New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-07

had somehow been 0i1ci0se0) noo suruoo '"o
scale against them. In short, there were
rood many wounded pigeons, some Of them
scarcely moro than squabA who knew no bet
ter than to set up Tutoring.
By these Members-not at all by tho Editor
Of TIE TRIBUNE-the subject of Mileage and
tho recent expose was introduced to the House,
and the result was q jolly time. The subject
was introduced irregularly. and with no intent
to correct the fragrant abuses revealed. nor, in
fact, with view to any legislation whatever.
Some wanted to disclaim and avoid any re-
,ponsibility for the amount Of their Mileage-
u" The Committee on Mileage had fixed it,
&C., &C.; one had grave complaint to mako
of the accuracy Of the expose-not that any
mistake had been made in his own case, but
that one had been in that Of the Member whose
name followed his (Mr. Schcnck Of Ohio, no"
General), who by this mistake was made TO
appear some 900 miles better than he should
have done. Gen. s. promptly offered to make
him present Of these 700 miles, aud have
done with it. A good many, however, were
in the predicament Of the lawyer who, stepping
into criminal court to defend o desperately
hard case, found only this direction on his
brief: "Abuse the prosecuting attorney" VI
course, they did it.
At later period of the session. Mr.. Embree
of Indiana submitted a proposition intended to
correct some of the most fragrant abuses OF
the Mileage system, which was somehow De.
fented. But no proposition with regard to
Mileage was submitted, no time Of the House
wasted upon it, by the Editor of TIE TEiB-
UNE. lie had done his duty by putting the
whole matter in such light that inaction with
regard to it could no longer be attributed to
iDadvertance. What time was spent what
noise was made, in the House with reference
to Mileage, was confined to very brief de-
bate on Nr. Embree's proposition and to the
disorderly row raised by those who, not liking
the figure they cut in the Mileage expose,
could see nothing better to do than to fling
dirt at the Member responsible for It's publ
cation.
Since then, some Of the worst abuses Of the
structive Mileage" to Senators, for o journey
home and back again that they were officially
supposed to have made between the night OF
the Sd and the morning of tho 4th Of March,
at least after each Presidents inauguration,
is no longer paid. 1t has been made the law
that but two Mileages each way shall 10 paid to
the Members of any Congress-, no matter how
many sessions it may bold. Members who
used TO compute their Mileage from eastern
ard central Ohio around by Buffalo. Albany
ard New-York, have cut off pretty large
elbow. Illinois no longer counts hers by way
Of ShebOyean and the Straits of Michilmachi.
nae. Bad as the thing now u.s. it is great deal
better than Il was or would have been but for
tina. expose. And there never has been day
since il was published when the reforms it
Indicated would not have been adopted on
popular vote by at least twenty to one. No
Congress has ever voted them down on the
Yeas aud Nays-none will ever dare to do 70.
Crooked Mileage is only maintained BY keeping
the whole matter carefully out Of sight aud
out of mind so far as possible. and never
allowing il 10 be subjected to the terrible ordeal
of direct and recorded vote.
IT, in view OF these facts, there be any one
who fancies that the Editor Of this paper re.
grets his agency in bringing this fountain OF
abuses to the light, even in view OF all the
scurrility and SANDER to which it has subjected
bin, that one is sadly in error. To all those
who hate or have sought to ipjure him because
Of that expose, he tenders assurances that he
has deserved their hostility, aud will endeayor
to deserve still more Of it, And to those who
consider it a rmall. mean. contemplate bust
ness to seek to save over 100000 per nnnum
regularly taken from the Treasury for no real
service by those who ought to be vigilant and
exemplary champions Of honesty and frugality in
the public expenditure, he begs leave to re-
mark that be neither covets their good opn.n
nor shares their conception of official integrity
and 6deiy to conscientious conviction.