The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-09-13
Schenck Smoked out on the
Compensation Bill.
He Says IL was Right +! and
Defends II.
Thinks himself worth 81, 900 ex-
tra---and the Soldier $500.
A Brilliant Pyramid !

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General ScHENcK had meeting Mt Nor
row, several days ago, at which General
WARD was present as spectator They
met, according to the reporter OF the Com
merciaI, and an account is given In that
paper, as follows;
A coIIoquY BETWEEN GENERAL sCHENcK
AND DURBIS WARD.
A little episode preceding the speaking
was mn interview between General Schenck
and his opponent, General Durbin ward
In which the former expressed ms surprise
that hi4 opponent should have animadvert-
ed AS he had recently done on the action OF
Compress, in increasing the salaries OF men-
hers. especially after having previously eX-
pressed his appreciation of the increase.
General Ward assured him that he had 10
objection to the five thousand dollars; IN
fact. thought 1t quite little enough. lie
had himself found that lac could not i've IN
Washington on "A less amount. His oYec-
tfon ,ods % the increase by the present Con-
1ress Of the nan of Us Ol0n members. IL ne
had been differently reported 1t was lncor-
rect. He was sure the heCOmWereialh had cor
rectly reported him. General Schenck as
stired him that he considered hliaSeu toOfh
dpe thousand dollars, and II his constituents
wanted ANYBODY at a less price they must
get some one else. General Naru was un-
willing to do 1t any cheaper, and hoped he
should get it, he was sure.
We take this report as we find it in the
ommercial-although, II it is no more to
be relied on than the account given by the
same paper of Gen. GRANTS reception In
Cincinnati, we cannot vouch for its relia-
bility.
After this interview, Gen. ScHENcK pro-
ceeded to speak at his meeting in which he
used the following language:
GRN. scHENCK's SPEECH AT MORROW.
Gen. Schenck said he was selected as n
candidate for Congress against ms own
wishes, the pay being but three thousand
dollars year, for which ne sdcrVced a go-
sitiOn in the army north eight thousand. lie
said he had voted for the increase of pay for
members because he had found it impossible
IN lire in WdshingtOn in the most ecOh0nltcdt
manner, on the former salary. lie voted Tor
it because it was right, and because nc knew
he had too largc-hearted constituency TO
grudge public servant fair compensation
Cheers.
He didn't expect to make money out of
the office and General Ward would find,
If so fortunate or unfortunate as 10 sue
ceed-IVoices: "lIe won't succeed" "l-that
public life was not money making Dusl-
ness. lie did not pretend to have voted for
bers' nav because he couldn't separate
them, but because he thought it right to
get all he could for the soldiers and right
to pay members enough to suDslst them'
lie voted for il because 1t was fair ana Just.
lie was surprised that 1t was the topic OF
discussion also by the President of the
United States, who was disgracing us all ms
far as il was possible for one man to do II.
We are glad that General SoHENcK has
nut himself on the record, beyond all dental.
His satellites cannot now claim, as they
have been doing in the past, that he did
not vote for the bill, or that he voted for 1t
to give the bounty for the soldier. We
need not repeat his own language. 1t is
plain enough.
Now, IL General ScHENcK had voted for a
bill by which the pay of members should
be increased IN FUTURE, the question might
then be argued with him and General
WARD, as an open question, as to whether
$1,000 was too much or too little. But that
is not the point made in this controversy
The point Is that General SCHENcK, simply
hduing the poloer TO uote himself n,oney, voted
it without any right and contrary TO Ms
contract. He says he could not subsist
economically on $1,000 year! The idea
of SCHENcK's even trying to be economical
Is rich, to those who know him, But, as
we said, the point lies in violating his con-
tract.
Now let us illustrate a little. agrees
to build b house for $1,000. When tho
house is done, A findsit has cost him, $1,000
Would A be justified in keeping or taking
$1,000 of BIS money, without his consent
Yet that is exactly what Bob ScHENcK did
He agreed to serve for $4,000 year and
mileage When more than half thro rgl
his work, he thinks he hasn't enough, and
he votes himself $4,000 ertrG. Now
ScHENcK's case is worse even than the one
we have put. B would have his remedy IN
the courts. But where is the remedy
against ScHENcK except before the people
lie votes the money he pockets the money
and that's the end of it.
Another thing; The peculiarity of the
hill Increasing the pay Is that while 1t adds
TO the salary il diminishes the mileage. But
upon this point the members of this Con
gress were exceedingly shrewd. WhilC
voting themselves the $4,000 extra salary
they took good care that their mileage
should stand under the old law. Here il
the bill:
Sand be 1t further enacted that the com
pensatIon of each Senator, Representative
and Delegate in Congress shall be FlVI
THOUSAND DOLLARS per dnnana, to b.
computed from the first day of the PRESENT
Congress, and IN addition thereto mileage
at the rate of twenty cents per mile, to b'
estimated by the nearest route usually
travelled in going to and returning iron
each regular session but nothing herein con
tatled shall effect mileage accounts dlreddl