New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-29

certainly EOI sd. any lining oSoAHSe
Howe. He is my friend. and gentleman
vhom ! Greatly respect. and whose services
~ ,he c0rooratien which employs him are
und,Ubted!y worth ali they pay him: but u
i, n. wrong to Colonel Howe to say that
Judge Howe is his equal IN every respect
and particular: that Le Is as able aIG as
honest. and possesses IN as great degree
~. confidence OF all who know him. len
thousand dollars u year Is not az uEcsHaI
sun. - be paid TO the president or caSa!tc
III gu; LARGEST banks and railroad compa-
MES: and v.. Senator is called upon to
perform three times the labor. and deter
mine matters involving fifty times the ial'
;,ortarce AT !. cpinu ensation OF :'oc'.
have as heard it said that there were
members OF Congress who could not earn
The salEe amount OF money IL any oth-:
en,!ovmen:. Conceding this. whose ;aUic
ia It |. the people OF State cAose L"
sent a man to Congress whose best services
are worthless to himself and everybody
else. that IS thei. faui,. The question is
what is fair compensation for the services
of a man who is hi 10 he member o. Con
gress, Take Alexander Mitchell. q. ii.
Waldo. William L. Lynde. Governor wash
burn OF any other man III our State who
would be likely TO be elected to Congress,
and does anybody doubt that these men by
application 70 business could make :'oov IN
a wear. And that their best services in
regard to matters which involve millions OF
dollars would be fairly worth that sum PEE
year, i.
There is an impression that members OF
Congress are making large sums o. money.
As this strictly confidential OCc isiOn,
and am here in the capacity of a servant
70 answer to my masters, let me show you
how fast am getting rich BY seat IN the
Senate Several years ago l rented the
house | now live in for $1,000 a gear. Il Is
an unpye.enGiny but comfortable home.
NV office rent in Milwaukee is $50 year.
l ara compelled to keep my house and office
in Milwaukee or the newspapers would a.
once say that had moved out Oi the State
and gone to Washington to reside. Al! |
have in this world is invested in books. |
have :OGO volumes of law books and about
1900 volumes Of political and literary WORKS.
On these books l pay an annual insurance
premium of about $1,000. and as | neve:
expec. t. have anything to leave
for my family. keep my life in
surad tor their benefit to the amount
of $4,000, on which l pay an annual pre-
MUM o. SilOO. l can not rent a decent
house furnished in Washington short of
$1,000 and am compelled TO keep an office
there where my constituents can tnd me.
and where l can transact business with
them away from the sessions of the Senate.
+ OF lllIs OIl-tt- wv SAHdiI lOOulH. pay ACul
CT 5000. These items give $500 Of indi5-
pensab,e expense. There is not meal CT
victuals III that sum, no clothing for nv
family. not shirt tor myself, no school
books for my babies, 10 carriage hire, no
doctors bills, no contributions for the
preaching Of the gospel, no charities to the
poor. no contribution to pay the expenses
of Wisconsin Office seekers who have failed
Il their application and have 10 be sent
t,nv, Of ha ~ al
A year ago last winter went 70 Wash
ington. about the fifteenth of November.
and remained there for over seven months.
laboring necessarily night and day. Sun
days and Mondays. The same amount OF
labcr. care and responsibility bestowed
upon professional business N my office at
Milwaukee would pay 100000: received
$500 for it. But you may ask how it is il l
am poor and my necessary expenses exceed
nv salary am able to stay in Congress at
all. and propose to tell you, because l am
making full confession. and a public ser
want is not permitted to have any privacy:
his meats and drinks. his clothing, the
shane Of his shirt collar the style Of lis
coae. are all paraded before the public il
correspondence and ridlculed II cartoons.
II JUS. three causes in the Supreme Court
o. the United States last year, which pre-
pared for argument during the summer. at
home. l received $4,000 IL cash. Ny
clients were satisfied with my services and
NY charges. They neither called me a
THE. nor abused me in the press. This
enabled NE to square my bank account tor
the year. face bakers and butchers, doctors
and dentists, school masters and music
teachers. priests and printers. tai!ors and
enoen.skeTs.
In the celebrated slanghte,housc cases
whic. came UP from New Orleans, involv-
ing the construction Of the fourteenth
amendment. TO the constitution. my clients
paid me retaining fee OF $500 before l
hod done anything. save to write a re
ceip: toc the money. And it is from TIE
mere acciden: tina: l am a lawyer and can
aryi.. cases il the Supreme Court that am
enabled ~ pay nv bills and remain in the
Senate. The services which l render on
committees. especially the Judiciary Com
.n:tree and the Committee on Privileges
aud Elections. are OF the same kind as those
rendered by lawyer. They involve tine
examination OF legal questions, the drafting
o: reports. and opinions in matters involv-
l.lG millions of dollars and requiring grea.
stud ard labor: and il must be quite appa-
rent TO any fair minded man that a lawyer
who can receive $1,000 or $4,000 for the ar.u-
men. o! single important case, ought. by
devot.ng the same energy and labor 70 the
business OF the people for months. to te
able to earn 5000.
Ii you are satisfied that your present
delegation do not ILL the bill OF public SER
vice. do not attend to your interests and
acGuit themselves reputabiy, then you
ought to dismiss them, and send those who
can AND will: but the men who Can and
will. can and will earn $500 year.
But il may be said, if have house III
Milwaukee. why not leave my family there!
Why hire house in Washington: II you
are to have a healthy administration. It
must be at the hands of men living in a
healthy and moral condition. The laxity
OF lie Is restrained by the supervision of
wife. and the hear, is kept alive to the
bette. feelings OF our nature By the sweet
voices and the tender touch OF children.
Members Of Congress will have families IN
Washington. 1. is better that they should
have their own. But you may say. why
not board in Washington! / tried that two
wears: l boarded a. Wizards Hotel. and
for three small rooms and our meals had
10 pay 400 per month. This is NOR. ex.
persiye than housekeeping. True economy
wolid be to buy a house there. which might
increase IL value. SO the rent would cost
nothing. BIZ: only the rich can be eco.
nOIcica..
TIE calls made upon member of Con
y:ass for charity are lncessant. CalaMtles
resulting from the war have thrown hun.
dreds o: poor people upon Washington
from al! the States. The day let. Wash.
!ngton al Old Wisconsin woman. fifty years
q: age. and a widow. who had been strus-
Cling FOR years to take care of four children.
came and informed that her little cir:
twelve years old was dead. She had been
sick three weeks. The doctors bill and
medicine had exhausted her scant store,
ard she had not a dollar to bury her child.
inquired what the funera! would cost sh.
said she would &c: along deccntly with
so. thought that reasonable enough.
ana gave her the money-out OF my back
pay. Calls upon your sympathy you cam
40: resist are Amos; daily made. and l