The daily crescent., 1850-08-27


The Appropriation bill proposes TO give ten cents
per mile to members Of Congress. and to limit
she mileage, % that no onc asdina East Of the
Rocky Mountains shall receive more than $1,000
As mileage. The prssss law gives thirty-two cents
for each mile. This il about ten TINES as much
i, costs Thus The members who travel the iarshess
arc paid much more than the members living near
Washington Gentlemen who are most benefited
81 this old system, are much opposed to any
change. From the recent debate we make some
extracts:
which declares member Of either branch Of Congress
siding East Of the Rocky Mountains shall Teceive more than
gate residing 81 Sf ths ROCKY Moanians shall
more than 1000 He moved 70 amend By reducing me sum
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4Ssss he sans s and Srs sSss
sS SoSS P'''f Ss DsS SsSssr Should ssiis. s s
men in Congress than now The smendmsn' y ''s
NJ. BnowS Of Miss ovsd an amendmep thsi ps%sss1Ts s1
ss sm Gws US s fy s s sg dS'si
provided than twenty days Tor uaseE * x seon yrss
bsi nrohbns saasos on strucs,e mileage
H had never ssn PGp9%n men wss made
md tbe rsected He hoped that the COMMITTEES would ySte
the ess5 % be a. s0.ousd s as5 s Un he route By which
from the cspHal 70 the esoenee Oh members
ans NJ rsi5ssss Bsscws's amendment rejected:
Nh ARTrR Objected The present system Of mileage, be-
csPss maze D% So Carolina sa that the present.
Sa% 4 s g. w e as 0Gnas
members held t9ss;hsr BY common ; plunfer the quicker
Of tSs csnss a the committee reported it.
.ms1dmsnt tbat member shall have SO per day deducted
from his for Absence unless he sick disabled from
The question taken No quorum voted. The roll was
called Inc eommse rose. and quorum being ascer-
Mr. BgBBARD modified his amendment, making dedue-
ton Of IS. 1t was rejected-60 to 81.
The pay Of members for travelling expenses was
adopted in 1917, when travelling was much more
expensive and laborious than now II was before
the age of steamboats, and railroads. Mr.. Morse,
who lives at Opelousas, which is 1242 miles from
Washington City, but which he extends to some
1900 miles, receives, for the session, thirty-two
cents per mile for 5000 miles--say $500. A gen.
tleman can 90 to Washington City from Opelousas
and back for $50. The distinguished member
from Acomack who performs the laborious duties
of Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means,
receives $3.50. Il will thus be seen that he is much
worse paid, then the gentleman from Louisiana.
Mr.. Morse talks very complacently about the
danger that men of talents will not be willing to
go to Congress, unless they are better paid. The
District represented by Mr. Morse is democratic
beyond all question. 1t is also attached to the
Union, and averse from all the ulraism Of Mr..
Morse. We trust that at the next nomination they
will select man who is democrat IN practice /;
who goes for the poor mast's homestead laac for
equalization and economy in the payment of MEM
bers of Congress; and who viii truly represent
the Union sentiment of the District. Northern
Louisiana has had no representative since the death
| Of Gen. Bossier. The democracy of that region
has many talented men in its ranks, who would
truly represent the hardy and patriotic population
Of the Fourth Congressional District on these ques
tions of such vital importance.