The sun., 1873-09-29
Enrc-PnX Grnbbcrs.

There Is great Indignation against those
members of the Forty Congress
who keep the back pay. But so tar as
concerns the fundamental principle in
volvcd. those members of the Forty-third
Congress who have been drawing monthly
pay at the increased rates since the ith of
March, ana especially such of them as
were in the previous Congress. deserve
about as severe consure us the back pay
ginbhcr
IL Is regarded as very dcspicable for
those who, In the expiring hours of the
! Forty-sccond Congress, reached their
greedy hands backward over period Of
| two years and clutchcd an extra Ave
thousand dollars for services already per-
formed ut Il lower Tntc. Ii is this feature
Of the transaction which gives II such Il
ropulsivc look.
But do those persons who claim to have
been elected to the House which will meet
in December next, and who have been
drawing S6!j n month for the past seven
months, present any better appearance to
honest men than do the grahbers of hac X
pay? II does not whitcwash their chnfnc-
tcrs to say that they are only taking
money which the law allows them. The
shameless fellows who pocket the back
pay also do II according to- law, aud under
/ the provisions of precisely the same In "
which those who are drawing the for" pay
/ set up i'm defence of their conduct.
/ Looking nj the cases closely and impair
/ TALLY, we are not sure hut that of the fore
pay gilhhpr- Is the most rcprchcnsihlo of
q Ia
ilir itit,f -,i.v th,is mouc.sA wtse-Fv ~
out precedent II was >uu-rlcd into the
salary bill in aclludcstiue manner and ap-
plies not To the senate but only to Tia,
lIou>rof Representatives..
Now. il must bc borne in mind that the
/ House has never met, and not Il member
thereof has been sworn into onice. Hrc-
b tically, therefore. the House of the Forty
/ third Congress has a. Yet no existence.
/ Nevertheless. under color of IA clause of n
/ law which was foistcd into the slnry hill in
/ n mode that deserves to be denounced n Il
7 cheat and swiudle, large numbers Of per
son, claiming 10 hc members of that Con.
/ grcNs will. when it meets in December
have ahstr;ictcd from the Treasury hv,
thousand siX hundred and twenty-five dol
7 lNiN fuiHs l'l one IVuUN hl WHICH M
/ been earned. and the aggregate whereof b.
six hundred and twenty-five dollars NOR,
than the pay II "A Congressman for u whol,
year Of actual service previous 10 the pas
sage of the scaudalous law of the last Sos
/ sion. Moreover, these fore-pay grnbbcr
well know that public Indignation l.
aroused against the law under who's,
swindlng section they are bleeding TN,
Treasury. and that the state Convention
Of both parties have demanded the repca
Of NJ least so much of the act as incrpas"
the salary of members of Congress.
Now. in times not very remote in the his
tory Of this country there were large mum
hcrs of members OF the House of Rcprcscn
/ tativcs who would sooner have nailed then
ears 10 the pillory with their own handi
than draw increased pay from the Treasury
under such law and such circumstances
But we arr informed that nearly all the So
called members of the incoming House arr
grabbing pay at the advanced rates ns fas
"a, the months roll along.
Have honor and dcccncy fled from tn
political ARENA 80 soon as man get
elected 10 Congress must he necessaril,
become n greedy, hInZcn rogue?