Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-10-12
Orton's Speech and How He was
Answered.

patient attention and c0mpllmente0
the speaker for bis good appearance
and easy delivery; and his Demo-
cratic hearers thought his arguments
conclusive. His argument was built
upon these two premises The Re-
publican party is extravagant; ex-
travsgancs leads to corruption. To
establish his first premise, he cited
figures which he said were true, tut
did not tell whence they came. We
shall refer TO them further on. To
apply the conclusion deduced in his
second premise be referred 10 Bel.
knap's corruption, and cited BsbcOck
and Boss Reyes ~ examples, notwith-
standing the former was acquitted
by a jury, the majority of whom
were Democrats, and q Democratic
smelling committee in the late DEM
ocralic Congress said of tho latter,
owe have found no fault in this man
tou 3hing the things whereof ye
accuse him" H. failed TO re-
IN bis audience that Belknap was
disowned and driven into disgrace
b. the Republicans, while his Dem
ocfa!ic associates in crime-Marsh
and Pendleton-are in high standing
in that party. H. left the impression
on the ear of his hearers that Bah
cock still held bis Private Secretary
ship under the President. Babcock
was acquitted On trial. After the
trial the Prof ient found him guilty
of mean ttIck and at once dis
mi4-ei him from the Sore airy ahir.
The mean trick lie vas guilty of was
one very much like that Mr.. Orion
was guilty of in MT telling this fact
to his au iience. Bah ;ock kept a
little matter from tho President
which be should haze 'o'd him, and
wheu the facts becams known he
found his head off M. Oiton as
sumed that the charges made against
Tilden were one after another an
swered, and were not now believed
or repeated, aud he did not know
what would be brought against him
next. This is not true. There is
not charge of any great dishonor
against Tilden but what sticks. No
person, for instance, who is an inteli-
gent reader, can believe that Tilden's
Income for 1862 was only s7,l18, as
sworn to by him. After arguing the
two premises laid down by Mr.. Or
ton be recited the usual clap-trap of
Democratic speakers, and was fol-
lowed by Mr. Bushnell viii d short
speech.
On Tuesday evening George Glenn
ontson, Esq appeared at The court
house to answer Mr.. Orion, and he
found The house "jam" full, anxious
to hear him. He took the Demo
cratic can iidate's points seriatim and
effectually disposed of them. The
charge Of extravaganza was answer
cd with official figures. Those
published in the HERALD last week,
coming from tho acting Secretary
of the Treasury, MIR. Conant, were
effectively used. 1t will be remem-
bered that Tilden's letter of accept
oaco charges that Republican ad-
INVESTIGATIONS have expended 81 ,5O0,-
600 900 since the war, and that Off
cial fiyures show that he makes the
expenditures nearly $1,000, 900, 900
NJ ore than the truth. This has been
so clearly shown that Mr.. Orion did
not bring his charge of extravaganza
after the Tilden manner. He took
Buchauan's last ) ear and compared
it with last year. He said Buchan-
ans Culinary expenditures were
twonty-six millions The odd thou
sands we DO not note. This new
phase is as easily answered as the
falsehCod in Tllden's letter, and it
was answered by Mr.. Clementson as
we now answer it here. To sag that
Buchanan's ordinary expenses for
the last year of his administration
were but twenty-six million dollars
is comparatively as great a falsenood
as the extravaganza charged by Til
den. The books Of the Treasury De-
partment show that the total expen-
ditures for the fiscal year 1875 were
1914, 623 1893, and for 1860 were $685..
OPS, 7S9. Deducting from the expen-
ditures of 1875 all those growing out
of the war, give the net result for
that year of sS4,773,792 in currency.
Deduct 124 per cent. to reduce to
gold and the net expenditure not
arising out of the Democratic war
becomes s74,02S,6S8 The expendi-
lures averaged to each inhabtant in
1860, 81 95. Call the population 49,
000, 900 in 1875 and the correspond
ing expense TO each inhabitant is
S1.60. SO the new dodge is disposed
of as readily as that of Shammy TIL
den. Mr.. Orton's charge of extrava-
gance is therefore without founda-
ton. His first premise being de-
stroyed, said Mr.. Clementson, his
second falls to the ground of itself.
The instances of corruption charged
against Republicans were shown to
have been disposed of creditably 10
the Republican party. but dishonor-
able to the Democratic party. The
former puts corrupt men in jail-the
Iatter lets them run away. Mr.