The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-03

Several of our State exc' anges devoted
large part of their space to the puhlica
ton of the admirable speech delivered BY
eur State Senator at Jsnesville in defenct
of the so called salary grab. 1t is an ad
| mir able speach on account of the beauty
of its diction, the shrewdness of its ar
gumepts-including almost everything
that can possibly be brought up in the
defence of that so generally condemned
measure-and imparts ap increased
lustre to the Senator as q man OF the
highest mental ability aud profouDdest
erudition But still we are not satisfied.
IF the honorable Senator can make more
money as a lawyer land of which we have
no manner of doubt) why was he SO anxi
Gus to become Senator whose established
salary was well known to him? Was it
not che honor of the exalted station, and
not the money connected with it. which
made it so desirable for him and on the
same ground ought not the same honor
and the fear of throwing the slightest
shade on the brightness of that honor,
have prevented him from advocating, and
then participating in, this at sthe least
questionable measure of increasing the
salary for services already performed?
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Senators Who Have Returned Their
Back Pay, and Those who Havn't.
Washington Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Ga
xette.
: The complete list of senators who have
returned their increase of salary into the
treasury shows that quite number of
those who have been generally credited
with such disposition of their back pay
cannot truthfully claim the honor. Up
to to-nigh, fourteen have directed the re-
turn of their money through Treasurer
Spinner, and the names here given may
be relied upon as accurate namely,
Anthony, Bayard, Chandler, Casserly,
Fenton, Ferry of Michigan, Frelinghhy-
sen, Hamlin, Pratt, Schurz, Scott, Sum-
ner, Truman, Wilson. OF these, when
the question as to the increase of salary
came up In the senate, all voted in the
affirmative on Edmund s motion, to strike
from the bill all relating to the salaries
of senators, representativesan and delegates,
except Mr.. Fenton, who voted no, and
Bayard, Sumner, and Wilson were all
absent. Mr.. Scott was paired, but was
for the Edmunds amendment. Others
who voted for Edmupd's motion, but
have not turned their money into the
treasury are Boreman, Buckingham,
Cragin, Cole, Corbett, Edmunds, Ham
ilton of Maryland, Harlan, Howe, Nor
ton, Morrill, of Vermont, Morrill, of
Maine, Sherman, Window, Wright
MIR. Corbett is understood to have given
his balance to the Washington monu-
ment. 1t will be seen that the only
states represented in the first list by both
senators are Massachusetts, and Michigan
No senator from the south has respond
ed, and none from the Northwest, unless
Michigan senators are SO called. OF
those returning the increase, as will be
seen, there are eight republicans, three
democrats, and three liberals. The SEN
ate at the time the vote on the salary
question was taken was made up of forty
ninerepublicans, seven liberals and seven
teen democrats. About one-third of
those returning their money made a re-
quest that their names might not be made
known, chiefly upon the ground that
many among their associates, good as
they were, had taken it, and they did not
desire, by giving publicity to the matter,
to cast any implied reproach on their
fellow Senators. All the officials of the
Treasury have continued to refuse the
list of names, but as the entries were of
necessity made at several points in the
public records, both of the Senate and of
the Department, a complete list has final
ly been obtained.