The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
Fearful Record Of Democratic xnavery
~ III. Sss and DISHONESTY. ri IA ri

Inl876 Senator Davis Of West Virginia of.
fered : resolution in tho senato Of the Unitei
States calling upon TIL. treasury for q report
of defalcations between the years 1851 and ls7t
in view Of usuing it against the Republicans III
the campaign of the latter year. senator
Sherman offered IAN amendment to mako Til
report cover prior Demo cratic administrat
beginning with the year 1890 L The amend.
mont was adopted and the resolution as amen
ded was passed e The result was d yolunin.
GUS report, covering many hundred pages, and
containing greas deal Of mighty Interesting
reading Only very general statement
compiled from the report was printed, but
vast column Of names and Official figurea
never saw the light Of day. It is scarcely ne.
cessary to say that the report was never cir
oulatsd BY the Democratic campaign committee.
It is said that il 1880 it Was proposed by Ger.
tain Demo- ratic leaders to resnrroct this 70.
port and use il as campaign ammunition in
Ohio, but the movement was promptly stop
ped by. Senator Pendleton, who Knows all
about the report "a gentleman who had ac-!
cess to the report at the time it was presented
70 tho SENATE, and made copious extracts from
tons: 3 3
q Mr. Ihomaa A. Hendrick6 and other leading
Democrats having made the charge Of official
corruption against the Republican party, it bel3
comes the duty OF oil honest and fair-minddd
men to look into tho matter and see which 81
the two great political parties OF the country
stand most in need OF reform. While doing tha
stealing themselves the Democia ats have nj;
ways from tho frst been ready to charge cor.
IT. rIph0n and stealing upon their opponents.
They shout ssstop thief tocoyer up the rascali.
ties oftheir own fhieying officials. They below.
for reform always when out of Office Terribly
and fearfully corrupt themselves they naturai1
" suspect all others of dishonesty. It would
be well for these self-r righteous Democrats to
take retrospe otve glance at theSpast history
OF their party while in power, going back, for
instance, to tue palmy days Of jackson. The
defalcation of Samuel Swirtwout, collector or
customs at New York under President jock
sons administratio don, acoord ding to reps TT 81:
committee, Twenty fifth congress- third sos.
sion, No amounted to the sum OF 81 ,g25,.
I ", Jesse Hoyt SWartwout's successor from
1888 To- lS4l, OlloWed the example OF his illus
trious decessor and stole from the govern.
nlent tho sum Of a244S, S7l , and like Swartwout,
was allowed to go scot free. Hero then is tia
sum Of 81 447. All stolen from the government
by two Democratic officials under Democratic
rule, Following down through sthe different
new administra lions from tho frat term soi
Andrew jackson to, the end of the most corrupt
and thieying administration 81 James Buchan.
an; 1t viii be seen TINT stealing was the order
Of the day in all departments OF tho govern,
ment In yerifcation Of which q partial list
Of Democratic plunderers are given below, the
Office they held and the amount stolen by each;