Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-11
\ SUGGESTION RELATIVE TO THE
SALARIES OF MAJORS AND
IN CON-
CRESS.

GREsS.
If one wants thing done. it is natu'
raj, or rational, any how, that one should
suoloy thu les available ability i'll the
dong Of the same. The hes. com
II: nis the best prices. but the ba't Is the
cheapest. in the end. always. The
ables. men that can hs employed IN tn
great business Of statecreft are the best.
Bat il Is fact in human economy that
III II who are competent to transact pub
lie business Alright. are, commonly, not
contenteI with small gains, modest and
virtuols scraps and savings, ana humble
fare. The Usetules: men in ali commu-
Mites are the industrious ones and the
public cannot CT TIE services of its
r,1st ctpabIs nel without paving them
WI! or swing them au opportunity -
make for themselves a competency
Ali Of which : though. TO be appro-
pTiately rrelusive to the following sag-
9,stinns which are respectful, offered
n a substitute for the manifold an, pre-
p0sterous bills now claiming the atten-
ton Of Congress and having relation. in
one way and another. 10 the salary ques-
ti,a
Lst tie rarioas States fix and pay the
sala..es of their Representatives. and
Senator'S. Just as the General Govern
rlent pays the salaries OF lis representa-
iives 20 foreign courts.
Then. also. il they see Fl. let the
States cree; and maintain suitable resi-
dences for their representatives, at Wash
ins;on.
ri course the proposition that the
States pay their representatives. salaries
conte npis.tes no salary from the General
Government This would necessitate
an amendment Of tie Federal Constitu-
ton
NoS there are some good reasons for !
adopting our suggestions. In the first |
rlsce the State from which the man IS /
elected knows his value and Will pay ac-
corllin.ly The ahsurt;:ty Of the pres !
eut method of ~ uniform rate Of pay
'nent IL apparent when We mention the
TACT tnat kend.,I gets as much pay as
Sunset Cox. OF New YORK. or Elicit, Of
; luth Carolina. There never VS. sl-h
Lp,,k at 1t III anotherIi5ht: ~ York
las tlirty-tLree members i'll the House
,f Representatives We have but one
Eat We OF Nevada haze to E.ay our pro
portion of the s,347. 500 that those thirty
hree Congressman are paid. while New
! ork only pays her one thirty-seyenth
# our little grab of $500.
Now there would be economy in orr ;
and not economy, only, but
xcellent good sense. OF course the
,:lte would fix the salary e fer the cleo '
ion of her Representatives and Sena-
ors. In such q case as the election of
man Of Sharon's means TO the Senate
mere would be nothing to pay; bat, on |
b.. contrary, bonus from him for being l
Ilowed to do part of the representing
/ State In case of the election of t
erson of Blasdeis perverse incongruiii-. J
mind and person, the State could well !.
ford 70 pay him to stay at home. 1t is d
ro,,Gbie that Il man of Eendall's c,libre f,
,uld be hired, in dull timss. to so il
lrouch the form of doing our represent +
ent in the Lower House for fifty dol |,
rs month and found-proviied il II
'uld be arranged that he might stand VI
atch and watch with the Senators. :.
nese hints are merely thrown OFT for "A,
scnssion and not with any immediate N
tention of pressing the same-tkough a,
: shall reserve the privilege of abiding $,
this subject again. Al
ed
There is a female in Humboldt. county b,