New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-07
GoNGnE-s AND IT'S FAY.

Co.grr-- did - very unvisc, sclh'h, covardly, nm
p.rcplcd ac' ia increasing is own pay at the close
oi The lac .c..ous We So unwisc; because there
arc LOT fqc men in The two IIouses who would have
dared when candidate for their pre- cnt positions, TO
declare that n Effected ihcy would seek and vote 10
raise ihc'r own psy from $4,000 to $4,000 each per
Conerc.s. I wa. self D; or the members must hayc
known that ia go ACTING .ui voting. they were en-
llrrl .ng and damaging thc public cause which they
pgor- Go have ai heart Zoo their greedy Inst private
gain. II wo- uuprncpled; for fuuctonares utru-ted
with power over their own ucompcH,c should thcrcu
.ot 100 example OF moderation. iu order that they may
Dee m position To- To- ,icmly and efficiently the
rapacty OF other wouldbc lccchcs the body polite.
Il Was cowarily for they did not venture to enact
thu. increase ofpay in distinct b and let the Yeas
sud Nay Lo taken and recorded thereon, but ncokcd
IL into The tail end Of an appropriation bill and ugglcd
il through 10y the machinery of Conference Com
mtec. afcr the House hid voted il down by l2j 10
hr,,. Il wa, very mean performance, and we hope
10 IL repealed at the next session. j viii bc, II
the People will only take the matter IN Land and ask
every candidate for the next Congress- Sir will you
vote to pat the pay Of Mombcr back to $1,000 per
annum and have all MILEAGE charged boy the most
direct mail route ~
Even IL an increase Of pay had been i1st-as II Is
nOt-thc bin should have provided that every Member
absent from his seat should forfeit at least SO per
day and $40 FOX every time the lea1 and Nays are
taken and his name not recorded. Abiontceism Is
crying and growing evil. Hall the Members are absent
half the time When such absence Is totally without
excuse they pretend to deduct lperday for II (Which
i. about one.iouuh what they have just voted
DAY. service to be WORTH; but th. forfeit j, rarely
c1acicd. The absentee prctcnd 10 have sickness IN
his family or makes (to himsolD some other excuse
for taking from the Treasury moncy which he has
never earned and to which he il not entitled by law.
II Members choose 10 vote thcmseyos a full : oOo
per month (over $40 per working day for Their
service. they ought to abolish the fnnkins Pnvi'
legc dismiss threc.iourths Of their wcpaid cllte'
and reduce the mileage 70 ten cents per mile by the
shortest mail route hut they make no show OF deal
ing honestly with the pablo Some Of them vii rue
this before they get reelected.
-The n. u Times tries to make Johnson capital ont
of this matter as follow:
E"In s that concerns retrcnehmoni tie facts r favor
~ The Administration and against Congress For Whate,e
saving has been accomplished tho country may ta1uA We
Administration. For resistance g. tft saving and lorP"
ceedngs which entail heavy additions t. iio loAd oi taNnoh
and debt tho countr, T. indebted exclusively to Congress
contrs, so dam lgng and suggestive viii attract n"
IN engages The thou hts % some Of those Who on Tie soit
fon ue,iou aihorents O the Pcsdeht AMI wren
the canvass becomes warm, many a b. found dsiri'tn
aud oppos tho ~ Congress with almost exclusive ~
cfcnco 60 the question Of retr'nchmen''
The TUNES ignores the fact that the increase Of pay
10 Congress was moved in the House by Mr. Niblacb,
and in the Senate by NJ, Riddle-both vehement
Copperheads and supporters of the President policy
ii one single Copperhead or Johnson man earnestly
opposod the increase the fact escaped w. The editor
of IN. Times j. an active member of the House; but
We have not observed that he tried 90 defeat the
increase Of pay, by resisting it on the floor
or through the columns Of his Journal II
not. does Il become him to throw stones
Nay: does lie forget that he was, at the preceding
Session. the prime mover in creating new Judicial
district in order 10 make near friend district Judge
for life at cost to the Treasury of ct least $4,000
per annum And doe, he not know that many thou
sand, Of dollars are annually Quandercd IN Importing
Ms ion and Consulate whore none are needed and
where thcy may b, discontinued by the President az
biz d.crnionf Witucss dc Mission io Rome.
LII, Who'll; palllr Of r0glic LAPeAailWe need q