Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-10-02


the Representative chosen by the DOM
inant party of the county wherein the
tax is to be laid. Most local levies,
however, aye not specially authorized,
but made under general laws, and
their amounts are fixed by the local
o. 8. Journal.
A Card from Senator Morton.
NEW YORK, Sept. D.
To he Editor of the CbmmereiGl
Senator Thurman, in his speech at
WaverIy, grossly misrepresented my
vote on the salary bill. In his speech
at Batavia, which 1 have read, in which
he labors through nearly two columns
to explain that Misrepresentation, and
place me in false position, he admits
he did not tell all the truth at Waverly
about my vote, but says it was the re-
suit of accident, which he corrected the
next day in his speech at Portsmouth.
Il was bad accident, committed in a
published speech, corrected the next
day In a speech which was not publish
ed.
In his speech at Batavia he garbles
and mutilates my speech in the Sem
ate to make the impression that I
moved to strike out the increase of sal
aries of members of Congress, because
as it stood in the bill then it was only
$500 instead of 1880 per annum, and
that favored the passage of the bill
with q larger increase. He took ad-
vantage of remark I made that, if
my salary was to be increased, / want
ed it to be q substantial increase, and
that $65OO-ni:eage, franking privilege
and other allowances being abolished
was not such an increase. Immediate
~ after the part he quoted from my
speech, commencing at the next line,
as found on page 2407, third part, Con-
gressional Globe, for the third session,
Forty-seeond Congress, appears the
following report, which is continue
tion of what he quoted:
"Mr. Hill-Allow me to make sug-
gestion to the Senator from Indiana,
and that is that he move to strike out
the amount named in the House
amendment, and insert an amount that
be thinks would be respectable-say
81, 500, or something like that.
> "Mr: MortOn-I do not wish to vote
upon the salaries of members of Con-
gress at this session at all. I do not
think it is a 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 Presi-
dent anyhow. If that is not done now,
it cannot be done for four years under
the Constitution, but we can act In re-
gard to the rest of them at the next
session of Congress.
''Mr. Hill-Would it be In order, I
inquire Of the Chair, to move to amend
the amendment offered by the Senator
from Indiana?
1.-THE Vice President-It would be.
"Mr. Hill propose to amend it by
inserting in lieu of six thousand five
hundred, seven thousand five hundred.
'"The Vice President-The Senator
from Indiana has moved to amend the
House amendment. If his motion
should prevail to strike out the Sena-
tors and Representatives increased
salary, the Senator from Georgia can
then move to add Senators, Represen-
tatives and Delegates at any salary he
may see fit to propose.
"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 salaries now.
"Mr. Morton-I said for members of
Congress-"
If Senator Thurman had given the
passage in the report which / have
quoted, / would have left the country
to judge, and made no reply. Its omis-
sion is another of his bad accidents
Senator Thurman, in his quotation,
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 mutila-
tion cannot be found. If there is any
excuse for this sort Of business, 1 do
not know what it is. / can stand it
certainly as long as he can. 1t is bet
ter to be the subject of such misrepre-
sentation than the author of it. If 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 poxe er to expunge the record.
As said at Dayton, Mr.. Thurman
was one of the Seniors who asked me
to withdraw my motion, and let the
bill go to conference committee. Upon
this subject my recollection is as clear
as it is that was in the Senate Cham
Der that night.
This controversy between Senator
Thurman and myself is not important
to the public, but am not the aggres-
sor. His suppression of part of the
record in regard to my votes, in his
speech at Waverly, and his mutilatiou
of my remarks In the Senate, in his
speech at Batavia, form, the apology fol
this card.
LInift M O, p. MORTON.
| One of our exchanges thus reasons
| with the man who don't take the pa
pers-except when he takes them from
his peighbOrs: Now tell you, squire