Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-06-11

The record shows that although the
81, 800 increase was voted down once, yet
there were really two more votes taken
on this amendment, as anyone acqzaint-
ed with parliamentary procedure will
readily perceive, and which had the ef-
feet Of bringing this amendment in full
force again before the House. 1 Iquote
from the proceedings:
The amendment failed by small ma
jority, but before the vote was announced
q large number of members changed
their votes from "ay" to "no," so that
the vote as recorded stood--yess 90, nays
l21; Mr.. Garfield voting nay.
So the salary amendment Jailed.
Mr.. Butler, Of Massachusetts,, having
changed his vote from cay" to no."
said: 1 move TO reconsider the vote just
taken, and pending that motion move
that the House adjourn, the hour is late
and the House is v,ry thin. lLaughter.l
The opponents Of the salary clause re-
sisted the adjournment so as 70 lay on
the table Buffers motion.
The yeas and nays were ordered on
the motion to adjourn and the question
being taken, it was decided in the az
frmative-yess 113, nays 80; Mr.. Gar
held voting nay.
On the following morning Saturday
March u the consideration Of the bill
was resumed. Mr.. Buffers motion to
reconsider was first in order. A motion
was made to lay the motion TO reconsid-
er on the table, which would have made
the defeat of the salary clause hnSl. On
that motion the vote wss taken, and re-
sulted-yeas &c, nays los; Mr.. Garfield
voTing yea.
So the motion to reconsider was not
laid on the table.
The vote was then taken on the motion
to reconsider, and resulted-yeas 104,
NAYS 70; Mr.. Garfield voting nay.
That brought the salary Amendments
again before the House.
Mr., Sargent moved to strike out "N,-
500" and insert "$6 500" as the rate at
which members of Congress should be
paid.
This was adopted without division.
The vote was then taken upon ADOPT
ing the salary clause as amended, and
resulted-yeas 100, nays 81; Mr.. Garheld
voting nay.
The salary increase amendment there
fore tDas attached to the appropriation
bill by the House, although the amount
named was $1,000 less thGa that named
originally; the Butler-Sargent amend
ment svas voted on and passed, and the
battle sras fought and lost before it went
to the conference committee. And am
unable to see the applicability Of the fol-
lowing questions propoundsd by this
hypercriticsl and hypocriticsl logiciAn:
"Had Mr.. Garfield forgotten the vote
Of nearly two to one by which that very
clause Tas defeated in the House? or did
he think his mere assertion would so
blind the eyes Of his constituents thss
they could net read and understand the
recordf"
And now Mr.. Pecksniff gushes."'-
Hehss read McPherson'E " ossian " and
I,ouiss MuhIbach's "AndreAs Hofer," I"
and conceiving that his forte is the
dramatic, and that the aforementioned
works are masterpieces Of his favorite
style, he turns out oonglomeration OF
appeal, apostropho and lamentation in
imitation that is designed TO be affecting
and effective:
"Let every true soldier OF honest
legislation stand firm. And where Is the
valiant general who has volunteered to
lead them int his war? The last hour oi
the debate is his, and God grant that he
NAV make bare his arm to battle for just
ice and for right. Listen, 70 men who
have believed him to be an honest op-
ponent of that wrong, and hide YOU
faces in shame. you men nofOnlosALAtl
District, at MS words"
. The last hour Of the debate was his
and had been about used up in explain
: ing the report of the conference commit
tee. The General had been beaten; h'
had fought this thing almost single
= handed from its inception, and was nov
= hsmmed in on every side. He had op
posed it as long as opposition was effect
: i've. and the choice Of two evils lay be
r fore him. He chose that which seemed
r to him to be the least. And the trum
mater who blew the above Hast coul(
! find only one sentsnce upon which Il
3 hinge his flourish. Mr.. Garfield haS
! said. on its being termed "plunder," b.
3 Mr.. Hubbard, that at may be an un
1 wise expenditure in some respects, bu
/, in most cases the increase is proper ant
4 ought to be made" This carping, crit
] ical " Constituent" however, seems un
' able TO find room in his head to take II
the fact that the salary-increase amend
ment upon which at this time the debst
z was being had covered the administrat
0 i've and judiciary branches Of the gov
ernment, together with their attaches, a
well as the legislative; that the mos
esses" applied to that increase othe
: than Congressman, and that Mr.. Gar
9 field was not advocating a bill for hi
colleagues exclusively. 1t had bee
held for several years prior to the enact
o ment OF this law, by eminent men
= ! either shade of politics, that the salarie
n of the two aforementioned branches wer
g insufficient and ought to be raised; an
Mr.. Garfield was perfectly justified i
is saving that in most cases the increase
= proper and ought to be made.
IS "No one can carefully read that hi:
10 tor-v and fail to see that, notwithstandin
= All of his pretence and show of honest
upon the preliminaries, when 1t came
the battle to decide the contest, Mr.. Ga
Z field did vote for this increase OF sail
70 ries, and that he not only voted for, bI
l. actually was in favor OF, and advocate
- that increase"
have carefully read the history, an
y hnd the following paragraph, whiC
,s 4" Constituent" very cunningly omittt
,e in his letter:
y "The report was completed Monds
he noon. Mr.. Garfield, as chairman Of Il
G committee, presented it, but reservC
the right and obtained permission OF
o. associates to state in the House that
O. had IN conference opposed the inorea
,o of salary clause, but had signed the r
q mort as the best that could be done und
~ the instructions OF the two Houses"
The foregoing are fair specimens
be the honesty of " Constituent"-thst ho
n n, esty which he prates about so much.
q. Now a few words on the contract bus
o. asss. Constituent speaks Of he
OF resentative as . servant Of the peopi
II. and implies that such Represental'
ee has contracted with his constituents
ST. s.rve a eertain length Of time for sti
on ulated salary. II understand the Z
a1 ~, elish language, contract" and "ele
rs t;on ,, are not convertible terms; Al
lr- webster will bear me out in this BELT
=. n append the definitions:
n CoNTRAcr, n. An agreement or CO
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