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The complaints made by the people are
not merely on account of so much money
being wasted or lost. If this were all the evil
it would be small indeed, in comparison with
the existing facts. But the substance of the
disadvantage of the people is, that large
amount of public money is used for party
purposes-to control and influence elections.
The money goes out of the Treasury in the
form of pay for rservices or supplies. But in
reality, this pay is double or treble fair
price, and is Immediately assessed to pay
each one his quota to sustain elections. In
all the departments, more than double the
number of clerks are employed than is ne
cessary, and to all of these more than double
the price of fair SALARY is paid. For instance,
one of the clerks in The Post Office Departs
ment mentioned by Mr.. Graves, gets $1,000
a year for the very same services he had per-
formed for more than a year. before, as a sub
stitute for the clerk who preceded him, for
$500. This is what IS called administering
the laws of this government.