The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-10-09

in favor of the increase, the word
Z y ca, and if1opposed to the proposed
y increase, the word Nay and unless q
majority of al the votes cast shall be
in favor of the increase, all provisions
4 in violation thereto shall be null and
lsvoid.'
I, sThe Presiding dOficerAThe q1es-
tion is on the motion. of the Senator
from Vermont { Mr.. Edmunds) to lay.
4 the amendment on the table. p e on
d1 "Mr. Hill eallotori the yeas and
\ nays on the motion.
"The yeas aud nays were ordered,
and being taken, resulted, yeas 81,
nays l5, as follows:
Il "Y Y eas-Messrs. Anthony, Bayard,
4 Boreman, Buckingham, CHsserly, Chan
dler, Cole, GonkHng, Cerbett, ,gFagin,
Edmpnds,, Fenton, Frelinghnyson,.
Go1dthwaite, Hamilton of Mary1and,
| Hamilton of Texas, Howe, 1fofriif of
Maine, Morrill, of VeFnoIt, d ey, Pate
tersop, Ramsey, SAWYER Scott. Sher-i
man, SpragneA Stewart, ThlIHrman, n Y q,
Wilson, Window and. yFrjght-3I
+ 'tNays-Messrs.. Alcofn, Carpenter,
Davis, Flannigan, s9IliB Hitchcock,
4JohnstOne * olleyp q Lewis, b Id aeheh,I
Norwood, Pooh Rapsems Robertson.
and Stevenson.zlI5. 5...s5sfs.-5Is5, ,.,ag
:. Absent - Messrs. 1 sAm1es, Blair,
Brownlow,i UalaweIl, /, Cameron, Clay5LY
ton, OoopeHa Fer4yn8fI Connecticut
Ferry of Michigan Gilbert, Hamlin,5
4 Harlan, Logan, Morton. Osborn, Pom,
eroy, Pratt, Rice, Salisbury, Schurz,
Spencer, Stockton, Sumner, Tfpton,
/ Trum bull, Vickers and WestA97g 926f
1
lie on the table, = Congressional
Globe, 905 and 5, s.
So you see, my friends, that here
Ewasca propositions to raise the salariesE
l'of members of 0ongfass btoI $S, ,00ObaI
year, and to make it retroactive so as
to commence with the. beginning of
the Forty second ConRress, making
salary grab fo4. mem beEs OF Congress
of S6,C % each and. that this PROPOSE
tion was moved by Mr.. Hill, of .Geor-
gia, in Cbeiehce to Instructions given
him by the Committee OF Privileges
and Elections. Now, who composed
the Cemmittee on Il Privileges oandd
Elections /? Here are their names /:
OLIVER p. Morton, of Indiana, Chair
man; Matthew Ell. Carpenter ,Sof Wis.,
consips; y ohn4A. Logan, of Illinois :
james L. Alcorn, OF Mississippi !;
Joshua Hill, of Georgia; Henry B.
Anthony, of Rhode. Island; Lyman |
sTrumbull, Of IIIinois-not one of
whom, may retnatk III passing, was
Democrat. II You have lseehI that on 4
the motion4to ydHilRs0 0amendment
ION the, tables77a motion that killed, il, |
iat least for the time-Mr.. Morton did |
mot vote He is recorded among the |
absentees.d You who have read my /
4BataYi2spe eeeh will iremeInbei; that he |
was alnQpgi the ahseAteeso ON sshe final /
vote taken on the Salary Bill.
But 1t may be supposed that, al |
though the amendment came from I
Morton's oWn COMMITTEE, that he was /
not in fay9r of it, If he were not,
one would think. that he would, on
some occasion, have said 10 the Senate
that he did not concur in the instruc- +
ition that had been given ato Senator
Hill to. report that Smendme1it. d But 4.
if he has ever made such a statement
L have never heard or ever seen it.
On the contrary. on the 9th of Janu-
AIRY, Congressional. Globe, S84). Mr..
Hill submitted an amendment to the |
bill, and had the same referred to the I
Committed by which it was proposed
to make the pay of Congressman s$7ali
GO per ,annEm, to operate retroactive-iI
ly so as to commence from the Begin
ming of the iF0rty-second Coiigfees,
making salary grab for each lnem-
Der of that Congress of $4;0004ls Now
Mr.. Hill, in reporting that. tamend-1ll
declared that he report
ed the proposition from the Commit
tee aeitb no qegdti0e' V6tce, and neither f
Senators Morton OF. .anyoOtherlfnemb
of the Committee denied, that state-
ment, n nd Senator Hill JiErtseg. de-
cldred that. there aodS no one "a, the
Committee sOltO objected to TIE pTeot- ]
0ats proposition, gCJttck aoos a thousand
dollars higher; etsad this statement tcGs
not c0ntradlctedt 6y any member Of
the Committee. So you see that .ac-
coi'ding to the statement made By
Senator Hi, inopeli Senate, the Com 7
nittee OF (which M0ffou awas 3chaira1
man, were lQnanimolss first in -FecOms
mending, $50 10 as the annual salary
of Cong essnIen, with $4,000 back pay
for the members # 9he Fort second Il
Congress, and mat whenlthe lproposi- r
ton was defeated the same Commit-j
tee unanimously reported in .faYOr of
a salary of $7,0C0, with 81, 1000 back
pay!l In. order that there may be no. no.
onathiss subjects aIi give the
proceeding in full en- the IRstlpuopos h
sltlon, as haYe already done on the l.
I'm Senate, January 2S,e 1873, Globe :
@0S andl909J III HRtn 19u1ona sla1sAj u +
f.Mr. Hill am instructed. Iby the ie
Committee of Privileges and ELECTIONS / +
20 report an amendment which pre- i
'ented to the Senate yesterday, and j
which ,llnow asktO have read. GOD b49
HThe Presiding 0fficer-Th Che amend Ia
nent will be reported. fe.,aftq,l neI :
"The Chief CleIk. read the amend r
nef1t, which was to strike out lines 10 4
ND 11ain the following words :1sg Anel q
g For compensation and afIi leageo of {
Senator's, .$405,Gs1. fo,rf aya{sas tasIa
"And in lieu to insert +
"For 'compensatiantion and mileage n
If Senators, $700, 600; and for COM s
'ensation and smileage9 f0f Senators b
nd Represen atiVesa in Congress. and b
he Delegates from the Territories e
hall be $1,000 per annum, to be paid a
S at present provided BY law, and to 3,
omnienee from the beginning of the d
Congress- ls8l iiif ii gHgl EtI
s Mr., Hill will state, for the iRrl,tc
of the Senate chat on for
ner occasion, as will be remembered, T
proposition came from the Commit 8.
ee for $4,000, and, to oblige someloths =,
rs, it has now been modified. Some. r.
hing has occurred with. the law. max - :.
ng body since that proposition was =.
made that is also very fanailiaa. to the n
senate. A billfhasa passed abolishing II
he Franking Privilege, and iLmerely ., q
SIX Senrtors to take, into. co1sideraS a
ion with this amendment the fact =
hat the Frankfng Prlvilsgei is now = y
bolisheda The bill abolishing sit / q
reeds only the signature of the Rresi, e
Ient to become . law, and, doubtless
t will receive that. n
s'I have nothing IN the world to say 3
bout this amendment other than to
epeat my own convictions that the v
'ay of Senators and Representatives
s insufficient. merely ask for con-