The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-02

ESDAY AUGUST 2, 1876.
service and Indians st you sB,0O0o. was in
the neig noorhood Of 50 cents. while the prem
lum Tor 1870 was only about 13 per cent, when
VS.UOf 90 were expended for like purposes.
Comparing ike things with like, therefore,
the accounts OF the johnson admins ration,
as officislly stated, are really made 10 apps ar
larser than they ought TO be, while for 81 milar
reasons asa n.da those OF General Grants
much this oiffererce orerstes in the compari-
son 10 the advantage of the former, of course,
can not be accurately stated, but that 1t coa-
sututes not 1nconsiderabie item can not be
doubted. You know to-day, gentlemen, that
everything in the market is lower than 1t was
In 1866. Why is II then tnat these wobranches
Of the government have so largely increased
their cost under the administra-
ton OF Grant? This is not all.
In lS75 there were appropriated 81 s64,25l for
IMPROVEMENTS AROUND WASHINGTON CITY.
For the 20 years previous these appropriations
amounted to sl,476,ltO; so that this last year of
Grants administration the expenditures for
public improvements have been nearly as
much as the entire amount during the
public printing in 1878 was s3.4y7,7l
nve times as much ss it was in years previous
eS essecia1 fienpfon secauSe %ah' IL
has lately been the subject of
much discussion in Congress. In
different depar ments at Washington; costing
sl,492,220. IN ls7o there were employed in the
d fferent departments at Washington 5,N2
especially TO this for the reason that the
present House OF Representatives have been
SsSnl yoar public BIZ sssass ss and the
sisientiy 10. prevent ans. such reduction.
can authority upon the subj ct ofthe extrav-
agance in the expenditnres of your gov
paper just now good authority, the Cincinnati
Commercial OF Wednesday, February "A,
1875 in which there IS is very able
editorial upon this q uestion, and 1 propose TO
read you an extract from this editorial
FROM COMMERCIAL EDITORIAL ON EX-
PENDITUREs.
That the government of the country in Re-
plblican hands has cost, and is costing, i'm
mensely more than there is any necessity for
is a fact that will be recognized by any Impair
tial observer who will trouble himself to ex-
am inc into particulars. During the first three
years of General Grants administration there
was large and creditabie reduction on the
ordinary expenses of the govSRznent. Those
expenditures, eaving out of Ect unit the in
lerest on the public debt, the 4afing fund ap-
plied 10 its extinction, were aSf1lows during
The fi=cal years 1868 10 1872, inclusive:
Years. Expe cultures.
lS6S...... 9,sl5 OSS
Is 100 496 OF
10 '.'''.-. i1l'oo eza
e12 loS,ZO 800
Here is a reduction of expenditure very
considerable in amount, varying from four
mi lions year to forty millions. The eX-
penditures above quoted are from the official
report of the secretary of the treasury on the
finance, and cover the whole expenditure of
the government for the army, navy, Indians,
pensions, civil service and miscellaneous, ex-
Guiding, as we nave remarked, the public
debt and interest thereon. But, Eowt yer
ffoh hQ STEADY
ture during the first three or four ears of the
Grant administration, we ind
AN ENORMOUS INCREASE OF EXPENDITURES
during the year which succeeded. The ex-
travagance OF Congress and of the admins ra-
tive branch of the government, an up the ex-
pensCs ia 1873 to the enormous amount of ST.
OOO OOO more than had been expended in the
fiscal year 1872, ana in the last fiscal year, end
ing June 3d. 1874, the expenditure was again
incrt ass sl4 0JO,00J above even the enormous
amount expended in 1913. The following are
the figures:
Years. Expenditures
S5t
ISO 4oS, ,63t
lS4 ,Se5
II tnus appea that in 1874 the expenses OF
The government were Sal ,0JO,OOO more than in
1872 This is a scandalOus record indeed,
utterly without warrant in the condition
of the country or he necessities of The
government. Is 1t any wonder that
the last fan elections throughout ;he count y
We equivalent to a vote OF want of conf
| dence In he present administration o tie
most Overwhelming character? That pa ty
which came into power at the presidential
election of 1868 with Ietrenchment and reform
inscribed upon its banner, with pledges on
the part OF its spokesmen in Congress, IN ths
pres and on the stump TO cut down The ex-
pen .es OF the government has faisified every
promise ard proved false 10 every pledge.
They he d out the banner of civil service Ie-
Iorm TO the people with one hand, while they
were busily eng ,ged In throwing away mil
lions of useless expenditures with the other:
They have Increased ihe vi dlnaIy expenses OF
adm inistering The government more than
% OOO,O year on lhe average, ev-r since
they were again lnuuSted by a 200 con hdlng
country with power.
ALL BASED UPON RADICAL RECORDS.
That is from the Cincinnati Commercial, and
every word is substantiated by the official re-
cord. L appeal to you, my Repu 5lican friencs,
win that record made for your party by your
own public print, are you willing for four
years longer TO indorse it and place 1t in power
that il may 90 on with this system OF ext ava
gance in public expenditures. "Our federal
taxation has swollen from s6J,c0N,OOO in gold
in 1880 TO s45H. % OcOO in currency in 1870: on
aggregate Jsxa'io from $40 O,00O in gold in
1860 to $780, go in currency In ls7O, or in one
decade tTom less than five dollars p head TO
more than eigheen dollars per head. Since
| the peace the people have paid TO their
tax galherers more than three ;, times
| The Republican party in the face of this
record come before the people of this country
AID appeal te them for a condni ance OF
] power. WHAT has become of these vsst - ms
l paid by the taxpayers OF this country? A
large portion of " has been wasted in corrup-
| tiOn IL has been squandered by rings; iJ has
been stolen by the public officers who
have surrounded this administration.
think / may say OF this administration as
the English historian said OF the reign of
henry VII, sit has attained as near perfect
depravitv as e infirmities of human nature
would permit" Now, my fellow citizens,
sue in the campatgh-than the question or he
reduction of Your pRelic expenditures.
payer. Congre1)r cam not by any
legislation place any law on your statute
books that Will put q dollsr in your p9ck st