Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-25

number 10 sustain secret accusations anG have given
the accused no benefit of cross-examuation, op-
Portunity 10 face their aecusers no specification Of
charges aad ghat is the result Of ii all? Secretary
OF War, always Democrat, appointed by Gen. Grant
mark of iberality and for MS Distinguished m Ii
tary services found to have appointed pos-trader
from personal considerations, aud 70 have shared in
his profits In this foray they found that n promi-
nent Democrat of Ohio received large portion Of A
claim that ought never to have been paid. They ex-
amined the Secretary OF the Navy Tor eight
months, and then referred the case 10 another
mitee to report whether be had been guilty Of
a technical violation of law. They denounee the
Credit MOhilier, and fnd that their candidate for
President was its confidential lawyer. In nearly every
case they have failed disclose the testimony, and
have only recently ordered ii printed, 50 throw
II into the canvass without any opportunity tor
PLANTATION.
A COMPARISON OF DEFALcATToSs
So far we know there has been nothing disclosed
that viii compare with the ofsnses Of Floyd Thomp.
son. and Toueey three members Of the last Democrats
Cabinet. They started for 4 campaign of scandal. and
they have made no investigations where they have not
against Democratic misconduct. In the mean
time Gen. Grant and Gen. BrstOW exposed and pun
shed the whisky ring. No guilty man has been
shielded by the Republican party. Here aud there
time has shown that bad appointments have been
made, and officers have betrayed their trusts; but
when We come TO- compare the general
find that there has been far less proportion OF fraud,
speculation, and embezzement than during any DEM
Ocratic administration / have here official table
showing the receipts and disbursements of the govern
ment from January 1, 1884, to June 90 1875, exhibit
ing also the amount of defalcations and the ratio Of
o.A1ASOs ~ PcAAOus u ASuA
each. This table shows that during the term Of
Gen. Jackson the loss money received was $40 II
for each 81 900; in Van Burens time, s. OIL each
81 OO0 in John Tylers time s3 6s for each OOO in
Buehanans time sixty-twO cents for each 81 600; in
Mr. Lincoln time 10 cents Tor each ST. OOO in Andrew
Johnson's time, 63 cents Tor each Sl,0OO; In Gen
Grants first term 81 for each OO0 and In Gen
Grants second term p cents for each SlOOO In the
general aggregate the loss from January l. 1884, 10
Jane 80 1861, nearly all which during Democratic
administrations, the loss 81 O9 for each 00O and
from July l, 1861, 10 June 80, 1875 during Repubi-
an qdmiuisfratiouS losS wa cent for
$1,000
HONESTY OF DISBURSEMENTS
In the disbursement of public money this table also
shows that during General yaoksons second term the
loss by defacation SlO 55 for each 81 O0U in Mr.
John Tyer's it was $40 81 for each 81 900; in
M Buehannans term it Sc 9s for s1.OO0; in
Mr. Lne0ln's time, during the war, it 81 a for
each ST. O00 in J1hnsons time II 4S GEMS in each
for each $1,000, and in General Grants second term
it Is cents for each sIoO0. During the whole pc
no giOd ,oiI from - January Il, 1854, 10 June
lie money, under Democratic administrations
SO OF for each i0eO; aud from July l, 1861,
June 80, 1875 under Republican administrations it
was rs cents for each 81 O0a This table shows at once
the degree OF fidelity in the collection and disburse-
ment of public money between Democratic and Re-
publican administrations, as shown by actual results
and authority that NOS be questioned denied.
In the light Of these facts how absurd it is appeal
you to restore the Democratic party again
secure honesty and fidelity in public officials
SHAM RETRENcHMESTs.
But they tell you they are for reirenehment They
tell you what Democratic House has done to reduce
expenditures Well, this House has sllshed away at
great rate They have refused appropria' ions for
the most necessary wants Of the government They
reduced the pay of clerks fixed 6y Law In 1854 when
the pay was gold, and fixed by Democratic Con-
gress. They reduced the pay Of foreign ministers and
eonsuls fixed in 1856. They have reduced IN q wild,
hap-hazard way, the sums appropriated for public
buildings in process Of construction and for the sup
port Of courts regulated BY law and winter they
viii be compelled to make them good by deficiency
fz ha .ald Of in,
position wishing power.
