New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-06
the MILEAGE GRAB.
Tie World thus announces the vote to Itself
of Third Mileage by Congress:

of Third Mileage by Congress:
Tn. couge. which nov h.ppy no % %a seem
have been r. 60 ,doP M ns aa Of @ a and
e., vote itself an extra compensation III the snspg
o mi. d.y Of wholesale pandeTins but then it
. small Congress in every tense OF the word"
The " crotchet of THE TRIBUNE "relating
TO Mileage" is admirably summed up in the
decalogue in these words" Thou SHALT NOT
STEAL" We ask that Congress shall make
iu.t and plain law regulating its own Mileage
and then honestly and faithfully abide by 1t.
We favor nothing mean nor nggardly, but
law under which every Member shall receive
in addition to his salary of $4,000 per annum,
an allowance for Mileage which shall fairly
and fully cover the expense of travelling to and
from Washington, living like a gentleman and
declining all "dead-head' prOffers Of free pas
sage. If the average cost of travel Is five
cents per mile by steam or water and ten
cents by stage.coach OF on horseback, we would
allow double those rates-say ten cents per
mile so far as the journey il made BY steam
or water and twenty cents where it is neces-
sarily made over common or earth-roads. we
would pay but two mileages at most for each
Congress; since, the Members being paid by
the year, their choosing to 60 home between
sessions should not impose an extra charge on
the Treasury. What is there narrow or
shabby in this And il it DO simply honest
and Just, why do not the honest men in Con-
gross unite, first to make it the law OF the
land, and then to compel is enforcement
Tile Uorid truly says that this Third Mile
age grab was one Of the "meanest acts" OF
the late Congress, and adds that this was T" q
small Congress in every sense of the word.
Here is plain attemp. to give partisan
twis. to the matter. and create an impression
that the majority which achieved this grab was
substantially identical with that which sustained
the President and the War. Up to this time,
we have made no hllusion to the partisan
aspects OF the gouge, bur We now feel CON-
PEELED to do So Here then, is the vote Of the
senate by which She Third Mileage was car
ried:
Ae.rs.r ,,,iiag ~ Tifrd Nlase % 81 he Appyopra.
10. B,as Me',r. Arnold u H. usnia OF Va towaa 81
- Da' q, Nc i u Nd H6rays Of nieS fGs.
.S F.s,% of IF S Re- ~ Of a II o'.Sa and %
Tr."IsL q ILL., Wal Oi n. j.. gasn''" Of aiHn, Wilson
f Eadioa In r,.lie, OF ~ yoa eaoo.. to add CO.a
u tho ret " Cen,e,tdir,a"l
YoR rrilinO oat ne aJors.a,s. No. e; -; ~
conr Crime. and .S. Of low. Hove Of WIS., King
w. Ian. OF lad, Morrill, 81 h,ins Sherman 81 oai9 Sum
We, Wilson Of Ms..-11.
E,ery one supporter Of the President. aud mos, Of them
"Rsaiesis"- no, Copperhs.d among them
The following is the vote on this grab ia the
House:
YEAs-ye... Allen tohIo), Auoou.c Ga5smi B,Iy'
Brown lys), CanPbea Casey. Coasay Craven, Cd'aeld.
dssrs cs t.n &s jofa %%Y Sice s
Xxx @ ss:' s k.gpM o,cs 3D. Mo Nc5. Soon
Nus.u P.nd.,Oa, fsag, Cab PLiss Rsein.sn shay;
i.ndshsns, voorhees,. wsi.worth Waaace, Ward whse,,
MAas ipd:l, White toh'0r wisA'a'' Wood Woodruff
Here are certainly some names that We
note with painful surprise; but there are only
tcsnty-t,co (n ItalicD who ever pretend to be
Republicans including such " Radicals as
Diven of N. Y, Kellogg of ILL.,, and Hale OF
Pa (who was reelected last Fall by tho Dem.
Ocrats as 4 "Couservativs"). On the other
hand, the Coppcrheads swarm on the above
uBt ds tuOukh III WciU o sunny "hy VI vhhV,
while the Border States rally almost their
entire force. FOny:Gee is pretty heavy vote
for the combined Opposition, and they have
cast that number for this extra Mileage.
NAYs-ss..rs Alloy BsLsr BAXTER. Bingham, Blair (Ps
r. A Ccniling Roscoe Conkling C61ods, Cutler, Dawes
Dsipo, Dunn. Eliot fenton, r. A y. Fe,sondsu' Fisher
Frank 0ooch Harding Uarfson Horton tutehins holey
LOOMS, Low, hckesp. Mcknight. NePhenon, Marson
h.fIl Nil MoTriu Il
Rice MA" Rice Die), Rollins On ~ s.rsss1t ShcNdd
Shelsbarser sherman. spsulding. Nf,de N - stTaon
ThonGs (Ma.s) Train 1nmDle. Van Horn Van Vakenburg
Van W yck YeIrse Walker. Ws.hburne. Wetsy Wheeler
Wisou Window WoIoesteI-to.
Seren A." Conservatives" in all voting not to
gouge, and only two Of these Cobb and Steele
of n. j. straght-out Democrats. Messrs.
Harrison of Ohio and Thomas of Mass. are
" Conservatives" who voted for Lincoln the
three others Harding Of KY, Calvert aud
Webster of Md are Border State men of
the Bcll-Eserett stamp. TJy.nim Of tho
si1ty.six votes against gougins cast by Repub.
licans. and two more by men VINO voted to
make Mr.. Lincoln President.
Since this was--ns The 0orld justly says-
{" one of the mennest acts" Of the Session,
what must that Journal think oI its party
VIII it let its readers SEQ how the "Demo-
Gratis" in either House voted on the question
VIII it give them the classified Yeas and Nay.