, 1873-08-07
THE SALARY.GRAB.
Con. E3rft1crss Defense OF Ets
From fht Rhntot .Toffrupf 4 un H.

Tho OharleBtowu Chrouiclc-Gon. Dutlor'H
paper-of q wock aGo promised TINT last sat,lr-
d1y's isRuo would contain tho long letter which
1t haa boon announced ho wna preparing III Do
fenBo Of bis action on tho aa1agy-grab. The
Chronicle appeared, howovor, with tho promise
fulfilled but in part. II struggled through with
aevon columns of It, md then gayo out, OIL tho
ground, 1t Bays, that tho Gonornt WAS unable to
finish 1t. The Chronicle, howeyor, contains tho
following abstract which is supposed to ombody
tho strong points In the article, aud ns it ap-
pcars IN this authorized form, VIC copy it, 10
that the public .any SEQ what tho author OF the
"grab" and its sturdieat dofondor has to say
In it's Justification. It is addroBBod 10 a oou-
whom he offered to remit . cents as Ills share OF
tho burden which the grab Imposes upon tho
nation, and the Chronicle Says.
"It opons with defonao Of tho incrcnBo of
tho pay of tho prosdcnt whoRe salary waB
raised from $4,000 to s50,000 by tho bill. Lie
BhowB that President Waahingtops salary was
moro than 1ve timoa grentor In ita purchasing
power than Presid9nt Grants; a'd tint, taking
ton, and prcos, Grants salary would bo 3276,-
900 In round numbers, II in proportion to thnt
Of Washington.
not officers, Supreme JudgcB, md mombors Of
Congress would bo troble thoir preBcnt amount,
and thar Congrcasnen should have higher
rather than lower salaries than the Judges, az
tloir expenacB nrc necessarily groater.
" He thon proceeds to show that tho salary
bill DOCS not 80 much inereaEo nj oqualfZo tho
salaries Of 1nombors Of Cougross.
ut abolishos mlongo, and thus reducing tho
pay Of aon1o nembora quite, 60 por cent, willie
1t rAisos that Of others to o like amount
y 1t nlBo abolishea all allowances In tho shnpo
Of stationery and newspapers, ns vol rs frank
ing, 10 that instead Of it being tr1o tint evory
Congressman yotod himaolt $1,000 additional
hou fan,1 41tn13
81 900 year added, If 80 much.
l. Considering that tho services OF IN efficient
agent Of manufacturing establishment Of any
considerable capitnl cannot be had for loaa than
81, 500 year, whilo our railroads pay $25 900 for
their Presidents, the Ge,ioral cannot SEQ how
this increase can DO doomed too largo by any
right-mnded man.
AT this point ho mallcs ltoon thrust ut Min
iHtor Wnshburn, who las ntoly had pnblishctl a
1ottor III which o stated tl,at tho people did not
oloct members Of Congress to 60 to Washington
| to support threo or four miBtrossos, or to
buck at tho tigor.' .Aftor speaking sarcas-
has not observed any objections OH Wnahburn's
| part to tho appropriation Of $4,000, passed
| in 1871, for tho purpose Of dofrnying tho OK
pensea Of tho Minister to Franco IN 1870, al-
| though that appropriation was retroactive. Ho
| adds that he thinlB with this Increase md
bucltiug tho tiger, It is porhapa lttlo oasiorto
support = familY hl PariH on $17, 600, gold, than
to do tho samo in Washington on $7,500 cur
| renoy.
:" In other parts Of his letter he shows that,
almost without exception, every public man WHO
a on.crv ohont = hos ao1t T., vnapa 1,nst
rntoi for oTI oncanto1 i, H. NV, - 11, XIII,
,nIicatea sonntor Wilson T fha Woa'1s fa1'i1.
Danio1 Webster, Charles Summer, N. p. Banks,
1,avmnni r. In Nav Yorls T;noa CIV IL a1,5Ts w.
that Rnni,a ond Ii;cn both rntn1 in 1Scn fnr
an ncroaso ~ nav ~ t1,a rot ~ ~ a a,.t -
| with miloago mud other acknowledgements retro
fov yotn for harI nny ss fnr si1t6a, 1,o,,ts ~,
fla; for 4,ot finn IN a:,ar, ~ asns +nan 1o %
dnm1od ''A' '''A'' 'AAo ''''A' ~ '"'n AnoDe' "a'
ia a,ao ahora Tint nt t,o aano linn 1o,,,
| n biiov Do1.na hmos Hn,dwn ~ VnrGostnr ",.'
| Do,vna ~ fho N;,fI, n;atr;ct fIonnar ~ H.
| 1onrtb and T4ov yVaa,,hmrn az, ~ vote ~ III
but dodrod the question. and TINT If nnv ono ri
those glS Ropresentatiyes M @ WHO % thus az snonIed I I'd
haI ,.,.n1 T.; th ,n,.at;,o +l iii o,,ia IN W
hecr doFoafaa N1o ''oe"'A'o '''o wa "'"'" law
q ~ Ioalnr ui+1, n,amboro ,v,,o ,,o,,, ,,;oa =,
tbo nntcrw n,nat hort nnv VI" In o"s 3ot oe" so,,,
to hqye written viii gloves o. on. ,,.
f,varT.nt ~ tla .roos,,t to!65n a.,a ~ Oh ~
1oralnt,,ro md nvory Gonnrous ,,,ich aa ~,
ernoand tho salary ~ IL mn6nnra 1a nm =" 3hat
incroaso back to tho beginning Of their SERVICES.
th"t "vory arocTtva oinar vor, T,,l ~ ~ H.,
honc IN aasacl,neatta 1o III ,raa ~ INV ~;
cronaod hna nS,rnrs t.kon 1,,cL n"u ,ot ' H.,
soldiers potltiouod Concroas to eiye 1 t,am in
ereaSad INV and borty Ind that 6onprosa v cave
- aiti,c T., an o3, "u ta o.eI tSo,s, fas9
~, M1v that 1ho acbones IN uns,
au,1,io hoforn lin " ,,s 'ro NUT T.,
nr"ton iv t;o pros;Sont ,.r,aan,at;nnP rat;. -
tinna Gonrrosat aya ;ncroapnd hac nav. p,rs pnI
hnroToro r. n,nra " ~ ora pa{ @
1osa ~ no-nau rrahI,ors +iorpau WI ~,
eo oan h6e III te ii,stroa maa utaoo
mnn ~ - | IL noat frnr, - WnaI;nnton ~ Gravf
" ~ ivo;ar ta ,n," Us ~ ~ fs ~ o
t;vna to ~ ~ n so,;ors a,,d " H. ne
~ o .no piA'o'' - 'i'' "no 'ho "ofA-
" AHnr a., o,ot,roto o~,,,;,ot;o, ~ t,a oo,-
+root thoo1t w. t1o Gao-oi st,nns +hat = +.
III Iu ~" ant W ~ Lt ~ ~ us.ey
on ~ anoa9,,a viz ~ r;1t;a,s
~ In nawanonora ttat M man abn1i avnr voio
to raise hiB own nav. would simply hive ron
dorcd an incroaso oi pay Impossible from tho
| borinninr al tho 0oyer1,meut down to tho nreg-
ont day. Ho thon Btatos Of his personal k,lowl-