Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-08-19
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We have just flushed the perusal OF
the latest defense Of the salary grab.
written by that High Priest OF rascal.
~, Benjamin F. Butler. OF Massachu-
sets. Why In the economy Of Divine
Providence it was permitted to the
Democratic party in Its writings and
contortlons, after Its failure In 1850. to
cast forth from ITS rotten and polluted
bowels such vile spawn rs Butler
and his Satanic satellites, must remain
like many other abnormal phenomena.
a profound mystery. While striving
70 believe In the dictum that God ere
ates nothing In vain, we have often
been puzzled to account for the exls..
tence of the warns Of vermln and
mulutudes of reptiles which lniest the
habltablc globe, and have tormented
ourselves In vain essays to solve tile
utility of such creations. But when
this theory Is applied to Butler. all Or
binary speculation stands aghast at
the subject Of Investigation. Whether
In His Infinite wisdom the Almighty
has allowed the formulation. growth
and continued existence Of so mon
strous a specimen Of perverted human
ity, to illustrate the truth OF reveis'
ton regarding the existence Of a devil
and his Influence upon humanity, or
10 pu. at rest all doubts Of original de-
pravi.y aud the tendency Of man to
evil aud that continually, when un-
checked BY the existence Of q con-
s~cience. or the possession OF any moral
s~enslblli,y. we dare not even attempt
to say. ,rhi, one thing. we, however.
know. such creations are. fortunately
for mankind. rare. Not once In q CELL
fury do such growths appear through
out the ayes this marvel has not been
surpassed. Thi, defense Of Buffers Is
like Its author; It /, speclous, sophisti-
chi, verbose, and utterly avoids all
reference TO tue main fact that In the
fave Of professions of economy made
only a few months before by both 20
litleal organizations, and which. on
every stump In the country WAS again
and again promised BY Congressional
candidates. those very men when
elected, in direct violation Of their
pledges. laid upon the people OF the
United States I perpetual debt OF ST.
600. 900. and voted into their pockets
81. 500, 900 More for services, already
performed. The defsase l. mainly de-
voted TO abusing those who have re-
turned their portion Of the steal aud
vllslfyinS the press for It's structures.
It endeavors to prove that because
heretofore the salaries Of Congressman
have been increased. there was u ne
cessi,y for its repetition, a principle
which, II carried out, would keep
members of the National Legislature
busy every session in raising their sal
aries and computing their pay. One
of the most glaring lies in the whole
letter il tine statement that Congress
men In Washington are unable to live
upon IS 900 per annum. Let Us look
at ,hls n moment. Having lived In
Washington. we are perhaps posted to
some extent upon this point, aud We
assert positively the following facts:
First, that hardly q city market IN the
United States is better supplied or at
more reasonable prices than In WASH
ingson City. Second, that house rent,
water rent, gas and coal are not over
one half as high as In Virginia City.
Three years ago land since that time
prices have not materially changed) a
furnished house OF ten rooms In a de-
sirable locality could be rented for
1880 per annum ; servant hire Is ex-
ceptlonally cheap, owing to the vast
influx Of negroes from Maryland and
Virginia, aud in short there Is no rea
son why a family Of seven persons
may not live In elegant. not to say
luxuriou, style. upon $1,000 per an
mum. II must also be remembered
that during the term Of a Congress
man he Is not usually required to
spend more than ten months In WASH
ington. The other fourteen months
he may. IL he will. devote to his busl-
ness aud spend at his home. The
whole cry that 5000 per annum l.
insufficient to support a Congressman
Is vain and false, and when Ben But
Ter says:
II saw In Congress many faithful.
efficient Representatives, honest. tenn
perate. economical men. unable to
bring their families to Washington. or
ii affection and duty inclined them so
TO do, they lived In the third story OF
some second or third-rate boarding
house, In n single room, combining
office. parlor. sitting-room aud bed
o Ia one. so that the rest Of their
means could be used In educating their
children. or keeping up the homestead.
that they might return to It NJ the end
OF their term OF service"
He states II flsehood. which the ex-
perience of every ne who has lived IN
the Capitol refutea. and which Is daily
by thousands Of Government
officers. not one In a thousand OF whom
receives the salary OF a Congressman.
and hardly one Of whom not Is ten.fold
more deserving and capable. Until
the present year there were not twenty
officers of the Government resident at
the Capitol, whose salaries equalled
5000. and any one who Is at all famil-
lar with Washington life will testify to
the elegance Of their homes and their
general prosperity. 1t Is a fact we'll
known that two thousand Treasury
clerks to-day are living comfortably,
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