The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-09-25


draw my amendment, and let the s0hOLe biz 90 to
Committee Of Conference and in Difference to their
suggestions I do so."-[COngressional Globe.
In his Dayton speech, senator Morton says
speaking Of his motion: After 1t had been de-
Dated Tor some time a number OF Senators came
to me and asked me to Withdraw that motion and
let the whole bill, by common consent, gS to the
Conference COMMITTEES. Ny memory Is distinct
that Senator Thurman was one OF those Senators
who made that request of me. Accordingly
arose in my place, stated REQUEST had been made
by number Of Senators, and said that in defer
ence to their judgment would Withdraw the mo-
ton and let me whole bill gO.tO the Conference
Committee. had been assured that there was
no doubt but that the Committee would strike
out that part Of the BILL and make il salts factory
sertiOH that Of the Senator's tohO requested
Morton 10 t0ithdrdsU his notion meter spoke one
l0Ord TO him on that subject.
sALRY GRAB IN THE U S. SENATE.
He says that ne mad been assured that there
was no doubt but thatthe Committee would strike
out that part OF the bill" referring 70 the Goa
gressional pay; he does not say who gave him
that assurance, and venture TO assert that if he
thought that that would be done, he was the only
senator IaYorlng an increase Of salaries who Was
Of that opinion will not leave this to asser-
tlon. 1 will prove it by the record. The last mo-
tion that was made on the subject before the bill
went to the Conference Committed was to concur
in the amendment OF the House The eject OF
concurrence wsuid have been to fx the salary Of
memoers OF Crongress At $1,000 per year. Every
Senator t1ho iods in JaUoT Of increase Of S1tdrieS.
t9o only excepted voted against thot motion They
ence Committee, bslieUing that he saLaT l0ould be
raised by it 10 than s6 500; and yet Senator
Morton says that be expected the provision re-
garolng congressional pay TO be stricken out By
the Conference Committee. On the motion 70
concur, AL OF who were opposed to any increase
az al, OF course, voted nay; and all who we're for
an increase above Sc 500 also voted nayj because
they believed, as / have stated, thata greater
increase would be made by the Cenference Gem
Inittee. In view Of the fact that the chief advo-
Gates OF an increase, those who were engineering
it through, were ali in favor OF sending the bill 20
a IOnlerenHo ruffh n VII
the salary beyond $500, and in view OF tie
further TACT that the actual result 20 increase
Il 70 S',50 and Il will not do for Senator Morton
to say that he expected a Conference Committe
Wsuld not increase IL At all, but would strike It
out OF the bill But to come back to the motion
70 strike out the clause regarding Congressional
pay, said that Morton withdrew 1t. Edmunds
AfterTard renewed 1t, and Morton voted for Il,
say, as have heretofore said, that the vote on
Edmunds' hrst motion was test vote, Tor u de-
termined that the increase OF salary should not
be limited to the President and IL Was manifest
think to every one that If the increase went be-
yond MN ana included members OF the S4pineI
Judges OF the Supreme Court, etc, it would also
include Congressmens for it was obvious that the
senator's VINO favored an Increase OF salaries
Wouid not vote 70 increase those oil the v lee
President, Secretaries and Supreme Judges tall
greater than the salary OF Senatorl, unless their
own salary was also raised. / was, thereIores
right in saying that Edmunds' first motion.
against which Morton voted, presented q test
salary increased would have been the Presidents 8
But that motion being defeated the increase OF
the other salaries was a foregone conclusion.
The subject went at last TO a Conference Commit
tee, and that Committee reported an increase OF
Congressional pay 70 $500 per year. Mr.. Wright
moved to rocommit the repart 20 the COMMITTEES,
his object being to defeat all increase OF salary
except that Of the President. On this motion
Senator Morton did not vote On the final vote
which passed the bill, namely the N0te 70 concur
in the report OF the Conference COMMITTEES SenA-
tor Morton did not vote. lCongressional Globe,
2 lS4- why ne did not vote on these IMo LAst
questions, and especially on the last, which was
the final and decisive vote, do not know. he
Presums he was for he Is so recorded Aithoagh
many members are often recorded as absent Wlo
are not so in fact. But if he were absent Il only
shows that he was not 50 opposed 70 the Dill As
to sit il out and east his vote against IL every
time. 1t WAS the last night of the session Of the
Congress and therefore whatever conld be done
20 defeat the measure was 70 be done that night.
lt was ne time for absentseism, unless induced
oy sickness or some overruling causes.
l owe you an apology, my IeloW-citizens, for
occupying SO much OF your time upon this sub
Ject But when Was falsely charged win mis-
TO the record and show the falsity Of the charge.
