The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-10-02
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Gen. Logan's Speech-The Democrats
Have "Seen the Books"-Con-
gressional Talk, &c.

WASHINGTON, D. c., September 10Th, 1886.
Editors Union Some of the remarks of Hon.
John A. Logan, at Pittsburg last week, are wor-
thy of attention. I do not call attention to them
for the sake of politics, but because they point
moral He said: "The Republican party was de-
feated in the last Presidential campaign because
the Democrats had persistently for the last twenty
years made all manner of unfounded charges OF
delinquency against the Republican administra-
tions until the people desired, through change
to ascertain the truth of these accusations and he
claimed that seven the Democrats were coming to
admit that the record of the Republican party for
purity and official integrity was the marvel OF the
world" He then spoke of the prosperity OF the
country under Republican rule, the greatly in
creased wealth of the whole country, the increased
wages of the laboring men which amounted to l5O
per cent. since 1860, and added "The short time
that the Democratic administration has had the
direction of affairs gave very little opportunity to
Judge of its ability, but" he charged, sat the last
session of Congress millions of dollars were ap-
propriated in excess of the appropriations of the
Republicans, while these appropriations were TAR
less than the Democratic administration asked
for"
The fact in these remarks of Gen. Logan, which
attention should be called to and which every body
in the country remembers, is with what perslsten-
cy, as Gen. Logan says, for years the Democrats
heaped up charges of corruption, thievery and
rascality against the Republican party until their
cry crystallized into the much used phrase OF
"turn the rascals out" and the people really be-
gan to believe that the Republican party was
guilty of all that was charged against it and that
all the offices of the Government which were held
by the Republicans were honey combed with cor
rurtion and that therefore the officials should be
changed.
But now after eighteen months Of possession OF
the Government by a Democratic administration
and the Democrats have had the opportunity to
s'see the books" that were relied upon to prove
tRasa Gt IF the Of ahe RrfHXlo1s he
for the most part dropped and nothing more is
heard of them, the only remnant of them yet re
manning being the contents of the Democrat {
campaign book issued by the Democratic Congress
sional campaign committee here, which is made
up in great part of the assertions of Gen. Black
the present Commissioner of Pensions, and the
testimonies of former Democratic clerks under Re
publican administrations and now would be Dem
ocratic clerks under Democratic administration
to sustain them, that the "Pension Office was run
under Republican rule as political machine" and
the erparte statements that will be made by the
Democratic orators on the stump this fall.
Meeting prominent Democratic official of the
present administration with whom I am acquain-
ted few evenings ago, and bordering over these
pointed remarks Of Gen. Logan, asked this DEM
ocratc official the following questions and received
the annexed answers: "You have been in Office
now quite awhile, have you not" eyes, nearly
ever since Mr.. Cleveland came in" "Have you
discovered any traces of Republican corruption OF
rascality or where they had been guilty of any
stealing prior to the advent of Mr.. Cleveland's
administration? ?" ono" "You have had access
to books that would show such corruption or ras-
cality, have you mott" eyes, but I DO not be
lieve there was any more stealing under the Re-
publican administrations than there is under this
in fact there is no opportunity for stealing under
either, for the books would show it." I then
called attention to the fact that the funds of the
sub Treasures at Baltimore, Philadelphia and
elsewhere and of the Treasury here had been
counted under the supervision of the Democratic
officials of the present administration and found
correct to the cent, and asked him why then the
Democrats had sopersisteutly charged the Repub-
licans with corruption, stealing, &c. But he only
smiled apd walked away.
The moral Is this, that now the people may
ponder these facts which have been so plainly
stated by Gen. Logan, they may consider that they
were deceived by this persistent and false cry of
corruption and delinquencies against the Repub-
licans, which were not proven and which the DEM
ocrats now tacitly admit to have been untrue, as
they have dropped the cry, and that reaction
may take place against the party that made them
that may not feel comfortable over it. In other
words, it is never safe for q party to make un-
founded charges against another party for it may
be some day placed in position where it will be
expected to prove them. Such seems to be the
position of the Democratic party at the present
time.
The Congressional talk here is that there is q
possibility of Republican gain in the next House.
In fact some say that the Republicans can carry
the House if they choose to but that it would not
be good policy for them to do so, but to let the
Democrats have good reduced majority so that
and suffer the consequences of any blunders that
may be made before 1883. Some of the changes
pointed out by Democratic official just returning
to this city from the West likely to occur in the
next Congress is as follows: Five additional Re
three from Virginia, and one from Maryland.-
From what district of Maryland this discerning
Democrat may have his eye on from which gain
for the Republican side of the House is to be made
I cannot tell. 1t is of course confidently and al
most certainly believed Mr.. McComas will be re.
turned, but that would not be gain. 1t may be
thought possible that Mr.. Compton will be defeat
ed, or that Findlay, if he is returned, may be
counted to act and vote as a Republican. But
that is unwarranted speculation.
Not all of the Cabinet officers have yet returned
to the city. Cabinet meeting was held yester-
day (Tuesday) at which were present Secretary
Lamar, Postmaster General Villas, (the only two
department heads in the city, acting Secretary
Fairchids and acting Attorney General jerks
1t is thought the remainder of the Cabinet will
have returned to the city within week and in
time for next weeks Cabinet meeting, Secretary
Manning excepted. Apropos to the absence of the
Cabinet officers, it is said that prominent Re-
publican here, who is shortly to take the stump
for the party in Indiana, is getting up record of
the number of days the several Cabinet officers
have been absent from duty each year so far under
the present administration, which, he says, will
show greater absenteeism on their part than can
be charged against any previous Republican ad-
ministration.
Since Public Printer Benedict came into office
last week his official axe has been welded quite
lively. About four hundred, it is said, of the en-
ployees of the different departments of the office
among them about one hundred women-have
been discharged, and that there more to follow
two hundred, perhaps, in number. ANON.