The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. 1879.

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 1870.
Mr.. EDITOR:
The Democracy under the claim of
economy are doing all in their power
to curtail the incomes Of Republic can
Office holders, while they are perfectly
willing to expend unlimited amounts
if they can thereby advance the inter
csts OF the Democratic party. One Of
the smallest ways they do this is by re-
ducing the salaries of portion Of the
Clerks employed in the different De-
partments in this city from the rates
they were established by a Democratic
Congress in 1854. VIZ: 1st class ST.
200, End class $1,000, 3d class 81, 900,
and 4th class $500 to $1,000 a year.
/ Tie salaries established in 1854 have
never been increased, alth ough it IS a
! well known fact that it costs clerk
/ at least one third more to live in Wash
ingt0n to-day than it did i'll 1854.
Members of Congress received in 1854
rs per day for each days actual a5ten-
dance upon the sessions OF Congress-
which would not average over $4,000
year salary including mileage, but
/ they raised .heir own salaries i'll 1856
to $4,000 Il year and again in 1866 to
$4,000 year On the plea that living
in Washington was 50 expensive.
A congressman is not required to re-
main in Washington on an average six
months in a year, While Il person EN-
ployed in the Department is required
to remain the entire year, AID can't
pay his attention to other branches OF
! business, rs congressman can when not
employed in transaMing Government
business. Is it not y6ry small economy
! to curtall the salaries Of Clerks which
were established in 1854, and leave
| their own salaries intact, which have
been raised twice since the salaries of
h Clerks were established. Look at the
immense amounts tile Democracy have
spent in Investigations, being in hopes
1 by SO doing, that they could advance
the interests Of their party which has
/, signally failed, as about the only re-
;, suit Of their investigations has been to
show the honesty Of the Republican
;, Administrations, and to show the de-
termination OF Gov. Tilden's personal
! friends to purchase III electoral vote
in either Louisiana, South Carolina or
! Florida, and that they used cipher
! telegram to Which they have all lost
the key and can't remember what it is.
Such lot of forgetful people ought to
start another KnoW-nothing party.
Again the Democracy do not reduce
the salaries of those they employ,
showing that they do not care any
thing about true economy, but are de-
termined to reduce the income of Re-
publicans if in their power to do SO.
Yesterday was an exciting day in the
House Of Representatives. The Dem
ocrats are determined to engraft upon
an appropriations bill the repeal Of the
law, authorizing the appointment of
! United States Supervisors and Deputy
Marshals to witness the election of
Congressman in the different States in
the Union, which is strongly resisted
: by the Republicans as being the only
protection which the Republicans Of
the South have to exercise the elective
franchise. The Democrats claim that
the law is unconstitutional. Hon. Chas.
EG. Williams, of Wisconsin, made a
short, but comprehensive argument
! showing it's constitutionality. / can't
serve your readers better than by. quot
ing q portion of his remarks. In five
minutes ! can only cite the sources
which in my judgment gives it con-
stitutional validity beyond all CUES
ton. Section 4, article /, provides
The times, places end manner Of hold
) ing elections for Senators and ReDye,
sentatices, shall be prescribed IN each
State 6y the Legislature thereof; but
the Congress may at any time 6g zau
make or alter such regulations, except
as TO the place Of choosing. Senators.
Section s of the same article provides
, that each House shall be the Judge
/. of elections. returns. and qualifications