The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-21

most strongly ILLUSTRATES the heGrsstis ~
passing The resolution noe under consi-
dsrslinn. and. II possible. making tnl.l
separation nf The newspaper press from
Ihe Government.
Al ell events, II this shall be found in.
practicable. We ran a least destroy The
pet system Of exclusive faroriIism. BY in
viIing competition. and giving the con-
Tract a. In The lowest bidder" - the re-
farming repnri Of Ihr gentleman from New
York mir. Csmbrelcng) and his fiiends
induced The People ln believe would be
done. When the reIrenehmeni resolutions,
which produerd the famous report slrea-
dy mentioned. were under CONSIDERATION.
Ihe friends nf the then Administration
denied the existence III any ahuse. hnt IN
viled investigation. and The resolutions
passed almost unanimously. Now. hove
ever. when The refanncrs are in power
aud an investigation is propnsed. they
admit the existence al the evils referred
Io in the resolution. hut resist the Inqui-
~. hFcause. A. lh-y allege. The abuse
cannot he c"TrrrtTh!
The gentleman from New Hampshire,
(Mr. Cushpan) may deem Ihis end iIn-
practicable. do not. ! would rather
fnllnw The example of the gallant Col.
Miller. taf the genile.aan's own Siaie.)
who. wien ariarei On per'l,,as service
on the Niagara froniier. during ,he war II
1919, did not saw il was imprsrlicabir,
Ldt said "l'll iTy sir" 10 lie rnmman-
ding General. lie did uy. AMI h. snr-
! .nnI.l ~. ..h....~.ars nos nrlv x.u.
derd essential service II ina, ss,-- hut
hnnnred his couniry's arms. and eleva.
ted his own fame! ..
In The aur am. which ,hssre.olulion
under consideration prnpu-.s. n. d,nger
awaits Us. but great civil WInmph nay
he Obtained by II. ] invite the gentle
man from New Hampshire To adap' the
words &c his gallant statesman. aud. an
stead of thinking i, " i,nprsclicable. let
him say " III uy."
. But. sir, we have been greatly disap-
pointed in the failure of this promised
. reform in many other Respects hesides
that which regarded the public pruning
and the Executive patronage of the press.
AMI, a. establish, this. l will state briefly
! few items, contrasting the prerep, with
the practice of The refyrmers. I.nisaiAng
| the example fcand IN ~ sspers already
alluded -. | may be hest understood by
> a division az the suhjecs ia,o ie~ pro-
minenI heads. But, in the language of
that report, am "far from thinking
) shall now exhaust the subject" | shall
have only opened IL" pretend 10 no.
! thing more eat this. time than 10 lay the
!. foundation of a system. To be fellow ed IN
/, and completed hereafter by The People.
e The prolonged sessinns of Congress
!. fnrmcd conspicuous chapter in the book
!. Of reform. The committee dennunced
}! the usage as Zone of the most serious c.
d wills attending The national legislation of
> the conntry;" and. by way.sof correcting
= il, recommended 1" that the Compensation
e Of the members. during the firsi session
y Of each Congress, be reduced 10 two doll
e lars per day from and AFTER the frs, Mon.
;. day in April, If Congress should sit be-
l., yond tina, time. This was the preccip,:
K now for the practice. The sessions Of
4 Congress. so far from being shortened,
n have been prolonged. no remedy applied,
= aud the People Of The country ought tn
!. know that the gentleman from New York
h Mr.. Canbrelcng.) SD early as March.
e 1892. when an attempt was made 10 car.
l. ry INFO effect the remedy proposed in the
IL report of The committee ol which he
) was member, by reducing The pay of
j. members, did himself actually resist and
V vote against the measure.
II The report alleged that abuses had
5 taken place from the various and arbi-
e irary manner in which members estima.
II tel their mileage" This abuse was a.
9 cerlained to have been pracused bv the
d refurmers themselves; aud they have CON.
4 ,inued the practice without any restraint.
a | viii give you, sir. an illustration, which
may not he though, inappropriate. In
II the days Of promised rcfnrm, The two
e Senators IRON the Stale nf Missouri DIFF
l. Tered in politics; one Of them, the gre
l. relorner. Mr.. Benton; the Other. Mr..
: Barton, who lhnught the Promised reform
l. was a mere humbug. Tie first session
l. Of the twentieth Congress commenced
81 the 8 "f December. 1897, and ended on
u the 26sh OF May. 1928. These gentle
l. men seSeraily attended the Whole ses.
lie sion; their per diem allowance was l,
nt 400 each, being IT'S days ii % per da,
n but Tor mileage, reckoning - Gnr every
he twenty miles. Mr. Barton charged 500
ID whilst MIR. Beuhon charged sl,3t4 6s.
re MIR. Barton charged his mileage by the
re great mail route, over land; but Mr.. Ben
E. '"n' WI" was railing M, ana condemnins
n all abuses. counted h,s miles by all III,
ir crooks aud turns and ,nrtuuas winding,
nj OF the Mississippi, and Ohio r,sprs! Mr.
10 Barton was left al home because he III,
or not believe in the propriety Of profess,n,
We one thing and practising another; anl
as Me-. benton was retained TO correct abu
d. SEES aud carry out the grea, principles u