The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-03-13
Increase Of Saieries.

u ~ NEW AUFEhIloEAb N 10
Increase Of Saieries.
Among the last acts OF, tho Forty
Second Congress, was the passage OF
the Legislative, Executive and Judi
c,.lApprapria.ion Bill. which provides
fer an inursass Of salaries tor all per-
,c,s in either Of the above named
dssarsments. W. have long been
favorable to IN advance ef salaries,
believing, as " do, that the rsmu-
usratioa should be adequate 70 sup,
psrs our public servants daring their
term OF Office.
y It viii be remsm bsrsd ANIL It isa
pleasant rsmsm braaes too that the
franklin: privilege i" abolished. sill
allowances for postage are cut OH,
and the snly allowances for mem
bars Of Congress aad Senator's ia tn"
actual expense incurred in travelling
to and from the seat OF government
snce each term. The salaries paid
the President, VICE President, Julg
o, Cabinet Officers and Men bers 81
beth Houses Of Congress have hl.hsr-
10 been shametully small: and the ad
vance just made is not receiving the
endorsement from the press OF the
o.un,ry, which the facts IN the case
seem 10 us to justify. The mistake
was not ia the increase OF salaries,
bat in tho increase OF representation
that begins with the present Con
grsss. Had the membership Of tho
House been cut down one half. and
the salaries doublsl, it would have
bssn within the range OF human
probability, t. secure better lrslsla-
ton, incident to . better class Of lag
islatsrs, that would probably have
found their way to WASHINGTON. II
is l mistaken policy to cram large
legislative r DOM with members; and
x> sincerely trust that when q new
basic Of representation is fixed upon,
it will provide for marked cutting
down in the number of Rcprssen-
tat,vss. Higher salaries than the
new bill provides would result in
good, salaries such 40 will justify
lnsn Of ability t. leave their business
and lsyote some OF their talents to
The work Of legislators. The talent
81 The country il not in Congress,
but il employed in moro lucrative
pursuits; and as long as such stinted
salaries are paid, just so long will
the present condition OF things con
tinus. Pay proper salsries, sut
dswn tho representation to such an
extent as 10 render it a higher honor
70 bs sent - national legislature,
and more good will be accomplished
than u likely to DO by the volumes
that have already been written in
critieisiag Congrsss for increasing
the remuneration of these in the leg
islativs branch Of the govsrnnsat.-
The salaries a. new h1ed are - fol.
lows:
President Of the United Siates...-...S9o,o 0o
yice President. .......................... IO,uuU
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court. lo,boo
y,,-t;c.. II s,nrena Cart 10000
cah;nst once 10000
Assistant Secretaries Of thu Treasu-
r., State and Interior Dept's..... 5000
' ~. Congress rel ..'..:....... 49,. 10000
Senator's. Representatives add Dele
estes, including the prsseht Con.
gress. ........ ............,s ........ ',oov
While fayering this increase Of
salaries, We sannot refrain frsn de-
nominating that portion Of the act,
that provides for the advance in the
case sf Congressman and Senators
10 dali back too years - gigantic
steal. The amount Of Nancy actu-
ally stolen BY this act amounts TO one
,nillien nix hundred and thirty five
thousand dollars; and the members
Who Voted to Themselves bonus OF
5000 each, for services already rem
dsred should be remembered IN to-
tSrss It Is gratifying to know that
the Comptroller Of the Currency has
decided that the "baek pay" can not
b paid until A. apprepriation for
thst purpose has been made; and it is
not impossible such appropriation
will not Be made, ID view Of ths
clamor againstit. Lat 1t DO hence
forth rem smbersd, that = larger pro.
portion Of the Democratic and Lib
erai Members than Of Republicans
voted for the steal. The entire del
seation from Iowa voted in the neg
atiys, and therefore this State does
not share 10 the disEonor attachs to
th,s attempted theft. from the Ma
tionsl Treasury.
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