Year: 1870

and deludeu returned 10 the pain OF duty, Oi
honor and of safety and in 1860 the people
reestablished Republican supremacy in every
branch of the State Government. The Repub-
lican Canal Board promptly addressed itself
to the duty of restoring the discarded Toll
sheet of 1857, which apprOximated closely to
that of 1852, the constitutional limit to depres-
sion of tho rates. The event was that the
surplus revenues of this year were nearly
double those of the one preceding. In 1861,
further advance was made in the rates of toll
and still the surplus revenues of the year ex-
ceeded those of the year before more than
$f,OOO,OOO In 1862, the Toll sheet of 1852 was
not merely restored, but on certain articles
slight advance was imposed; yet the surplus
revenues of that year were in excess of those
of the previous ono nearly Sl5OO,OOO,
and more than $3,1OOOOO above the average
surplus of 1880, the years when Democratic
counsels shaped the Canal policy of the State
and Democratic officials and appOintecs audited
and disbursed their own charges for collection
of tolls and repairs of structures. Equal WIS
dom and economy characterized the admins
tration of the Canal interests by the Repub-
lican party during the subsequent years OF It's
power and it will be happy day for the
people when they shall again realize parallel
results. In 1863, by virtue of a writ of posses
sion. obtained by means so foul that in the case
of private person even Judge Barnard would
have vacated it, the Democratic party reGntered
on the Canal domain. We have explained on
previous occasions how the Democratic Canal
Board was obstructed in some of its purposes,
and made to hesitate in respect to Others by
the courageous fidelity of a Republican Auditor.
BY this means the force of the Republican
Canal policy was not entirely spent before the
close of the season of 1869, thus rounding
term of ten years during which it had been
controlling, and for the results of which the
Republican party is fairly responsible Inc
annual average of surplus revenue during
these ten years of Republican management was
$2,964,310 "A.


The results of the competing system, under
which the State is now suffering, cannot be
stated for the year, but enough IS already
known to convince the most skeptical that It's
"end is destruction On the 3lst August, the
gross receipts for this season were 81 45S,9S3 "a,
and the sum already paid for collection ana
repairs il $1,4O3,991 50, which leaves an ap-
parent surplus of $54,091 ~! The surplus at
the same point of the season in the last year
of Republican management was Sl,54O-
C93 O6 1t is. moreover, entirely well known
that, if unsettled claims were paid instead of
deferred until after the election, not even this
pitful surplus of $4,000 would remain The
Canals are not paying their own expenses,
and are now operated by borrowed
money; nor is there any source but
direct taxation to be looked to to pay the one
and refund the other And all this ruin has
been wrought since May last. This is the
system and such are the results the people are
asked to approve and perpetuate; such the
trustees and administrators they are impor-
tuned to reelect. We ask any reasonably sane
and honest citizen if either should receive one
vote outside of the brazen and remorseless
Ring which is waxing fat on the plunder OF
this great public interest.