Year: 1876




found IN investigation reports, indictments, verdcts
and judgments. Whose iault Is 1t that
snstq has that eeen no reform but , on sse
drifting from bad II fair charge II
altogether upon General Grant That charge springs
from an unworthy motive on the part ol class OF
republicans who seek Governor Hayes election. upon
the ground that he accomplish reforms which
General Grant could not would not bring about
Upon this subject Governor Morton expressed the fol-
lowing opinion in his late speech


MoRroS's ADMISSION


'The administration of any President will DO IN the
main what the party which elected him makes It, II he
breaks away from his party the chances are that he Will
be broken down In n government OF parties like ours
the President must have his choice OF officers The
men TO whom he owes his election who have defended
HIM IRON assaults TO whom he must look for support
the future, will ordinarily control his action, and he
will do nothing offensive to them.


AN APOLOGY FOR GENERAL GRANT.


In large degree that expresses the truth in respect
TO General Grants administration 1t is what his party
has made It and his party is what Its leaders have
made IT, -Four years ago, in my opening address as
respect for n. ssasT' Grant the SpHSa
prehend an ev policy from HIM than from
the malign and powerful influences with which he
have more than realized my predictions Civil service
reform now sneered at and has ceased TO be even
preence; was;ciui expenditures have continued and
official misconduct has become widespread and alarm
ing surely The President cannot be relieved OF
respons bllily SO shameful condition Of public
affairs; but yet the administration Is, III the main,
what the party managers have made It, WIZ IL be
otherwise If the party elects the successors DO you





candidate himsohf Do you claim that he
Is person OF higher personal s integrity m!. than
tainy Keep his pledges to the peopley or do
you think he Is man of stronger VIII 10 stand
by his convictions and his pledges General Grant
had four years OF civil experience when he pedeed
himself and his administration TO reform Even he
was not strong enough to achieve success In the midst
Of the adverse influences which party and party lead
brought about him. The lailure has been so disas
trous as TO cause leading republican newspaper TO
excaim:- "rhc republican party has reached the de-





eher shake itself clear OF the rascates which have
disgraced II or go down dlshonor defeat" In
every there thousands oil voters whose minds
made up this day beyond possibility OF change
redeem the honor of the American Republic by such
hereafter that neither Gran. any Of his avo-
ties any man who has mpudcntly called our civil
the best the world ever saw nor any defender
apoosist Tor this


MOST scANpALous ADMINISTRATION


shall ever again be able to claim that he has the Amer
ican people behind hm. Democracy may be danger
ousy true, but II is not filthy with brbes and seal
ipes Is the party. with the machinery in the hands
OF the well known managers and leaders, better than
General Grant, Does II show a disposition ability
ior reiormy democratic House OF Representatives
has lifted the covering and the country Is astounded
and shocked at the spectacle. You may judge OF the
temper OF the party by the manner IA which receives
the Investigations exposures and proposed reforms
When you see the newspapers and leaders convulsed
with rage because crime is exposed and criminals
brought to punishment you know iu well that party
under such cannot public again
You seek retrenchment in public expenditure Can
you reasonably expect 1t from the party in POWER?
Turn to the history OF the las, eight months demo.
cratic House determined upon rerenchment IN every
bill approprating money and they applied the test The
lowest possible consistent with efficient admins
tration appropriated, useless Offices abOl-
shed extravagaut salaries reduced and unnecessary
work suspended or abandoned, aud the result
duction OF about $40 100000 AS the bills passed the
House the rercnchment resisted in the Senate and
opposition carried 10 the extreme OF threatened
suspension OF the public service So determined was
the Senate that upon many bills the House was COM
PEELED yield What. The result a reduction
OF $50 ooo 900 in the appropra5ons % as they finally
Is the reform IN economy with which the House
the people. VIII you stand by the housey
Or will you the Senate aid the administ
My fellow Citizens upon which side OF this
well defined line Will you stapdS General
Harrison made singular proposition in his
Danville speech He II say to the de-
mocracy that If the Investigations shall succeed
tectng any republican officer In abuse OF his Office we
pledge ourselves the abuse and punish the
offender, and we mean TO redeem the pledge" Why
must be lett to democrats to detect and expose on
Gal abuses Why does the pledge not include that
asog But the past does justify any confidence in
the pleage when made tor the party and admnistra-
the at ruinous per cent were exposed and
the indignation OF the people compelled Richardson
the Secretary OF the Treasury to resign, the Of
fender punshed2 On the contrary within two weeks,
claims against the United states and his appoint
meut confirmed by the Senate


REINSTATEMENT OF cLAPP.


During the late session 1t was reported to the House
that the superintendent of Public Priutng had been
guilty OF extravaganza, waste aud favoritism, costing
the United States more that $500 coo annually. SO
gross the faults that the report
inquiry whether the Superintendent officer Of
tue United states and liable TO impeachment. The
suit of The report was change OF the law so as to
Discharge tho superintendent and to provide tor the
dnrs hctorc the odiourr ncnt tho President
relnsiated the same man and the appointment
confirmed by the Senate need net reler to the
the present Minister to China and his connection
with the Credit Mooiler before his appointment and
confirmation TO other 1t is very PLAIN that
leaders of the party will not allos thor party
friends to be exposed and punished. have another
inquiry make OF you, the answer TO which will in
nuepce your votes Have you reason to connde in and
rely upon


THE PLEDGES


made at ST. Louis The pledges were distinctly made
Not so in the Clucinnati platform. There no REFORM
re,renchment was promised The assurance that
the civil should be purified, the expenditures
reduced and useless offices abolished would have been
rcbuke aud condemnation of tho administration OF
General Grant. on the contrary, the Cincinnati plat
declares the national admin istra;on merits
mendatioh Tor its honorable work IN the management
OF domestic and foreign Affairs But may you not trust
TO tue pledges made at ST. Louis? Who viii be most
likely To abolish the thousands of useless Offices In
some instances they were created Tor party iavorites
others they haze been continued after their
cason has ceased. They are now hlied and their
omolumonts enjoyed by men who contribute money
and 5cstow their labor TO elect Governor Hayes Gov
Tidcn Will encounter no political embarrassment
correcting this great cvi. Not SO with Governor
Hayes THIS reform requires thousands of places OF
pront TO be made filed by his supporters
The present House is democratic. Has 1t not
proved itself true TO every pledge given IN its
Investigations 1t has gone thoroughly into
the work possible for men TO do who had been
excluded rom the records and the departments for
many years. In the reductions OF expenditures and
the abolition OF Offices went as far as the persistent
opposition OF the Senate would allow. Have
sion to be offended with this House? Has its work
been the interest of the pcoplcY Was 1t not Tor
you that useless offices abolished, that $50 coo 900
saved and that the enormous corruption was
brought to lisht9 II this House had not been demo-
cratic do you not know that General Belknap would
still be the Secretary OF War; Because this House is
and tor the people It is denounced by every ephet
that vicious political taste can command II has
been deemed sufficient 10 say that General Beknap
was democrat until made secretary OF War; Does
that indeed, satisfy your AS democrat he renamed
without "A spot upon his character until the meridian
OF his manhood, bat soon he came under the
ASSOCIATIONS fell That is indeed, attripung ter
ribe influence TO the habits that have optained at
Washington,


OF ENrRAvAGANcE


and of expenditures beyond legitimate income. Have
been quite content to the House described
The Confederate Housey Ii is true there are many
from the Soutn who support the democratic party Is
nnan In arn