Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1884 — Refuting Secretary McPheson's Absurd Claim to Honesty of Republican Administration. [ARTICLE]

Refuting Secretary McPheson's Absurd Claim to Honesty of Republican Administration.

(Washington News Dispatch to the World.) •Washington, Sept. 11 I The Democrats held a huge ratification meeting here this evening. There was an immense parade, including a large number of Democratic clubs from this city, Virginia and Maryland, accompanied by fire w orks, cannon, transparencies and banners. They were addressed from three stands, among the speakers being George A. Post, E. J. Ellis, Gen. Kosecranz. Senator Jones, of Florida, Phil Thompson, Casey Young and others. Mr. Post read a statement in refutation of Secretary McPherson’s assertion that defalcation under the Republicans had been practically nothing, He showed that the defalcations under Lincoln, after deducting collections, were the stealings under Grant, M 3,139,129; under Hayes, $1,724,523; under Arthur lie charged up $4,000,0 0 stolen by Star-routers, but not collected through lack of energetic prosecution, and adding Burnside’s steal of $85,000, Morgan’s defalcation $116,000, Navy department’s frauds of/S2OO,0 0 0,tfie defalcation of Marshall of Pittsburg a 153,000 and defalcations of minor officers, after deducting collections from bondsmen, H,550,800, making the totai under Arthur $6,004,800, and the grand total of steals under the Republicans $45,527,625, against *24,441,829 from Washington to Buchanan inclusive.