The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-09-08

iior's Ofiice there were nineteen HUNDRED and
eigh'y-one subjects examined, against seven
thousand ana sixty five in is75 In 1870 the
amounts ilyotVed were slj9, 90 go. against
81 i4i 80; 80 n l.70. The expenses il that
buIsau ior lsJJ Were S,z,Ji0 IN no s1o..sj;
whereas the WORK performed Is InCrr than
fgurfoid and with this relative expense,
namely, in less, il clsr 81 10 10 settle = single
account. " wheIeas In js35 IL cnsts bUi s&co.
In me Third Auditors Office the Eu-noer
of accounts settled vas SO IA lS'i and 49, -
in 1875, amounting IN 1870, to 1,a5i-sl3; ; IL
1873 il was sJS, ,Ils, ,szs-51. The average salary
OF each clerk In lSO was sl-iD - In l5f9 IL
| was {! Yl2. u showing the average salary :"
b. in 1873 Sis less than in lsiD. 80 that 'siicI
! ali the talk about hisn salaries the average
. cost J. SIS less than IN 'ssJ-
! The cost OF settling an account IN 1889. ia
eo-c.tiled old democratic Reform times, was
- the cost now IN times oi so-caIIed repub-
| lCau eXtIavsganca- - "a 3D. An eXamlha-
ti1i. Of all the Bureaus OF all the depart
IHeuts presents precisely similar results. The
lac, -. examination uisc.d,--.- ff. fac that
average cost II >eJ,Ilng any glst4. ..ySCUEi Ii
from p 20 30 per cent. less nos than IN 1868
thus showing bey yond controversy tnat the
employees of the Treasury to-day do "a, least
/ nom - 70 5g per cent more wcrk nov than
| the and That, too, "a alu aSHr1ge annual cX-
pense OF sl7s less foI each clerk.
Prom customs receipts the loss du-
ring Jackson's time from 1884 to 1887
on $1,000 was 1925; in Van Buren's
time, -. .93; in Grants administration,
two cents loss On each 81 GOO
From January l, 1884. to June 80,
1861, the losses 20 the 81, 900 was - 23
| per 81 900; from July ], 1851, to June
80, 1875, during Republican admins
! trations, fourteen cents per LOCO.
| The internal revenue system did not
exist during Democratic admiuistra
tions. The losses per 81, 900 of re
ceipts have been 81 20; from miscelIa-
neous sources during Jackson's term,
81. 10 per 900; during Van Buren's
service, II. .76 per II. 900; during Bu-
chanan's time, Sl2. %; and now, Gen
eral Grants term, sixty nine cents per
Il, 900! The average losses during
Democratic administrations 81 So per
thousand; in Republican administra
ton, 81. 80 per thousand.
On the total receipts from all sources
the loss during the Democratic admin
istrations was - 90; during Republi-
can administrations, thirty-fou cents.
Now take the disbursements, the losses,
and ratio of loss per 81, 900. In the
War Department during good old
Democratic times-Ieneral Jackson ;
term-the losses were Sl3 60; during
Van Buren's term, S5. As; during
Polk's four years as President, IS IA /;
during Pierce's term, S6.05; dur
ing Buchanan's term, 1925; during
Grants administration, twenty five
cents; The total losses on disburse-
nents of offices belonging to the War
Department in democratic times, from
1884 to 1861, was sG.79 per thousand i;
total losses from 1861 to 1875, 81 80 per
81, 000
In the Navy Department, in the dis
bursements the losses during Jackson's
term per $1,000 were so. SO; in
Pierce's term, 81 742; during Buchan
ans term, S3.49; during General
Grants terri, nifty cents per : 900.
TUtai democratic, SIS7; total repub-
lican, 50 IL. Indian Bureau: Here
our democratic friends have SO much
to say about extravagance that this
table will be read with interest. The
losses during Jackson's administration
per 81. 900 were Sl0-76; in Buchanan 5
time, S6S IS per $1,000. II suppose
these were the reform times that our
democratic friends desire to bring us
back TOD during Grants time, seven
teen cents per S1 900. The total loss
in democratic times, S17. SO per 81 900;
during republican administrations,
S3. 23 per 81 900.
LOSSES on account of pensions dur
ing democratic administrations. 81 sc
per 81, 900; during republican admin
istrations, 81. q per 81, 900.
In the Post Office Department during
Democratic administrations, losses on
each 81, 900 We're 50. 0I; during republi-
can administrations, 81. IS. From mis-
celIaneos sources. losses in democratic
times was SIS G1 per 81 ,G0O as against
~ 0S cents in republican times. The
total losses per 81 900 OH disbul se,nents
from all sources from 1884 TO 1861 dur
ing democratic administrations Was
~. 02, while during republican times it
was only seventy eight cents Per 81 ,OU'.
And It may he added here that the
losses during republican aiministra-
tions are recent, and il is estimated at
the Departments that % per cent. OF
| what f. put down as losses recently will
FINALLY be recovered. SO that actually
the losses during republican admins
trations will b.. probably % per cent
less than the figures here given.
When the republicans came into
power it was found-that Ioosensss and
disorder in all the departments of Gov
ernment were the rule and order and
care were the exception.
Congress was in the habit of making
appropriations in gross and in indeti-
mite sums. The Departments were
permitted the widest range and discre
ton
Under republican rule all appropria-
tions were made in the greatest posi-
ble detail and in specific Sums. leaving
little or nothing to the discretion of
the officers rf the Government.
Now the conditions that obi"ined in
democratic times are reversed, and We
| find order, care, and integrity the rules,
and looeeness and di-or,it.r the excep-
ton.
As a sample of the WHY things We're
done IN old times, rivv the follow
ing:
on nase~ - aud - france report for isj in
.he report al Scill Agent !ion., of Move lcr
=. lSjl. viii ht :Ourd statements showing the
cdrrful methods i'll which public moneys were
the unique, economic method 10y which transfers
of such moneys were made III those days
Mr. Miiluf. VINO undertook tg trlltSiGT Inc -l'Hi.
OOO from New York 10 New Orleans, as far
known to the Department, has not yet reached his
destination.
The amount appears on the list Of dcf;lrltcis
sent the House by the Treasury Department.
charged against the city Bank %: Columbus, Ohio.
This is but a sample of hundreds of
others that are shown on the books of
the Treasury Department and in the
report sent to the House.
# Oh he haI
instituted since the republican party
came into power, renders such a trans
action impossible.
The burden of the democratic song
is now the cry of corruption. | admit
there is corruption in Government Off:
GERS; | do not expect it to be other
wise as long as human nature is what
it is.
To the charge of extravaganza and
corruption against the AdmiDiSi ration
so often made, desire to say tia; IN
the discharge of my duty as Il member
OF the Appropriation Committee / have
had occasion to meet many OF the OIL !
GERS dlrec' ly in charge of the expendi |
lures OF the appropriations made by |
Congress
=, ohofus ule pleasure 10 say tHaJ
they are superior body of men in all |
that pertaius to genuine manhood, and |
they will rank intelligence and honesty |
and in all honest discharge of duty |
with any private employment ia this |
or any other country; while private
employers pay for simple service great
er salaries than these men can possibly !
receive. 1t therefore is duty and a
pleasure to say this fora class of men
who are constantly naligned by the
for the sole purpose of max
ing party capital. There are, possibly,
among these men. here and there. one