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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22
From the Bucyrus Journal
General Garfield.
The Cleveland Leader saws:

The Cleveland Leader SAYS:
cat the republican county convention
held at Warren yesterday for the purpose
of nominating member of the Constitu-
tional Convention, a resolution was passed
censuring General Garfield for voting for
the bill increasing Congressional salaries,
and requesting him to resign forthwith.
This is plain language, and, as the reso-
luton received but two dissenting votes,
1t may be accepted as representing the
ruling sentiment that prevails in the
most populous and important county in
General Garield's district. This, there
fore, is the verdict of the people upon
the salary grab, measure which in itself
was without justification and which has
left stain upon the good name of its per-
petrators they will never outgrow. Such
Of General Garfield's friends as were dis
posed to defend his vote for the retroac-
tive clause of the salary bill on the
ground that as chairman of the Appro-
prlation Committee, he was responsible
for the general Appropriation bill, have
refused the back pay thus secured. Had
he, like Messrs Monroe and Upson,
spurned it, and remanded it to the
Treasury in such q way as to bar all future
claims upon it, his action in supporting
the bill would have been so far atoned
as to have spared him the present re-
will treat this summary demand to vacate
his seat, remains to be seen.
Of all those who voted for this shame
full robbery, the action of no one was so
surprising to US, or so much matter of
deep regret, as the action of General Gar
field
He is far too valuable citizen to be
lost to the country, and yet the robbery
is far too heinous a crime against morali-
ty and good faith for the people to be
able to afford to seem to excuse any one
who had hand in it.
1t now appears, that, even at home in
his own district, the strongest in the
United States, he will be rejected
The Leader claims that he has not re-
fused to receive his share of the steal
He has, however, since refused to
receive it, but the pity of it is, in this
case that he did not, before it was law,
say as plainly as an honest man could,
that no gentleman could or ever would
accept the retroactive portion of this
base public robbery
This fact still remains: Mr.. Garfield
had in his power to absolutely defeat
this robbery; and the point is not,
whether he has refused to accept mis- share
of the plumber, but why he permitted it
to happen that there was any plumber to
be accepted or rejected.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22
From this Fayette County Herald.1
Repeal.

Members elected to the next Congress
may as well make up their minds to vote
at that session for a bill to repeal the law
by which their salaries were increased
from $4,000 year to 81, 500, for there is
no mistaking the will of the sovereign
people on this subject Repeal is what
they demand of the incoming Congress,
and should they fail to comply with
the demand from the power behind, they
may as well make up their minds to re-
tire to the shades of private life. There
is no fact that stands out more promi-
nently than this, that there is a fearful
tendency in the management of our gov
eFnmental affairs to q reckless extrava-
gance in metropolitan life, that lily be-
comes the plain, simple, matter-offact
Republican form of government, the
humble masses of our Republic so ardent
ley love and cherish. The principal reG-
son urged for the increase of Congress
ional salaries is the high price of living at
the capital OF course if a Member of
Congress wishes to indulge in all the lux
uries and all the fashionable and frivol-
Gus vices of Washington City, he may in
crease the luXuries even to the depletion
of the United States Treasury But that
IS not the object for which the people
elect men to Congress. The real object
of their mission is business, and the plain
Democratic Republican masses can't see
any justice in requiring them to pay ex-
orbitant salaries to their agents or rep
resentatives, merely that they may be
able to indulge in all the luxuries, high
life, and fast society, that seems to pre-
vail to a wonderful extent at the capital
of our nation.
The people of this country are by no
means disposed to be niggardly in the
payment of their official employees. They
are willing, always, to pay an equivalent
for services required, or for services rem
dered. but when they desire more than
this the people will not continue to
meet such demands upon their generosi-
ty. The Representative should, as far as
practicable, in his living and general de-
pertinent, whether at Washington City
or elsewhere, represent the plain, simple
principle of our model Republican form
of government. and up to this point,
the people of this country will always be
ready and willing to meet their demands.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22
WHOLE NO. 1857.
From the Fayette County Herald.l
Hon. John A. Smith.
WEST LANCASTER, April /. IS,

