, 1879-01-21
THE SALaRY-GRAB.-L0uAN'a DEFENSE

The Inter Octan, tho organ, advocate, md
defender OF every robbery md plumber Of
tho Public Treasury, thus vntnly and Of course
falaely comes 10 tho defense OF LOGAN OF
abstrncting anil retaining tho s5, 600 back pay
'snlary. 1foro Is what it saya:
Did tho people OF Ohio !ndoraa tho sa1nry grab
simply tecanse they twieo thEta times slnco Its
pasfuge returned Mr. GAnrlRLp to Congress. who
reported and supported II! 5>ocs THIS ThtNuxE
norss the measure because 1t has h1wsys referred
In the most 1attcrtnu TERMS Of praise 10 GAnTlBLn
and urged his reelection; Did tho pcops OF Mas.
fachusstts tnorse It because thoy twta rs-etccted
Mir. DAxKs. who voted for 1T Did Mr. MEn1LT.
'appFosc tho grab when he urged llAwLkr, Of
Connecticut, for Senator, who took tho money,
or nAwLKr, Of uNr own State. who did
tho same thine? hid he do 10 when ho
asRcd 1lrurnAnDs denomination. OF FoarEna. Of
U!1o, or any Of The 200 100 others who took The
money! Did he manifest any uataslnesa upon
thA rnbIcct when President i1AyEs appointed to
onu of tho must Important positions In Washington
[scnunx. VIC suppose, nun identified with tho
paseace OF tho bill, whcn l,n appointed 10 vart.
Gus offlccs Of trust haf.dozcn others noortona1y
connected with tho affair! Did HAYES and tho Re-
publican party indorse tho measures when these
nun wcrc appointed, Iil Tho Democrats tndofno
tt when they returned BAyAnn To tho Henatcf TITO
facti* these mon vera fo.etectcd or appointed to
place In spite Of their rtcurd In this regard and
became tho peoptc uro not dspoaed 10 lot an Of.
fcnso Of this Kind rcmhtn forever bur to mans
advancement. 1fthoy offended, they answered for
1t grirvoustY. Gen. LoaAN voted for tho rncasure,
as did many othrs good ncn."
The answer to all TINT Ia plain, simple. aud
dircct. In TIN CnIcAoo Tribune Of April
-, 1878, IL liat, Furnished by AIr. SKINNER,
then Treasurer Of tho United States. giving
tho mines Of tho Senators and Representa-
tircs who lind, up to TINT dato, covered back
into tho Treasury tho money awarded to
them by tho Snlnry- Grab law. Conspicuous
among those who Ind at that casly tlato thus
refunded tho money aro tho following names:
JAMgs A. GAnFlEIp, of Ohio.
JosErH 1tAwIEr, Of Connecticut.
]. u. 1iAw1EY, of 1!itnoiH.
T. +. DArAnp, Of Delaware.
Cam. SCnuIz, Of Missouri.
At later dnte aIr. BunouAnp, Of Illinois,
paid tho money into tho Treasury, "a did
Mr.. FosTEn, Of Ohio.
Con. DAsKa, ut tho frat election after hs
Ind takcn TINT money, was defeated for Con.
gress, na he was second time, md ngaiu
the Republicans Of his district refused to
nominate him. 1lc is now like The other
men WHO took tho pluudor-tiacarded by ali
parties.
An editor of tho Inter0 0c<an, then mem-
Der Of Congress from Iowa, took the back
pay, and did not ca.c to go back to Iowa.
With Ills 1900 tack.grAb ho bought. IN in-
tercst in tito Flint concern. 1{o Is now Post
master OF Chicago through LooAN's procuro-
ment, and is Que OF Louas's "Ltterary
Burcau,' and insists thns 1t IL "mean :" to be
reminding people Of tho haok-pay awinlle
md Of those who votod for It.
II tho Legislature Of Illinois shall eloct
JoMx a. LOGAN to tho Un!tod Statss Senate,
It will be the only State In the Union In
which tho Republicans hayo ro-elocsed auy
Senator who voted for that bill and kent tho
votod for a Int h. ro,,,,o,, n, n.no. ~
hol,avo ha IL tho on1v romoor,t ~. o..a
nv tho IN, .v,,o h.s hoo, ~ o,..."l, ..ss".
n s.roto, f,o,n N,rtb c,,o,;n. .,,,a ..,,, T.
1,onnocd NJ .ho nort oioc.,on '' ~ "':A ~