The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-15


the part of the two Houses on the bill sal during |
the whole of Sunday, bat it was not considered
in either house on that day.-Ed.I
We cut the following from the Cincin- |
matt Chronicle
Itself right before the country by an emphatic !
resolution 5denouncing the salary steal--Iron- |
That's just what it will do.-Athens Messenger.
From the last number of the Gallipolis |
B,tlzetiu we take this:
BACK PAY.
Hon. Samuel ShelIabargeT, a member of Con- !
10 God, county. self and children,'' takes the
back steal. This is worse than Ben. Butler and
thing gs quite Indifferent
The Marietta Register just received, has
this:
And now the virtuous ConEressnen are TAX
ing a new dodge. Theyare returning the 5000,
withheld from the public. 1t is said six have
done already. Retribution IS hard, but GER
rocks and hills to fall on them first as last,
this their cry will be. If any of them are on the
dor as a suitable point to make.
And also this:
Shall shellabarger suceead Thurman in the
signify the same by saying AYE. akron Bed-
ve.''-LrOnton Register.
Ditto for us !-Hcfe$ County Telegraph.
But he opposed the increase earnestly, and
wrong | nor indeiicate'S for members to vote for
it and Gate it back He needed it. But, when
the ayes are called, record mo" fo- as. 4
A citizen Of Lancaster writing to the
Cincinnati Chronicle on the I'd of May
says:
THE CONGRESSIONAL SALARY GRAB.
presume the President is under the impress
sion that he viii be excused for not vetoing the
salary grab. We do not suppose the wheels of
TO move if he had vetoed all such infamous
bills as that. Shame on such men as the salary
as we expected them to do when we elected
them: We want men that are firm and sub
stantial a very different set of men from these
to represent us. JS
The following is the official report of
proceedings in the Ohio Legislature,
day or two before final adjournment:
THE CONGRESSIONAL SALARY BUSINESS.
The committee of conference on the differ
ences between the House and Senate upon the
Congress reported the following resolution:
"Resolred, That those members of Congress
as to increase their own salaries, retroactive in
effect, and II those who voted AGAINST such IN
own benefit, are deserving OF the censure OF
This resolution was adopted by the House, by
a vote of 81 to q. It was also adopted by the
Senate-lG to ll-but immedi2teiy aiteIWard
the words, ''for their own benefit" would JUS
tify those congressman VINO look the pay ana
then gave it away. The Senate then refused to
concur-2 to 26.
Here is another report of the same
matter, showing how Senator Newman,
of this district, and editor Of the Ports
mouth Times, regarded Wilson's con-
duct:
ence on Mr.. Oren's House joint resolution rela-
tive to the increase of COMPENSATION of MEM
recede from its amendment, and that the fol-
| lowing be adopted in lieu thereof
''ReSOlUed, That those members of Congress
who voted to amend the Appropriation bill
| as to increase their own salaries, retroactive in
effect, and those who voted against this increase,
| but still accepted such increase for their own
benefit, are deserving ofthe censure of the peo-
! Mr.. Patrick moved to amend by striking out
| the words, ''tor their own benetit." The Pres-
| dent pro tenn, Mr.. Brinsmade ruled the motion
out of order, on the ground that the report of
conference committee could not be amended.
Mr.. Newman must have been propos-
ing also to sell out to Wilson. How much
''black mali did he demand?
According to the following, from the
Columbus Dispatch, Wilson did not consult
with all the Ohio Members, to know
whether they were all reaching for the
grab, as he says he supposed they were:
The Columbus Dispatch says of Senators Sher-
man and Thurman
| They did not take the back pay, nor did they
ever intend to take it. The day after the bill
passed through Congress they both decided that
they would not touch ii or any portion of it,
but would quietly have it covered into the
Treasury of the United States, where it will
| require another appropriation act to reach it.
| The very first. it seems, to resolve upon this
course were the distinguished Senators from
Ohio; but it seems, also, that they preferred
not to advertise what they considered it proper
for themselves to do under the retroactive
clause Of the salary act.
The Fayette County Herald is very
calm and candid paper, but it says:
AS regards the Congressional salary steal, the
Democratic members are worse in the mud
| than Republican members are in the mire
papers on this subject If their hands were
clean of this great public outrage, their papers
would be filled with expressions of virtu0us in
dignation, and the hands of their orators raised
toward heaven in holy horror over such whole
sale plunder of the peoples money. But who
ever heard Democratic orator or paper con-
denim one of their political brethren for making
common Democratic plunder OF the peoples
corded in the history of that party
We have seen the following in several
papers:
THE SALARY STEAL.
Judge Van Trump, in his address to his con-
stituents in regard to the salary BILL said
This vote was taken amidst the widest ex-
element in the House. It was manifest, from
the contest would be exceedingly close one.
After the voting was closed and while the
names were being slowly read at the desk, by
the reading clerk, it was ascertafned that the
question was lost by three four majority.
Then commenced most ludicrous scene. Five
or six members sprang to their feet and chan ged
their votes from the negative to the affirmative,
thus turning the majority to two on the other
those changing UOteS came from The Democratic
side of the House.
MORE PROOF.