Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-01

from a speech by Hon. L. B. Caswell at
Fort Atkinson few days since, throws
considerable light on the subject, and sets
Winans right in some of his statements.
We trust no one who heard Winans will
fail to read what Mr. Caswell says:
1t is difficult to realize the wonderful
growth OF this nation since the Republic
ans took the reins of government in 1860.
To return to the old days Of Democratic
administr ration, would be like going back
to the days Of the hand sickle and the
stage coach. In 40 direction can this be
more clearly seen, than in the Post-otflce
Department, which is a close Indication
of the commercial, social and general
growth Of the nation The receipts OF
this department, alone, for the years
that will end June 80 1883, will equal
! the ENTIRE REVENUE OF THAT DEPART
MENT FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE
| GOVERNMENT DOWN TO 1860.
The last year brought us surplus of a
million and half of dollars above eX-
penses The appropriations for the cur
rent year were $40, 100000 greater than
last, but $34, 100000 were for pensions
ADORE the appropriation of last year.
The present Congress were compelled by
! law to make the appropriation or else re-
peal the pension law Now we have
| $4,000 left Of this 81, 100000 is
! found in the excess of the River and
Harbor Bill, over that of last year. The
remaining $4,500,000 was appropriated
chiefly for the increased service i'll the
| Post-office Department; the increase of
clerks to settle the pension claims, and
the appropriation to the Agricultural
Department, and other matters deemed
necessary by the general voice Of the
country. The increase in the River and
Harbor Bill, is due mainly to improve
ment OF the Mississippi river and the
Potomac flats. The Mississippi Improve
ment was demanded by the Legislature
of Wisconsin, which instructed our
members of Congress TO support it in
view of the large interest which the State
! had in the navigation of that river.
The people before they condemn their
representatives, should remember that
upon the railway monopolies of this
country, and they should be careful lest
they strike at their only real and efficient
defence.
To show that this is true, he cited the
effect of the Fox and Wisconsin river
Improvement, in consequence of which.
on the one article of coal alone, the In
sane Hospital at Oshkosh, effects saving
over the Madison Hospital of s.. 700
yearly He also cited the recent fact of
Lacrosse Lumber Co., hiring a fleet of
three million feet of lumber towed to
| Louisiana, No, for $500 Had this
lumber been sent by rail, it would have
quired 400 cars, which at $50 a car
would have cost $4,000.
He reviewed the charge that is made
10 the Independent Platform, and indus
triously circulated throughout the district,
that Mr.. Williams voted for an appropria-
ton OF $4,000 to pay for liquor at the
Garfield funeral. On this point, he
spent sometime in showing how menda-
| cious and utterly INSCRIPTIONS is the OPP
position to Mr.. Williams. He exhibited
a letter from Col Stevens, Clerk of the
Appropriation Committee, enclosing a
copy of the original bill of Sergeant-at-
arms Thompson, for the Garfield funeral
expenses, and it contains no item what
ever, for liquors or wines. He compared
the great "ealth of the North with that
of the South, and yet the ruling majority
OF the Democratic party is in the South,
and we are asked to commit all these
great interests to majority in Congress
made up Of members from the States
that seeded from the Union We should
remember that all appropriation bills
originate in the House and the North
with its good commercial necessities
should be fairly represented there.