EDS. HERALD:-In the last two num-
bers of your paper, noticed your euIogies
of Hon. John A. Smith, of Hillsboro, our
representative in Congress, under the
old districting of the State, who voted
NO. on the bill to pay Members of
Congress $1,000 extra for the Congress
that was to expire in few hours.
But the question with me is, did he re-
fuse to take the $4,000? Now, Mr..
Editor, will you please inform the public
whether the Hon. John A. Smith took
the SoOOO in question or not If he took
tne money, take the position that he is
not entitled to honor, but condemnation
and am sure large majority of his
constituents will concur. By giving this
an insertion in your paper, you will
oblige VA. CREAMER.
In reply to the communication of our
friend Mr.. Creamer, we will repeat that
Hon. John A. Smith did vote in Con-
gress against the bill to increase the pay
of Members of Congress-against the bill
paying Members of Congress whose terms
expired on the 4th of March, 5000 ex-
ira for their official term
We have always had reason to believe
that Mr.. Smith is an honest man, and
ready to comply with all his contracts
made with the people, whether it be for
official pay or otherwise, and we know of
no act on MS part JhaG JuSGlneS the SlgnC-
est suspicion to the contrary against his
honor.
As to whether Mr. Smith took the
$4,000 extra pay in question, we are not
officially advised, butt is our impression
that he did not take it. We have no
means of ascertaining this fact however,
that are not equally accessible to Mr..
Creamer. If our correspondent will as
certain the facts from Mr.. Smith or the
department. at Washington City, we will
with pleasure, publish the result in the
Herald or in the meantime should we be
in possession, of the facts in the case by
some other means, we will publish them,
be they what they may, for the satisfac-
ton of the readers of the Herald. If Mr..
Smith has taken the S., 900 steal we can
assure our readers that we have no dispo-
sition to conceal it, or to apologies for
him or any other Member of Congress,
who did participate in any way in that
great public wrong.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22
From the Ironton Register.J
5000.

A congressman, or any other man, who
can't live on $1,000 a year. and save
money ought to die. He has no business
in this world A man cannot Law out thai
amount in year, for personal expenses.
without appropriating the larger part to
| useless and vitiating luxuries It used
to be thought by the economists, cen.
| tury ago, that luxury was mere escape.
ment for surplus wealth, that it was the
agency for restoring the equilibrium in
property; but that doctrine is now ex.
| ploded. The luxurious habits of one
man will, as Goldwin Smith expresses it,
consume the incomes" of a half dozen
poor families. If this thing of spending
money could be made the subject of re-
straint, without impairing the impulses
and activities of man, the world would be
so happy and prosperous that we would
no longer pine for any other millennium.
But if there can be no restrictions upon
accumulations, there should be some edu-
cation in the matter of expenditures
When the proposition to increase the
pay of the members of Congress to 81, 500
year was pending, there was splendid
chance for the government to rebuke the
worlds wicked ways of spending money,
for the question was simply this: Shall
we, too, initiate the follies conformities,
and haughtiness of Washington life
Everybody knew the reason assigned and
accepted tor this strange vote for addi-
tional pay: Every thing is so high and
"a man can't be anybody in Washington"
on $4,000 year. The fault is that the
lives of the rich are made to settle the
standard of government salaries, and the
man, who is to represent the purity, in
tegrlty, progress of the Republic, must
swelter in luxury-the rottenness of
riches. This is the disgraceful theory
which the nation has embraced. The true
life is one of moderation, temperance,
simplicity and the safety of the republic
and the welfare of society are constantly
in danger, while in the hands of men
who ignore these virtues. A congressman
to serve his country faithfully, could bet
ter afford to take less than $1,000 than
vote himself more.
What we say on this matter is simply
from social standpoint. A man, who
gets $4,000 year for what he does is deep
in debt to society; and if it all goes for
lavish personal display and luxury there
is lien on his estate that the logic of
events will soon force. Clergymen and
theologians are too much inclined to
skim over the rich man, the camel and
the eye of the needle. Their explanations
OF plain English are very satisfactory to
the luxurious world. We heard of a
in town who used "thief and
as synonyms. Epithets do
not lie in our liking, so we will not use
them, but we may say that a man who
votes himself $4,000 in Congress or in
private life, and spends it in display and
luxury, is an enemy to God, Government
and Society," and in the essence of affairs,
which the Almighty only regards, there
is probably no difference between that
man and any uncrucifed thief
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22
From the Columbus Journal
Colonel J. Iscarlot, and Where he Made
His Mistake.

In appropriating 81, 900 to themselves
from the Treasury our Congressman did
but enlarge the prerogatives of the peo-
pies representatives. They might have
taken more than they did. They might
have taken Washington's old breeches
from the Patent Office. They might have
taken the Washington Monument-but
they didn't. Some people will continue
to complain &c them, but we are mute
from this moment We apologize to the
whole human race, for every thing. As a
rash and blinded Sunday-school scholar
we may have spoken disrespectfully of j =.
Iscariot The experience of the last six
months shows that Mr.. Iscariot may have
been gentleman who was much misun-
derstood by the people of the period.
Some Scribe probably placed the thirty
pieces of silver where he thought they
would do the most good and when poor
Judas found that he had bought into a
lawsuit (Hon. P, PLATE, Chief-Justice)
he went and hung himself. That was
where he made mistake. He ought to
have sent the money down to the Caper-
naum Female Seminary, and then APP
pealed to the generous confidence of a
constituency with whose feelings and in
terests every throb of his heart beat in
unison. The editor of the Galileean
Telegram would have made very nice
thing of that, and the honorable j.
Iscariot would have been one of the most
prominent candidates at the next elec-
tiop.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22

From the Portsmouth Tribune.l
How the Salary Grab Was Viewed by
the People in 1878.

