The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-08-03
MEMBERS or CoNGREsy INCHEASE
THEIH PAY Y-COWa RDLY DODGE.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS- INCWEASE
THEIR PAY Y-COWsRDLY DODGE.
One Of the last nets Of the Thirty.nin,h
Congress wOs tho passage Of bill increas
ing the pay Of les members from $4,000 TO
5000 per annum. This was tackled on the
.biiPiuorensng tho pay of bounties to sol
diers slOO Congress votes its members
an increase Of $4,000 per annum, each; aud
to the soldier who sacrificed his all for his
country, the pittance of SlOO increase, all
told. Tho member from this district qui-
city dodged the vote, as he did the tariff
question: The franking aud mileage swim
dies are still continued. Tho majority of
those voting for the bill justify their course
because they felt compelled to vote in favor
Of the bounty for soldiers. A most coward.
ly subterfuge. But the remarks Of tho To
ledo BLADE are 30 applicable, that we repro.
duco them here. That paper well says:
We wonll not thave regarded II as so mean
a thing had IL been done fairly and square
ly--had the members acted the manly part
and squarely voted themselves additional
pay; but afraid TO do this, they meanly shell
tcrcd themselves behind tho soldiers and
thus shi, lied, made this huge grab at the
Treasury.
We cul the especial attention -four read.
ers TO the mode adopted TO carry this thing
through. The Civil Appropriation bill IN
creasing the compensation Of Congressman
and Senators, aud paying additional boun-
ties 10 soldiers was presented whereupon
there was much Tutoring" says the dis
patch. We should think likely. Why
wore the two propositions put in one bill 7
Why was the increase Of pay to Congress.
men tagged on the bill to pay bounties
Let the report Of the debate answer.
The record is sickening The hypocrisy
Of these meu in pretending to he opposed
to an increase Of their pay, and lalnentng
that they were compelled TO voto for IL that
the soldiers might receive tho bounty they
were entitled TO, is too much even for an
American Congress. II they were so stead !
fastly opposed to the increase why did they
not divide the propositions and vote upon
them separately, as one honest man Bng-
gosted2 lf this was unparliamentarywhy did
not these opponents of M increase vote
down the bill aud Introduce one paying
bountes, without the Congressional bounty
attached? The squirming of members while
the vote was hciDg tuken shows too plainly |
that they foi they were doing dirty thing. |
The result showed a majority OF ten against
it--;he members changed backwardseand |
forwards, forwards and backwards from
aye to nay aud from nay TO aye, until finally |
it was fixed up Tho bill was passed by u
majority OF one, just enough to pass il and
no more
The people have yet to pass upon this
extraordinary performance. They will
scarcely sympnthizo with the members who
Notwithstanding they were opposed to the
bill. voted for il because il was part OF
bill paying bounties to soldiers. They will
very properly denounoe it as II dodge
hypocritcal dodge, a sncaking |
dodge. They arc willing to pay soldiers
the bounties they 80 richly earned, but they
are opposed to increasing salaries already |
sufficient and which, with the perquisitoS,
are more than sufficient.
Tho name of Mr.. Ashley, Of this District,
loes not appear either among the ayes OF
the nays.