Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-02
Democratic Campaign Tactics.


party hobbies instead of true and noble
steeds. In this campaign the Demo-
cratic managers, from Tilden their
chief, down TO the lowest stumper, are
to be seen on all hands mounted on
their partisan hobbies, like little street
boys riding their Iudicrous little stick
hobbies. Like the boys, they might is
well walk, but for the name of riding
but then they are lame, and to foot the
campaign in honest race is hopeless.
WelI-to change the figure: Boys
striding their hobby sticks strut about
the streets shouting, or footing their
little senseless hobby horns, fer the en-
joyment of harmless sensation, but not
to deceive. Our Democratic friends
have their big campaign horns, manu-
featured ty Tammany, Tilden & Co.,
whose blasts, as they seem to think,
needs only to be repeated seven times
day to scale The walls of Jericho.
Every Democratic knight of the quill
and stumper from Maine TO the Pacific
shouts, Universal Republican Corrup-
tiOn!' Then, the blast in concert.
blown long and loud, echoes along the
whole line, "Tilden and Reform ~
These are the tactics. Whether they
shall succeed as well as the rams horns
of old is in the future for the coming
7th. The cases may so differ as to alter
the case. National records, official fig.
nres and facts unchallenged make one
case---Democratir trumpets, quite an
other. Begirt with right there is safe.
ty. Truth is mighty.
Specimens of the little political hob.
bies manufactured by the Tanmany
Tilden Manufacturing Company, will
be found in every Democratic retail
shop. The Democrat that can't shout
Republican Stealing" and "Tilder
and Reform" is doubtful voter. AL
accepted Dem ocrats have, at hand, fur
nished from the factory, specimen Re
publican thieves by the dozen. Theil
names have become as familiar a.
household words. Grant the big thief
Belknap, Robson, Babcock with hi.
coaches and dog, DC!
Grants theft account, as charged il
a Democratic way, is only about ''Foul
Thousand Millions" stolen to nu
down the Democratic Solid South re
bellion. This robbery is felt very sore
ly by the sympathizing brotherhood
10 this charge theft, in this way per
petrated, friends of the Union beIiey.
ing it worth that sum, and far more
have little to say by way of plea---ii
Democrats will give bail they will new
er Increase that war debt by adding the
payment of rebel solid South claims,
nor help solid South lead us into an
other costly war. Any other thieving
by Grant has not yet been placed on
the Democratic record; nor will it ever;
they have tried that quite enough.
Belknap, the next thief. That Bel.
knap Gan old Democrat not thoroughly
conVerted) through his wife fell into
some things rather Democratic, and
quite Tammany fashion, is regretted
by every good Republican. But how
much the United States Treasury lost
by Belknap the Democrats have never
given US the figure 1t lost nothing.
so OF other trumped charges of stealing.
so far as known, under the administra-
tlOns of Lin -Oln and Grant. That the
Treasury has lost, more or less. under
every administration must be granted
by all parties. None but the idiotic
Will promise reform that will prevent
all loss. The question then'is. and is
the practical and true one in this issue.
under what administrations, Demo.
cratic or Republican, have been the
greater losses? Whose have been the
most economical? These are questions
of Records, Figures, Facts, and all
these accessible to all parties. In the
at Washington are the old flo.
lre and fact records of every admins
Iratlon, more reliable than the fabrics
of Tammany, Tilden & Co., or scandal
lShlng Congressional Committees for
'ainpalgn purposes. A few specimen
acts from the records, beginning with
GRANTS STEALINGs.
On the 1st day of March 1869, three
lays before the Inauguration, the war
iebt was S2,525, ,463, ,26O 81. In seven
'ears and five months 1927, ,l61 ,9iS 95
u this Grant debt were paid-stealing
efunded. (Did- Buchanan, Floyd &
20. refund that much stealing o) This
eeduction has been accompanied with
corresponding and steady reduction
u taxes during the whole period. ex-
ept that while the last Democratic
congress neither lessened nor pronosed
o lessen taxes one cent. WHY? BE.
auSe rebel claims, not debt but dam.
ge claims were coming in, hence some
reparation by mock retrenchment, to
eceive Ignorant Democrats, aud to
ripple the efficient and reputable ad-
of the government of the
Jnlon, for the interest of 'solid South, I
nd scattered Democracy. i
If we take the official statements of $
II the Departments in detail, covering q
period OF 4O years we shall have more {
lStinct view of assumed Republican }
ealings. Instance the official state. /
tent OF last June in regard to losses in :,
le Post Office Department. Loss un.
er Pierce per $1,000 was Sc 81. Under s.
uchanan $3 02. Under Grant first \
rm 81 13, and 70 the end of the fiscal ?
ear 1879 was but So cents. And as a n
parate branch of the Post Office De. ii