The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-10

| Wheeler did not dare resist. Mr.. wheeler
fostered Tom Scott's Texas Pacific Rail-
road and passed the bill. In the AID
Congress, he opposed the proposition to
compel the Pacific Railroad Companies TO
| nav the Government such sums as were
due from them, amounting to many mil
lion dollars. In the 43d Congress Mr..
Wheeler was made Chairman of the Com
mittee on Commerce and defeated the
proposition to make the Louisville Il Port
land Canal free of all tolls and charges,
except those necessary TO pay current ex-
penses. 10 this, however. he was over.
ruled by the Senate.
THE REPUBLICAN CREDIT MoBILIER,
By means of the Credit Mobilier $780,
000,0 900 were stolen in the construction of
the Pacific Railroad. Under the Acts Of
1862 and 1864, the Union Pacific Road
obtained 100000 acres of land, and
guaranteed bonds amounting to $27, O00,-
600. It's assets, Independent of the lands,
amounted to $lll,000,OO0 The total
c1st to the railroad company fthe three con-
sruction ontracts--Hoxie' Ames's and
Davis's, was 800, $780, S7; the total cost to
the contI actors was $50, 100, 96S; making
total profit to contractors $42, S25, 32S.
Shares of this enormously profitable stock
were distributed among prominent mem
bers of the House and Senate to aid legis-
lation. Among those who had traDsac.
tons in it were Dawes, Wilson. Scofield,
Garfield, Logan, Harlan, Patterson, Col
fax, all Republicans. The Republican
House whitewashed them all, making
scapegoats of Cakes Ames Republican
and james Brooks, the only Democrat in.
volved.
WHAT THE CARPET BAGGERS HAVE
STOLEN,
In 1865 the actual and adjusted debt of
Albania was Sc, 22l 1856 In 1872 its tota
debt and contingent liabilities amounted
to $50, 926, 967; total increase, $26, 705, ISL.
The actual debt of Arkansas in 1865 was
81, 527, S79; its. total debt and contingent
liabilities 10 1871 amounted to 81 9,75l, 265
total increase, $l5.223, 1856. 10 1865, the
actual and adjusted debt of Florida wa,
81, 1907 GIT; in 1872 the total debt, actua
and contingent, was $l6.556. 092; increase
SIS, 1885, ASS. In 1855 the actual and ad
iusted debt of Georgia was $5,706.
500; in 1872 the total debt, actual
and contingent, was S3S, 6lS, $50; Increase
49,, 9l2.250. The Democratic administra
. ton has since reduced its actual liabilities
to IS, 900, 900 and brought its bonds, which
at one time could hardly be sold at any
price, above par. In Louisiana the actua
and adjusted debt was $685., 999; tht
! total debt aud contingent liabilities in 1877:
amounted to SAL 1874, Alb; increase, $2S,
SOC, 474 In Mississippi the actual ant
adjusted debt in 1865 am united to 1919,
767; 10 1871 it was 50, 2S4,2l6; increase
81 1867 ,449, In North Carolina, the deb
and liabilities amounted 10 1868 TO SIS,
7T9, 945; in 1872 to $34.SS7, 467; increas
in four years, $40, l07,522 In South Car
!, DINA, the actual and adjusted debt, in lS6
e was $l3,03S, 964; the total, actual an
h adjusted debt, in 1871, was 500, 4S0. 81 4
increase, $9,44I. $50. The actual an
J. contir gent debt Of Tennessee, in 1866, wa
II S26, III. 347. and in 1872. $50, 1854, 476, in
a crease, $5,277, 1919, In Texas, the actua
. and adjusted debt, in 1865, was 1925, $50
the total contingent aud prospective debt
= 10 1872 was Sl2, 954. SS7, being an increas
It of $l2 629,62l. The debt of Virginia in
Is creased from SAL .OO0,00O IN 1865, to $47
100000 in 1871, the small increase bein
r. due TO the short lived power of the carpet
baggers. The total increase in the debt @
the eleven Southern States, since the wal
h is Sl72, 6S5, $40.
e LAND STOLEN FROM SETTLERS.
IS The total number Of acres of public Ian
e bestowed in land grants by Republica
% Congresses is 900, 900, 600; the total are
y given away is 294,75S square miles,
!, larger area than that # Maine, Ne
- Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts
:, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Yorl
:, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delawar
" Maryland, Ohio and Indiana combine
=, The to al area of all these States is on
~ 256, 200 square miles.
to WHAT MR.. wHEELER's RAILROADS HAy
S GOT.
1t The bonds issued to Pacific railroads
-, Republican Congresses winch are now GU
;. standing amount to S64,623, 5l2; and Il
or amount of interest paid by the Unite
ed States, allowing for repayment by tran
OF pertatiOn OF mails, etc, amounts to 81;
be l7l,Ol3.
NJ FOUR THOUSAND MILLIONS SPENT 1
IL GRANT.
e From March 4, 1889, to June 80. lSf
ch or y years the entire net ordinary e
of penses of the Government were $l,5S
nd zoe, 1876; from June 80, 1861, to June
It's 1875, or fourteen years, they amounte
'st exclusive of the public debt, TO S. %
z 250,759. The net ordinary expenses
n the ten years of peace since 1865. a
D. $2,034, 233,4l2. The total expenditur
cd Of the six years of President Grants a
ut ministration, ending with June 80, 49,
'ly $400S, ABS, 46l,
'H GRANT S ARMY OF EMPLOYEES.
hv The number of civil employees und
ur President Buchanan was "A, 527; und
of Lincoln in 1868, when the war was at
ne height, 47.375; under Grant in 1876
nc 54'207; under Grant in 1873, $4,000; U
~ der Grant in 1876 l02, $50.
FIVE MILLIONS OF DEFALCATIoNs.
The amount of defaIcations under Pr
~ ident Grants administration has been,
q postmasters, 1878. 37l; by marshals, S24
No 260; by sundry public officers, $265,7l
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