'cThe devil when sick. the devil monk would be;
The devil got vel, the devil monk was be.
1t is easy to cut down appropriations, but this IS
not always retrenehment "A might retrench
both bread and meat ana he would starTe. True re-
trenehmen consists producing the best results with
the smallest necessary. do not say the Repub-
Hcan party has always done this, for know il has
not; but il comes it than the Wild slashng
and cutting down appropriations by the Democratic
House.
CAUSE OF LARGE APPROPRIATIONS.
Ever since the war, by which our appropriations
have oeeD swollen many times the reduction Of ap-
propriationS has steadily gone on, except for two
years when very a5Ee appropriations we're made ior
have a careful table prepared in the Treasury De-
partment showing that the current expenditures for
S63 O5 7SS, in gold, for similar purposes Consider
ing the increase of population and the depreciation Of
currency our ho' growing OUT ol
the war are less per capita than before the war. But
the great body Of our expenditures in 1875, for
every year since the war, were for items directly
caused by the war, amounting $780, S49 $780, such
interest the public debt pensions, claims the
like detail of which have in this document and all
Of these are the direct results of the war and are
properly ehaTgeabe 10 the Democratic party as
the cause and author Of the war And in the
future the Republican party is much mora likely to
reduce these items than the Democratic party.
THE TWO CANDIDATES.
And as to the cry for REFORM the promise Of which
is the burden of the Democratic PLATFORM is the old
cry of "stop theE" The Democratic party has neither
proposed or accomplished auY reform for thirty years
That reform which is demanded by the general voice
Of Inc neople-a reform in our civil service-deDends
almost entirely upon the President and heads Of de-
partments the Constitution invests them only with
the appointing power. The law now on the statute
book passed by Republican administration cOnfers
all possible power upon the officers 10 accomplish this
reform. You have tue plain promise Of Governor
Hayes in his letter of acceptance that be will bring
about this REFORM aud his promise is that
been broken All hope for civil service reform must
depend upon the character tendency and promise OF
the President be elected Contrast Governor Hayes
aud MIR. Tiden, and then answer to your eonseeuces
which of them is most likely to secure reform. Mr..
Tilden is New York lawyer, trained In the school Of
Van Buren, who the author If the policy that tc
the vctors belong the spoils," Mr.. Tldens political
life was spent in the city of New York and his bust
ness life in the wreckng OF corporations. Would any
sensble man look to him, followed as he will be, by
hungry horde of Office seekers TO secure the reform of
the civil seryiee2 Governor Hayes was reared in the
more modest and think purer school Of Ohio politics.
and his professional life spent in Furnishing crime
and securing justice TO the poor and deieneeess His
action Governor here in Ohio has been distinguished
by wise administration OF our benevolent and REFORM
atory institutions, which he knew no politics,
and won the respect and esteem Of
his political adveIsaries. You know him
we'll aud his purity aud hrmness OF charae-
ter He is soiemnly pledged to reform the civil
service and gives you the highest security that he
will execute that pledge by act Of se-aOnegaton,
by assuring you in advance that he will in event
he a candidate for second term. What motive eau
be have except to give you an honest and pure ad-
ninistratiOn?
And there is one other test which, when applied to
these candidates should influence the mind OF every
patriotic CITIZEN Mr. Tlden is the reputed author Of
the 'submsSion" plank Of the Democratic platform Of
1874 If he distinguished himself by any act uf par
otisnl III the time that tried mems souls never heard
Of it. Gov HAYES distinguished for gallant servi-
ces in the army, and bears honorable wounds Every
page of his life marked by ardent patriotism. No
temptation of interest safety could induce him &c
leave his duty in the field until the surrender Of every
rebel army. Surely when choosing Chief Magistrate
this is the highest test of merit.
sUcucss IS A DUTY.
Let US nv Republican friends enter this contest
With drin confidence that the people will do what
best Let us gather again around the Republican
nartv proud of all good il has done, anxious to
renar its errors determined to advance Its standard
ana TO keep fully abreast with the nobes and highest
aspirations and purposes Of age and TO the
fall measure of political life by protecting all men
in equal rights by redeeming all pledges Of public
faith and securing all reforms attainable by Door
f1ttros arah hon