The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-08-12
What the Democratic House has
Done.

The Radical press and politicians in
their efforts to discredit the Demo
cratic party are constantly making i'll
natured and unjust filings at the De-
mocratic House of Representatives.
This is perhaps not unnatural, for as
the old adage has It, drowning men
will catch at straws." The New York
Express gives the following synopsis
of the work accomplished by the pres
cut Democratic House in the few
months since it met:
l. 1t has not elected a Speaker like
Schuyler COfax, who used his high
office to enrich himself. 1t has not
not elected a Speaker like James T..
Blaine, who, used his position to in.
AbNl&;nvee Hesitation in favor Of rail:
agent of fire arms company, who
sold rulings aud legislation for so
much cash down in the shape Of rail
road bonds.
2. Since it met last December it
has not been dcvising ways and
means, day after day, to get MONEY
out Of the Treasury. On the con.
trary, it has cut down the extrava-
giant estimates of the departments,
and if the Senate will pass its bills,
has reduced the running expenses Of
tie Government nearly forty millions
of dollars per ann"ln. Instead of
making places for the creatures of the
administration, It has abolished every
office that was not absolutely neces.
sary.
8. 1t has not legislated a freedman's
bank into existence aud placed it in
| the power of a lot of men to steal the
savings of the poor colored men of
the South, amounting to millions of
dollars. On the contrary, it has
taken the robbers aud swindlers who
did that Infamous work by the throat,
exposed their rascality and directed
the officers Of the Government to send
their names before the grand juries.
Alt has gone into President Grants
Cabinet and dragged out of it one of
his trusted advisers who abused his
high place, who robbed tho dead vet.
Grams of the war, who aided 10 cheat.
ing the living soldiers On the plains,
who demanded money for every ap.
poiutment lie made, and brought him
to trial tor his many crimes.
S. 1t has shown how the funds Of
the so.called department of justice
have been used for the purpose Of
controlling elections 10 the South and
in the North /; how the President put
his hand into the public treasury and
took out money to aid in his own re-
election. 1t has exposed the villany Of
| Williams, the rascality Of Davenport
and the general corruption Of that en-
| tire brancl, Of the public service.
| 6. It has stretched it's hand acros.
the water tn London and saved thu
honor Of the country by collaring thu
minister and ambassador extraordin
ary, who was using his influence q
our representative to "bull" worth
{ less mining stock and rob the EnGlis'
people. ,,
Columbia Ribk into a thousand atoms
indicted Babcock for completely wit
safe burglars, made Harrington q fag
; tive from jnstice, and exposed tn
rottenness and corruption Of the pres
8 ent commissioners.
6. It has instituted . rigid scrntin
: into the management Of the Nav.
Department, exposed the corrupt op
eratious Of the Cattells and othe
pluDderers.
9. Il has laid bare the straw sys
tenn in tho Post Office Department
and proved that the country has bee,
annually robbed of hundreds Of thou
. sands Of dollars for carrying letter
which were never written over route
that never had an existence.
10. 1t has exposed the tofamies a
the Indian ring, shown how the In
dams are driven on the war-path thu
army contractors may be enricbe
and the treasury bled.
IL. It has matured = tariff bi
i which, il the Senate woald agree I
il. would do more 10 start our ldl
J, mills, and furnaces aud factories, an
= restore property to all classes tina
apy measure which could be deviset
lit has taken the control If our India
affairs out Of tue hands Of the thievt
Who had charge Of them where the
|belonr. II tho War Department.