Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-24
BLUE-JEANS ON THE STUMP.
A Grand Reception to Him and Dan
Voorhees, a. Greencastle Indiana,
Yesterday-An Able 'peech
on Democratic Econ.
Omy.
The Men Who Do Not Display the Same
Zeal and Honesty in Public as in
Private Trusts Should Not
Be Elected to Office.

JsDIANAPoJIs, August 23.-Hon. J.
D. Williams and D. w. Voorh es were
enthusiastically received to. day at
Greencastle, fully four thousand people
being present from the surrounding dis
tricts. MIR. Williams spoke for an hour,
and reviewed the Republican record. he
said the present outpouring reminded
him OF the days of 1856, when there was
troubling OF the waters. Evidently the
people waited change of government.
He then discussed national politics, on
the basis OF his eight months expert
ence in congress. Two years ago the
Democrats had obtained control of the
house on the cry of reform, and at once
commenced the work of retrenchment.
Toe house believed it could get along
with twelve hundred less employs 8 than
it had for sixteen years. The senate
thought reduction to seven hundred
and fifty would do, thus admitting ex-
travagance to that extent. The amend
ment agreed to saves thirty million dol
lars annually. If this economy had
commenced ten years ago three hun
dred millions In principal and one hun
dred and sixty millions in interest would
have been saved and applied to the re-
duction of the public debt. The only
thing lacking was the will. In spite of
this the Presidents salary was deduct
ed. When both houses voted to change
this ok, the President vetoed the bill.
The senate refused to concur by an al
most strict party vote on the recon-
mendstion made ter on the part of the
house to reduce to the old figure. he
read the names OF the men who SO
voted. He then showed how the house
had economical in its own expenses.
In 1874 the house had used $l09. 5l9 81
on It's miscellaneous expense account for
the distribution OF documents; this ses.
sion only 500, 79l 81 had been used, the
clerk having been reduced $l7 900. He
then said: "Rere is book by M'Pher-
son, who had been clerk of the house for
many years, and was president OF
the convention at Cincinnati, which
did not nominate Oliver P. Morton
but did nominate Hayes. This book
says that 1t cost, in 1874, $109, 600 for fold
ing documents, ETC., and $37, 900 for
clerks. Now here is an all-efficient state
ment from Geo. 81. Adams, the present
clerk OF the house, in which he says that
the house has expended, in 1875, but
S69, 600 for the first expense and 500 600
for the second-R clear saving OF $57, 600
reduction of over $50, 600 over and above
the salaries of the members of the COM
mittee. He said that If there is any
credit attaching from this, give the
members each one-fifth, and the
balance to the clerks, and if there
is any blame, saddle it upon US,
for we did it on purpose. We know that
every man employed there vas getting
twice as much as lsbOring man could,
get in the State of Indiana, when none
of them pretended to work over five or
six hours per day, and frequently not
one had noticed that the public SER
wants were liberal with other peoples
money, but remarkably economical in
harding their own, He closed by
charging that all who had not displayed
the same zeal in public as private trusts
were totally unworthy of public conf.
dence.