, 1873-08-04


my Of tho Representatives from t1aoEo asatoa.
| --Jamoa Il. Blater, late Representative Of Oro
! gon, acknowledges that tho "an1nry- grab" tut
$1,100 in ha pocket md rocognizea the hostility
| thoreto OF Oregon people by long lottor OF OK.
planation, in which lottor, however, 10 full: OK.
poaoa tho l,opclossneas Of hiH own oako now TINT
there III Congressional vacancy to ba 11tod, flo
| aays:
know Of no rcaHon n 1nw or morals WY stonld
onder tho cireanntancen h@ve ns.nea. I hAve
| drawn and roociptod forlt ;. !. To havo n1nced
es" Peiaa Sn eTeaer would @ ass
r. TOR o to arn M n en nas 's nsoF
sesn % % Gd e 10 a ra 1rc
.er Intend to d. not eyen to secure ste privilege Of
r. ssys tor sver asn ~ e a o r
critic, and will not now ao tho domsgo9uo II
This hir. slator, Of Oregon, Ia Dornocrat
ana discovered, too late, sentiment in Oregon
mhiol, % 10 ., makes tho text Of hla letter. VIZ:
Toto for a man who has taken .,ncI:- INV" Eow.
WEoron s Alr. Slater less entitled thar Bon But.
ler to tho praise Of tho Qnlcna Gazeifc. which
| saya OF Dan:
Among hs good and manly qualities arc s.raishtfor>
ssi T ss ffs: :ssa y s ,sSs
| regard to tho sano "stcal." ~
,,- The common, torso, md Anglo:saxou mama
1or person who stoals Is "thiof." Tic Torro
nautn 19,as Wu1.. cGlls tho .haek-pay bill" tho
It. wno helped It aol'g by their bpocch or vote,
and thon pocketod the proceeds Of "tho atcal,"
sro shiovoe. They who were determined in their
down." Or aro only waiting until tho storm shall
blow ovor to pocket their "awag," ara also
thieves, with tho additional RECOMMENDATION Of
being, IN tho ono oaao, cowarda md, in tho other,
| hypocrltcB.-Terre Nauto Gdzelie
in whatovor light thiB pay business Ia ro.
gaTilea, Il etands out as monument Of open,
bala.lncod robbery, and no argument can strip il
raos u .ss ioatnsone character. Tho present Con-
nonr, Will cost tho country s2O58, 75D--or almost
throo tn1on Oh much as ontiro session cost The
country co., before tho var, and twice ss much ~
Tho iniquity Of tlo salary -stoal appoara
creator as wo examine 1t moro Why Congress-.
mon should receive S625 Zach month during
ttl ta9lr vacation, lg mystery to tho taxpayer:
This at onco dispols tho Claim made that 8 Con-
gfoBenan caanot live comfortably at WaBhng-
ton on $4,000 To bring this maftor home. ISt
tho people q th9 Fifth I9vs District ayk tom
to earn tho 1926 zach month since tho Ill Of
March.-Des Afoincs Leader.
-Josoph It. Cannon, h1. @. elect, vol knowa
t9e sentiment OF his constituents evor siuco TINT
y, IL tho faco OF theBo facts, ho touches ono
dollar OF tho money, lie III al cn1pablo, morally.
o. tho wholps who garroted tho milton BY nut
ting tho measure through Champaign IN)
III Carpenter IL to be dcnouncod tor thu
baok-pay stoal. why not Morton and Tynor2
Why docs tlto Journal travel to Wisconsin To-
it could be abnndnntly accommodated nearer
homo 2-Loganspo1 Ind. fAaros.
We Will aay noW what We were prevented
from s6ying At the time tho Hon. O.. II. Waidoa
ropiy to Senator Carpontor's bacl-ray speech
wan first printed. AIr. Waldo lays the lasn quite
snsastIy upon tho backs at the Republican,. edi-
tors or tho State for not rnpudieting tho Senator's
position POSITION; In moro prompt, elaborate, and OK
% peach tho Integrity aud faittulneas o Of TIC tao
Republican presa of tho State without entering
our protest in its Observation-Disclosures Sentinel
spocch at Janosyil1o. defending tho Gack-ray
kfeptomanlaca, and tho Credit hlobiiar stock
}obhery, until We have come to tho conclusion to
Ply rda paif Of a1a niatos and become Knight Of
around hcro for q to build up n good paying
buainosa In q highway robbery, aa Washington
grcscnts to tl!o average e!octod high0ayman.-
La 0r0ssa { (1ffs.) Democrat.
One OF our exchanges hits the nail exactly,
ana not any too strong, WHOM It pronounceB thr
"salary.grab an illustration as tho toachinge
ot tho Grant party. Democrats dabblod in 1t to
to Bucll raacallty in tito day Ut Domocrnto pros.
: tigo. It was reserved for the party in power to
make such gillslny possible.--Alaquokesa (Io.ca)
Sentinel
Tho Kondallvillo Standard insists that tho
Democratic members OF Congress- wero num-
bors considered, moro deeply Implicated in tho
backepay aud aalary-grab business than tho Ro.
So arc pu1sed n to ag ow wvp il D9
slonld case to mako this point at all. It onjoya
. tho "baa emillonce" or being about tho oily
, paper paper in lndiana . Which openly defends the
} right, why should q Republican journal tnlto
toa} thsn RepuS1eans voted for its-Eopors E<neDf
, Tho South Bend Tribune in tho only Repub
lican paper in the State that oronly condemns
President Grant for tho part ho played III tho
lnore1ao ot ~ Of the aala5y basiness 1he papers
President, but from week 10 wook arc il1od With
: abuse Of Gen. Packard and other "back-
. paysters," aro not only Inconsistent but their
acts sevor g., strongly ot dishonesty. + thoy op-
. principle, they should include all officials who
i arc II any way responsible for the law.-Laporte
r (l7id) argus.
!, "A man who censurea q Congressman for
supporting tho eaary-Bteal. and won't consure
> tho Pres1deut, ia dehonost. There is no use
:, Of trying to escape the stigma Of this salary
: Btonl. It is no answor to charge that Demo-
aniv sinpR%ortoa a%ax T. and ng hsvo defeated
entitled to. tho peoples confidence. and proves
t tho necessity Of q now political organization,
t that will respect the rights Of tho people, aud
: FREQ us from tho corrupt party corniorantB that
dovernment.- (lficA.) Press.
Ii this connection OF Con. Dllttor with tho
t salary.bill, at tho request Of tho ProsidcntB y
friends, ought to renrllt in his condemnation,
tho Administration ALBANY ~. - CIRCUS.
= Tho President has openly assured pron1i-
nent public 1uon that ho will urgo tho ropeal Of
tho aot. Right here wo must also state that tho
President would in all probability have yotoed tho
, back and trout salary act" as the Omaha AeraM
torme it, had not this bill boom attached aa q
rider to tho most important appropriation bill,
Bign this bill would have seriously impaired the
, functions OF tho Governnsont, and nobody knew,
this bottor tllau tho rascally Congressman tllas
fatlorod this steal and pushed it through in this
slrroptitions Ma1tnor.--Onlaha Rec.
Al nattor of party poIcy tlIuk tho President
ought to have vatoed tho saaryb. account Of its
{ retroactive features.
/ Tho above We clip from Grant paper. Liz
ton to tho uttoranco: "As muttor Of pa,ly
aaZicun q tic 1resiilcnt nurlt u lnxa xctaad