples money.
y. W Latham, collector at Brownsville
Texss from 1853 to 1861, withheld from tn
government els, 264.16.
These are portion OF the items that help /
make up s2,461, s21.2O OF defalcations in
Single branch OF the public service during tn
period that this government was ruled by tn
Democracy, pure and indebted
Our stock OF information on the subject Q
Official defalcations Is 30 full and ample that W
could I'll several columns, but the above ar
enough for one time and show with suficiep
particularly the name of the officer. the perio
OF time he held the Office, and the amour
withheld from the government. The Demo
Gratis are great admirers OF facts and figures. :
The above choice samples are respectfully com