Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-19
From the Reading Eagle.
THE SALARY Ora
LETTER FROM Hov. HESTER clrMsn.


The following letter from Hon. Iliestrr Clyncr,
received This morning. explains his reasons for
yo'iug against the bill repeating The, Salary Grab
act, which will no doubt be found entiicy salts
factory 10 his constituents and the Democracy
generally
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WAsHraGToN, l6 JAM, 1915.
My DEAR SIR u am much obliged Tor your
friendly note of yesterday, making inquiries re-
gardlng my vote ON the 'Salary Bill"
| was compelled 10 vote against concurrin. in
the bill US 1t passed the Senate; First, because
whiio it reduced the salary TO 5000 year. which
met, as is well known, my hearty approval, yet 1t
restored the unequal and therefore odious ~ lie
dce syste'a by which the Treasury will be wrong
fully depleted annually TO the amount OF nearly
OF quite two hundred thousand dollars
Secoua-Because the bill did not reduce the
salary OF the President either for the existing or
for future terms, thereby imposing on the people
Tor all time An additional charge oi 81, 900 year
Forlneiy the President salary was S25 900 year.
increased yearly according to the statement OF the
Chairman Of the Ways and Means TO at least SIS,
600 by appl plopriations made to his "private estab
ishmcnt." BY the bill against which voted this
amount Is increased 10 at least 800, 600 year
Thrd-because the Senate Bill made NJ deduc-
ton OF solary from the 4th OF March 1879, up to
this date-Nhcn the question was before this
House. l constantly and earnestly e1deavorcd
TO have this principle enSrafted upon the Bill
For these and other reasons which time will not
permit me to SET forth, voted against concurrng
in the Senate Bill, which in my opinion is not
what the people unitedy have demanded.
feel satisfied that every Democrat in Berks
county, who understands the question will agree
with me that the "miledge" is an outrage and u
wropg-tbat the doubling of the Presidents sala-
ry is the greatest of all "grdbS" and should have
been repealed for the present and for the future,
| and that the reduction of the salary should have
been made to the date from the 18th Of March 1879
lbs cad offrom this date.
These IN myminI plain anA hon aSt nrono-
| sitions and by my vote against The Senate Bill,
l intended to clearly express what believed
| 10 be the unanimous opinion Of my conslituents
| upon them, and | appeal TO them, with unshak-
| en- faith that they will approve my judgment
| and indorse my vote. Had ] voted for the bill
! should hereafter have been stopped from de-
nouncing the mileage swindle.' which has al
| ways teen odious 10 men of all parties in Penn
sylvania, and also been agitating and demanding
| the repeal Of the increased Presidential salary.
These questions will enter largely into the is.
SUES OF the immediate future and by my
vote am free 10 take my place on the side OF
those who demand economy. retrenchm ent and
| reform
There were others who voted aga inst the bill
for reasons very different from the foregoing
but have briefly stated those which actuated
my friend, the Hon. s. s. Cox, Of New York
and myself.
| l am glad your letter has given me an op
porunity to set them forth, which we were
not permitted fully TO do when the Bill wa'
forced through the House under tho pressure
of the previous question" which cut off oppor
tuntles for remark or amendment.
Truly your friend,
i HESTER CIYMER.
Jesse q. Hawley, ESQ, Editor Eagle" Read
ing, Penna.