The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
a Review OF the Recor,

WE can't trust the Democrc u. =
OF the nation would bo f"y. II
i keeping. 'ls 'arty of corruption, Ond !" II,
honcsfs, and scents from afar the ...csh pots Q
Egypt" says the blatant orators for the gel
teman from Maine. What an interesting OK.
ample of self-rghteousness the dear old party
present, when we stop for a moment to glance
over the pages of the past. Let us look at few
entries on this record Of pnrity of a party, which
is to-day SO glibly advocating methods of re-
form. What an interesting sight it presents |!
After reading it, can any fair minded and in.
telligent citizen doubt the manifest unworthi-
ness of party that resorts to hypocracy and
deliberate fasehood in the frantic effort to
maintain its tottering power 1t is an interest
ing study, this record. Let us proceed to 1.-THE
review The internal revenue sevice, we know
i Is crowded with extortionists, plunderers and
| vicious officials. The bureau of engravingEand
| printing presents another spectacle, here we
| have 0 D Cole, the disbursing agent whose NAL
feasance became known and he was allowed to
resign. Robert G Morgan, for some time dis
bursting officer of the department of state pre-
sents the interesting picture of defaulter, IN
the very sanctuary Of diplomacy. Again, look
at the bureau of medicine and surgery, here we
find Edward G Kirkwood and Daniel Carragan,
the former disbursing officer, and the latter
chief clerk OF the bureau who by collision with
outsiders aud fraudulent vouchers have for
years swindled the naval department. I Then
we find Col Burnside who stole from the con-
even the proceeds from the sales of waste Ipaper
and furniture intrusted to the disbursjng agent,
and this season OF population continued over a
term of eight Yeas, until no one knows the ag-
gregate amount of these stealings. according
to the testimony offered before the Springer
committee, John Hall, late United States mar
shall of the western district of Pennsylvania,
grabbed $l53, 757,056. Add to this the we'll
known fact that the Indians are openly robbed
In the name of enlightening civilization, togeth-
er with the last piece of rascality by which
the interior department converted into a job
national park created by congress for the recre-
alton of the people, and we have indeed, an in
teresting spectacle.
Butwhy weary the reader with a longer list.
The record might be extended over reams OF
paper and the list then would be but half COM
plete. This is the record on which the grand
old party breaches purity and IN pharisaical
horror points to the Democracy as band of
pirates and brigands unworthy the confidence
of the people. But what can be expected of
party whs will steal presidency, and whose
shining lights are mixed up in Star Route
frauds and other gigantic swindles. Gentle
men, before You preach on the dishonesty of |
the Democratic party, first apply the cure to |
your own leprosy, and when you can stand be- |
fore the country honestly and fairly, with a
clean record Of morality behind you then you |
will be better fitted than you are to-day to pirate
of Democratic corruption and danger that ex-
lists only in your fear-dstorted imagin alton.