The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-10-08

010 Aet1o3 On tho 0a1Axy Grab Law Fully
xxplai1sl.
HlAwAfHA, BR0wH CoUHTY,)
KAxs Octob.r 2, 1874.
EDETos TINE:-I was very much -
toaished, upon ny return 70 the STATE, 10
fad ny opPoresss changing. FIRST. that I
vosed for The salary grab, and, secondly, that
I voted asairst iis repeal.
10 the face Of the rec I'd, the thing vas %
psepos:efous that l did not think anv enc
would believe il. In nearly tsenty votes I
only missed one VOC, end all my votes we're
fer The lowest amounts and tie mo rigid
r.ptai. No: only did I vote in that way,
but I ma e speech in favor Of repeal and
reduction. ,See Tase ia. Congressional
Record
When the Snte' we're called en- the 6rs,
dsy Of last sasion. Hon. Edgers Hale. Of
Maize, that Stats being the frst called, Of
fered bill for siup,e repeal. Other bills
were offered. M. Hale. the third day,
moved that the bills on this subject be re-
Serred to special committee of Eve, instead
Of going to the Committee on Appropr:a-
lions. This made Mr.. Hale chairman of
the committee, and gave him charge of the
bill.
On the 9Th the repCr, Of the Committee
came before the House. 1t vas not repeal,
but q prop( siiioa to fix the amount at
S, zoo. The old members generally objec.-
ed TO repeal. These Who we're opposed to
the n storation OF the Thinking privilege Oh
jected to repeal. Those eastern members
who got little mileage. were opposed to the
restoration Of mileage. Most Of the other
sllox ancss, which brought nothing into the
members pocket but went fer public pII-
posss, We optn to abuse. And thus, to
get on. Of the difficulty, the majority Of the
Commit,ee reported S., 500.
While this Vas pending . molten vas
made By Mr.. kGs,n to fix the amount at
$1,000 year, without any allowances. For
this voted (See p.246 C. r. Also to cIinch
this vote BY the motion 10 reconsider and
LAY o. the table. (Ses page 1851
TIE bill, thu amended coming NJ, Mr..
Hurlbut moved ~ Q euhstiiu;e for the bill,
that the ealaries be 81. 600. This substitute
and my two colleagues voted sgains'. 1t is
this vote for which / am 20 dish0nestly crit
ieised. (Ses psge 2Sl. II hal voted for
g. 600 instead Of $1,000, l do not know
what they would have said.
The Hurlbut amendment WIS adopted
however, the vote sianding l3l to 129; 16
not voting. As it wss thus substituted, the
vote came on the question "shall the
bill be enzros sed and read . third timer
Pending this motion the Speaker said: ''Ii
the House should negative that motion, the
nli is dead:" (See page 286 } And he also
said, this is the real test rote on this bill
(See tame page).
On this l voted ave. (see same pase.t
At this stage Mr.. Hurlbut moved the
previous que ton on the passage Of the bill.
An Affirmative vo:e en- this que.tion would
have shut the door to any other, and would
have simply said Ne prefer Sc. 900 10 another
sum. Pending this question Gen. Hawley,
Of Connect; cutt, 4 friend of rigid rpesl,
stated that be d,s:red to have, as new bill
the Hale bill. reported forthwith. and de-
sired that the matter be not thus closed, by
the reviou, question. Ga the motion thus L
clcse 1t 5000 voted no, a. did Eugen'
Hale, both the Hawleys. Lawrence. Kassoz
Holman, Freeman and Roberts-all tn
most rigid repealers. Could We have reached
. vote en- S., SEQ we could have carried it
| The motion 10 cicse prevailed, however, BY
the same vote, as the Hur!but amendmtn'
Isl, see Congressional Record, p. go.
!; The vote to pass was not taken BY yea!
and nays, but stood LIZ to "A. As this va!
the only chance for repeal at this stsge,
voted aye.
when the same bill came down from tn,