The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-12-10


John Sherman's Retreat.
We dorbt il there has been an Adj
ministration of the Treasury Depart
ment of the Government since its es-
Enlistment which has been so thor
oughly suspected and OF which so little
is really known as that pertinently do
scribed as the Sherman Administration.
which began and ended with the fraud.
Hayes.
Wherever it has cropped to the sur.
face the indications of fraud have been
unmistakable- That spies, adventurers
and rascaIs fourished under it. that
millions upon millions were dishonesty
made by its favorites and beneiciariesy
that it was used to promote the ambi-
ton of its chief. that scores of Southern
ballot-bo suffers, thieves and per-
iurers were pensioners upon it is pretty
well known, but that the full extent of
the viilainy initiated, fostered or COM
pleted for the four years of its existence
can never be discovered, does not need
to be asserted.
Mr.. John Sherman may not be tough,
like Bagstock, but. like Bagstock. he 10
devilish sly. He has but few familiars,
and those he seems to have selected
with rare Judgment. II IL were not for
his grinding avarice it is doubtful i
hall as much would be known as has al
ready come to the surface, but the mill
ionaire who cannot bear to provide 81
cheap . thing as . lemonade lunch"
| for his adherents il apt TO leave tracks
by which he may be followed to graver
violations of law and decency.
The result Of the very fiippant in
vestigation, . report 0f which appears
| in this mornings Post, indicates what
. general overhauling might disclose.
So far as the Meline inquiry goes, It
touched upon one department only
and the expenditure of afew thousands
of dollars. And yet fraud was every
where discovered. The nastiest inn
aginablc populations were run upon in
the most unlocked for places.
What, therefore, might we not predi-
cate Of searching inquiry conducted
| BY men who had neither the interest Of
party, individuals or self to look out
for, but were devoted to discovery of
the facts?
We have always maintained and most
devoutly believed that the country haa
been defrauded out of tens, If not hun
dreds, Of millions Of dollars through
the management of the Treasury De-
partment from the date of Grant Z
Inauguration down to the present time.
The incision of even so feeble lance
as that which Mr.. Window provided
and Mr.. Meline used shows that cor.
ruption burrows into and infects almost
every artery, vein and membrane d
that portion Of the body polite known
as its Treasury.
/ When shall we have broad and
honest investigatione win President
4 Arthur give It to usa This same Johr
Sherman once dismissed him for dis
honesty - he probably remembers. =
Washington Posi-.
| "A lady living nesr Eric, Pa, hav
| ing been troubled for the past few year
| with malignant cancer on the righ'
side of the lower jaw. it was decided
that the entire right half Of the jaw
bone should be taken entirely out. Thll
operation was conducted by one of th.
most celebrated physicians in Pennsyl
vania. From the time the first cut wa
made until the jaw was removed wa
Just eighteen and one-half minutes,
very rapid operation. The attempt il
this case was made. the more Difficult
from the fact that the young lady wasn't
ed TO have the appearance of her fac
saved AZ much as possible, SO it wa
necessary to do the cutting Of the bon
in . different manner than had ever be