Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-04-26
TO THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS
uCthe Ntntcenth District

llIHAM, bIlO, Apfll 2lSL, 1913. .
On the 3rl day of March, the day that com
p!oied the tcntl year ofmy scryic; as your
Representative, on account Of which Il mp
pears that the following resolution has lately
been adopted by Convention of delegates at
Warren called tU nominate a member of the
State Constitutional Convention
Rsoltsd. That Jsme.., A. garteld in voting for
tl. retroaetye salary 9Il has E,relted The confidence
tlvas of tho Republican party Of Trumbul comfy In
convention assembsd ask hi to res gn forthwith HIS
ohicI ss or Eepretsh!GIise ~ Congresh. f.f.
The officers of that Convention have not
favored me with II copy of the resolution, and
have learned of It's terms only through The
press, aud private communications. Ifgsun-
ing That the above Ia the correct, text of the
resolution, and waving nll questions of the
jurisdiction and authority of that convention
| to sit IN Judgment on Inc subject, | respond
| 10 the rcsuutiDn itself IN doing 50 assume
those who framed II were animated only by u
sense of public duty. will assume also that
| they were willing, and eYen anxious to do me
| justice, and 10 state fairly and iruthiully my
| alleged offence. This, however, they have not
| done
The language Of the resolution implies that
voted to give additional back pay 10 mem.
hers of Congress, Ii assunles that the retro
active pay WAS Tie Chtcfs provision of the
bill tor which all vote. NV, Just such I,
blll as that language drscribts was brought
into the House Tor the purpose oi fastening II
rs an amcndmrnt 10 one OF the leading appro,
priation bills. That effort | resisted AT every
stage The bill Tor which dldyuIe now fills
twenty -suven pages II the National satute-
! book The offensive retroactive clause Is cun-
Ianed in three lines of The statute. ir.
Whether | ought OF ought MT To have voted
| tor the Appropriation bill with the retroactive
salary clause incorporated in a., depends up
ON the merits and dcmrrits OF the blll as a
! whole Whether am IN any way responsible
Tor its offensive provisions, depends upon That
efforts made or failed to make 10 prevent
thelf adoption
That ii may be clearly understood what !
did On tnis sntj ", will briefly state the
facts. t.Hr., I.I H. ~. WH.
rs chairman of the Committee on Appro-
priatipns II was my duly 10 $40 that tr an
uual Appropriation bills werr acted upon in
| the House before the Forty Second Congress
expired. To do this II WAS nee ssury To press
| ,hrln constantly and 10 the exclusion of 1,
great mass ol other business. For this pur-
! pose chiefly the House WAS In session trnn ten
To hfren hOurs IN each twenty -iOur during The
last week OF the term
| had special charge OF the Legislative an.
| prOpriation bill, upon HE preparation OF which
| my committee had spent nearly Two weeks OF
labor before the meeting Oh CrOngrtss. Il was
| the most Important oi the Aelve annual bills
It's provisions reached every part ot the ma
! chnery of the Government In AL the States unC
| Territories ut the Union, The amount appTO
| pratrd 10y 1t was one seventh of tho total an
nunl expenditures oi the Government, cxclu
siye of the interest 0u the public dphL II tuu,
lained all this appropriations repaired by law
for the legislative departmenl TT the GnS IN,
mcnt lor the public printing aud bipding
Tor llu President aud the others aud en-
ployts ~ tile Executive Mansion for tue sev,
en- Executive departmenls nj Washington, an(
all their bureaus aud subdivisions for III,
Suh-Teasurls aud public depOsiJar!es In four
, teen cilies pI the Uuipn Tor all the officer
and agents employed Ia the assessment ant
collection OF the internnh revenues; for III,
I governments OF the nine Territories and q
, the District Of Columbia for the minis. an,
assay offices ! for The land offices aud the sug
veys Of public lands aad ior all the Courts
Judges, District Attorneys and Marsbulls a
the United States. Besides this. during n
+ progress through the two Houses, many pru
vsious have been added TO, the bill wLle
. were considered Ofvital Importance 10 tio pu,
i llc interests A section had been added In III
: senate 90 lorce the Pacific railfoad compani,
!. 10 pay tha arrears OF interest on the bouC
!, leased 10 ihem by the United States, and I
y commence reiundipg the principal,
u An investigating committee OF the How
!. bad unearthed enormous frauds committed
q these companies, aud as the results. OF ~
. months labor had framed bill of several ST.
' tons 70 provide for bringing suits In Il
!, courts 10 recover the vast sums ol which Il
/. | road and Government had been plundere
) and 10 prevent further apoliatlon Tn
bill had also been made part OF the appt
pfiatlon bill.
!, While the blIt was Arst passing through Il
RS,ss, repeated e&taris wsrs sl,aas " iasFsa