Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-10-02


declared that was intended to go
two Houses whose report the final vote was to be taken Upon IN
Under the previous law annual salary 5000
Stationery newspapers 200
Free postage 4oV
s65OO
the previous people different in adjustment amongst
n the members this had been all there would have been no eH amor against
subject to objections had they been present r. emit 1 my mind md
@ OF any % other would nate S 6e er my IN ny @
squen vote But was Tot in upposng tha ,n
nal The real tug Of war was yet to come Inc &
committee agreed report which they rejected the Sargent amend
report day before Congress ad
when was present and eHFea I my vote
the salary amendment Ciobe3 p, p, 2l052 , g.,
Bill the House of II the pesa of the details have
people have taken in the q ion give the
their connection for their better understanding So you viii gee
not ad IN its passage and in just sense can be held rTon
its final passage the House, and passed the House might
have been defeated the Senate and after il passed 6 both & Houses the
law except by the sanction of the resid nt veto
pocket otherwise aiding the Of the law There is
piPed with the And Coprre bu the rational way Of
restng the evil of the future by the repeal of the law
1916. PERSONAL ASPECT
The application of the the Members of Congress after its
is broadly distnguishable from its legislative aspect
IN a~e5 n n the in the into IN m ean nnUD T @
violation of the spirit and of the Constitution if not Of the ee
services which snail neither be 'creaseS nor ""e"
The object giving salary make the Pres
dent ndepe of Congress- nd putt out of the power of CGns
story Congress could n iher weaken by
ST. o5 ss M as R @ % s 1 apssn % s E %
1t for me to that the increase OF the @ m
and that the bill would his benefit even though was Tor
& But M the Constitution the Members of Congress is dnt 9sn
ators and RepreSenare ba eye CONDENSATION for their
to BY law and paid out of the s & the m uR9@ e
diminished" during dhe period for which he Cor hey) shall
In passing would remark with Senator Carpenter
think be wiom 01Sa 1pGn to en b % to it, and to make
obligatory upon Congress to tain the amount and PO'e b @
5 6 a% That being dOn' the Member might waive his
public has been so greatly
furnish guide to my action par ay on the subject OF
stages of aon6earng not hunting up
pooe for bad law but only SEEK light for action
coNsTIrUTIoNALI. .
oD nd @ Of that subject he on
gonal Salaries There chs ok on the abuse ct this
See Rasle and Kent 1D on sane ReS But been
all hands that the law far the Cong eona Salary concerned
Constitutional cTIoN: o..., ,.r
7ss find that @ inserted back in tth the fir first o sa!ary bill M
back provision would not have precedent as might
passed March, 1876 provision for back
pay and increased the of Men bes from the daily pay OF
find august 49, 1856 ase the compensation from
pay S's 5 PE bs III n gsi 8 pea | 80 Snhn" on
600 5000 per- nnnum be Computed from the day.
which March, nearly 16 months
PRESIDENTIAL AcTIo y
find that George Washington approved Congressional comPnS3
ton bill of 1789M Madison approved the 18th March, 0
Pierce approved the August md M johnson approved
the act of 2h July 1866 which last act assed by the vote yeas Oh
proper of these acts reaed the compensation
Of the President
REPRESENTATIVE srArEs,1E x.
find that Henry Clay though Speaker House at the time took
lou Richard NJ john
JSI John Re andoh and DaneI Web tiafn '0"n ' 'D
From the best information which obtain the Senators and Rep
the distinguished ewing James
ayad and John Clayton of Delaware John j. en en- OF
Samuel Houston of Texas and James 10 1es and john Bell OIL
All Representatives the time received
the back under the of 1866 the nguhed
Kentucky Rerdy Johnson Maryland Henry WI on and Charles Sum
Ger Of and George H. Williams of es2n now m G
General Of the United States and amongst these mig mt be named m ~
delegation in the House from Tennessee: ,, -. r
RumOr that Representative did not receives the back pay ou
have no authentic Information of the fact
ACT
The people expressed the OF the cpen
of act the session Congress Mr. Mills speak
the question repeal Of the law expressed the objection OF e
people fairly had scarcely heard inte gent man out OF the
had confined the mode of and that the law
ton participated in the benefit Of its increase that of the
elapsed that which to come Mr.
[ lis upt the ne ex Congress- he would remark that his
poprey the law ending there
respectful leave then ree 10
prescribe judge for lives With respect
to the supposed ed decay "l our n m 3 upon for that not u.s.
Randolph offered amendment the bill Tropo ing epa ne
The peope defeated some and elected had aided
confidence and great national party gave m
most enthusiastic support as Preside Mr. Cahoan
afterwards became Senator officer e cted Vice Ires
people Johnson author of the @ of 1916 was at
the Judges and he my soeI 10
s was M m M M 3I ~ ;d anT ecpma illus
warm friends as candidate tor the anu T