Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-18

! The Republicans in their party organs
and party platforms have heen quite free
in making cbarges Of extravaganza and
! inc0mretency against the Democratic ad-
J ministration. The charges. however, are
! generally OF a trivial nature, but as I'M
scrupulous as the Republicans are,
stranre TO say, they have rarely had the
nardihooG during the last eighteen months
to make charges OF official corruption. and
such charges when made nave invariably
been more trivial than those first named.
Probably the boldest and most cheeky
arraignment OF the Democratic party is in
the Ohio Republican platform. Vague
charges OF gross extravaganza are made
against the administration, and especially
against the House of Representatives
The charges were very emphatically ana
chcumstantially repealed the other day by
Speaker Carlisle. In an interview in the
Cincinnati Enquirer he gives the financial
record OF the administration in snccint
manner that strongly contrasts 1t with
that of Republican administrations, and
especially with that OF the Senate. he
first shows that during the fiscal year re-
Gently ended the ordinary expenses Of the
government were reduced S25, $50, 7S5 be-
low those of the preceding year. The ex-
traordinary expenses, viz: the pensions
paid Federal soldiers, were increased
$780,, $50, but the Republicans do not
dare make any charges on that score.
MIR. Carlisle SHOWS just where the savings
were made by the administration. In the
diplomatic and consular service the re-
duction was "a, 107 ,2SS; in the Treasury
Department il was S3,530,3 1853 50; in the
Judiciary Department $636,002 10; in
the Interior Department service eXpen-
ditures it was $1.G73, 4l 81; In the War
Department s5 346, 425 10; In the Navy
Department 50, 1l3, l4l 80; IN the Indian
service $453, 1886 46; IN the customs SER
vice 81, $50, 726 81, and in the internal reve-
nue. service $487, 1903 81. Besides
this the savings on the in
terest OF the public debt through
payment of the principal was $S06, 10.
The increase in the postal service under
this administration has been only $685.
S73, which is vastly less than the increase
during the last years OF the Republican
ADMINISTRATION
Concerning the extravaganza of the
Senate, MIR. Carlisle saws: ''The apprO-
priatlon bills as they have passed the
House Of Representatives at the recent
session, including Notifications, pensions
and rivers and harbors, amounted to $247,-
490,554 But the same bills as amended
and passed in the Republican Senate APP
proprated $3.50, 8S3, $50, being an increase
of$13,564,514. The House refused to con-
cur in most of these amendments, and the
bills, rs finally passed by both houses,
after protracted struggle in conference
committees, appropriated only about 49,
600, 900 In excess of the original amounts
proposed In the House. You see if we had
agreed to the amendments OF the Republi-
can Senate we would have had $4,000. 600
more than We have got now" This
makes the comparison so easy that the
weakest mind ought to be able to COM
prehend the merits of the case.
Mr.. Carlisle then gives the assurance
that the expenditures of the present fiscal
year will not exceed the appropriations,
and that it is therefore extremely unlike.
ly that deficiency bill will be necessary.
This is an important point when the old
Republican tricks of reducing the appro-
priations for campaign years, the excess
OF expenditures to be provided for at sub
sequent sessions of Congress, is consid-
cred.
The economy OF the Democratic admin
istration cannot be regarded as otherwise
than pledge OF honesty. The general
corruption that was prevalent under all
the Republican administrations was OF
more significance than the mere misap-
preparation and misapplication of the
peoples money. 1t tended to corrupt not
only every department OF the public SER
vice in it's most minute ramincations, but
to corrupt the country at large, when
public honesty and honor are at dis
count, 1t cannot be long before similar
state of affairs must pervade private life.
1t must be remembered that public plum
der became fine art under Republican
rule, and in many of the departments,
while millions were virtually stolen, the
books were generally made to balance to
the fraction of cent.