The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-08-28
IIDo,ing Upon Innocence.

Tn. P.oIs Spirit has Washington eorrespon-
dent, for what purports to he such,) who tries
hard to smooth over Judge loves salary grab
The argument is ~ deep, 60 devoid Of thinness,
that we are tempted to give the whole Of it:
81 rrrst to notice the sttaefs Of Of ycur st.s
tournsis upon him account Of the salary grab Hse
ne S BE consistently opposed the bin from
sbe Art but when its unprinopsd movers sez
sa I upon sSs Love and some forced .
vote for Il or Kin the appropriation S n tne sses
"a this The tired members were trying TO ayoia Nj
Love afsrvard drew The pay 6ecsnse ne
- IA bs 4 certainly not Gt This Was the string the
nsragers the bill pulled % cIPsofe suen
~ N, reaee amounted 70 nearly much as his
extra pay By ping The extra salary he cannot sss
f1se fcxs An tod that he il In favor Of tnmedi
sS.iy repesling the law next Wintsl
Just notice how the unprinciPled rougs forced
characterization Lowe and others INFO voting for.
the grab, by cuBuingly tacking it onto the aP-
nropriatiop bill Then they either had to vote
for il, or kill the whole bill, which would neces-
state an extra session, and this they were anx-
ious to avoid! oh, dear! Now, if there were so
many conscientious fellows opposed to the grab,
that they could have defeated the appropriation
bill. they were in . majority, ana could have
stricken out the grab, and then passed the apPro-
priation bill. But suppose an extra session
would have been necessary congressman are
receiving almost 500 per month, whether they are
in session or not. They paid to sit there; and
what is of more importance than the saving of
millions OF dollars to the treasury Rather than
stay there, and perform duties for which they are
paid, they wOuld permit and addition of millions
to the public expenses. An extra session would
not have added to the cost, for the pay goes on
ali the time.
Then, Lowe took his back pay, which he had
opposed the allowing of, as a fraud, because it
would have looked like demagogue trick to re-
fuse it! In Washington, it is demagoguery to
neglect to steal when you have q chance-and
Lowe is no demagogue! He was forced to vote
for swindle; and then had to steal, to escape
the appearance of demagoguery! Oh, poor, hon
est Lowe! This was the string the rascally man
ayers pulled to capture such conscientious mem
bers as Judge Lowe!
But loves mileage amounted to nearly as much
a. his extra salary; and by accepting the salary,
he cannot take the mileage. Just see how cun-
ningly the rascals pulled the strings! They were
bouDd to make poor Lowe take that 5000,
whether OF no, and where's the odds whether it
was called mileage or extra saIaryi So, you see
the Government has lost nothing! We may add,
the men who run the Government have lost moth
ing.
But is consolation to know that Lowe is in IA
vor of Immediately repeating the law next VIM
ter. After being forced to vote for it, and forced
to make his grab, he is determined to prevent
others from receiving any benefit from it. But
-
pull, to capture such conscientious men as Judge
Lowe into voting to retain the lawi
Oh, Judge, and all your apOlogists-yOur name
is thinness! If you allow the men who are hold
ing Office at your mercy to keep on with such
silly apologies as they are delivering themselves
of, they will make You ont fit subject to be en-
tered at the coming State Fair as the premium
jackassi