The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-09-09


for civil expenses Of the Cove nment, and
amcng others the Committee recommended
agreement t. the section giving to members
of Congress $5000,00 a year, aud twenty
cents a mile travelling expenses. and also
recommended agreement TO the section giy>
ing TO soldiers who served three years $50
houaty, &c. The question was then taken
by yeas nays on agretipg to the report,
| which was the same as voting yes or no on
the bounty bin
DuIing the rcll>call Mr. Bingham was in
his seat aud answered MOI Isl
| Mr. Hubbard said: cannot get what |
want for the soldier. (alloding to a bill that
would equalizc bonntieS) aud SO | viii take
| 6hat / can get. | change my vote 10 AYE.
| Mr.. Bingham did not change his vote.
| Mr. briggs. hOpet gentleman who
are in favor of bounties to the soldiers, but
who are 10th to vote to increase Their own
salaries, will contribute the surplus OF their
salaries 10 the soldiers.
MIR. Bingham made no reply. = =.
Mr.. Bergen: On account oil the soldiers
| change my vote to AYE.
| Mr.. Bingham said not worl. Uc
Mr.. ONeih: | vote AYE" SO that we
may get bounty. Z
Mr.. Bingham was again silent.
Mr., Cullom. For the purpose Of securing
the soldiers bounty, vote aye. -na
But no .'aye" came from Bingham.
Mr.. Ferry then said: Steadily [ have vo-
ted against Increase Of pay to members OF
/ Congress, because am opposed to any IN
crease in the present con iition Of our hnan>
tes. Three times upon this very propesi7
1 cion has my vote been recorded against it.
Now it appears coupled with the increase
Of bounty to our gallant soldiers, 1t may
4 be that the adoption Of the report may
hang upon a single vote The isSie must
be met Il Is bounty Or no bounty TO the
soldiers that mast now be considereLe Let
me here reply to profered suggestion,
Ithat members need not be SO sensitive
about voting themselves adequate ay, for
their surplus can be distributed to the SOL
4 hers, that suggestion shall reconcile my az
4 ton. My vote shall be fortified by acts |
therefore ask to change my vote AMI will
hold myself answerable to the benefit Of the
I soldiers to the extent Of such surplus. |
now vote AYE" Hf@
But this appeal did not move Mr.. Bing-
ham. lie remained firm against the sol>
diers, and on counting the vote is stood 81
for the bounty and SO against it, SO that
Mr.. Ferry's vote passed the bill 's d,
The following is the official vote: ~
! YEAs-Anderson, Banks, Banker, B2a,
| jamin, Bergen Clarke, Culloin, briggs,
| Fckley, EIdridge, Farnsworth, Farqaha-,
Ferry, Glossbrener, Highly, Hogan, Hol,nes,
Hotchkins, Hubbard, Lngersoll, Jenckes,
johnson, Kelly, Kerr, Knykendall, Latham
Lo Blond, Leftnich, Marston, Maynard
= McClung. McCollouguh, Moorhead, Myers,
Myers, Miller, Newell, Niblack, Nicholson,
4 O. Neil, Patterson, Randall, Rice, Rice j.
H., Strust, Schenck, Taylor, Taylor N. g.,
Thornton Van Horn B., Van Horn r.,
: Wbaley-5l. 49,.
NAYS Allison, Ashley, Banker, Baxter,
Bidwe! EsiassaaEl, Butweli, B,onneil,
Broomail, Cobb, Conkling, Defrees, Esges-
ton. Elliott, Garfield, Harding, Hart, Hays,
! fiubbell, kasspn, Kitchum, kountz, i1uA,
2 in, Lawrence g., Lawrence W., Lynch,
= Morrill,, Orth, Paine Perham, Phelps.
Plants, Price, Ritter, Ress, Sawyer, Shank
lin Shellabarger; Stokes, Taber, Thomas j.
L., Trimbel, Van Arman, " alker, Wilson
j., Wilson, S., Wright-50. '4.a 'j
4 This is certainly terrible record of in
i gratitude for which Mr. Bingham has no
? excuse haransc If his conscience troshled
him about taking more pay, why did lie
not purge himself as did Mr. Ferry and
others and still stand by the soldiers, who
periled lie and limb to save his property
and the government that protects him. Ii
so squoamish about taking more pay, why
did he come home atlervoting against the
soldiers bounty, aud run right into conven-
ton to snatch another two years pay in Con-
gress from Col Poorman, who had been
out in the war and deserved to go to Con
greSs? Let the soldiers answer
II Mr. Rinolta ~ bns henp t,r,1ya 0uaorsT -,
Congress- and held positions as Judge Ad
vocate and Solicitor of Claims; and his ht-
lie earnings may be a curiosity to some, i.
Ten years in Congress, $1,000 $50, 0,o0d
Two b" : -. 5d' 5000 10 0N
" Mileage 500 6,G0O
One year Solicitor Of Ualus, y --- 5000
Trial OF General Hammond, s, ,UOG
Murder Of Mrs. Surtatt, 4. .a.t 5000
- @a;f 81 Eea $57, ,00e
4 Two years more at $4,000, will plake
with mileage over $G7 900, and yet he
! could not vote that poor widow OF dead
soldier, or those orphan children, one hun
dred dollars increased bounty. without dis
turbing his conscience liz having to take a
little more hiIuselfl se.,.... LgJ-t
/ Look at it, We wounded soldiers! ,si.
! Bingham, with $4,000 in his pocket,
could not vote you 500 increase TO pay for
that leg, or arm, or eye, because he did not
want any Increase himself! 500 d,
And you, stalwart men, who marched
with Sherman for three years, to hold up
the flag and the government, and endured
every privation, while he was wearing fine
linen and broad cloth at Washington, and
eating turkey and turtl3 soup, and making
| speeches Tor the negro to 60 aud vote with
you when you Game home, you are now told
he had to vote against your bounty bill or
take little more bounty himself, which he
did not want, for his bounty already
amounted to fftyseven thousand dollars,
just think OF it. fifty-seven thousand
dollars to him, and not hundred to YOU!
Fifty-sevcn thousand dollars in bonds,
| free from taxation for him, and that poor
soldiers widow and children starving for
little bounty which he refused to vote for
| her. n, 1,., .'g.., 'ge'.,,. ..t
Fify-seven thousand dollars for John A.
Bingham, and that dead soldiers family 10
rags for the want Of little bounty. Look
them in the face! a.taa ..a. f af;3
Filty-seven thousand in his wallet as he
rides past the County poor house, stump
ing for reelection, while sick snlder is
there dying for want of d little boubly that
John A. Bingham refused to vote him!
If ever there is retribution on earth it
viii oyertake you, John A. Bingham, from
those soldiers means, those widow 81
graves, and those orphans cries that are
heard at the right hard of God in Heaven,
against you. m.
WHAT TEEE DONE AFTER
WARDS
4 IA GE;Eise as to Motive.
n While John A. Bingham, who opposed