Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-09-30
From tie ~ r. World
Salary OrabbIAB and IN ." washing

nh2R&&Elsy .AouGl L.o,, ,b.t a.
Of salarios of It's meAbsfs and OF officers Of the
executive bPalch@ pf90Vemnient4 was not in
tended TO stop with the disgFaOetul Butler amend
cad Of lkS - GongTSss. .fhat amendment, in in
tact, il III be any forcs IN the views of Con-
gFolsme1NA4ASdReeTs Of the departments, was but
ne SassEin9 SAle9les &. 9ei 3 be Increased
1IISaIS1 . living Il " lShiagtOa, and il was fhe
@aln aeiaotloA OF many members to Batlsr's in
pndaAt s1nekspay' suggestion, not that It was in
tEi1s1aallR wHoags but that it would have the sf-
ooHt % @lko the uubiset of increasing salaries an
oaious 90 delay ne aetiOn which should
AaallE - eAem up to q figure at which =" a man
OOal&ai Atly"
Up1ffsgn2ect ~ hsgo No ambiguous utter
49, = i4 e JIM ltin9 What Congress
cannot Indeed determine exactly at what figure
salaries st0P, bat we know that they are meant
20 90 On 10 an average lar above the present one
oIHtO per annaE a,eir Poatwen continually
while ho was Secretary 'cohfended that salaries
WsEe totally inadequate General spinner has
very lately eaia that with present salaries aud
pEeseAt c6s1 81 living In Washington none but
rich men or Eascals can hold Office" Senator
4o.eaa's Only objection 10 the increase of salary
e0afaEFed By BntlsF's amendmsnd was that it was
too amall--insigaifcant, in fact. He preferred
leaving the matss 10 eotao iIlture COngress, in
erdef to make It q substantial and reasonable in
CREASE" which 81, 300 was not in his view. In the
same sRlrit Senator Hove observed: IAN addition
q q. 1igit = - 10 alshhre hhidng the board
tpgrhoqaes In Washington is not anything. 1t is
Aeteqqal 10 q very slight shower in a very dry
Wmei = ovapoFatss in a moment"
hcaae1r Cameron, like the business man he is,
went into hgaftst and showed what amount OF in
erase he thRught would be needed To make sala
Fiee adequate. He said that Secretary Fish now
paid IS 600 year Fent IST the same house untur.
nlSesd which he had rented furnished in 1861 for
49, he kpakn ~
gIeos he Feeiysa IS day, "and that pay covered
All my oEpoaaaa haRa" II had the best living then
tneEs vas ia Washington. / boarded at 9adabys,
and we had eadvasLbaeks on the tabls every day
tns.s season, ana every thing else in proportion,
an4 only PHI Sl0a week board Now mem
esss o. uopaEesa pAg from S45 20 $40 a week =; and
.ny shouia thsT notFsoslVe salary sufficient at
leest 70 poy tAssr 0xpenses ?" IL will be seen at
se1neo = these ptatsasnta that Mr. Cameron
eo1AlasEa N meraaae Of from four and ono-halt to
Sven and epe half times ths original salary OF ss
per ~ and mllauaa lahich averaged about q, 900
Regi Hnn1ml e of nVe times the salary OF 1861
Swa.ca wss % GO necessary g meet the
mane salary % a Raeapatsl N My. Caneron's es-
tlnalion. mnss = Ta1y IL sI6 0O0 per annum,
or sbost dauhis lts preasnt enhanced figure
IA s: Os.pS Pm ihat la1ge end sSsSsan-
asatation of republican form Of government
me real Question" he asseysrated, "is whether
peor men HhAll be allowed to participate in the
Aa4lnalEatl0n Of the Government Rich men
are all opposed 10 increasing salaries. That Is
alter thelr kind. II the people aFoto govern this
county u "A other lEords, y y p remain gov
erRmentOl the people md not Of the rich alone,
tnen the people must pay the expenses OF the
1OVeIaonk" And the expenses Of Congress-
meAl H, Carpenter assures US, are very largely
Gleeag ofea. 600 per annnm, unless he choses 20
Ae @p MVe pair Of stairs and dress in goat-sklns,
mbleA aacmhe and lnconVenient mode Of life and
9aFo We1 eEtainlY not epit Mr.. Carpenter, who
as all the Md knSNa3 d ho heFmit and prefers
% mOFtiig the Aesh In an entirely different
fashion. ha@ stAaf
AIG Randall, In the House, was satls6ed that
nothlnE less than "a, 900 per ahnum would enable
members % maat their expenses. and that the
higher aalali4a were the further removed would
o1f legislators be from temptations thai came to
Uem u the tAeinatlng shape Of anbsIdy bllls.-
This wac certainly practical and liberal Wow
70 take 81 the e1hiacS Aeneh It must De eOniessed
some o. The best authorities have doubted both
the policy aqa the efficacy, 70 aay m0thlng Of tho
morality, o. bflblhg rognes % be honest, Mr.
Plat, "tho msmheF from HenrlcO," who followed
butlera leaa a. IA question without being BALI
andehalaea aAeuabt shak n was well enough Tor
memoaIs e'nlI Vata iacnEaea0 0f ee5 600 or e30,-
~ year - oa Aunalt and Fete against IN in-
eta18e Of salary, .but ,We po0r ihIloWs who have
n0meanh outside Of cur salaries cannot 40 as the
Nnntlemau eeee.a, IL Recay Sharp I'D lived Ii
BtEnla, a1e I'D I'D 8 aoR born = heF, Ms name
Wolla have haen Plaitl