Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-11-22
['JoEH HOwERs' ADVERTISEMENT
THE RECORD OF THE CIVIL SER.
VICE.

Ex-Confe,lerate Investigations still con
tnue TO recoil upon tiseir inventors. 1t il
not strange that participants in the late re
belliOn should hastily assfllIe the guilt o
men in Office. The crime Of treason gen
orally involves all lesser crimes; the M;
jOlity of the Democrats in the National
House OF Representatives were lately trait
tors or active sympaihiZers with treason:
they judge other men by themselves. and,
rejecting upon the fact OF their own treas
on. conclude that all men in Office are
thieves. Another fact leads to the same
conclusion. The eX-COnfelelates are all
| Democrats: the Democratic party from the
reign Of Jackson to that of Buchanan s,lf-
fered corruption TO fester in all depart
ments of the Government without effort at
detection or punishment; the assumption
that Republicans are us corrupt and as
neglectlill of TIER public duties as Demo-
Gratis is perfectly natural TO the Democratic
heart. Some time ago Senator Davis. of
West Virginia, offered resolution in the
Senate calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury tor Il list of uef;,uiers to the
Cove, ntnent. with the amount of their de-
t;llcations. from 1860 to 1876. the period of
Republican ascendancy. 1t was plainly 4
trick to expose Republican mistcasance
and m;:liaas:lnce in Office and shield the
offences of Democratic administration.
The resolution was amended so as to cover
the period from 1886 to 1876. When tie
reached the Senate the ex-Con-
1ederatcs lost all anxiety to print it. In
stead Of showing Il balance of deEilcatiOn
against the Republican party, it showed Il
large balance against the Democratic party.
Our special dispatches from Washington
give the figures, namely: Disbursements
in forty years. Sl393GS7O PCS; age,e-
gate of deialcations appearing on the
books. 22.266.00O. But about half of this
sum represents only an apparent. not a
zeal loss by deflcation. which iseXplained
n The dispatches: SO it appears that there
las been stolen from the Government bv
dishonest employees, in toiiy years. say
sll .UO0O0. OF about S2jl.0GJ per annum.
'uliing .Iackson's and Van Buren'S adj
together. as controlled sub
tantiaily BY the same men and influences.
We find Tie list administrations; presents
gradually falling scale Of losses by detail
ailonS- rcaciinTa merely nominal sum
nring Grant second tcr.n The losses
il elel onc tboiSanI dollars of di,b,lrse-
lens are as follows: ,
Inc administrations Of jackson and
al Buren,. Sl2.S5: Harrison (,ll.cce,ci by
'yler) Sl0.3.; Polk. SS.34: TAYLOR and Fill
loie. 1864: Pierce. 1886: Buchanan. Sc. 6S:
lincoln. Sl.4l; johnson. Is cents: Grant.
irst iern) 40 cents: second term. 26 cents. G
This is exclusive of the Posioiicc De- .
which administers it own rev.
Tue. In this department the improve n
ent has been as decided as in tie other |
apartments. the losses having fallen from
Ills on the $1,000 in Jackson's admins
a,ion, and $40 10 in Van Bulcn's 5, 10 SI.OI
ring the second term of Grant.
These exhibits. called for by Democratic y
vestigaiOi5 with the hope of covering s.
resident Grants administ .ation with \
;ille. prove that so far as defilcations
instituted test. the present is the purest
the country has had for
~ years. The figures are plain. and fig
cs will not lie. They show that tie
emocratic administrations most lauded
Democrats were the most corrupt adj
Illustrations known to our history as a
ton. They show that in plryine the
vi service of Democrats. Lincoln puryed
OF lncompetents and dei;,uliers; for his
ininlstratloa shows Il decline Oflosses on
'oursements as compared with that of
Immediaie predecessor, Buchanan. of -
arly fire hundred per- cent. And they "
oW that the character for honesty and
lclency OF Republican officials in the 70,
II service has been fully maintained by ~
eshient Grant, since the losses by detail
ION under his second administration
We been reduced to a merely nominal Gr
II. More than all. these figures show J.
It Democratic assaults upon the integrity
Republican administration have failed
erly to establish the Democratic charges
corruption and ineiliciency so loudly
so persisten,ly made. Chicago Inter- -,
can. -
ne above article is published by me for I
benefit of the Democrats of Gallatin
lnty. Read it and then say ..there was
re ti'levin" done under Grants admin
alton than there has been under any
since WoCh;nn:,,. ID