New-York tribune., 1877-05-19

way os reasoning in regard to this ad t % II ;,ae % no
hack be Senator enough to draw SALARY anu Ionge, no
ourh 10 be senator enough 20 he entitled 10 MS se' m
,bt II he he NOT Senator enough 20 be Senator at a no
cnt be senator enough 10 derete the public treasury
Of $50 600 in Tho aud under pretense OF NV dt
common people only know common honesty Ana poii'
icoI N ncsty - "A different affair altogether.
This astutc observer, whom nothing escapes
whom no caiolery deccives ferrcs out and thus ex-
poses TO the light of day the secret sins OF the
Senate:
The simple fact in this doubtless is that tho le
nrb can majority Of the Seuate thnkit VIII nave De
Ter effect" upon something or somebody 10 tufh imuL
cut than 70 keep m n while he can ChH DC 80 %
ing The fuss The land about it that ne might he ~ ua
ger Of making without that amount oi money 10 soono
That is. Mr.. Sherman, Mr.. Frelinghuysen, Dir.
Dawes. Mr.. Ferry, Mr.. Boutwell,, Mr. Conkling' Mr.
Allison, Mr. Anthony, Mr.. Howe. Mr.. Morrill,, aud
their Republican associates wantonly, WlA1ully,
and with malice afOrcthoueht, violate their oath OF
Office commit fragrant perjury, and then bribe Mr.
Pinchback to say nothing about it! This is what
The ConUcgaGoncGst means, if 1t means anything IL
has been tho uniform custom of the Senate and OF
the House to decide that any man coming before
thom with n case having merit enough
to lead 10 consideration should receive the same
compensation, whether his claim were allowed or
rejected This may or may not be right and wise but
II has been the custom, on the alleged ground that
contestants ought not TO be driven from Congress,
test they should rather be encouraged to main
tain their own rights and the rights Of their consit
ueutS in the interests Of hoHoat election. On this
ground Mr. Webster. M Clay, Mr.. Everett, Mr.
Seward, Mr.. Sumner defended and upheld the Gus
tom. Mr.. Piuchbacks claim was rejected By o bare
majority after three years of delay after ~ close IN
investigation and as full discussion - was ever
known in the Senate, and rejected he IT lolnen-
beYed for reasons not personal TO himself, but re-
latrg TO the organization Of the government of his
STATE Several Senator'S who DO not believe the Gus
tom WISE voted the money to Mr.. Pinchback as
sortng that il woad not be inst 70 change thc Gus
tom in its application to him, but giving iur notice
that they Shoull advocate q change hereafter. Inc
sum Of $4,000 was not q nero arbitrary
anyortionmeut hut was based upol a cal
culation of his pay and miiease for the ihIae
and a half ycals during which not by any act of hI3
own, as was openly stated in the Senate, but by Ic-
pcarod orders in the Senate, his was deferred L
Yhc Corgyeqqonalsf did not know this whore was Us
iDtclI r.uca If it did know it, where was It's
boDorf In ILLUSTRATION Of the breadth and Strength
Of lis editorial pace and in further exercise Of that
careful and discriminating judgment ol current
secular Affairs" which 1bs toagrcaGfcaant declares
to be two Of its " Distinguishing fc9,ueS,' that
journal issues pronunciamynio that TO pay illegal
contestants OF seats IN Congress anything is waste
of public money that ought 20 be stopped. Instead
OF being PAID for services never rendered ana when
they have no right 10 render such contestants "ngt
rather to be fined heavily" Very well. me CopGrC-
Gqii0pqIie speedily had an excellent opportunity lGf
cnphasi2inq its views. The Hon. Ruiu5 :. Frost,
Rennblcau was excluded from tho House oi Repre-
Sruiativcg. and judge Abbott, Domoc.Gt, was de-
clarcA elected in his srcad. Louisiana had been de
prjyed of her representation ard there oAlY oHe
man to pay Massachusetts had been IcpIcs 'ntca
and If Mr Frost were paid thcre would bo two men
10 pay. Il was n Republican seat, contested by
Democrat before a Democratic House, and l. would
seem az if all the conditions were snch that tOnDC
nationalist thunder might be expected. Whatever
services Mr. Frost rcndre he lad 10 right to render
them and one would expect to find The CoaJtod-
foaalit maintaining that if he were not Rep
resent Mi ge enough to BE- Representative a. al, Lee
was not Representative enough 10 dcp.ctc tn" pub
lie treasury Of $1,000 il tie name and under pre-
ten5e Of law but ought rather to he .Eod heavily.
On the contrary. Mr. Frost not only pays ID fine bat
fakes his 81 900 for occupying the seat 30 which The
Housr has decided that he never elected, and &"
which of course Le has not and never had, any legal
right: and is. besides this, awarded $1,000 extra
by the House Tor the expenses of TIE contest; "nd
Inc IoRq,ejljoacijg', so far from blaming Aim foI
taking it, or the House from paying it, cSoends aiI
if, wrath uucn the wrong done him 10y thc House III
moi. securing him Ii, seat. Il deca1cs bis exclusion
TO have been piece Of political trict,T for which
any party ought to hang lis head with shame"
How i, tLsl One illegal contestant is 20 DE- h'sTiy
fined for coltc>tng, and the other not only 10 90
scot free but to be paid without proit. and he'll
up as a martyr7 Twenty Thousand dollar. for tlrl"
years and haT is bribery but $4,000 for oae ycss
is tie first step 10 jTs;lcc.
SIMON ,ays Tp,'
Simon SAYS down.
Simon stys 'Ni+gic-wa-gle''
Not so There is method ia Ths CoareJaEoacl:si'
wiggie-wagclc lis law Of rohukins its own party
Is reutrllizod for the tim" by is stronger law Of
standing by its own friend. Poor Nr. lmcnba"h
wasa 'way-dowu-i1-Loasia1a,' and o. cour-'cn1!d
no; have q word 10 say for himself whio 1ir FROST
was Ihc CoagclfsaaIa's ueiIlbor ~ Chelsea! Tie
old custom then, Of paying illegal contestants for
seats in Congress Is 10 bt abolished and Ihe tospt-