West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-10
STOP THLEEi!!!
Some Conspicuous Achievements
OF the Republican Party.
THE wmIsKEY RING FRAUDS.


THE wmsKEY RING FRAUDS.
$3.50, 10000 per year stolen by the Wits
key Thieves under the So. 90 Tax and the
swindles have continued ever since by con-
nivance of Republican Internal Revenue
Officers
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Expenses of the Executive Mansion for 70
years prior To 1861, 1888, 600.
Expenses during - years of Republican
Administration, $773, 600
CREDIT MoBmIER.
$13 5000 taken from the People to en-
rich the Ring.
THE POST TRADER AND INDIAN FRAUDS.
$4,000, 600 stolen under Fraudulent Con-
tracts, through the cOnnivance Of BellNnap,
Republican Secretary OF War
FREEDMAYs BUREAU AND SAVINGS BANK.
$4,000, 900 stolen from the savings of the
WARDS of the Nation"
THE LAND GRANT swINDLEs.
S70,000,000 furnished from the United
States Treasury To aid the Land Grant and
Railroad Frauds
139. 4O3, O26 Acres of Land Granted to
Railroads, worth $500 per Acre
$27S, SOC, 052.
THE SOUTHERN COTTON swNDLEs
100000 Bales of Cotton stolen by the Cot
ton Ring.
THE VENEZUELA SCANDAL.
$3.50, 600 Fraudulently Awarded by the
Republican Commission.
GENERAL EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERN
MEET.
During 70 years before the war-from
1871 to lS61-$1 ,5S2, 444, 46S
During ID years after the war-from 1867
to 1898 500 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 I'M
der Grants first Admins
tration -;--,------ $s,s75. 4ss %
Amount of defalcation I'M
der Grants second Ad-
ministration --.--- 4,547,247 81
Amount of defalcation un-
der Hayes Administration 1,775, 996 O2
Amount of defacation I'M
der Arthurs three years
Administration -------- 1869, 788 n
Total defalcations SIG, 1868, AGO so
THE STAR ROUTE FRAUDS
Millions stolen by conspiracy and fraud
ulent bids. George Bliss and other counsel
employed for nearly year at 800 per day
each and 81 100000 expended in mock
trials tOjtl0ut any cOH0tctiOn of the Ring
conspirators, prominent leaders In the Re-
publican party.
FRAUDS IN TREASURY BOOK KEEPING.
Discrepancies in Finance Reports amount
ing TO $247, 000,000
Erasures and Alterations in Treasury
Ledgers to the number of $500.
The above statements are all from Official
10 Il Il,
do not include many gross frauds known to
all, such as the Boss Shepherd Frauds, the
DICK harrington Safe Burglary, the Robe
son Naval Frauds, the Sanborn Contracts.
the Pension Bureau Frauds, the Black Fri.
day rascality, the buying of Indiana i'm 1880
the glorification of Dorsey as SOAP ma
nipulator, the Forgery by which Folger was
nominated, the Howgate Frauds. the Keifer
business, the Burnside Robbery, the Swain
Swindles, and the Frauds in the Medica
Bureau of the Navy Department. The
Republican Party has continued down TO
1884, the same career of Reckless Extrava-
gance and Robbery that has characterized it
since its accession to power
Open tie B00ksI
Turn tie RdSc0lo OutI
The only way to purify the Government
and show TO the people the truth about their
public servants is to elect
CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKs.
and place the National Administration in
honest and economical hands.
Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxa
ton. "-Deno0cTGttc PLATFORM