The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-03-18

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II Chsnaep Ers3sss comments IL
.seis t1ns upon Tn bounty naii =
wss finally patched up. It's articles
= copy below.
President Grant came TO the rescue
{ IL saspavers and the dsfenee d
h. yasional Treasury In the last
lour Of Caugress, when both peepse
ma Treasury had been abandoned bs
10Th Houses of Congress. be re
iused % .sxs tAs bagsst grAb q the
session so-called Bounty Equal.
isasion BIN. and woald have Sent n
I veto message, ID is reported. u
shees haa been time.
n isiqsities Of che bib as haa'is
psssed. were conceived in the Senate.
As the bill came originally from the
House il VAS Objectionable only On
the score Of hard times and an empty
ncasory. 1t provided fos the pay
ment Of bounty At the rate Of 300 =
vear Tor the time Of q tual service -
I'll who had ca rid arms in the Un'on
army during the war Of the rebellion.
after deducting in each case any
Federal. State. county, or locsl 5nnn-
" that had been paid. This Was lit.
orally an Equalization Bill since
it provided for the payment OF bonn
~ to actual soldiers who had enlist
ca and horne arms from patriotic mo-
tiycs and had received no 0 her com
pensation than the pay Of the regular
troops. But the moment the bill
reached the Senate, some Of the dem
agogues Of that body-includlng
those who imagine themselves Pres
idential csndidates-scented an OPP
por,unity for making political capital
1T the public cost, and The bill was
loaded down with amendmenA DIES.
troying its original character, and
embracing the following classes:
l. The Home Guards taking in
tens of thousands OF men in Missouri,
Kentucky, Tennessee. West Virgin
ia, aud other border States Of doubt
full loyalty, who merely did guard du-
ty ut home over their neighbor's
property, we're never under fire 10 the
United States service, and received
all The pay that was promised to
them.
2. Transfers, wagcners, artificers,
musicians, and all the manifold de-
pendents OF active army service, who
are not enlisted, rarely if ever incur
danger, and enter the service of the
Government for the same motives
they would enter private service.
;. All the ex slaves who had been
In any way attached to the army,and
who we're amply paid in gaining
their EN- incipation from slavery.
4. Certain Indian tribes in the
West who had engaged in war for a
period with other Indians of suppos-
ed rebel proclivities.
5. Seaman engaged all along the
Atlantic cost and on the rivers in the
ira SEPARATION business.
6. Even these additions did not
satisfy the reckless demagozues, aud
they made final, grsnd,and compre-
hensive bid for votes by striking out
the provision deduciing State and
local boun'ies. They thus destroyed
the equalization feature of the bill.
and provided for paying those who
enlisted in the latter part of the war,
and who received zeal bounties rang
ing from $500 to $1,000, at Just the
same rate rs those who enlisted early
in the war and did not receive dol
lar Of local bounty.
The Senate amendment changed
the original appropriation of s25,-
DOC, 900 or $50, 600, 900, to $4,000.
700 or s2O0,0OGOOO. The Senare
hen added the Or vision that the
secretary Of the Treasury might sell
bonds and increase the public debt TO
any amount necessary to pay the
claims against this
nionsirous bill. Had The bill been
permitted to become . law, it would !.
have absorbed all the revenue from I.
the new Tax bill for two or three
years TO come, and also added $780,
100000 to the national debt.
Tho Senate amendments were 4
agreed to in the COME, ence Commit 5
lee, approved by the H use. and res :
.ued from oblivion in the Senate by Q
ne special effort of Vice President b
v 'lson, who was trying to out bid I
General Logan for Presidential votes. t
The bill was only defeated at last by l
President Grants refusal to sign it: Il
md the country may thank him for &
aving $3.50, 900, 900 or $500 OoO, 900 p
n the public funds from a reckless
and unjust distribu-
ION. The next, Democratic, Con. ;,
!ress will scarcely care to seek votes :
y reviving this scheme of wholesale !,
'lunder Of the taxpayers. j