Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-02

VI " S1bJuCk OluCtI 1G uGAL
read from Carl Schurz's speech in CINCINNATI to
the effect that every honest and patribEe citizen
wants achange in the affairs of this Government.
Inc Governor said he would not recite the evil
dences OF corruption, including impeachments,
VIM key rings, Custom House frauds; every
where they touched the expenditure of public
money Is told the same sad story of corruption;
ana now the Democrats ask to be helped, not to
place themselves in power, but to redeem the
He next said that when Mir. Lincoln went out of
the Office of President by that saddest occurrence
In our history, there were employed in the va
rlous departments to carry on the government
u 600 officers. In two years under Gen. Grant
the number increased to 81 100; last year the
number grew to 90 900, and the first of this year
not quite SO many, but where the number is 30
large he could not partiuclarize. Say there are
only lou COO, think
WHAT An ARMY IT is;
that it now requires 100, 900 men in a time of pro-
found peace to do that work which under Mr..
Lincoln served the purpose in time of great civil
troubles. Lincoln would not increase the num-
Der OF officers, and when appealed to by q friend
for a position said all the holes had pegs in them.
But now when a man applies for Office and says
he has served the party faithfully, had spent his
money for the Radical cause and had done big
lying against the Democracy, the Administra-
ton does not make MIR. Lincoln's reply, but it
goes to work and bOres another hole and puts him
in it, and this has gone on until oyer l 1000 men
ers don't intend you shall win the battle. They
are contributing from their salaries in the hope
OF making mOEey stronger tnan the Will of the
people. Every unnecessary ofliceholderi is a bur-
den on the laboring classes. The lawyer pro-
duces nothing, although he regards them as a
necessary ornament to society, being one him
self. Laughter. There is nothing you can
tax in the products of the lawyer, doctor or
preacher, although they are useful to society
The miners are required to go down into the bow
els of the earth and get out the iron which is put
through the various processes of smutty faced
men, until it becomes Il p!ow or steamboat, and
at every step
IAROR AIMS A yAIrE
to that article which becomes a subject of taxa
ton. The question of whether this country shall
be Durdened with an army of useless office-hold-
ers is one for the miner, farmer and labOring
classes to decide, and he would leave it to them;
II they want this country to be carried on tor the
benefit of the oficeholders, vote the Republican
ticket; but, if they want reform, come and Join
the Democrats. Applause and cries of 1--WE
He could ask if they wanted reform in the mat
ter of public expenditures. ICries of ''Yes,
yes."l Vast amounts of money have been ex-
pended by the Bepub lean party during it's ad
mlnlStratlon, amounts too great to be computed;
the expenditures had increased from wear to
year, and when had the Republicans attempted
to reduce them or make any reforms: They never
mad, but the very first work of the Democrats
was a reduction of public expenditures. The
Democratic party promisei the people reform and
re~trenchment, and, under these promises, were
given control of the House of Representatives,
and to-day we are living under an administra-
ton, the same administration that ruled the
country before the Democratic successes cut an
annual expense of $50, 000, OOC less than previous
years under Radical rule. The Governor showed
that this was the work of a Democratic House,
and that the party is entitled to the credit of it.
lie said that when Messrs. Morrison, Randall,
Holman and other Democrats took their places at
the head of their committees in Congress they
SAID these public expenditures
SHALL CoME DOWN,
and they did. The first labor of the Democracy
was to save the people $50 90 COZ annually; this
was their first years work, and greater savings
may be expected of them hereafter. This vast
dInnnnt of = 9I nlu (nD ia mora N M thon q ~ IN =,
could count in a hundred years. 1t was a saw
ing of Sl05 600 for each Congressional District,
and as there are todr counties in this District, it
is more than $25, 900 per year saved to your
county. That is what Democracy has done. 1t
ls more money saved to Indiana than her entire
taxes. This is what Democracy has done in one
session, and that in opposition to the Senate,
which said this shall not be done. 1t means that
at the other end of the avenue in Washington
there shall be less extravaganza and more ecOno-
my in the interest of the people. Had the Dem
ocracy had possession of both Houses of Con-
gIess, SAC, O0t, 0Oo would have been saved, but
after weeks of opposition some concessions had
to be made to the Radical Senate.
''Letthe people elect Tilden President and give
him q Democratic Senate, and he will save them
$:O,W 900 100 per year, that Will be left in the peck
cts of the people, to be used In the interests of
commerce and trade, to revive it and restore
good times, when the laborer can obtain work at
good wages" Here the Governor was inter-
rupted by a passing train, and he said, good
humoredly, Lets wait till that machine pass
es; it's a good deal like the Democratic party
this year-it will go whether you want it or not.
Laughter
THE ~ERGI OF THE OUNTR
have been weakened by the extravaganza of a
corrupt administration, but the Democratic doc
tor had restored partial health and vitality, and
if not interrupted in its policy the Democracy will
infuse such life into the m of the country
as it has never known" He asked his hearers
TO decide between having the blood of the coun-
try drained from it or having it restored to
h~ealthful vitality. He said: "My friends. take
| your sides; if YOU favor extravaganza and hard
times vote the RpUuhiJran ticket hut If van 1ra
in favor of that economy that will tighten the bur
dens of labor, come anu vote with the Democrat
ic party
He next alluded to the difference of opinion ex-
listing between Morton aud Schurz. Morton says
Grants Administration is the best and.purrst the
country has ever had, while SchurZ says it is the
worst; yet they both go for Hayes. Which, he
asked, would the people believe: If SchIrZ is
right, then it is simply proposed to reform the
existing evils by a change of men, but he wanted
to know if that will bring reform. What does that
$50 600 600 saved signify: Not only renewed vi
tallty IN commandments, but it leaves a little
more money at home; a less eX-
travagance and a few more comforts
in every household. The Democrats have
shown the people that the Government can be
carried ON for that much less money, and does
any one suppose the Republican party would
have ever made this manifest: They have ruled
the country for years, and had every opportuni-
ty To reduce expenditures if they desired. He
then proceeded to demonstrate the impractibility,
not to say inpOssibility, of Hayes reforming the
existing evils; that Hayes depends upon the very
ofliceholiers who burden the people for his sup
port. Does any one suppose Hayes can accom-
plish what Grant could not: Four years ago
General Grant promised publicly to reform the
civil service in every department. He believed
General Grant was in earnest and meant it.
General Grant is not a liar. He intended to full
fill his pledges; but the MortOns. LOgans, Bel
| knaps, BabcOCks and Shepherds were stronger
than Grant, and it is supposed that Hayes can
do what that iron man
GRANT FAILED TO ACCOMPLISH.
Hayes was three years in Congress, at a critical
N1-.-l = -, .n,n t,r1, nfD n~l rnf liS rrnjnn
was never raised in any public question.
Governor Hendricks urged the necessity of an
entire change in the Administration in order to
accomplish the true reform that the depressed
condition of affairs demands. If the people will
elect Tilden President, General Hardtimes will
be driven out of every home and prosperity will
return. Applause Hereviewed iilden's SER
vices as a reformer and contrasted them with
those of Hayes, who, he said, can glide through
an office very well; He firmly believed 1ilden
will be elected. LCheers.l And when he takes
his seat hope will spring up and business enter
prise will leap forward. The laborer will find
employment. What is man without hope? But
that hope must be based on reasonable prospects