1 care as little about Mr.. Mortou's record as any
man man cares, ana would much prefer 20 sPsak
upon subjects EnOre worth OF discussion; bat AS
ne seems disposed TO thrust himself promlnetly
INTO the politics Of Ohis, and to seek popularity
Dy tIadueing the Democratic party misrepre-
senting its lnistory and ca, ieatir NJ its prinei
pie, he and his record became fit subjects for
a renegAte Democrat himself, he YER
lines snS aaAse that zone renegate Is worse than
ten turks In his Athens speech be calls the
Oen0crAllc party - hateful political thing dur
---5 anu ICr ten before LtAAl
taxes US back to 1851 And VET Oliver p. morton
elung 70 that hateful political thing for years
49, Ss, ana until II refused 70 GraIity ms resi-
~ less anu shulting ambition. And now ne is never
MsSEy oI traduelag his old political assostates
ato oaAeA A,enihg the principles for which he once
expressed unbounded devotion. And what Is his
record since the close of the warf The strongest
sPeeeh sEer made in favor OF Andrew johnson
1n1 Ii ms Poiey was made by Morton at Richmond,
tnuIAhAl september %, 1855. And yet he had no
sooner take his seat in the Senate then he be-
nj 81 9he bltterest opponents OF Johnson
nltn Sullty1 and sought to turn him out of the
FTesloehtla chair. In that same speech is one
negro al 5 a5rguments ever MADE ag1lnst
@ - ~ -s e. 1nd yet he now courts the negro
race as II ne had been their earliest and stead
from aIi o IN that speech he declared that
secession and further resistanee 10 the Govern
lent % tne United States or the continuance or
Ee OF the Institution Of slavery
are shectuaIly and forever nanIshed from the
1 1lh4A 81 great majority Of the Southern peo-
P..;, hu sgaln; Il believe all further ideas Of
Sontederaey are efeetually banished. and that
SaIt5 - LOW, Low no more danger OF secession in
state OF Indiana" Any vet he now peran1bulates
me country trying to create the belief that the
~ S IatIS party are in favor of secession and
the rS-estAolishment Of slavery
IN hls Dayton speech Senator Morton said, at
st-,,steS ssIy awkward for man who has con
eoroSoitt t9eIy violent philippe agsinst another
Soliillted IL 20 memory and got It OF to various
SonnGatfn with great volnbnity, have the
SoL1e i :, tuinbling upon his head like dirty scaf
ba. AJu nave seens my feliOw-citizens
WIZ netne5 the foundation of my speech has fallen
OUT and whether or Morton Is right upon the
lsSee between US. And here would remark that
Sc lAr from having committed that speech 70
IoEe It's dellVery. had no time 10 write it out.
1 am sorry that had net for thereby some err
rors and Imperfections that are found in the re-
port OF IT, and for which ] am 10 no degree re-
~ d. would have been avoided. not only
uL1 NOT 6rlte lt out before delivery, but never
saw s-M Lne report OF it until it appeared in the
- =
not -tell the country what principles Of the DEM
oeIAIc party were sternal AS distinguished from
those that pertain merely to time 1 do mot
think that Senator Morton has AM right 20 corn
PIaln OF THIS omission, for he was in the Demo-
eEAtle party long enough 70 know what are its
principles; and II he wanted further knowledge |
uPoa Lhe subject references 70 the first resolu-
ten OF she 6th Of August Convention would have
enlightened his ignorance. Nor did nv Denlo-
cratic friends 10 the audience vas sdd-assirs,
need 70 be told what Democratic principies
rhey knew them full well and the fno OF toSn,
hAd seen and read the resolution above referred
to. ''
Mr. Morton further said: ssAdr. Thurman tan
ed principally about three things in his speech. /
IhS nrst was the history OF the Union Pacifc
Railroad His history is full Of errors. If he /
been present in person. he would ha1n hen -
much mistaken as he was in regard 70 the vota
on the increase OF salaries; bat he was not there
A. ALL hext ne talks about Credit MObiIIer He
then talks about corruption il the AttorneJ-
Generals Departments Al Washington, and then
about the salary grab, and then abont the pardon
Tor the defaleation Of PAymaster Hodge Now
this speech is confession. Il must be 10 Dem.
oerats hnmlilstlng admission that their Sena- /
.or can furnish 10 them no feast, can put before
ihem nothing but Sc nsatiOnal scandals that haVe
appeared under sensational head-iines ID tbe /
lessPAPers Tor the past ten months that are worn
out aad Of which the country is sick and nau..
seated Bus this Is the kind Of scandal he has i
spread out In the Ned BuntIihe style" ~
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD VILLAINY.
You see that Norton says that his history Of
he Union Pacific Railroad IL full Of errors; but