The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-09-27

Young Republican Tackles the -OId Roman
L. r. Wright, son of DIR. J. j.
Wright of this city, is now resident
Of Dallas, Texas, and noticing a report
in the Dallas Daily News OF Thur
mans speech at Newark, N. J.. he
shows the statement of the .'Old Ro-
man. to be incorrect in the following
unansWerable communication to that
paper:
To The News:
DALLAS, Sept. 1l.-Will you kindly
permit Republican the use of your
columns to criticize statement made
| by Judge Thurman in his Newark
speech, published in Sunday mornings
News? He says: II would like to re-
mind you that in the good old days of
Democratic ascendency we had an
economical government, economically
administered; that the expenses of Cen
eral Jackson's administration, for in
stance, in the course of year, did not
| exceed one-fourth the expenses that
have been entailed on this country in
one year since the close of the rebel
lion." To anyone who is willing to
make a comparison of the condition of
the country in the days when Jackson
was President, with the increased
growth IN population, trade and COM
merce. and expansion of territory in
any period since the war. it is no sur
prise that Jackson could have admin
istered the government at one
fourth of the cost since the
rebellion. The population OF
the United States when Jackson be-
came President was EJI quite $780,
600. In the single item of customs
and internal revenue the receipts dur
ing his administration did not exceed
an average of $50, 000. 900 per year.
while for no year since 1854 have these
receipts been less than $500, 0O0, 900,
The salaries paid postmasters have
never been above what the work and
responsibility of the position demand
ed, and during JacksOn'E administers
tion it required on the average less
than $3.50, 900 per year to pay the post
masters of the country, while for nc
year since the war would less sum
than So 600, 900 cover this expense.
The fact is, in no administration of the
has there been so much recklessness IN
handling the public funds, and SC
great loss to the government in pro-
portion to the amounts handled, with
two exceptions, as during General
JackSon's administration, and these
exceptions were the administrations OF
Monroe and Van Buren,. The latter
followed jackson, and being OF the
same political faith, failed TO turn
the rascals OUT These are no ''gen.
eral observations" as Judge Thur
man styled his statement, but facts
based upon figures taken from the rec
OTds of the treasury department..
The following shows the loss on each
81 ,009 of all the money collected and
disbursed by each administration, from
Washington to Hayes: Washington
an ~ I'll TA4En
81 rs, Madison 81 Is, Monroe 50 So
Adams, J. q. "a 80, Jackson 81 81. Van
Buren, 81 II, Harrison and Tyler So 40
Polk 81 08, Taylor and Fillmore 81 10
Pierce IS SO, Buchanan So 81, Lincoln
76 cents, johnson 81 cents, Grant "a
cents.
The figures for both the Hayes and
Arthur administrations are not tabu,
lated, but the comparative loss for eacf
was less than in any previous admins
tration.
Republicans need not fear Il compar-
isOn of Democratic and Republican
rule. As corrupt as General Grant {
administration was charged with be
ing, a loss of only "a cents on each 81 +,
600 collected and diSbursed compares
very fayorably with 81 So per 81 .OO(
lost during Jackson's administration
Take the item of loss in the collection
of custom dues. Under jackson the
total receipts from this source were
only Sl73, 800, OFT. 81, but out of thi:
the government lost 81 ,2l5, 304. As, o.
$500 on every 81 900 collected. Dur
ing Grants administration the receipts
from the same source were 81 ,l25. 5O4
14S, or seven times as great as undel
Jackson, and yet the loss was onlI
S24. 342.43, or 2 cents OH each 81 ,00
collected.
| E1ra,, flo ,>raSopt Standardization ha
cost the government sos. 200 900 NOR
than Arthur's. In the department o
Justice Mr.. Samuel J. Randall says tn
expenditures this year alone have beel
$3.50 900 more than in any previOu
year. l.. r. WRIGHT.