Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-07-25
REPUBLICAN RoBBERIEs.
Stupendous Squandering of the
Peoples Money by a Cor
rupt Party.
Sen. Salisbury Holds Up to View e
Part Of the Radical Record.
fr,nrre,.lonnl RECORD, Juns % J

II has been said that a secretary of the
treasury, acknowledged to be an honest,
faithful, public servant, was dismissed
the public service for the energy and de-
voton with which he prosecuted those
claims TO protect the government against
the wrongs and robbcrics that were
committed by these whisky rings.
There Is one matter OF such public
notorieiy that ] must refer TO II. | pre-
sumo that will not do injustice TO an
individual although dislike to refer to
names, because 1t was matter 30 wide.
ly known, and the trial Of the person al
luded 10 took place right in the senate,
that may be allowed TO speak in refer.
encc to one who WINS ably defended by
The senator from Wisconsin now before
me; and yet without mentioning his
name, | suppose n single reference to
the occasion will call 10 mind q man
who was cabinet officer and who es.
capped conviction on impeachment be-
cause ho resigned his position in the
cabinet, and whose resignation, In tho
judgment of great many, should not
nave been accepted while lie was liable
TO impeachment, but who should have
been suspended until his trial had been
had.
ibub ut0llD HONt ~ tbbiINhlph Nibb
the cQse OF this cabinet officer who had
resigned to escape impeachment to call
attention 10 what was said by II sen ator
upon this floor upon the occasion eli that
impeachment, The senator from Massa.
chusells, Mr.. lIoar, In connection with
this very subject He Is gentleman
who is not wanting, as n general rule, In
fidelity TO his party, who generally takes
up the cudgel and comes 10 the rescue Of
his party when he finds that IL Is pressed
on any point. The senator from Massa-
chusetts said In his speech Oh the Bel
KNAPP case:
Fly own public life has been a very brief and
Insignificant one, extending little beyond tho
duration Of single torn Of senatorial onlCe; but
IN that brlof period have seen nva judges OF u
high court OF tho United States driven from oilco
by threats OF impuachmont for corruption or
mnlndhinlslratio on J have heard tho tnunt
from flcndlosi lips, that when tho United STATED
presented herself IN tho east TO take part with
the civilized world In generous competition In
mo arts OF No, tho only product OF hor insliln.
tons th which she surpassed all othor beyond
question was her corruption
Thi9 IL republican authority.
have seen In tho state In the union foremost
In power and wealth four Judges OF her courts
iinpchchtd for corruption, nnd the political I'D
mlnistratIon OF her chleI city become disgrace
and by-word throughout tho world. hnyo
seen mo chairman 81 tho committee on military
nlalra IN tho house, now u distinguished member
OF this court, rlAo In lis place and demund tho
expulsion of -four OF his associates for makln
sale of their Official privilege and selecting
youths TO b0 educated vi our great military
school Whom tho greatest railroad Of this world,
binding together tho continent and uniting tho
TWO great seas which wash our shores, was mn
irhcd, have rocn our national triumph aud OK
nltntion turned 10 bitterness and shame by tho
unanimous report of three committees OF CON
greA-iwoof the house aud ono hero--that every
IN lFlt snI al hnIh nat tala an In
fraud, have heard Ia highest places the shame.
loss doctrine Aypwed by men grown old IN pub
Ito oIco that ihe true way by which power"
should DO gained IN the republic IL TO briDs the
people with tho olicos creat0d for th0lr service,
and tho true und for which II should DO used
wnen gained e w. promotion q selfish ambition
nnd tho qualification OF personal revenge. have
heard that suspicion haunts the footsteps Of the
trusted companions VI tho president.
:, These THINGS have passed intd history. Tho
Italian Qr tho Tacitns or tho Ssmond or tho
Mhcanay who writes tho annals OF our time Will
record them with his incIorabu pen. And now,
when hlsh cabinet officer the constitutional
adviser of The executive, ilees from oillco before
charges Of cofrnptlon shall the historian add
that tho senate treated tho demand OF tho people
ior ~ Judgment Of condemnation asa farce ind
laid down ita high nnctl0ns before tho sophh tfr1
anu Jnels OF tho criminal lawNnif Shnll no
speculate about tho polly political calculations
nsto tho elect ON one party or tho other which
induced hls Judges TO cunnvr At the escNpe ot tho
great public crimlnaly Or, on tn, other hand,
shall he close tho chapter by narratlng how these
lnlHHH NoIb untcGteu, fblOfMeHt ana nUnlSihu by
constitutional processes which tho wisdom u our
fnthera devised for MS aud the virtue aud purity
OF the people found their yindration In tho JUS.
tlee OF Tho senator
! should think the senator from Min.
ncsota, when charges Of corruption are
made against his party, after that author.
ity, coming from his own side Of tho
chamber, has been read in his hearing,
would not insist upon spccifcatlons,upon
the giving Of particular names,
But tho senator from Minnesota per
haps may remember something In con.
nectionwlth the Frocdman's Bank Who
had control of that mattrrY Who was II
that originated that institution, and who
were It's rusty agcntsY Was II not tho
child or the republican party, and
watched by Its fostering care Yet II Is
matter Of public noiorlety that even tho
poor negroes out Of the petty earnings
which they deposited In that institution
have been defrauded, robbed, not by the
democrats, but by republicans intruslcd
with lis management, Perhaps the sen.
Ator from Minnesota may have some ex.
PLANTATION, hit | cannot conceive what
explanation he can give or what apology
he cnn make for the wrong which was
pcrpetrated upon the wards of the nation
81 Nhunl NC mas become OF lNlc lhe Nnhm.
pionand the leader,
| referred 10 the Frccdmans Bank, |
Will now call attention TO the navy and TO
the management Of the funds nppro-
priatcd TO tho navy have said before
upon tho floor Of tho senate that during
the administration of President Grant
from $li5,0O0,00o TO 5000, 100000 were ap.
propriated TO the navy, What has be-
como OF that money! ] PROFOUND that
question to tho senator from Minnesota
TO answer after am through. What has
become Of the large appropriations TO
tho navy Of the countryH We had In
1850 q respectable navy, one that could
cope with the naval power Of most Of the
nations Of the earth, yet after having
spent during the administration of Presi
dent Lincoln nearly $40o0o000o upon
the navy, and atterward made appropria-
iions averaging about S20,000,o0O an
nually during tho whole term OF rrcsi.
dent Grant, aggregating during his ad
minisiration from $l15000,000 to 5000.
100000, Yet our navy Is re.
proach to this great country
N La all All