, 1873-08-29

ottor condition. A{r. Upson, of Ohio, tried TO
lavo tho retroactive clnuso stricken out, but, Of
courne, ho waa defeated. THO Original Butlor
grab waa thou ngrood to by n voto Of 81 to GO.
When tto Comn,lttoo Of tho Wl,olo rose. Feb. 49,
Butler ngnn ,noyoa suspension OF tho ru1ca
and tue adoption OF tho bill with tho amctsd.
motltH. Several gentlemen inscrposcd, calling
for i,lforr,uion, whon one Of tho DutIoriioH e1-
claimed. awe do not want information" Con.
11awey inquired II tho effect Of Dutlor's motion
waa to ou. off tllo opportunity to llayo separate
votes. Dutlor told him Of course It was, mud ii
hn had boon d men.bor longer 10 would hayo
known 1t was. This crentol laugh, ns did aev~
eral other snllics during tho discussion. Tho
grabbors now appoar to bo laughing OH tho other
Bido Of their mouths. 1t MI .ovontB, tho amcnd-
ment to tho gonora1 bill for raising tho snlaries
was now defeated By q voto of GO in favor aud 121
against. Dutlor voted against in order
to DO able to. move . reconsideration.
As ru1o this motion to reconsider Ia
undo in ordor TINT anothor monlbcr may
moto that 1t bo tabled, which, If successful,
finally disposos Of tho mattor. Such waa not
Dutler's intention. Ho therefore satd, ~ move
d reconsideration Of tho voto Just taken, and,
pending that motion, move that the House ad-
journ." The motion to adjourn prevailed, tho
grabborB gainod tino. md kept tho onosion to ro-
consider from being tabled. Their next s.opa
were ~ to carry tho motion to reconsider, 10
mattor what increase was fixed, 80 ns to attnch
| tho provision In somo form to tho Appropria-
tion bill () to have tho Senate rejoct It, il tho
sun, was not large enough; ~ to got q favora-
bio conference committee; and ~ to laYo
this Conference Committee report ut fa-
vorablo moment, toward the closo Of the aes-
sion when thora waB little timo for Its conBid-
Grafton. It il unnecessary to follow out in de-
| tail how this WIS oil accomplished. Suffice 1t to
shy that 1t was accomplished, aud by tho eanao
| unworthy means which woro rolled upon from
the beginning to bring 1t about. Tho confor-
ouco Committee consiBted Of Butler, Randall,
and Garfield from tho House, and Morrill, Chr
pcntos, and Dayard from tho Senate -Four Of
thcm woro declared Baary-gratbcrs ono WINS
doubtful (Dayard) aud he finally favored it; mud
ono only (Garneld) was opposed to 1t, aud llo
took tho grab after 1t was passed. From auch q
Conference Committoo It is no wondcr-thnt fa
yornblo report cauo, which was finally agrood
to, and thus; became law. ,,: :. ;
1t iH rathor conHoling than otherwise, II thero
is any consolation in the caso, that 80 yile n
measure waB passed. only by reHorting to tho
vi1cRt kind Of tactics. But There is another Iea-
turo which is not no conBoling. This is, Tint 20
largo number Of thoBo who voted against
tho bill, mud malo "A pretense of opposing
it vigorously avallod themselves Of ita
benefits rs soon aR 1t bocano a law. Mr..
Garfield wns ono OF those. IIe showed tho
injustice Of ruising Congressional aalarica
40 Per cont because they lad tho power to do 1t,
and letting tnass Of salaries romaln as thoy
a1o. 11o proved that S2G000,000, or ono-tontl,
Of all tho oxpouso Of carrying Oil the Govorn-
ment, ia phid for salaries. n1r. DaweH mado a
ploa for IN equalization by increasing tho sna'
RIGS o; royonuo officials, mud opposed tho bill
from thia standpoint. Yot both Garfield md
Dawes havo drawn their back-pay. 1t ono stage
Of tho proceedings, Mr.. Butler proposed
general romcdy for nll who thought
that tho measure was improper. Thlf
was thai these gontlemon should comu forward
and sign pledge not to- tnko it, stVirtuous
men, come up and sign i" ho said, md thereai
there was general laughter all over tho house
But no ono came forward. We should cay thu
| those who demonstrated tint tho salary-gral
, waH wrong and subsequently took 1t, are lttlt
| h. .p1.d
openly sustained tho measure from tho bogtn
ming. So it is that all who arc implicated In tht
grab by touching it-tho vaet majority Of th
lust CongresB-haye become obnoxious to th'
i people,.