Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-19

kENDALL.s SPEECH At NAMII..
Ton.

kENDALL's SPEECH At IANII.-
TON.
The White Pine News, which ar
rived last night. contains an elaborate
speech delivered at Hamilton on the
evening of the 18th inst. by Congress
man Kendall. But two subjects are
considered by the speaker. He first
takes up the salarv-crab bill, which
Re argues AZ length, and closes with a
sca,hing review of SURE and his at
tempted legislation AT Washington la,
Winter. Mr.. Kendall shows, what
we have all along commended, that SUI
tro is the most selfish and concei.ei
schemerS of the present age. While
assuming to be the especial friend
and champion of the miner. Mr.. Ken
dali assures us that Sutro did all in his
power to force the passage of the Pratt
mining bill, which provided that every
mine throughout the length and
breadth Of the minera!-bearinE terri
tory should DO patented within six
months from the adoption of the
law. This is precisely what
the SENTINEL has ~eou;ended
on al pertinent occasions. Unir
these circumstances, is it no strange
that Sutro should ha We the etIron,ery
to claim that he is the true friend. and
only friend, in fact, of the miners Of
his coast? And is il not stranger still
that intelligent men. men claiming to
be identified with the best interests Of
Nevada. should indorse the course of
such an unprincipled sehemcr and
pretender as Adolph Sutro? Mr.. Ken
dali also took occasion 10 level 4 few
well directed blows a. the s~o-called In
dependent movement in this sac.
We are sorry that we cannot follow
Mr.. Kendall through the whole of his
speech. While it is true that the SEN
TISEL has consistently opposed the re-
election of Mr.. Kendall. it is forced to
admit that the subjects touched upon
by him in his Hamilton speech were
handled in an ingenious and mastery
manner. Weappend the main features
of his remarks with reference TO the
back salary grab:
frankinG Privilege.
Two months or so before this much.
abused salary bill WAS passed. tbs
franking privilege was abolished.
Congress seemed Il think that the
people demanded it. didn'tthinkso 50.
as an individual. and voted against
taking it away. | thought then. and
think now, that il was a right, not OF
the members Of Congress, but OF the
people at large. 1t was their right Ia
receive, free OF charge. the laws. the
public documents, the reports and
maps, and the multitude OF valuable
books Il papers printed for diSfrihu-
ton. 1t was Your right to get free.
through the mails. those invaluable re-
ports of Raymond and HAYDEN. anc
Wheeler and King, and many others
besides packages uG valuable seeds anC
plants. These last any farmer has q
right to have sent tn him from thu
Department of Agriculture jfee, | sly.
He pays roundlv TO SUSTAIN that De.
partment at Washington, and he ha- a
right to its reports, and to the re
suits of its OPERATIONS. But Con-re :
said: NO. If YOU receive these
H. Hiii'lis ~ lac olIi''tlllI ti IONS
and cords, were awaiting distribution II,
Tho postage must be prepaid" Pre-
paid! BY whom? Why, by each
member Of Congress. Of course, a. he
send, them ont to his constituency.
Now, what do you suppose the regular
huota of those books and documents,
heretofore distributed underline frank.
cost each member Of Congress in post
z per year when the frank was abol-
ished? l speak now only of the re-u-
lar quota printed for distribution,
which, undi>tributed. lie in the vaults
Of the Capitol and mold and rot.
Why, an accurate ard Official ga e.
H,ent shows, emitting tho odd cents,
that it is SJ16 per year. For that
mount each member would have
10 go down into his pocket; and, for
one, was fortunate if | found the
amount there.
But about the matter of the amount
Of this postage, know that | aim with
in bounds when l say tina. each mem
Der OF Congress pays OF such OF,
fetal correspondence, together with
the miscellaneous matter SEM through
the mails for the exclusive benefit OF
his constituents, not less than s45a pen
year. In the debates last Winter OH
this question, some wcll-intormvd
placed 1t As high as 500. |
choose the smaller estimate to save all
cavil. Now these two items of &97G
and $50, amounting to SIS per year,
were by the abolition of the frank.
taken in a s0itd Siice out of the salary
of each member. This was done
weeks before the SALARY bill" am
up or was spoken of. The old salary.
as it then stood, as everybody knows,
was $1,000 per year and mileage. Set
peg there; and hen let us take anotil-
er step,
About Two Months Later
In the session came up the bill chang
ing the congressional ,alary-the "sa.-
ary-grab;" the esalary-s,eal;' the
"swindle." l give it a few of the
euphoniOus names which il has re-
ceived. voted for it right along. Ii
passed, a. you know. / voted against
its repeal last Winter, Is yOI also
know.
Now. what wa this change to the
congressional salary; Do you al. eX-
actly understand it? Some Of the
newspapers have said so often that
they begin to believe il, that we put
cur bands into the Treasury and stole,
each enc OF us, 5000! The uewspa-
Pers OF Nevada ave been, whether
they knew it or not, my best friends.
and | thank them. But in this i'll
stance, | have 10 say that OF ia
newspapers
We're Slightly Mistaken.
And a simple statement Will show
where and how; and here it j., and HI
f.. take my own case for illustration: The
salary ,cas 5000 per yearand mileage,
p 49,