The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-23

saved tor the people many millions OF dollars,
and n body was hurt by IT.. Those hose sal
aries were reduced are still ee'tiug enough Tor
| their services They now make more IMAM
than the merchant is making, the ms chsnic
\ and The laboling man, yet they are not coz
| tent the NUM- Der o employees In the depart
| ments was reduced greatly,
THE HOUSE PROPOSED A REDUCTION
of / ,2OO employees. while the Senate would not
agree to mere than 200. The best we could do
was a reduction in expenses OF sS2,0OOOoo. Is
that amount worth saving In less than one
year? Is that not worth something to the tax
payers of this country? Suppose this reduc-
| ton had commenced ten years ago,
| when reform ought to have begun, how much
better of do you think you would be? That
/ amount each year at half the tntere-t allowed,
| in ten years would amount to Sl6 l,NOO U q,
added to the principal would MAKE $50, OO,OOO
Would not that be pleasant thought 10 you
who are ground down BY hard times? Would
| IL not have been better that Democratic
! Congress had had control ten years ag
WOu d not that sort of economy have unload
/ ed great portion OF the public debt tnat as
hankruptfng people? would DOT tnat
| have kept you farther from the reach OF the
| bondholder, VINO, am sorry to say. Is con-
| trolling, TO great extent, the sffairs of this
government? Are not Democrats starting out
to our promises and our Platforms? But
| many Republicans say they don Z went any
OF this sort OF reLrenchment and re orm ;,,,I
thipG on in realty and the people have found
| Ii out.
TALK RIGHT BUT VOTE WRONG.
| l have a neighbor who is a clever old fellow
and means to do right. Sometimes set my
audience TO crying, but find that always
have to cry first. So with my neighb0r when
| We talk politics; 1 ask him what he thinks OF
the times, bu he won't bulge an inch until he
| hears from me. He invariably agrees with
/ me, and says l am right. He talks right and
votes wrong: Thousands of people are the
| same way. Everybody will agree that we are
| right, but when we ask them TO come over
| 10 US, and we will do them good, and no
| harm, many are like my neishbor, when the
| test comes they blubber out, 81 ak right and
vote wrong" These fellows whom we have
been ndlng to foreign nations to repre- ent
Us have been getting large salaries. The
House thought IL too much. The price has
| been sl7,OUO per annum. The House SAID cutit
down to Sl4,UO0. The Senate said no, keep IL
up. Keep up appearances, our foreign minis
tiers can U live % less than $1,000. Why thai
| is more money than m any OF you handle in
| lie time.
CHAIRMAN OF ACCoUN s.
will tell you how 1t was that was appointed
chairman of he committee on accounts by
Speaker K err. He knew that 1 frequently
called out and asked what money was 10 be
appropriated for, and l suppose he thought
would watch the corners. L am rather fond of
m aking comparisons, especially when they
| erein my favor. -Four years ago we had presi
Dental cleo ion, as we Will Rave this yeaT
| You Object we didn't elect Greeley, though
/ we fought, bled and almost di. d. After the
pointment of the various committees made
| by the House. the first thing was, each COM
mittee waited a cierk-said they couldn't
move without. Clerks allowed
and If any one ever made a report,
no one has heard of it. The
COMMITTEES on accounts had all the clerks
SO, per Gav, they recelV d from "a TO 50 per
day. None resigned or died that any one has
and the one preceding Il was over 5000. The
clerks peti ioped for h gher wages. saying
them wanted to live lac MS. BeiSnap. Does
tnis showing look like economy and relrench-
ment? We ere going to k ep 1t up and those
oc attic ucKet. came
HERE To MAKE PLAIN AND FAIR STATE
MENTs
and rot to speak falsely-I have the docu-
ments and they are good witnesses. These
matters. OF course some Repub leans will say
are too small to talk abont. The $4,000 OF az
preparations and the $1,000 reduction of clerk
hire, Ia one committee, mas ling $4,000, is not
whom can't get 81 per day for their labor, and
many who cannot get work at any price. re-
membe rim 1854 bank was cherlersd in Indi-
ana, member OF the Legislature we're getting
g Per day and thought they were do
them came back wearing store clothes;
they put on considerable strut ng
wanted an endorser and must have 50 per day.
When the b III was passed, some said let s pay
up, and Others said we don't have that to pay
the people are to pay. So Il ia now. Be care
full how you use other peoples money Some
of this sort of fellows Will be left at home.
NOW ABOUT GREENBACKs.
am satisfied many of you want to hear
/ something from me about greenbacks, as our
4. national currency. After the converting OF
+: Congress soon found that could not have
e my own way on that question as wei as
: others. To get the rest L could to our
. views, the Democrats were bliged to compro-
! mise. was in favor of the repeal of the re.
Z sumption act, take up bonds as fast as posi-
D b e and issue greenbacks instead. Take up
: bonds with the gold as il accumulated in the
: u easury. Go on in that way and gradually
p reduce he debt. The greenback currency Is
o good enough for all practical purposes; il
e draws no interest, twenty mil ions could be
r saved a year, and In forty years the
; national debt could be paid by
ns Tse alSns sDd Without in
q as the banks can. Many great men oppose my
S views OF this matter. We had TO have a two
2 Out OF the IO6 who favored The repeal of The
s resumption act In The III use nine were Re-
!; pnbhcans. the balance Democrats IRE
5, eighty xix who voted agains IT, were Republf
y cans with theexceptton of a few Demo ra 5
IS IL was said that Democrats were not sincere
s ton act. Our actions proved that we were
We commended [,, for It from frst u
Reput lican party notonly means hard money
+ but the letter. of acceptance of Gov
| Hayes put IL in stronger language. Before tn,
passage of the resumption act you did no
II hear of the great distress that Is coming NJ
e ! ON all quarters. Now the mechanic, tn
farmer, the labor and all classes of peopl
are calkng Tor relief and in many Instance
! or bI cad. VINO q Fought about this state O
e affairs, who is it that Is tying TO crush tn
very life out of the lsb boring people of the La d
THE party In power has Increased the In teres
y and The debt, Dy taking up greenbacks and ic
q s1ing bonds instead. The greenbacks are tn
e. pay no interest.
= THE SILVER BILL.
Silver has always been a legal tender, AN,
= considered good money until a Republican