The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-09-19

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Republican Plundering Or the Treasury
IN his lame attempt 10 answer m.
scathing indictment brought by Chr
Schnrx against the Republican partycx
1overnor Hawlcy. Of I Connecticut. brine.
ont the well-worn comparison bef wen
several Admin strations as ID COT ~ III
Letting the revenue and los n rec.;v.
ing and disbursing the same. 'rhe losses
on receipts. he points out. under Tavlor.
800 per Sl.VvV; under Pierce. ~. ":
nnuer buchanan, ~. ~; under Lincoln.
$3.50 under Grant. xl.27: under
iia.es, two cents per 81 900. AMI
under Arthur, during the first "
Years 2 his Administration, six mills
per $1,000. AS 10 the disbn,sc.
menis the average loss. he saws, under
~ Administrations prior to 1861. was
SOL per $1,000. The average since
has been thirty-nine cents Der 81 900.
and this, he thinks, shows show The
Republican party has p~lundcrcd the
treasury meaning. of course, in His
sarcastic way. that these figures are \
conclusive answer To- the charge that thu
republican party has p~Iundered tho
Treasury.
There are some facts ia relation Ia
Government book-keepi ping and collcc.
tlon 81 revenues which make these fig.
ufes misleading rs evidence Of the com.
parative economy in conducting The
Government before and since The war
But conccding for the sake OF argument,
that they show accurately The AVERAGE
loss during the two periods compared /,
j. worth while 70 examine Them 70 ~
what else they show.
~ thcy show. for instance. that the
Democratic Administrations before tha
war were dishonest and incapable
because the loss undes' them was
greater than under the Republican An
ministraticns since that time? II they
20 they also show that the Lincoln
Administration and the Grant Admins.
Iratlon were dishonest and incapable,
TOR The contrast in their losses IN eol.
letting and disbursing the revenue ana
'he losses incurred under HAYES ana
Arthur Is more violent than The con.
a between the averages Of Demo.
and Republican administration.
governor Hawley and his party are
TO all the con ort thew cail find
~ I- - -~ 1890 ~
2 me figures viewed ia that n-nect.
More important still. TO tho figure.
now, or tend ID show. that the late,
Administrations have hon
Sly conducted the Government anc
the Republican party has not
p~lundered the Treasury m The apswe,
!, this must be that the figures nejt,e,
low nor tend to show anything III tic
ind.
II is Of common notoricty thar dur;n.
le two las. Administrations. with mai,
Sceeuing Tow ratio Of loss per 1000. as
'own BY The Hawlcy figures, tie Treas
" has been o crnclly plnndered
ian AZ any period Of the countrv's hi.-
ny. We DO not speak now Of cxtrav.
rance IN appropriation and expcndi-
though that. IN is way. il 4 plum.
Of the Treasury which makes "a
'ow ~ the Hawlcy figures. We rc.er
the open and outrageous teal. ~
hich the Star Route robbcries were
grant Y not lonely examples.
with the general history oi these rob
the public has long since become
'4uainfed. Routes let ~ contract for
iall amounts wert subsequently, AMI
tudulently expedited. as il wa
and the amount paid from tho
enormously increased. liz
PIT being divided between the con
'ctors, Republican officials and man
crs q the Republican campo IN. In
Dorsey-Brady combination tiers
re according 10 the testimony taken
Gre the investigating committee one
nureu and thirty-four eases III ..ex-
tied routes. As 10 ninetacn ~
re the testimony was exceedingly
2 explicit. II showed that upon
ltracts originally LET ungcr comnet;-
2 70 The mount II $4l.135. there
; . net increase, without any CONNIE
Pr OF S44s,650. Upon these nine
b contracts alone The Goyernmsn,
: robbed Of nearly half 4 million:
tne aggregate plumber in the entire
hundred and thirty-four cases can
have fallen short Of S4,OD9.Ooo.
atever shortage there may be is more
2 made up BY the amounts drawn
p the Treasury % pay lawyers for
conducting the prosecution Of the
I Route thieves as 70 insure their az
a because this immense amount ~
,t'-an insignificant fraction or TIA
! amount-docs not show Is plun-
on the Government books. Repub-
2 orators have the brazcn ctfronterv
,ratc Of the party's honesty and
Z 70 the books as proof thereof.
ions have been paid out IN fraud a.
public-have actually been stolen A.
q a. Il . burglar had fclvniousIv
ked the Government vault AMI
Q of with the treasure and ~.
2 nm ingenious system of bookkccn-
accounts for ii all and thu pookx
nee, VIZ are asked "a bclicye tbat
! has been no tneit.
WI not % Mr. Hawlcy and Mes
\ the Other Republican stump ora.
Inc ptople may not understand
g lntrlcac q 81 bookkeeping; but
~ know thai. whatever ihc books