The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-04-08

I've all the votes taken upon II directly, 70
point. out those Who are consistently and
unmistaksbly guilty Of supporting ", ana
those who continually and unequivocaily
opposed 10, and TO leave the remainder,
whose record IL not clearly pronounced on
either side, TO explain their course to Their
constituents ne best they can. We shall
confne ourselves TO the house OF repre-
sentatives, emitting the senate, because, IN
the first place, no vote was taken IN tue
senate which conclusively revealed the po-
sition Of senators on the merits Of the
case; and secondly, because the house OF
| representatives is directly responsible 10
the people, and can he sooner and more ef-
fectualiy called to account. We also
omit the final vote on the report OF the
conference committee, because that report
L embraced several other subjects, and the
vote on it could not DO regarded as neces-
sarily and conelusively test vote.
The history Of the salary steal 10 ~ fol-
lows On the 10Th Of February motion
was made 10 suspend the rules, for the
purpose Of having included 10 the general
appropriation bal q provision increasing
numerous salaries, among them
those OF members of con-
gress--ihe increase in their case
to apply to The For,y.seeond congress-
This provision included the naked ques
,ion Of Increase and back pay. The 3 :.
ton 10 suspend The rules was Lost. IL re-
ceived 81 votes, sad IL votes were cas-,
against it, This was the first vote on the
question.
On the 18th o. February, the legislative
appropriation bill being before the house,
a motion was made TO amend one Of its
clauses by inserting provision
for Increase Of salaries. This
also included members Of con-
gress, and embraced tho back pay.
II wa. lost, receiving only 60 votes, to l2o
against. This was the second vote.
Gen. Butler gave notice ofa motion to
reconsider the vote just taken. He had
voted against it, that course being neces-
sary, we believe, to give aim the psrlis-
men,ary right to move . RECOMMENDATION.
In analyzing tho second vote We shall,
therefore, count him in the Affirmative, -
he was VIGOROUSLY in favor Of the propo-
sitiun. On the first Of March the motion
to reconsider came up, and IL WAS moved
to lay it on the table. This would have
killed the measure. 1t Understanding
CO yeas and 100 nays, and CD not voting
This was the third vote.
The question then REQUIRED on recon-
sidcring the vote by which the amend
men, bad been killed. The vote was re-
considered, there being l0t yeas, 70 nays,
and 81 not voting. This WAS the fourth
| vote.
Tho proposition was then changed by 9
| rising vote, the increase for members o.
congress being reduced from $500 year
to $500. The back-pay feature was re-,
tanned. This was tie fifth vote. Now i
is plain that any member who voted fo
the increase and the back pay on all thes'
votes mus, be held guilty. 1t must AIS
be plain 20 any one conversant with tn
proceedings of congress and capable o
determining the significance o
the several votes, that any mem
Der who supported the measur
on the last three votes, and did not vot
against IL on the second vote, must also b
held guilty. Such q member would. DO
the position Of helping revive the mea
ure after il had been defeated, and-of vo
: ing for IL as revived, without having vote
!, squarely against it. On the other hand,
lie plain that members who voted contin
ally against the measure must be held u
c nocent. Those who voted against II
the last three votes, without having vot
u for II on tho second, must also DO held !
4 inocent. With these explanations, viii
are as concise a. it 10 possible TO ma
u them, we append list which we belle
4, 10 be made up in a perfectly just mann
The Dem ocrats and Liberal Republics
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