The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-24

partInent. You have put IN the noads OF every
bureau and the chiefs OF every division. You
have steadily turned out experienced men To
put in new men wherever the civil-seryioe law
permitted or could be evaded. You have ignored
the laws protecting Union soldiers in office.
The new Secretaries, the new Commissioners,
the assistants and deputies. the new
and chiefs reported promptly that the books
were correct TO penny, and they now report the
estimates tor appropi iation TO run the Govern
n prociamat. on OF economy at the outset.
The Executive Mansion set the example.
Three clerks were cut or but one OF them is
put back on this bill mt an increased salary, and
the appropriation for the White House will this
year greatly exceed that of last year. The
carriages, horses, and drivers were put away
with ostentation, but already some OF these
have been restored, aud Learly every depart
ment clamors for IA larger conting mt fund, which
IL the sure temptation TO extraN agance. There
was loudly advertised reduction OF the num-
Der AM salaries OF all custo1ians OF public
buildings throughout the land. Much clamor
was made i'm the press about thirty per cent
reduction herein Butquietly the old number Of
men and the same salaries were restored. and
the difference will be paid in the deficiency bill
this year. The administration received the
cred of this reform, the chance TO NIL the
places anew, and spent as much money, and for
the next year quietly demani more than thirty
per cent. more money than the Republican adj
ministration ever expended for this purpose
In these and many like instances these early
spasms OF economy now quietly swell the de-
icency bills.
that tho offices were overcrowded with useless
employees at high salaries, and that the mission
OF your party, returning To power was To de-
crease the Offices and reduce the salaries. But
the very agents you put in place TO do this
work report that your cry of -retrenchment and
reform" was campaign thunder, and the Demo
cratic administration demands more men and
higher salaries.
Take these estimates hold in my hand at
random. The whole book Is surprising tribute
to the efficiency of Republican rule.
Turn To the Navy Department Here they
want an assistant Secretary ut n handsome sal
airy, an increase Of the salary Of the chief clerk
of the Bureau OF Construction and Repair, an
increase of the salary of the draughtsman, the
assistant draughtsman, and the assistant mes
senger; they want three additional draughts-
men. All this when they had To spend $4,000
in England for n plan of a single ship by an
Englshman They call for more than thirty
five millions OF dollars for the navy.
Here we find the Commissioner OF Pensions
deman ling that all the salaries OF all the chiefs
of all his divisions be increased, and insisting
that an increased force is necessary in the War
Office for searches of records
The Commissioner OF Patents calls for l02 ad-
ditonal employees He appeals for increases of
salaries all along the line-S5Oo more for the
sstant commissioner, $3.50 more for the chief
clerk, $500 more for the law clerk, $500 more for
the financial clerk, and an increase OF 500 more
for all the model attendants. He wants an addi-
tional tribunal of appeals in the Patent Office,
with three judges at adequate salaries.
Turn TO the United States Treasurer, who asks
an increase of the salaries of some OF his sub
orlinates and insists that their compensation is
not commensurate with the work done. He pro-
tests that the salaries paid under Republican
rule are less than salaries paid for like services
by private establishments with much less
responsibility.
Inc Sec etary OF War asks an increase Of
salary of $3.50 for his chief clerk, of $500 for his
disbursing clerk of $500 for each of his three
chiefs Of divisions, and OF 500 for each of three
assistants to them
This cry for increase OF salary runs along
every line OF administration.
To administer the executive Legislative and
judicial offices of the Government the new adj
ADMINISTRATION demand fifty-three more offices
than under the Republican administration were
provided for the last year, and they require
more money than last year, although, il we re-
gard the decrease OF interest on the public debt
the last year was the most expensive since the
war.
But will not weary the House with recap
itulation of all the calls for new offices and
higher salaries made by the new administra-
tiOn.
1t is fair to state that the bill before u.s. by the
economy of the committee and the reduction in
the Treasury mainly by the decrease OF en-
ployes in the internal revenue service to accord
with decreased business in that branch, the
decrease in the Quartermaster Generals office
by decrease of war claims, and closing unneces-
!, sary minis and assay Offices makes substantial
reductions. But this same bill grants many of
the increases Of employees and some OF the
salaries.
Taking all of them together, the estimates Of
the new administration TO run all the depart
ments OF the GoveCninentsfor 1887 exceed the
Omit the river and harbor bill, for whose ex-
travagance this House is responsible, and still
we find the new heads OF the Government, with
professions of "retrenchment and REFORM, de-
| manding for the next year more officers than the
Republicans, and forty millions Of money more
than was appropriated last year.
What n splendid tribute TO Republican man.
agement, of what fraud was the cry of Demo-
cratic economy
Never was n general COLL for higher salaries
in every department more unexpected, more
sVa1. nVafb hon xra nj yhnrn m
business OF the internal revenue and the Gus
| toms service have shrunken with the depres-
| sion Of the country, when a dollar is harder To
| earn, and will buy more than at any time since
the Government was founded. protest against
any general increase Of salaries. fixed incomes
| to be paid out Of the declining wages Of labor
| and cheapeniIg products OF the farm and mill
and mine
But after the extravaganza Of this House ut
this session you gentlemen OF the majority are
hardly the persons to turn and rebuke the new
heads OF the administration for the extraordi-
nary discrepancy between their and your loud
| professions and prote stations Of economy and
reform in the public service, and the enormous
| increase OF expenditures proposed for 1887 in
| running the Government Alas, administrative
/ reform too il n failure
| The efforts of the Chairman OF Appropria-
| tions Mr. Randall, aided by the gentleman
| from Indiana (Mr. Homanl, cannot stem the
tide OF extravaganza here. The passionate
| protests of the gentleman from New York MIR.
| Hewittl against the reckless waste here go I'M
| needed The oft-repeated warnings of the Chair
4 man or the ways ana Means MIR. MOrr1SOnl that
/ the majority were not sent here to spend more
| money and make more offices than the Repub-
| licans had. grow more and more pathetic as he
| sees his followers sweep away the surplus and
| begin upon deficit.
! u YOU who are the majority are convinced
4 that you are rs dangerous to the country as
your leaders say you are, and il you believe the
| country Is fast finding 10 out, you should pass
4 the appropriation bills and go home. You are
| forced to abandon all pref of being as
| economical as the Republicans were. You
| postpone great questions to consider small ones
| You waste the peoples time aud money. There
/ is heck Of war-cloud our Northwestern
| horizon. Take back, therefore, some Of the
| money you have just voted TO waste on obscure
| bayous and creeks, that with IL we may begin
| to fortify our defenselesS coasts on the lakes
| oceans, and CULTS.
| Watch the flock OF public building bills now
| fluttering our heads Already this session
a. 167, 1877 so have been appropriated in house
! or the other for these purposes. and as much
| more will be fought for II this session be pro
| longed. / beg you TO save that sum to build VI
| the navy.
Remember that the pensions justly due tho
| defenders OF the nation, their widows and or
phans nre sacred obligation. Keep the money
| we will need for these debts OF honor safe from
| the tramp OF the army OF schemes crowding the
| calendar, coming with -the Constitution and an
| appropriation
| IN YOU remain all summer there Is no hope
that you may pass the educational BILL for the
| majority here arc deaf to the warning that the
tide OF illiteracy rising in this country. higher