The following from the life of John G
Calhoun will show how the people re
| garded the action of Congress in 1878, IL
raising the salary and making the bill re
| troactive, as has just been done by oul
late Congress. The biographer of Cal
houn says
During the same session a bill was
| passed changing the per diem pay ot
members of Congress into an annual com
pensation of $500 1t proved to be
| exceedingly unpopular; so much so that
the greater part of the members who
voted for it declined offering for re-elec
ton and those who were again candi.
dates, with few exceptions, were defeated
at the polls. Mr.. Calhoun voted for the
bill, though he took but little part or in
terest in its passage When he returned
to his constituents he found, for the first
time, the tide of popular favor against
him. So strong was the current that his
two predecessors, who had retired in his
favor, General Butler and Col. Calhoun,
the latter a near relative, were both vio-
lently opposed to him, and the former
came out as a candidate against him.
They were both men of great influence,
the one residing at Edgefeld and the
other at Abbeville, and these two formed
the Congressional District. Only few
faithful friends ventured openly to vindi-
cate his vote"
Even Henry Clay, popular as he was,
with great difficulty secured his reelec-
ton. 1t was during this struggle that
the incidents of the oft-repeated anec-
dote occurred:
During the canvass Mr.. Clay met an
old hunter who had previously been his
devoted friend, but was now opposed to
him on the ground of the Compensation
bill. Have you good rife, my friend?
asked Mr.. Clay. Yes Does it ever
flash? Once only What did you do
with it-throw it away p No; I picked
the flint, tried it again, and brought down
the game Have 1 ever flashed but on
the Compensation billY No Will you
throw me awayY No! mol quickly re-
sponded the hunter, nearly overwhelmed
by his enthusiastic feelings; Il will pick
the flint and try you again.
But the results of the proceeding are
most fully described in the following ex-
tracts from letter of Thomas Jefferson
to Albert Gallatin, dated June 16, 1919.
He says:
According to the opinion 1 hazarded
to you little before your departure, we
have had almost an entire change in the
body of Congress. The unpopularity of
the Compensation law was completed by
the manner of repeating it, as to all the
world except themselves. In some
States, it is said, every member is chang
ed, in all, some. What opposition there
was to the original law was. chiefly from
the Southern members. Yet many of
those who have been left out because
they received the advance wages. / have
never known so unanimous a sentiment
of disapprobation, and what is remarka-
ble is that it was spontaneous. The news
papers were almost entirely silent and
the people not only unruled by their
rulers, but in opposition to them. I
confess l was highly pleased with this
proof of the innate good sense, the vigi-
lance. and the determination of the peo-
pie to act for themselves"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22

John T. TO DAvIs.-It will be recollect-
ed by our many readers that we have
from time to time given extracts from
the jackson STANDARD, an intense Radi-
cal sheet, in reference to John T. Will
sons grab at the Treasury, after the
thieves had broken the door down. Stung
to madness and goaded to desperation,
Wilson has written an open letter to Mr..
Mackley, of which the following is copy
as it appears in his official organ,
the Manchester Gazette. We will give
Mr.. Mackleys rejoinder next week,
which will, no doubt, be ''rich, rare and
racy," and give forth "no uncertain
sounds" Wilson develops rare ability
as a blackguard in his letter, and shows
more than ordinary knowledge of the
can't phrases and bawdy-house slang cur
rent today West UniON Defender.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22
Correspondence ofthe Times and ChronicIe.l
The Salary Steal.
YoRK CENTRE, UNION Co., O., May s.

YORK CENTRE, UNION Co., O., MAY s.
1 wish to express some of the many
thoughts that have crowded on my mind
in reference to the conduct of our late
Congress; and while 1 only express a
few of them, l also give the sentiments
of every voter that converse with. In
the first place, the salaries were high
enough for those who fill the offices dur
ing the war, while one dollar in gold
would buy two of paper, and if they
could and did live through it I think
they could live now, while gold has been
worth from y to is in currency, and
while we are carrying heavy debt. To
increase their salaries, or even attempt
the increase, was an outrage on the peo-
pie. wish to say through your paper to
these gentlemen who have thus BETRAYED
the confidence reposed in them, that 1,
for one, have carfully filed the names of
the honorable gentlemen, and, so help
me God from this time henceforth / will
never give my vote, where it may be NV
right to vote, for either of them, and the
President not excepted As they are de-
nounced by every voter of either party,
l hope the next Congress will take warn
ing, and at their next coming together
make it their first business to put the
salaries down to where they were, and if
they dare to neglect it they will share
the same fate of those who had the mean
ness to increase them. l hope the Re-
publican party Will make the reduction
to where it was one of the planks in their
platform, and if they fail to do so, my
word for it, the party will oust all such
men who dare to trife with the rights of
the people, In this section of the
country the people think all one way on
the subject, and, as you, Mr.. Editor have
defended the rights of the people, trust
that you will uot become slack in the
future. There can be no excuse offered
that will justify them or the President
for their conduct, and what makes it so
much harder to bear, we had placed so
much confidence in them. HIS.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22

