The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-27

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NOUS structures which lsa wete psf1apS @ ho'
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couid ]oln nanaS anu fe'EshOh a anu es, sass
money, put IN the mater o. saiaties h4sp ~
6y the Government, ne asked Il ah!ncay
oeileved ihat thepeopie were eoml'intns
that their pubic servants were peihe
paid too much. i53h Ft,'h a, ''.,
Mr.. Hamilton, n. 1.) ana ? MEMBER o.
the Committee on Appropriation having
charge OF the bili, repled 70 INC strictnres
OF MT. Hale, and asserted thatthe hgures
and facts showed mat there was iarge
room Tor retrenchment Inc estimates
sent IN ior tne mihtary acaaenly amo9hl-
ed 10 ?43' ,ouV, pst tne Sollnilsee " eat5 ~
propriations had cut them down 70 szaS,-
64l, and the committee beleyed tnat the
reduction could be made wlthop pt impair
ing the utility oil The academyto any e&-
tent. 1t was a mere Topping oil oil e1.
travagance. lie asserted that the present
compensation, OF the supeEnfende9!,
OF the academy was better paid
than any government officer except the
President, receiving as direct pay ~
percentage ior longevity allowance 10y
forage allowance, by quarters, ra.ions, \:
and one thing or another, about 20 oov
year: He referred TO the salaries o.
the other officials, and SAID me salaries ,.ss
could be reduced Us proposed anu a. snli
leave an adequate compensation. ms
bill, he SAID, proposed mat the army om-
GERS stationed a. West foint shoHlo nave :
the same pay ana allowances as lhey hau
IN the army ne supml'Iea l.,l ihae .ne . oo,
Iections u5geu ag1lnst lne pi,i y MeIs nv nol
well founded, anu ne reminded 'he Hoase Y
that the ROAD toward economy was now
open, and 1t was In the aiseren9h oi 'he
House 10 say now lar II Shou'u Dc Puf-
sued. T. ~,
MIR. HuflDnt opposed lhe econonieai "
features oi the pili, ana suggested =. re- =.
ply to Mr. hamii.on I3l New Jersey 1'.ha. ~
at TIE time wneh ms nanli.on ptS.nef SaD :
was west foint caaet, receiving 20 u
month, MEMBER OF congress only re-
celved 50 day, and that II might DC eco
nomlcal Tor him (Hamilton) TO remit 70
the Treasury the surplus pay which ne
now received. Laughter.1 In his 1ndg'
ment this bill struck deliberately, Will
fully and ignorantly all three OF them
laughter at the well-being OF a great
and useful national institution, whose
record was clear to every man in the
House. Even the gentlemen from the
South on the other side oi the House bad
attested the advantagesoi o. the great tram
ing and high teaching Of that academy IN
Lee and Longstreet and stonewall Jack
son so that no sectional question could be
made out Of this national academy. The
question directly was whether this acad'
emy should be maintained on that pure
liberal, benign footing which its import,
ance demanded, and which the dignity ol
the nation required. He had been
astounded at some OF the propositions N
that bill: The proposition which he
shonld like demonstrated could be The
result OF nothing but q bastard and
laundering economy. de yentured to say
that the members Of the Committee on
Appropriations did not know now many
clerks mere were ~, IN uie ihsIi19slon 70 pe
providea ior. 1hey haa snueI,aken 70
strike witn one aWkWafa, lei.thanaea,
coTardly niow a. me men VINO the nation
had sent mere 70 Do eauea'eo hos Ios thsii ~,
own beneht pul lor Ihe nation, anu ,!si1 Mill
other men VINO py iaT were entitled
to the advantage o. tneir long,
eyity which the gentlemen on Us
Committee on Appropriauons qn
not seem 70 KNOW tne meaning OIL ~
warned the gentlemen q nat eommlltet
tnat tnete was NJ sn,sie lnSl,aion ~ ~
this country which they had better e
more careful n nii1at lnlefiefing win than % tne
west foht MinIafy Acaasny. .thete
had peen time when II Migns nave peeh
popular 70 inler1ere WIN y puI 'hal
time was past :! !hefe uaa
when TWAS eons,aetea pop9llna = alIaGE |;
the afmy-and ne supposed mat woule
be the next s,ep-ouI that tlme was past
he couia ten lhe genllleellpeen, glele InAs poIh q
these institutions were rooled apd ground
ed IN me lel1h Oh lhe Ainetlcah people IL
tlelr eme1enCy anu uhtlulDetS, anu any