New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-18


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A CRY THAT BlUAT RE HEARD.
Mr.. Wilson of Iowa has submitted to the
House n bill tia, proposes recast Of the fc''
cral Judiciary, which, correspondent tcie'
graphs, involves an increase Of tho salaries ct
the Judges aud an additional allowance of Mile
age, at the same rate with and TO be computed
on the rsscally principle Of the Mileage oil Con-
gress The fact that Mir. Wilson Is Chairman
of the judiciary Committee, to which his bill Is
necessarily referred, g,yes it very strong i'm
pulse toward passage.
In behalf OF an oycr.taScd, bleeding, almost
bankrupt country, We protest against any IN
crease of salaries by Congress, but especially OF
Judges salaries, and We protest against any
extension of the Mileage system Till it shall
have been thoroughly ovcrhanlcd and con-
formed to the dictates of fairness and honesty
There is not Member OF Congress to-day who
does not know that said system Is radically
vicions and the fruitful parent of fraud ana
corruption Nobody will seriously uphold the
charge of Five or Six Tbou and Dollars by each
Member from OIceua, California Nevada,
&C., for pretended journey rarely or never
made between the first and the second
sessions Of each Congress; for if the Member
believed this charge, ard their own kindred
though less fsgitious charges just, they would
moi take such pains to conceal them from The
public eye. When any one is confronted with
4: a.. exelaipa tDul
exactly what the law allowed me-" keeping a.
much out Of sight ~ possible the fact that
Congress maLes thG, Law, and might al any
moment amend it ii il only would. IL does
not because its rapacily oycrbears its honesty
And reform is hopeless while the people sleep
We protest against asy increase Of salaries at
present. What il wanted Il TN appreciation Of
the Currency; aud thu We might speedily ana
surely have il craftsmanship instead Of Bun
combe prevailed ia Congress. Had the meas
ure of taxation We now bear been imposed
three years ago, when it should have been,
orr debt wOu,d have been One Thouand Mil
lions less than i, IL. The premium on Gold
from 10 TO 50, instead of 10 TO 10, every SAL
airy worth nearly double wha, II ia. and the
cost Of prosecuting the war Five Hundred
Millions per annum less. Aud the People
would have borne taxation then as oheorfully a.
they do now, could they bat have realized that
their hartl-earncd money was lrugally expended.
Here II the exact pinch oil the case. They
don't wan, 10 pay two new Senator's from Nevada
Five or six Thousand Dollars each for making
tho Journey hither and as much more for
constructive journey home and back Dain
between the two sessions Of Congress. They
don't want to add Sl7 900 per annGm to thor
huge National Debt to support Minister at
Rome where no Minister is needed They dom
want to pay Five 10 Ten Thousatd Dollnrseach
for the support Of regiment Or two Of uner1-
ploycd and useless, however ornamental, Major
and Brgodor-Gcreras. In short, thoy want
every dollar saved that l. no. absolutely needed
for tie public defense End the maintenance Of
their Government; and this is what they do
not and caunot obtain. Instead If il, their
representatives in Congress seem iltoI. o.
their moncy and piling up fresh mountains OF
debt
Ii this business OF adjusting salaries TO our
degraded Currency, instead of improving sala-
ries by restoring sorndness to the Currency is
once begun, no man can tell where il will end.
The Clerks, the Army Officers, the Soliicrs--in
fact almost eyerybody--haye far stronger
claims than the Judges, who are n0w pad
higher salaries than were deemed good enough
for Marshall and Story. Bot if some further
experiments on the pubic patience bo necessary
10 arouse the Taxpayers. 80 ahead, gentlemen!