The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-12-25
PouE,oY MAKES sTATENENT.

written statement from ex-senator Pome-
roy to the effect that the allegations made
hy Anthony in the I.etxsRworti Times ard
telegraphed to the Chicc.o Tribune are
false in every part. Pomeroy says he has
made no aff layits, and has no intention of
making any revelations. lie says Anthony
is trying TO manufacture capital for use in
the coming Senate contest.
THE HOLIDAY QUESTION.
As stated in your dispatch last evening,
tee an,i-aIjournment speeches made IN the
Senate yesterday afternoon were pure bun
combe, and resolution passed the House
to-da, that when Congress adjourns to-
morrow it be to meet again Jan. 5, 1874.
The Senate has agreed to concur to-tnor.
row. Mr. Window and his commttee will
then repair to New Orleans, and the other
overworked members return to the bosom
Of their families. Grateful constitu .nts
will flock to the railroad stations to vel
come them, and extend thanks for the re-
lief they have afforded the country. With
their pockets lined y ith back and forward
pay, why should these statesmen waste
their valuable time at National Capitals !?
No man with any seli-respect would stay
about the halls Of the Legislature when
th,re is so much more pleasure to be found
at home among family AID friends.
woRDY WAR.
The proceedings in Congress to-day were
quiet compared With fOrme: days, the only
riptlc on the suriace being washing Of
dirty liuen, and tn 1t vas done in the House
lust after the session commenced, by which
another severely vi-tu3us Congressman was
badly handled Whi!e the salary question
was being debated Yesterday, Judge Wilson,
of Indiana, proposed an amendment pro
vding that members Of Congress who had
received fees from the Government, after
they had become entitled to draw Congress
sionai salaries, should be compelled u re
fund SUCH fees. Thu vas aimed a Hale
of New York, who had been vUciferousy
srxiDus 10 have the salaries reduced be
cause ,ey were too high, and who last no
OF portunity 10 ,Ieuounce tie back pay grab
bers Hale had been since 1871 counsel
for the United States before the British
aud American Mixed Claims Convention,
will au nunuql pay Of SO. 900 ana cxpeh-
ses LIST lall lie was elected t. Congress,
I VI lie crntjncca t. act q, counsel before
the M,>vd Commission ~ % tie beginning
gf the present session, wien he took his
sent " l,nu was prevailed upon fuaHy
t. Withdraw hi, amendment. This morn
ing. after he reading OF the journal, Hale
r".e to i Irr.oHa! explanation. lie pro-
cccimI 20 -ay that the gentleman from In
siiaua (|Ni.vn) hal, in off ring lis amen /
sncnt yesterday, attempted TO east a stigma
upnn Lila (Ilair) that 1t vas intended
AN he rccrptcd 1t a. II personal insult. lie
justified his action taking the two salaries
uu the ground that Congress had passed
inw allowing him 10 DO SO. lie then pro
ceedcd t. pay his respects To " ilson, whom
he characterized as ouc Of that class Of
Con grcS men who were anxious that their
salarc- should lie increased, but who are
Hing To ,ppear IN that character be-
f re the public lie charges Wilson with
having sueaked and lodged votes and that
h, had not the courage no" manhness to
& Included by saying that some men ami
beasts who were extremely filthy never
were satisfied until they had besmeared
their fellows, aud that ours, after rolling in
cutters, are wont to rub against and befou
decent people ihat II eur in doing sScer-
tsinly ,!eh.cd thu>e with whom he cnme IN
dirty dog.
Wilson, on taking t, e hoor, remarked that
they had just had a splendid exhibition Of
II dirty dog, which statement was greeted
with applause. I he Speaker promptly
rappel to order, and reminded the gentle
men that they must keep within bounds Of
irorriety. The Judge then proceeded to
say that he bad meyer attempted to evade
hIs responsibility for the increased salary !;
that in voting for it lie did what he felt was
light, and had no al rlogies to make for his
conduct. lie explained satisfactorily all
che charges that Hale had quoted, as show
ing that ie vas dod-ing, and then took up
Hale lie showed that it is unlaw ul fer a
Congressman to receive pay from the Coy
eminent OF othe- accounts while member,
aud that in order to be enabled to draw
the two salaries at the same time, Hale pro
cured the passage of a bill to that effect
very late n. night on March 81, last, when
noboly knew what was going on ; that,
under this law, Hale had been drawing pay
as Government counsel at the rate of Sl0,-
0G0 year, and as member of Congress at
$500 year since last March. He ex-
planned that in all reliability the bill au-
thorizing this double compensation would
not have passed had the House know n what
its provisions actually were. As Hale had
charged Ben Butler, AMI EldrJse of Wis
consin, with having persuaded Judge Wilson
TO attack him, of course those two gentle
mer felt called upon to reply which they did
ia aR effective manner and to the evident
satisfaction of majority of the House,
leaving very small remnant of the New
York gentleman TO fl his seat for the re-
mainier Of the session.
CONDEMNED By THEIR OWN RECORD.
In every instance during the Salary bill
debate in which any unusually yirtuous as
umptious have been made, the persons thus
advertising their superiority have been
brought to grief and humiliated by the pro-
duction of their own record. Hale has
since ISL, received over $4,000, includ
ing over 1000 fer expenses, and has re
ceiyed since last March eyer $4,000 b,
drawing two salaries to which he becan,
entitled by bis own trek IN getting his bill
through
Tuk SPEAKERS SALARY.
When Tremain introduced his amend
ment, Yesterday, that the sslares of l..
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