The proper thing for the Republican
party to do is to initiate the example set
long ago by a certain distinguished per-
sonage in the Temple at Jerusalem, when
he drove out the scoundrels who had
made of that sacred edifice den of
thieves. Drive from the National Capt.
toll at Washington such scoundrels as
Butler, Ames and their co-conspiritors,
and if they won't stay out-shoot them.
Ace C6nnslISViRe Herald.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22
WE WILL ADD NEW RIGS,

and can furnish anything In our line of busi-
ness, of as good a quality, and on as reasonable
terms as is customary.
Give us a call, and we guarantee to give you
satisfaction. JONES CHEW
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cHURcH DIRECTORY.

CHURCH DIRECTORY
Methodist Episcopal Church, Portsmouth st.
-Rev J. E. SoWERs, Pastor. Public preaching
every Sabbath at I0L o'clock A. NJ, ana ~
Pm. Prayer meeting every Thursday nlgnt.
Sabbath school and Bible Glass every SaDDatn
at o'clock, A. n.
Presbyterian Church, on Church street
REV. J. K. GIBSON, Pastor. Public preaching
every Sabbath at 1O1z A. NJ. and "a Z. M. SAD
bath School and Bible Classat O'Clock A. M
Christian Church, on Broadway Street-Elder
r. J. BACKUS, Pastor. Public preaching the
LIST and Sd Sabbaths in each month, at lO12 o.
clock, A. NJ, and 713 p. M. Sabbath school at
O'Clock, A. NJ. Prayer meeting every wed
nesday night, and every Sabbath at I012 oclk.,
when there is not public preaching.
Methodist Protestant Church, corner Church
and Pearl Sts.-Services at the usual hours
by Mrs. Mary A. Bradford.
Baptist Church, Broadway Street-Services
at the usual hours, in the Welsh language
Free VIII Baptist Church, Petrea.-REV.
THOMAS E. PEDEN, Pastor. Covenant meet
ing the 4th Saturday and Sabbath OF every
month. Sabbath School every Sabbath at
5 O'Clock p. n.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22

Several Western Congressman who
have pocketed their share of the salary
grab are tiring themselves out by writing
letters two or three columns in length to
explain why they did it. 1t is waste of
ink and paper, gentlemen. That money
belongs in the United States Treasury,
and simple statement that you have de
constituents want from you.-M ?, Zri6-
afaa
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-22
WAGON SHOP.
T oUIs BERDEL,
Wagon & Carriage Maker.

Shop in the brick house formerly occupied by
w. A. G1lliland as gunsmith shop, on Ports
mouth street, near the Gibson House.
He carries on the Wagon and Buggy making
business in all its branches
REP4[BxYG done On short notice.
P&@WS GB @@n@ @nS eGB a1lab E@n@abTTo~y
, 1873-03-13

AnTraIAK WATER F0n FINE rpnroHEs.
It il not pleasRnt to ro1aenber how completely
Chicago was at the mercy Of the flre-Gond by
roaso1l of tic burning of hor Water-Works.
6till less agreeable ia it to reflect that similar
fato might DO ho1s in case ct the recurrence Of
gimilar calamity. Tho quantity Of water flowing
from Ill tbs arteatat walla within tho city, anu
In close proximity, daily, "a about equal to half
that furniahed W tho Wnler-Works. a largo
part Of this il utilized In various wass and 1,;.S nsS
it was obtained. Another largo portion.
nftor having been uBcd once, could DO
usod to eqaal advantage q second time, Tho
Yema!ndor Is freo for any object TO wlile1' tho
oity might deHiro to apply it. 10 this lant e1aps
belong tho wolla ia tho parks mud 1T tho public
inntitutiona. Why sAoula not tho vaat wasto Of
water DO collected In Reservoirs at con'ensonE
plaeos, md held In roadiuess for any roasno
emergency. TLo plau is certainly foaslDo; o. alOn
would uac that from tleae. receptaolea ratho!
than so without entirely md ita value IN saso o.
On extended oonaagraton requiyeu no demon.
vtraton. Tho authofities claim that the artoslail
rolls haye not sufficient head to raiAo tho Watol
into reservoirs above tho surface. Ihey naVe
head Of from 26 to 81 feot, which lH worthy g q
consideration Ii elevated reBoryoirB arc conhla
ared absolutely essential. LII case u are'