Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-03-27

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oFFICE.--On. the Corner Market ana sec
nd Streets oyer the Post Once.
Tht Hon George G. Wright spoke
wen fSr Iowa In the q. s. Senate, up.
on the bill for increase Of salaries
We are glad to be able to record bill
words upon this subject, that the peo.
PIE may understand that the voice Of
lows was not wanting in manfully
battling for the right upon this ques.
ton. We unhesitatingly say that the
Republicans Of no Congressional dis.
trict, and the Republicans Of no State
~ this Union, should again nominate
for Congress any man who supported
that bill with the odious and rascally
feature Of increase Of pay for the 42nd
Congress. We add still further that
We shal not complain If the Republi-
cans refuse to nominate for return to
Congress any member of the 42nd
Congress who shall draw The increased
back pay, although it has been voted.
1t r. difficult for us to see how any
man can, by the utmost adroitness Of
logic, assume the premise that it was d
great wrong to vote for the measure,
and then, after the wrong has been SO
far contaminated, take the money thus
purloined. What will this amount to
other than making one particeps cyim-
Snis after the act.
The end Of this wrong is not yet,
and the people Of this country will
nsper forget II, nor do we ever expect
to forget to hold it up in its proper
light:
Mr.. Wright said;
am opposed to the entire amend
ment as Il comes from the House of
Representatives am opposed to it
in all its parts. I state my reasons for
this opposition on two grounds. III
there Is one thing that the party to
which belong is committed more
than another, it is economy in the ad-
ministration of this government. We
went to the people of this nation upon
that as q part Of our platform. The
people of this nation had right to be-
lieve that we were honest, and now the
1irSt opportunity that we have to give
evidence Of that honesty we propose
to increase the salary Of every leading
officer of this nation. Not alone the
Republican party of this country but |
the other party as well was committed |
to the same doctrine. Now / believe
7 teat all parties in this nation should |
! act honestly with the people, and in
proportaon as they fail to act honestly |
with the people in the same degree
must they fail, ard they ought to.
4 In the next place, Mr.. President, I'll
am opposed to this proposition for the
reason that, In my judgment, this is |
Of al times the most inopportune for |
IT Now while ! am talking to you,
ana since we have commenced this |
session, every day we have had evil
dencS Of the difficulty of the govern
ment Ia absolutely paying for the ac-
tuA wants Of the government in its |
sootuAl and necessary administration.
We know that SO far as the taxes are |
concerned, 40 now assessed, it Is almost |
1mpoesible to pay the actual running |
expenses of the government in con-
n1ction with the interest upon the
pubic debt. All over this land there |
q : complaint Of taxation, and want.
and sndaring- Every day the cry
comes 70 us from the people,. recog=
n1e th3s - : governmcnt Of the peO-
pie. / recognize it as our bOunden 1
0ptyto remember who they are, and
{hefr condition. / say no man is guilt |
less who stands here and forgets that |
this 4 . government Of the people and
their condition, and when we ignore
that and stand here and counsel from
our feelings or our own interests in
stead of the interests of the people,
we are untrue to them and the high
trusts that devolve upon us.
Mr. President, you may talk here
about only those who are able to live
being opposed to this proposition; |
say for myself If any one upon this
door be poorer than /, know him not
but that matters not to me; stand
I hers as . humble representative Of the |
people, representing In part my own
Htate; know the condition of the
people throughout this land know
how they are .burdeued with taxes,
and say it will never do for US here
to ignore those facts that come to us
seyery day, and because we think in
IN our own opinion that salaries are
not sufficiently high, to take this, of
all other occasions the most inoppor-
tune, 70 advance them.
say, therefore, we are untrue to
the pledges we have made to the
people; we are untrue to the people
0emselves, If we at this time by
this general bill undertake toincrease
salaries. cay, in view of the
condition of the people, that they are
high enough already There meyer
/ has been time yet but that good men
throughout the land have sought these
places ct the salaries fixed by law
Good men will continue to seek them.
No better men will seek them If you
double the salaries now or at any time
hereafter.
Il win be remembered that the
Wilson Mobilier Investigating Com
mittee by resolution, reported recon-
mending that suits be brought against
certain operators, for the recovery Of
bonds, stock, and other assets, which
tho committee believed they had fraud
ulsntly obtained. Attorney General
Williams is now engaged in the prep-
fxation Of these cases. We do hope
fhst Il there be any chance to recover
ffom these people, thatit 1t be done to
Tho uttermost farthing.
There is still another matter that
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