Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16

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with shame and disgrace
in the eyes of mankind.
ISLANDER OF THE NATION.
Mr.. Tildcn, the Governor of New
York, was serenaded the other even
ing i'm honor of his nomination for
President by the dem ocratic COW en-
ton. and in reply said: |,
"What next do we find in the public
administration Everywhere abu-
ses, populations, fraud and corruption
until we are almost becoming asham-
cd of the institutions of our country,
and instead of holding them up as An
example for the imitation of the OPP
pressed people Of other countries, we
are confessing them as scandal in
the eyes of mankind. We find the
ofiiceholding class have become SO nn-
merous, powerful and INSCRIPTIONS
that they assume to control the cleo
tons, and fthc people are Indifferent
or al all equally divided, are liable to
exert n corrupt influence sufficient to
perpetuate their own power.
At last we arc reaching the worst
condition of your countries of the
Old World. The government no lon
ger exists for the people; the people
exist only for the government. Our
centennial product is the evils. license
and wrongs, to escape which, our an
cestors abandoned their homes in the
Old World and planted themselves
in the wilderness"
The fact that candidate for presi-
dent should have made such speech
H. otuo,u,c4 ouslan,n fhaf nor, ho
produced of our political degradation
When he says that all business is ru-
ined, that the wolf is at the door of
nearly every house in the land, gaunt
and hungry, and that our centennial
product is the evils, license and
wrongs, to escape which our ances-
tors abandoned their homes in the
Old World, he uttered ISLANDERS shame
less and enormous. The nearest APP
proach to the condition of things that
he describes is to be found in the city
of New York under his own admin
istration. in those democratic purlieus
and among the people who gave him
his large majority. The crying evil
of the day is malicious falsehOod,
which covers alike the President and
the humblest citizen and permeates
public and private life.
: So far from official morals deteri-
Grating, the public service becoming
] dcbauched, and the country standing
on the brink ofruin, / pronounce this
I and all kindred statements, which
} make up the body and trimmings OF
the democratic platforms and speech.
es, TO be unmitigated b0sh and dem.
/, agogucry. and that the very opposite
4 is the truth. On the 9th Of February
: last, the Senate, by "A resolution, called
: upon the Secretary of the Treasury
$ for statement of all the balances dnt
I the United States from defalcatfOni
< or failure to make settlement, begin
y ming on the LIST of January, 1894.
The answer was sent to the Senatl
few weeks ago and submit an ex
1 tract from a statement made by Mr.
t Anthony, Senator from Rhode Island
I chairman of the committee to whom
: the document was referred
;. Mr.. Anthony-Thc aggregate state
= ment of the disbursements Of the treas
:, ury under the list, is paper exceed
;. ingly creditable to the American gov
. ernment. do not mean to any par
: ticllar party, but to the financial his
- tory of the United States. There hav
:, been disbursed since 1891 cal
!" hardly read such big figures-$l3, 1886
S7O.O72.O5 of which is marked upol
= these books $22, $4,000, being abou
- one halfa million of dollars year
:, - and greater part of this is nomina
not real.
a The losses on the 81 900 of disburse
nj ments were, in the administration Q
~ Jackson, $lO.55; Van Buren,, $2l.l
70 Harrison, $lO.37 Polk, 1894 Taylor
AZ and Fillmore, $7.64; Pierce, $3.50
n Buchanan, nearly $6.9S: LincOll
n $l.4l; johnson, As cents; Grant, tn
o. first four years, 40 cts; the secon
n four wears, 2G cents,-showing col
slant decline, which is owing in
large degree to the improved mar
ner of keeping the accounts; and tn;
is due very largely to the committee
on finance and appropriation, VIII
" have introduced legislation hel
which has compelled much create
-. accuracy and responsibility. The a,
Isl erage percent of losses during tn
as whole period on the disbursements j
- Sl.59 ON the thousand. ! do not ~
' 'as lieve that the aggregate of any cla
~ of corporate or private business, banl
- :. ing, commercial, or any other kin
: can show so small percentage of To-
u. as this, and it is gratifying that Il
percentage Of loss is continually d.
-; creasing, coming down from vi 8
y" in the administration of Van Bure
- to an average Of % cents on the $lOl
nc or ONLY about one-sixtieth as much vi
u der the present administration. Th
u is exclusive of the Post-Office, whit
NJ administers its own revenue. In IL
Az Post Office the loss has gone dow
IN from SIT, Is on the II 600 in Jackson
al administration, and $26.l9 in Va
- Bgren's, to $3.50 for the first term
la' Grant and .Ol for the second; vii
~ an average of 1881 for the whole p
-. " Rod.
"a From the foregoing statement
70 appears that the losses during Grant
- first four years were only l-26 part {
nv the $1,000 of what they were dnriI
- the second administration Of Jackson
only l-52 part of what they were d
ring the administration Of Van B
la' rem only lis part of what they we
III during Ruchanan's, the last dem
~ cratic administration. The loss
~ during Grants second term, no
'e- more than three years gone, on q
~ 1000 are only LAG part of what thu
'ls were during the second administr
ot ton of jackson; Isl part of VIII
ns they were during Van Buren's admit
~ istration: and l-26 part Of what tn,
"a were during Buchanan's administr
~ ton. These figures which are math
-, NAUTICAL deductions from the itemiz'
'er accounts taken from the books of Il
'.e Treasury department. reveal the hi
10 eous character of the lies which q
.er being poured out upon the Cover
Oh ment and the republican party. Thu
'se show what vast improvement h
taken place in the administration
the Government since the days of Il
.th "GloriGcd Jackson" and how great
no the tone and purity of official mora
,io have been elevated by the repub
,a can party, and should silence wi
e; very shame the "croakers' and libt
IN. ers of the day.
,as The Senator then proceeded
'fe show by official statements from u
IT, Secretary of the Treasury and Coz
cle missioner of Internal Revenue tn
ed the dcfalcations on the collectio
from customs since 1861 to dal
amounts to only one sixtieth Of o.
per cent, and that of the collectio
a. from internal Revenue taxation sin
me- the passage of the law IN 1872 to ISL
me amounting to 1854, sos, 231, only sixt
Try nine one-thousanth of one per Gel
a. is delinquent, while a considerab
or portion of that delinquency is in pr
on cess of collection.
'lu These letters and figures overtul
re mountains of falsehOod which Dug
ms to bury our calumniators benea,
hg them. The truth is, that, althou,
ny defalcations and malfeasance som
y =