The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-03
The Last Act d ofthc Ilbmp Com

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The Last Act Of tho Itpmp Con
a. -gress.
Tbe me est shqiheiui and outrageous Of al
the ilisgtecehi proceedings Of the RUM
Colgress was thelr hast act--that of votinl
Themselves an increased .pay. and tackinl
II on to bill granting bounties to soldiers
to make It more palatablc to the people o
the country The thing, so constructed
was cailea b rdvil &ppip pbriptie1 ian,g IN,
was passed by majority OF one, amer un
dergoing various vicissitudes. First, ma
jority of the msmbee4 iTei ying fortlia sue
cess ofthe measure on the cupidity Of thei
neighbot8 thought th0bill would pass with
out their incufring The odi,im OF having
aunportod It. But a negative majority o
tel Notes added a little more recklessnes
TO eleven Of the stlcklers, and they manag
cd to pass the bill by the lneagre majority
Of ,,,,' one ;. u sJTQH g4h4O AZ
The Toledo Blade, an extremely radica
sheet is thorougbly disgusted With this ac-
tion of It's friends, and comments on it as
follows. While we can seldom agree with
the BLADE, we endorse all It says in this in.
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'',,,,So W. .,.. .l.t,.l-l i,
ny question w, 9I SI increasing lne pay ~
ilellloei " ~ " ',u nus oeel
standing In fear of the people who are now
carrying rs heavy burdens as they can
stagger under, it las regularly failed
Aboht the last act Of the thfrty-ninth Con-
gress, was the passage of a bill increasing
go y ', tOi'Vu' sVilstIb Vuo e.onSI ouS
iHte eNilluio VI tuat liIore ihi1ulous
p'1yo ~ vi ,,,,iJ Stg'ialis ,ia l49sHgo. !,
Mc M1ul9 not nav nave regardsd II as SO mean
1,iii hnd na1 is3esp Volis 5llrly anu
al no llluiDeI5 aGteu tne many par
,,,,, ~ ,"iesy N5V,d HleHsclVSS ApulIlYll'l
iIi,i .,,, n r ~ " w s,ie, WY hiSauly
,' ~ teihse5Nes Venlne the solulers,
t,,N ~, .lys ufiue'l pi''he Vlils huge graz ~
, NJ i'ts,YS u.
- Nah Lne. cspe"I'u .atseutioh oi our
t{S9uYIs ~, " ChS i'0ue auopted 10 carry tihs
buu ~ 1ne ,,INll appropgi3itlor
,,ross,,'a,, ,1, lug e9lopensa.,oh VI Son-
SIessuieh ana senators, dnd paying aqdl-
saYilal pouIiIies 10 soldiers was presented,
says ~ Iistei, L1els was MS muGn nuiterirg,
W. VIZ ~, we slloYlu tnlik likely
Inp'S VIZ Ihv vtNo ProposlIlpns put IN one
Cn,,,.s,,,'y "as enS lluIe;ese oI pay ol
Stl,ti tpss5iiei1 tRSgeu on the pllI 70 pay
n oOuis,eS Leu inc report OF the debate
answer, .sNSe 81. -,,,v1 1..-.1u ol,,
MT. hogan Sald. nc was, opposed to the
sl' cISaSeu 1,u ply, put was IN IaYor OF bounty
i22r l2r tllS soIIier'ahu therefore voted aye
LialughterI l".
no "oiluer mere was laughter. so
gnastly joke as this OF Hogan's would
nave We Ih4fe 2 skSleton smlie; Then .Il
MI; MT. huppaTd' OF west Virginia, follow
eu Win similar statement.
~. Iuggs, ol Mlch" hOped that these
Hentielle'i, II elley We're forced TO take the
lllcIs2se9 .el pay, would turn over the excess
10 inc soldlers: t..-.s...
hI' r9rTy from thesame State, said he
hau Epteu three times against the increase
OF salaIy 10 senators and members butthis
pellE tle test opportunity OF voting in IA
V9r OF Donnty ier soldiers he felt compell-
: GU " cliahge ms vote from nay to aye, but
nS stoou reauy 70 pay over the excess to
S0lulers 1s ana challenged his colleague, Mr..
Niggs, 10 90 the same.
MT ocnenck asserted with characteristic
pilnCnesS that ne voted aye to both. propo-
sl[,Shs., no
80 ~ nc record Is slckehlng' Inc hypocrisy
oI tnese men IN pretending to be opposed
70 IN increase OF their pay, and lamenting
t,lat tney were compelled to vote for it that
tne soIuef might receive the bounty they
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