Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-23
THE pENpIxe sAEARy eaAR.

AS the Ne,c York World puts it, the
proper point from which to judge the
.o-called repeal" movement, Is to con-
der how it viii affect, not their sue
cessors, but the members Of the pres
ent Congress. 1t is very easy for men
to be virtuous at the expense of those
who come after them. Therefore the
respect which Congress pays to the
universal demand for repeal, viii be
measured by the extent to which their
repeal affects themselves. 1t was Ben
Butler who fathered the original back
pay and advance grabs, and it is the
same Butler who has engineered the
$4,000 bill through the House. This
bin looks like moderate advance on
the old salary of $4,000, and an abate-
ment of 81 500 from the advance de-
nounced by the people. But let us see
how far it affects the pockets of pres
cnt members, the virtuous ''repealers."
First, the bill is to take effect only
when it becomes the law. AS it must
yet be debated in the Senate, and after
passage by that body may lie several
days on the President S table before re-.
ceiving his signature, the House bill
cannot well become law before the
closing days iof January. The men,
bers have already drawn nine months
salary at the advanced rate of $500
year or S625 per month, and will soon
draw another The close Of january will
give them eleven months out of the
twelve, at the advanced rate which has
received the unqualified denunciatlon
of the country. Eleven months at
1925 per month and one month at Ben
Buffers new rate of $4,000 per year or
$500 per month will give each member
for the year S7,375. This is Just $l25
short of the condemned $500 year.
Such is the pitiful extent of the reduc-
ton, as it affects the members who
voted for this so-called "repeal." They
retain the whole $500 except Sl25,
per centage on the grab of Is. Dur
ing the war, Congressman paid an in
come tax of ) per cent. on their salary
of 50, 600. This repeal by the House
is exactly the same as if they had i'm
posed on themselves an income tax of
Just Il per cent. Besides, the large
majority Of theprcsent Congress, having
been reelected from the last, are allow
ed to retain the two years of back pay
which they voted themselves, amount
inc to SIS. 600 for each member. There
fore each reelected member who fol-
lowed Bar Buffers lead in voting for
the Sc 900 House bill, has voted to re-
tain in his own pocket $1,000 Of back
pay and $3.50 Of advanced pay this
year, aggregating $3.50. This iSquite
q. snug little sum to be retained by men
in the very act Of pretending to meet
the peoples demand Tor repeal. Such
brave reformers deserve embalming in
the memories of their countrymen, and
so we append the final test vote in the
House. Republicans in Roman, Demo
Gratis in italic and Liberals in small
capitals,) as follows:
YEAS: MessIs. adams, Albert, Archer
dfk;nS. Averill. Barrere, Barry, Bel, BIZ
cry. Bradley, BrigHtSBuliingtOn, Butler Oh
FL. Butler Or. Rs, Cain, Cessna, Clark
a.. ir). Clarke (F.), Clayton, Clements
Cobb C. L., Cobb 6. ~, COH,inJo,
Cook. Creaner. Crocker, CrOoke, Cross
Iqud. Crounse, Crutchfeld, Darall
DuriS. DcJT'Ut, Dobbins, Duell, EididJe
Elliott. Farwell, Freeman, Giddings Han,
t Hfol. Hancccb, Hammer, Harris (B. N.)
Harris oil. r., Harrison, Ravens, Hays
Hazleton q. W., Hcrml0n, Hear (E. R.)
Iloar C. F., Houghton, Howe, Hubbeii
Hinton, Hurlbut, Hyres, Kelley, LdnaT
Iamport. Lansin, Leach, Leland, Lowndes
5 Lynch. Maynard, McJunkin, Mckee
= | McNulta, Moore, Myers, Negley, Aesnaui
Niles. Num-, O'Bricn, ONeill, Packard
; PAGE. Parker, Isaac c., Pelham, Plat, j
! | II. ir.. Platt. Thos c., Rainey, Randall
Ransier, Ra,rlS, Ray, Rice, Richmond
Ross. Schumacher j. c., Scudder, IL. j.
, Sender. |. W., Sener, Shanks, Sheldon
: sloNs. Small, Smart, Smith, Geo. L., Smith
, Ii. B.. J. Amber Smith, Snyder. 0tanard
| Sfandeford, Storm, Stowell, StraWbrdge
S,raln. Sypher, Taylor, Thomas, Thorn
D | burgh. Told, Townsend, Vance, lpGddct
E Waldron. Wallace, Jasper d. Ward, March,
L. Ward, White, Whitehead, }. NJ. ,: WI
1 Gams William Williams, Willie, r. Il
e Wilson, W'o0d-121.
= Ays.-EIessrs. Albright, arthur, 1ShC
BANNING. Barber, Bass, Beck, Be'7g
BJo,Y,t. BOweR. BROMBERG, BrOlrlt, Buck
S Der. Bundy. BurchaTd, BWleigh, burrows
p Cay1,reH. Cannon, Cason, John 5. Ctdrb
IT.. Cla9aer. Coburn, Ginger, Cotton, Goa
! Criffcadeit. Curtis, Danford, Dawes, Don
nan. Dunnell, Durham, Eames, Edcl
o Fort. Foster, Frye, Garfield, Gj0cer, Goocf
e Gunckel, Eugene Hale, Robert .. ualC
: John T. Harris, Hafcber, Hathorn, Jon
b. Iawley, Jos. r. HaWley, u. W. hazlt
c ton. Uendec, Holman, Hosklns, Iiuhtel
e HYDE, ,JelrcH, Kasson, hillinger, hRopi
Lawrence. Lawson, LOugridge, Lowe
L,fircU. MAGE, Marshall, Martin, Nc
1 Gary. las. W. McDill, MacDouga1l, VI,
n Lem. Mellish, Merriam, MutIeR, mn
Monroe. Morrison, Neal, Nibtack, Or
Orth. Packer. Hosea w. Parker, Parsons
y Pendleton, Perry, Phillips, Pierce, Pike
/, Poland, Potter, Henry Q. Pratt, Redc
, Robbins. Il. H. Roberts, Fnl. R. Robert
b Jas. W. Robinson, Rusll, II. B. Saylo
: Milton .Sayler, Scofield, Sessions, She
y wood, Lazarus, D. Shoemaker, A. /
smith, J. Q. Smith, tSodhord, Spec
IS Snragrle. Starkwcather, Stoae, Strait, Ir,
j. | - ,r,-nnr n-nItS MHITEHOTSE. IIhi