The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-10-03
MORTON AND THURMAN.

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ket.
MORTON AND THURMAN.
Gard from Senator Morton--Hon
Thurman Garbled.
Editor Cincinnati Gazette:
Senator Thurman, in his speech
at Waverly, grossly. misrepresented
my vote on the salary bill. In his
speech at Batavia, which I have just
read, in which he labors through
nearly two columns to explain tha'
Misrepresentation and place me in q
false position, he admits that he did
not tell all the truth at WaverIy
about my vote, but says it was the
result Of accident, which he COR
rected the next day in his speech at
Portsmouth. 1t was bad accident,
committed in his published speech,
corrected the next day in a speech
which was not published. In his
speech at Batavia he garbles and
mutilates my speech in the Senate
to make the impression that
moved to strike out the increase of
salaries of the members of Congress,
because as it stood in the bill it was
only $4,000 instead of $1,000 per an
mum, and that l favored the passage
of the bill with 4 larger increase.
He took advantage of a remark
made, that if my salary was to be
increased, l wanted it to be a sub
stantial increase, and that $500,
mileage, franking privileges and
other allowances being abolished,
was not such an increase. Imme-
diately after the part he quoted from
my speech, commencing at the next
line as found on page 2,O47, third
part Congressional Globe for the
third session Of the Forty Second
Congress, appears the following re-
port which is but q continuation OF
what he quoted:
Mr. Hill-AllOw me to make a
suggestion to the Senator from In
diana, and that is that he move to
strike out the amount named in the
House amendment and insert an
amount that nc thinks would be re-
spectable-say seven thousand five
hundred, or something like that.
Mr. Morton-I do not wish to vote
upon the salaries of Members of
Congress at this session at all.
do not think it is q good time to
consider the question.
Mr.. Logan-Then do not let us
consider any of them.
Mr.. Morton-Oh, yes; I hope we
shall increase the salary Of the
President anyhow. If that is not
done now it cannot be done for four
years under the Constitution, but
we can act in regard to the rest of
them at the next session Of Con
gress.
Mr.. Hill-Would it be in order, I
inquire of the Chair, to move to
amend the amendment offered by
the Senator from Indiana.
The Vice President-It would be.
Mr.. Hill propose to amend it
by inserting in lieu of $500, 800.
The Vice PRESIDENT Senator
from Indiana has moved to amend
the House amendment. If his mo-
ton should prevail to strike out the
Senators and Representatives in
creased salary, the Senator from
Georgia can then move to add Sena-
tors, Representatives and Delegates
at any salary he may see fit to pro
pose.
Mr.. Hill-Very well, sir.
Mr.. CamerOn-Mr. President, it
seems to me that the argument of my
friend from Indiana is not logical.
He says he will not increase the sala-
ries now.
Mr.. Morton-I said for members
of Congress.
Ex-senator Thurman had given the
passage in the report which l have
quoted, 1 would have left the country
to Judge, and made no reply. Its
omission is another of his bad acci-
dents. Senator Thurman, in his
quotations, stopped short and cut out
the passage that would have utterly
contradicted the impression he was
seeking to make. A worse case of
garbling and mutilation can not be
found. If there is any excuse for
this sort Of business, l do not know
what it is. / can stand it certainly
as long as he can. It's better to be
the subject Of such misrepresenta-
ticn than the author of it. II he can
make his next audience believe that
his mutilation of the record was an
accident, like that at Waverly, | have
no objection, but it will not be in his
power to expunge the record,
AS l said at Dayton, Mr.. Thurman
was one of the Senators who asked
me to withdraw my motion and let
the bill 90 to a conference commit
tee. Upon this subject my recollec-
tion is rs clear as it is that 1 was in
the Senate Chamber that night. This
controversy between Senator Thur,
man and myself is not important to
the public, but l am not the aggres-
sor. His suppression. Of a part of
the record in regard to my votes in
his speech at Waverly, and his mutt
lation of my remarks in the Senate,
in his speech at Batavia, form the
apology for this card.
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