, 1873-07-01
NOTES AND OPINION,

| "uto =, IL III 6tAtcut oqefy ConBre8Aman-c clG0
had accepted drifts for monthly pny (eG25,
undor tho salary~nct, and h1r. Willing had, thore
forc, drawn to juno thoo1act quarterly sam oi
81 ,875. Add for pay ending Juno 20, s525;
total for Ropresontativo-eloct to Congress
that las not yet assomblel and that will mol
moot until noxt Docember, S2,400. at 90 day
John Quincy Adams must haye sc'ued 800 daya
Congress being In session, to earn as much and
he did not. in faot, receive as much as
this lin por-dicm) for any ono Congressional
| porIod Of two yonre during oil tho time ho
eat in tho HouBo. Moreover, Mr. Adams must
hnyo earned his 60 day before getting it and,
even when Congressional pay VIVA $4,000, pay
| did not begin till mombors wero sworn In thoir
| seats. Mr. Whiting novor hold soat in Con-
! gross he wan only entitled to ono when Con-
gross should moot and, aB the vacancy will be
filed by election in November, tho HouHo, meet
ing In December, will mover officially know TINT
: vacanoy existed, and nood not know that. Will
inn Whiting over liyod, or waa membor-olcct.
Yot William Writings prospective eorvico haa
cost tho United States Troaaury $4,000. ThiH ia
how tho Balary-ateal' works.
William Writings SUCCESSOR in Congress-, to
be elected Nov. a. can, by tho new law, havc tho
fact Of htB election certified to tho Clork of tho
House, and draw his "back-pa5," beginning at
Juno 20, bofore he startB for Washington. II,
then, ho ahould die on tho way, his family will
Layo received, say to Nov. s0 tho sum Of 4, 225,
out Of tho $500 mupiacontly provided by q
generous Congress-. This, again, is how the
"ealary- wor1ts.
-Whcn Congress- meets, in December, and
before It las ovon organized, tho Treasury
of tho United States will have paid
out s205s,85o in HalaricH to Senators md
Representatives dating from March 4. The
honorable gentlemen among whom this sum
OF q, 2,o58, ,850 has boen equally divided. and Who
do not atoal, nro expected, thon, promptly to
repeal tho Inv which has paid them 30 we'll for
"aerviceH' not rendered, and for tho "oxpenaos
Of living In Washington when they have not
lived there. To this sum Of a2,058,850 should
bo alded 500, $50 for ten Territorial Delegates,
paid to dato, and further sum, not rcadily
calculated, for officers mud attachos of tho old
Congress WHO havo constructivoly "hold over"
and actually hive dono nothing for nine months
but draw pny. These Delegates a,,d attaches
havo no voteH, but they will, Of course, haye an
influence ant tho aggregate influence will 10
about 81, 100000. Tho "na1ary-stoal" M!ts thua
vol coutrived to porpotuato itself.
"A Cougrcao which has cost tho people
32600,000 before it has begun to do any work for
tito people, will it be good Congress- to heed the
cry Of tho people and tako aoLiou for IL tho ro~
form Of abusos?" Congressmon who so junket-
ing off to Galveston in palaco-care, and who de-
mand for themselves big pay to enjoy "a all the
fashionable entertainments and associations Of
tho National Capital when there" will tloy ap-
ply themselves to solution Of the great busi-
ness problems thet now oppress tho people
Must these problems whit two years whilo Con-
greaBmen enjoy 'all tho fashionable entertain
montB ard associations of tho National
Capital?"
The Hon. John Hancock, Of Texas, tells his
monr Indignant constituency:
Representative ought to taao hls family with him
to washington and support them and himself wlilo
,onoy 10 do it, II o peope Of my Sisriut M Hant atts
nun to represent them md not to take Ills family with
excluded from NIL the fashionable entertainments and
aro At liberty to get him! D-l Il viii represent
ncont. think Representative ought to have SO Goo
yenr IN order to be enabled to represent a people as
respectfully rs he should.
In tho House Of tho New Hampshire Logis-
lature (48 Republican majority), resolutions
were reported, June 27, by the Committee on
National Affairs. condomnatory Of the Congress
sional salary grab, which n1r. Hatch, Of Ports
AAoatA tAoAocAat}3 PAopohcA W dllouQ ny COEl-
demning all who participated in the act, titus
resolutions wero laid on the table.
In the House Of tho Connecticut Legis1a-
tare (27 Democratic majority, resolutions wore
rcportod juno 81, aud adopted, as follows:
WHEREAS, Tho action OF tho last Congress, incrcas-
ing the compensation Of tts mambora and other officers
Of tho Government, VIA wholly unnecessary aud
called for by tho people therefore,,
Reso!pcd That our Senators III Cpugrcss bo instruct
Cd aud our roqlested to zealo4siy use
the earliest practicable moment.
WHEnEAs, Tho last Congress Of tho United States,
by voting retroactive salaries to Its mcnbera has In
Resolvsd, Dy ilig Assembly, that We utterly con-
the authors md abettora Of such legislation. -,
Tho milwaukee, Sentinel las discovered
torriblo plot among the onemioa Of Grants
monopoly Administration, in Wisconsin. It is.
briefly, to make Gov. 9. G. Washburn A4cir cau-
dldate for recollection; and, Bince tho Sentinel is
graatly disturbed about it, wo opino TINT the
local managers Of Grants monopoly Administra-
tion, in Wisconsin. will not DO pleased to have
Gov. WaAhburn in the field this ycar. The only
Washburn that now hns tho confidence and aup-
port OF tho Grnnt monopoly Administration liyos
In Minnesota, and is not Governor, hot yot.
Tho Springfield {Alass.) Republican sayn Of
tho platform Of tho Maino Republicans, and
with application to tho Iowa Republican aB vol:
Last fall tho frat article In tho creed Of these Maine
Republicans was that Con- Gtant was the embodiment
Of honesty, economy lduy all Of tho administrative
virtues that Ito wns statesman and rcformer and
that not to vote for him to cut yourself OF from
the company Of tie faithful nnl beeomo Democrat
and castawsy. The aecond Was, that tho curront r-
mora about Credit Aobtlicr etc., wore nero "cain-
pagn ulaudors an aorehoad l!es" coined by 1naitg-
!!ant news,pera to injnro tue legub!tcan party aud
help thb " AM-ltiux Democracy Horace Qreepy
Charles Summer. Salmon ollaso, aud The .cHt-tuto
found ss o ,nsn y
true ta Credit aohilierlsm IN ali lts forr TINT ey
papora who exposed It. they laye also found out ti,at
ue Grant ia neither 1utalihlo exactly identical
With tho Republican party they lately thought him.
They condemn MI /" Internal improvement policy
which he 1s known to favor, asa policy of proligacy
nul corruption they conlsmn the grab, another Ad-
lnns.Eatton measure, III Language positivoly dAloyA M
!ts energy. They havp good deal to any about tho
party aud about reform nothing about Con. Grant.
Tho political issuos, and tho only ouoB be-
fore tho country, layo been made up by thoso