The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-22


seeing The Books.
II there be anything which
strikes terror 70 the Repnblican
soul il is the idea Of admitting The
books ofthe Government 10 Demo.
cratic inspection. That feai
nerves lbe arm Of resistance more
than anything else. Republican,
might be persuaded 70 fcrego The
spells upon which the leaders have
already grown rich, but they viii
never consent that the country
shall be made familiar with the
processes by which they acquired
those ill.gotton gains. The poorly
cooked.up table Of statistics being
used by the advocates Of Mr., Blaine
To persuade the country againsl
the testimony Of its senses, thai
the Federal Government has 70,
years and years been growing il
honesty every day, and that il
point Of integrity Republican off
cials are better than those Of Jeffer
sons time, causes hut little weight
The country does not forget thu
careers Of such men as Blaine
Dorsey, Robson, and the hundred
ofothers of lesser note. Nothing
Mr.. Blaine can say will dispel The
conviction that the country hal
been remorselessly and persistently
robbed under Republican ascenden.
cy. We have an army of3oftice
holders numbering 10000 men.
These people thrive aud fatter
on the public spoils. Experience
has shown that not one.third O
these are needed for the affairs o
government. Yet the Republican,
have taken no steps to diminish
the numbers Of these vampires
These people constitute an organ
lied political machine by which
the party maintains its power
The men who compose it stand BY
each other. For nineteen year
the Republican party has gont
steadily on increasing the Offices
and absorbing the revenues Of The
people. They have a system BY
which the receipts Of the Fedora.
Government reach an annual ag
gregate Of s89S,OOO,OOO, while legit
innate expenditures ought not t.
exceed half that amount. While
all the devices which the Republic
cans could employ, there was
surplus last year of over 100000,
600 ia the Treasury. Yet tht
methods by which this money i,
collected and disbursed are un
known to the people. The RECORD
Of it is kept in 1000 volumes
which never see the light Of day
Repested attempts have been made
by the Democrats in Congress tt
get a sight at the books, but with
out avail The nearest approach
to success was made under the res
olution Of Senator Davis, of West
Virginia, when it was discovered
that the books of the Treasury de-
partment were covered with era
sures, and the account of millions
Of dollars was carried under the
head Of "Unknown Expenditures. ;
A record of 1895, 100000 of green.
backs was carried on the books oil
the department without any fund
in the Treasury to justify it, No.
body knew what had become of The
money. Secretary Sherman testi.
fed before the Senate Committee
that he found this account in the
books when he camointo the Treas.
ury, and had carried it forward,
but he did not know what it meant
nor what it was intended TO cover.
This is no doubt one Of many sim.
liar instances. The public will
not know, al all events, until these
books undergo rigid and honest
examination. When the men who
for the past quarter Of q century
have controlled the Federal Treas.
ury, and kept the records Of the
Government under lock and key,
are displaced by others who will
have no interest in suppressing
the truth; then, and not till then,
shall we know the full compass Of
Republican rascality. Asa simple
business matter, there ought to be
a showing,-Er.
The following is the Prohibition
Electoral Ticket for West Virginia:
AT Large-David McGregor, Of
Richie county.
Frank j. Mats, of Kanawha