The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-02-06
Sion the Frauds.

Facts are not wanting to show
that an era of corruption has pre-.
vailed ut Washington within the
past tell years which has involved
to disgrace tue government aud the
country. Year by year, month by
month aud almost day by day new
features of the frauds that have
been rampant at the national cap.
itol have shown themselves.
Among the last are those made
apparent by the Huntington let.
lers. Huntington was a wholesale
bribsr Of Congressman. His road
had received many millions of dol.
lars worth Of the peoples property
in the shape Of land grants and
subsidies, and il seems he laviShed
a portion Of IL up n Congressman,
agents" and attorneys" to do his
bidding. The San Flancisco, Er.
dmiEr published Il tabulated state.
ment showing that in 1876 be ex.
pended $780, C0-probably in fight.
ing Scots Trxs. Pacific scheme;
ana III 1915 he spent SllS.UUO in
Efforts to defeat Mr.. Thnrman's bill
To save the Treasury against these
Pacific railroad raids. Not a wotd
Of explanation is offered abaul u
lump sum OfSl0O,0OO that was paid
out on March /, 1879. There is
another little matter Of S4UO,0O0
which he is'unabIe to account for
but thinks he paid it to agents
aud attorneys,
But remember that Hun'ing'on's
performances form only u small
part Of what has been accomplish.
cd in u similar line. There was
the Uuiun Pacific, the Little Rock
aud Fort Smith and numerous
Others which have preyed heavily
upon the public purse and the
public dumain, and which in turn
put out their money without YOU
cheers" to agents and attorneys"
and where ut will do the most
good"
All this corruption has only be.
gotten other corruption and other
cIimeS. There have been the raids
upuu the Treasury by the navy
ring, the star route ring, the wills,
ky ring, the Treasury ring, the
post tradcrShipring,tln Indian ring
the Washington ring, and the doz
en- Of others, These rings and
cliqnes have all been differed BY
Republican Statesmen, many Of
them high inauthority in the Gov.
eminent, aud each and every one
Of the rings have scoop,d millions
Of the peoples money from Uncle
Sans strong box iuto their own
pockets.
The minor o[ GERS have seen
what The big fellows were duinp
and they in their small way have
been pilfnring from the Govern.
ment. They in various ways
through false vouchers, have stolen
such sums as they could carry OH
in the shape Of stationary, knick.
knacks, fancy antilles and the hun.
dted and one Thugs that were paid
for from the Treasury.
So by the big statesmen and the
patriots the government has been
thoroughly plundered. Fraud in
almost every conceivable fun has
run not a, the seat of government
until il wOuld be difficult to point
to u single department. of the pub
lie service that is not permeated by
IL. Aud when is this business
going to end? Ii is growing worse
aud worse every year, as everybody
knows. New developments are be.
ing made every little while that
put the blush Of shame upon the
cheek Of every honest citizen. The
only way is for the people to take
the matter in hand aud say BY
their votes that the frauds shall
stop that the rascals shall be turn.
ed uut. There is no more impera
tive demand to-day upon the Amer
lean voters than that they stop the
frauds upon their government, and
put honest mon in the places of
thieves IMce'ing Register.