Year: 1876


also But the past does not Justify any confidence in


the pledge when made for the party and adm
When the fraudulent contracts for She collection OF the
revenue at runous per cent exposed, and the in
dgnatOn OF She people compelled Richardson the Secre
shed On the contrary, within two weeks se was
appointed 70 life Office in which he sdjudcaes claims
agsins the United States and his appointment
hrmed by the Senate.


WORK OF THE LATE HOUSE.


During the late session 1t reported to the House
that the superintendent Of Public Printing had been
guilty Of extravaganza, waste, and favosism, costing
the United States than half milon dollars
nualy SO gross the faults that the report
mended the inquiry whether the Superintendent an
officer Of the United States and liable to impeachment.
The result OF the report change Of the law 10
pantment Of s9ccessor within few days before the
Adjournment the President reinstated the man. and
not To the Of s nssT Is o
his connection with the Credit Mobier before his ap


tho o. s nSs 20 S'sf % ne
their party friends to bc exposed and punished have
influence your votes Have you reason TO confde In and
rely upon the pledges Of reform made at st. Louis The
pledges were distinctly made. Not so in the Cincin-
ns The hss shs
reduced and useless Offices abolished would have been
rebuke aud condemnation of the Of Cen
Grant On the contrary tho Cincinnati platform declares
the National Administration merits commendaion for


It's honorable work in the management OF domestic and
made at ST. LOuisi Who viii be most likely to abolish
thousands useless
were created for party avores and IN others they have
been continued after their occasion has ceased They
Srs ea and their Dd s eQyed py ec msn
Gov. Hayes Gov Tden will encounter no political EN-
GoV Haye Y This reo reaes @ thousands Of psces
OF profit " be made vacant filled by his supporters


Tne present House Is Democratic. Has It not proved
itself true every pledge given its nvestgationsi It
has goue as thoroughly into the work as was possible
records and the departments for many years In the
reductions OF expenditures 1t went as far as the per
occasion to be offended with the Housei Has its
work not been in the interest Of the people Was II
$50 saved aud that the enormous corrup
ton was brought to light IL this House had not been
still be tho Secretary OF Wari Because this House s Of
and for the people is denounced By every epithe that
deemed sufficient to say that Gen. Belknap Demo
crat uniil made Secretary Of War. Does that indeed
upon his character until the meridian Of his manhood,
but as he under the new associations he
tell That Is indeed attrtDung terrible influence to
the habits that nave obtained az habits
OF extravaganza and of expenditures beyond legitimate
described a. the Confederate Hcusei II is true there
many from the South who support the Democratic
people in pursuance OF the Constitution. Would you
have II otherwsei In what respect have the southern
Democrats In the House offended against the rights or
the honor Of the NOrthi Surely you will not say that
they have oacndcd you In voting to reduce the national
Ject viii you admit that 1t liberal as L was hon
ofabe Oh their part to vote To support the Centennial





70 Be taruished and our pride Inundated BY failure,
after hc Congress Of 1871 bad committed the country
to the enterprise


ti0nary ecase reform were put upon the ap
proDrfati0n bills. Legislation upon appropriation bills
Is not new nor Is IL revolutionary IL has prevailed here
toore IL has been pracced more than any other time
when both branches were Republican The practiceis
not good one as think aud Should be encouraged
bat tho position OF the present House peculiar 1t
had been chosen by the people with express 70
IL became apparent that in carrying out tue wishes
Of the people the House must encounter the deter
mined opposition OF the Senate and OF the Admnistra
The correction prevailing evils and the reduction
OF expenditures In many instances required tne
was found that that could bc accomplished
only by putting the repeal aud amendments
uu1n the AUTHORIZATION bills The House comes directly
from the people represents specially upon questions
OF revenue and expenditures and may DO excused ID te
exercise Judgment and discretion in respect 10
the mode OF proceeding when the will OF the people can
attained in other way Until the present Congress
years and have been unable to the record but
In the House they have now made record-Dy no means
fortunes OF their measures elsewhere. You may not
agree to things that were said and you may oe
lost In the House, yet do you not choose to 80 forward
ana complete the work now well begun, rather than TO
90 back e the practices Of @ a G aas S
Had s3o,ooo,ooo been saved every year during taat
period II may be that you would not now Dc IN the
contracting folds OF hard times


GOV TTLDEN.


Do you hesitate trust Gov. Tlden In the great work
OF reformi Alone he might not accomplish complete
success but he Will call around him those who are with
out embarra ssment in his support His election Will be
without the help and the opposition OF those who
and have been making money out OF public employ
meut without the help and the opposition OF all the
rings aud combinations against the Treasury. For hls
election he will be indebted 20 those who sincerely and
earnestly desire reform. He will therefore have their
support in carrying his policy Thus surreunded
can you trust him You know that In such work he
both Jealous and capable You know that neither pot
cal nor personal friendship stand In the way OF MS
efforts purify and cheaper the public service In the
City Of NewYork he overcame ana destroyed most pow
er and corrupt combination. As Governor OF the State
succeeding Gen Dix he introduced notable REFORMS and
the taxes of New-YOrk have fallen from $16OO0OOO To
No other citizen can bring such evidence ot
his ability and zeal to accomplish what tue people so
conviction OF that fact the part OF the people viii elect
him President. All the corrupt influences OF tho eoun-
try against him. talsehood and de.ractl2n Will do
their work night and day, but the people will stand by
tie champion OF thor causes Are you ant sbr sure iaa
these hard times were inevitablef III not, taere ls
great responsibility somewhere.


Our people intelligent, industrious. and enter
prsing have great and constantly increasing sources
OF wealth mines are awaiting development and
new lands constantly coming into cultivation why,
iab1rr without employmenti some answer should be
given by those who demand yet longer to control public
affairs aud to fix our policies II no be given,
II the answer be an insult their Intelligence, the people
will wisely resolve upon change When the aborer OF


e SS w c wns that there was boodhed at
Hamburg; that there was bloody riot at Newark new
Jersey or that man was driven from ms mouse IA
wnnpded In such n case as ours the only
remedy OF the people is in change. IL can
not be worse; 10 will be better IN many respects
it may be better in every respect Retrenehment IN
public expenditures will surely relieve the industries OF
the countrJ OF a portion Of their burdens, and the
adoption Of system OF economy and OF wiser finance
will restore better times Where may capital look for
and labor for employment In this country
Can IL be to leaders whose administration stands con-
demned, and under whose measures disaster has come
place and the people shall have placed In power an ad
plodged to radical reform; pledged 10
Of nal
cal oontracop by public economies by Official retrench-
ment wise finance and pledged also TO adminisra-
policies and measures for the benefit OF all the peo
ple and not for the benefit Of class party hope VIII
revive and confidence be restored and we Will experience
the blessings Of q returning prosperity.