The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-08
New York Sun, ID inst}
The Accounts of Superv: sOrs and
MarShalS,


Mars ShalS.
Although five. months have elapsed
since the Congressional elections last
fall, the accounts OF the chief supervi.
sors, the subordinate supervisors, and
the marsha!s, for the services of deputies
then employed. have not yet heen fully
settled at the Treasury There is no
good reason why they should not have
been sent in for the qnarter ending Dec
81, 1878, and the fact that thev have been
withheld unnecessarily excites suspicion
of a sinister motive for the suppression
A resolution, passed by the last House
two months ago. and another resolu ion
recently adopted bv the Senate, have
tailed to bring out the desired informa
tion. The most conspicuous example Of
default in this respect Il Tire author Of
the obnoxious law, JOHN ! Davenport,
who took care to provide most liberal
fees for him self, bit who has found 1t
convenient to withhold any statement Of
those received at the last election.
The Wallace Committee summoned
Marshal Kern OF Philadelphia to testify
as 10 his delinquency in this respect. but
thus far they seem to have overlooked
the chief of the tribe of supervisors,
who, above and beyond all others, has
provoked the public indignation against
that class OF electioneering agents that
are paid from the national Treasury for
partisan service Mr. Davenport drew
sl9,3 36 as Chief Supervisors and 90,
304 go as Uaited States Commissioner
under the election laws in 1875. to say
nething of the large sums which lie pock-
eted in 1872 and 1874, over and above
the money received from the Union
League. He has,. therefore, found the
business to he profitable, and is not par
ticularly anxious 10 enlighten Congress
about the revenues Of his office.
Bv adding the revised figures given in
the answer OF the Treasury to the recent
Sanate resolution to the statement previ-
ously furnished to the House,an approx
innate idea may be formed of the cost Of
supervisors and deputy marshals at the
November election for members of Con
gross, as follows:
Total thus far, S2l4 149 o.
The accounts Of the Chief Supervi.
sors OF New York and Of Massachusetts
have not been received at the Treasury,
and those of others have yet to he finally
passed upon by the Comptroller. So
that the exsct amount of the cost of
these partisans cannot now be stated, ,fva
months after the expenditures were made
In 1876 the total expense for supervisors
and deputy marsbals was S275 .296 60
When all the returns for 1873 shall be
received, there will he very little differ
ence between the two years, though the
FIRST involved both the Presidency and
the Congressional election. while the lat
ter was exclusively for the House of Rep
rescntative.
This Iact shows what extraordinary
exertions were made by the Fraudulent
Administration, independent OF tue large
fund collected nom the ofiiceholders by
Mr. Gotham, and the voluntary c,ntri.
hn'ions made by rich Republican, in tins
city and elsewhere, 10 secure majority
in the House II is quite remarkable in
this category that the charge for super.
visors in 1876 and 1878 should be almost
similar. Here are the figures from John
Sherman's last report to the Senate in
answer to Mr.. McDonalds resolution:
Supervisors-lS76, Sll00l4 40
1870 1f0 400 k0
This close approximation of amounts
leads to the belief that the basis OF 1876
was taken for the expenditure last fall,
without any regard whatever 10 the pub
lie interest. The testimony OF Marshal
Kern OF Philadelphia proves that there
was no necessity for the deputy marshals
in that city, seven hundred and sixty OF
whom received ten dollars each for Two
days service as Republican eleclioneer-
ers at the polls He admitted that every
one OF these deputies was Republican,
and that the voting precincts we're abund
antly protected by Republican police, ex-
elusive Of ''seven sworn State officials
not counting the clerks-at each precinct
and they we're all Republicans.
What is thus confessed in regard to
Philadelphia is equally true here, and
wherever else these partisans were EN-
| ploycdl More than half million oi
tlollars was thus taken directly out oi
the Treasury to pay Republican workers
OF the last two elections, and when it is
proposed 10 repeal the infamous laws
which we're concocted to enrich a few
sharp politicians, and to furnish an or
gan zed force at the polls at the public
Expense. johbers like De Golyer Garfield
and Secor Roheson shout "revolution! !!
Whenever Republican thief is caugh
and stopped from stealing, he cries rev
olu.ion. II the army is forbidden te
interfere with elections, it is revolution
If barbarous test-oaths are stricken from
the statute book, it is revolution i
free elections are, demanded and hired
creatures to control them are abolished
again it is revolution They are likely
to get plenty Of such revolution before
Congress adjourns
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