Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-10-31
SOME CONSPICUOUS ACHE
VEMENTS OF THE RE
PUBLICAN PARTY.
THE WHIsKEY RING FRAUDS.

THE WHIsKEY RING FRAUDS.
$l50.000,000 per year stolen by the Whis-
KEY Thieves under the $500 tax, and the
sWindles have continued ever since by
connivance of Republican Internal Reve-
nue. Officers.
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Expenses of the Executive Mansion for
Y years prior to 1861, 1858 900.
Expenses during Is years OF Republican
Administration. $773.000.
CREDIT MoBILIER.
$43,OOO,O 900 taken from the People to
enrich the Ring.
THE POST TRADER AND INDIAN FRAUDS.
So 900 900 stolen under Fraudulent Con
tracts through the cOnnivance of Belknap
Republican Secretary of War.
FREEDMAN's BUREAU AND SAVINGS
BANK.
$4,000. 900 stolen from the savings of the
"Wards of the Nation
THE LAND GRANT swINDLEs.
$4,000 900 furnished from the United
States Treasury to aid the Land Grant
and Railroad Frauds.
1875, 403, O26 Acres of Land Granted to
Railroads, worth $500 per acre-$27S,-
806, 052.
THE SOUTHERN COTTON SWINDLES.
100000 Bales of Cotton stolen by the
Cotton Ring.
THE VENEZUELA SCANDAL.
$1,250. 900 Fraudulently awarded by the
Republican Commission.
GENERAL EXPENDITURES OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
During " years before the war-from
1871 to 1861-$1 ,582, 444 46S.
During Is years after the war-from
1867 to 1898, $50 SOS, 64S.
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION FRAUD,
The Greatest Fraud of all, by which the
Presidency was Stolen from the People.
OFFICIAL DEFALCATIONS.
Amount of defalcations un-
der Grants first Admins
tratlon, 8.S75, 483 %
Amount Of defalcation un.
der Grants second Ad-
ministratiOn, 4.547. PAT 81
Amount of defalcatlon I'M
der Hayes Administra-
ton, 1,775 1896 OF
Amount of defalcation I'M
der AfGhur's three years.
Administration, 1868, 73S II
Total defalcations, SIC, 1855, 47O O3
THE STAR ROUTE FRAUDS.
Millions stolen by conspiracy and frau
dulent bids. George Bliss and other coun-
sci employed for nearly year at 500 per
Gay each. and Fl 900 900 expended in mock
Trials aostout aug connection of the Ring
conspirators. prominent leaders in the
Republican party.
FRAUDS IN TREASURY BOOKKEEPING.
Discrepancies in Finance Reports
a mounting to $247 900, 600.
Erasures and alterations in Treasury
Ledgers to the number of $500.
The above statements are all from OHic-
lal Reports and the Records of Courts
They do not Include many gross frauds
known to all, such as the Boss Shepherd
Frauds. the Dick Harrington Safe Burg
larry, the Robeson Naval Frauds, the San
born Contracts. the Pension Bureau
Frauds, the Black Friday rascality, the
buying of Indiana in 1880, the glorifca-
tlon OF Dorsey as "soap' manipulation, the
Forgery by which Folger was nominated,
fhe Howgate Frauds. the lseifer business,
the burnside Robbery, the Swain Swim
die, and the Frauds In the Medical Bureau
of the Navy Department.. The RepubIi
can party has continued. down to 1881,
the same CAREER of Reckless Extravaganza
and Robbery chat has characterized 1t
since it's accession to power,
OPEN THE BOOKS!
TURN THE KAsCALs OUT
The only way to purify the Government
and show to the people the truth about
their public servants is to olect
CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKS.
and place the National Administration in
honest and economical hands.