New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-05
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As I am writing, the House are satin.
under & very high pressure OF steam. N -
operates upon the Honorable Mr.. Sweotzer "a
earlier in the session, when be gets up ia D. ssao
q greater head" with hat full OF chips as net
OF water, than sl the rest Of the menbe vegas
with tuns of coal. But under tha: generated ~ shs
employees OF the body in their FREQ srog shop kss h
the building This is evil only 10 be cara, ssts.
polls Already, il costs the treasury perhaps ne q
per snnum. though it is only designed to make a,
Honorable House Of Representatives oblivio, - : ir
oa,hs of Office when the resolution to gran, tie sd
extra compensation Is under consideration.
This resolution, under which aggregate q Sc,s
is gaphanized from the treasury donates sssrse
of $50 to every man and boy employed s the Csys
toll Including Clerks. Pages. Messengers, Mechanics
and laborcrs. This extra compensation" is i.s-
ceur granted by tAe Honorable House their scrysa.
for a consideration to the Honorable mem, ~
corded. OF which | shall presently write more 4
length.
This batch of pubic servants without this exxs
compensation the very best paid officials Ia he
world No other Govegnuient the face OF the ssrtA
pays its employees in any branch OF service sod
enormous rates for the same grades OF dates pr.
formed No other servants OF the United Sats
Government, who perform ike services, arc paid
within twenty per cent Of the rates received by thess
particular people. The members Of Congress are
we'll aware OF these facts Yet after tearing passions
into rags pscuaions upon the treasury oocsras
in the Executive Departments, at the hec OF each
succeeding session this extra compensation resolution
finds favor with the "two-thirds OF the memtcrs
present" whose votes necessary TO give success
The reason for this paradox in the conduct for tho
House plsin observing here, If not to those
at a distance 1t Is found in the fact that 70 get
members in proper condition TO indacc them TO DO
tray their uust in this connection. these employees n
the Capitol contrib ute each of them about I've dos
to furnish liquors "tee gratis to the members tor
week before the session terminates.
Their free grog shop is kept in House Committee
room, wherein much brandy, whisky and gin Is ~
their service as their honorable throsss suz~ic
That is without taxing their honorable pockets for
penny though the ultimate the treasury Is Ger
sinly at rate approaching that of the ceiebrarcd bev
ersges of Cleopatra in which, If history does not liz,
pearls were dissolved
n this galphnisnl-the extra compensation to those
parties formed the only evil resulting from free doggry
in the Capitol II might be bearsble But the enactment
Of all the improper appropriations passed at the heel
of session are clearly receabe 10 the conditions into
which too many honorable members are brought BY
too frequent visits TO that chamber above in which the
brain stealing elements doed out. | have never
been member OF any temperance organization, and
have been possessed with strong prejudice against
leaturus characterzing the abors of such associations
Yet this evil, staring who are here in the face Ii
bringing settled conviction that will 10 much
the advantage OF the country to have Congress
legilste under the operation Of the Maine Liquor Law.
than under the influence OF liquor thus furnished.
lssiah Ryndsrs Is here, and IL fourshing ike green
bsytrec He has papers backing his application tor
the Marshalshp OF the Southern District Of New York.
signed by most OF the Empire Citys Delegates to se
Legislature by all the present Democratic members Of
your Common Council and sl the mombers OF the En-
pire Club He brings bis pigs to very bad markcs,
indeed. II other could he found to accept tho
post Franklia Pierce would sooner let the Southern
District of Newly go without H. s. Marshal than
appoint Mr. Isaiah Rynden. speak from the card,
knowing well that hs intention is to DO nothing k,ov
HgIy which will tend to the greater corupoa of the
already too corrupt politics of NewYork City. 1t
would have been wiser in Mr.. Rynders to have pro.
cured certificate of his integrity from the birds con
6ned in Sing Sing, than to here as he has done
with recommendations from the members OF the Com.
mon Council of New York. ToMBIGByE