Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-03-06
CONGRESS-.

The last days of Congress have been
busy ones. 4 great many bills have
EbeenFdisposed of. Buffers bill for in
creasing the salaries which was voted
down in the House on Friday was again
brought up on Saturday, and passed, by
a vote of 100 to 81. The most objection
able feature of the amendment was the
clause increasing the pay of the present
Congress. The proposition of Gener-
al Butler was to increase the pay Of
members to 81, 800 and of the Speaker
to $40, 200. On the motion of Mr.. Sar-
gent the pay. Of members was reduced
to $1,000 and in this shape the amend
ment passed. Speaker Blaine insisted
that the increased pay of Speaker
should not apply to the present term,
and in spite of opposition carried his
point, thus saving himself from the
slightest ground for reproaeh. E
| As soon as the vote was dec Jared
Messrs. Upson and Monroe started for
the Senate, and urged Senator Sherman
to use his best efforts to prevent the pas
sage of the amendment in the Senate.
3fr- Sherman assured them that he had
been opposed to the scheme from the
first, and should use every endeayor to
defeat it. When the bill came up in the
Senate, just after the action of Messrs.
Epson and Monroe, considerable oppo-
sition was developed in that body, and
after brief debate the amendment in
creasing salaries was rejected by vote
of % to 2, the only Senators supporting
it being Bayard and Stockston. The
bill then went TO joint committee of
conference.
For increasing the pay of members in
the future there was excuse; for in
creasing, iIetheir last days of service,
the pay of members of the present Con-
gress from the commencement of their |
term, there is no reasonable excuse
whatever. 1t is disgraceful act.
The action of Speaker Blaine in pos
itively refusing to receive the increase
of salary to which he felt he was not
entitled, viii meet with the unqualified
approval of the country. The action
of Mr.. Monroe, in this matter, as in
others, justifies the confidence his con-
stituents showed in his reelection as
their Representative. The majority of
the Ohio members stood well in this ex-
perimental test of their integrity.
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To the Vice Presidents Of Townships
Of the Holmes County Sunday School
Union, Directing: n IE-A
FELLOW LABoRERs gWe7greet you in
the. Language OF Holy Writ. The win
ter is past and gone, the flowers appear
on the earth, the time of the singing of
birds is come, and the voice of praise
coming up from the newly gathered
Sunday Schools will soon be heard all
over the land. 50 ARaBae szf
Dear brethren, by resolution adopt
ed, at our late county convention, the
Vice Presidents are requested to call
meeting of all the Sunday School
Workers in their respective townships
as early in. the spring as practicable in
order to the formation of schools, which
have been closed during the winter, and
The Organization ofother schools where
ever desirable, so that no time need be
ost in getting the schools into line for
he coming campaign.
We trust that each Vice President
will give the watchword in his depart
nent, and that there will be ready
onthe past of Sunday School
Teachers. Parents and children a
the county, let us try, and
ret to work all together, as soon as pos
ible so that we can give good report /
# our work at the next Annual Con- /
'ention. S, Books, Bibles and New :
restaments, large and small, can De ,,
procured at the Book Store in Millers-
,urg. W. J. SHARPE,
Cor Sec. Fl. C. S. S. L.
Millersburg, March 1st, 1873.