The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-09


ballot for the person to fill the Pre-
sidency the next four years.
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GARFIELD's SALARY GRAB.
Bro. Morris, of the Miami II elmet,
claims that we done Gen. Garfield
injustice in not quoting more fully
from the debates on the salary grab.
We have no desire, mol do we intend
to knowingly misrepresent a political
opponent asking the suffrages of the
people for q public position, and if
there is anything in what the Hell
met says we suppressed, that will re-
lieve Gen. Garfield of any of the
infamy and odium attached to his
advocating and voting for the salary
grab, we give it. Here il is:
Now, in reference to the salaries
of the President, Vice President, Cab
met officers, members of the Supreme
| Court, and members of the the two
Houses of Congress, the amendment
known as the Butler amendment was
agreed to by the Senate in every thing
except the provision in reference to
the salary of the members of Congress.
l wish to state in n few words the con-
dition of that question in the confer
ence. In the first place the Senate
voted directly on the proposition to
strike out the provision increasing the
salary of members of Congress, and
by a large vote refused to strike it out.
The Senate conference insisted that
the $500 clause cutting off mileage,
actually reduced the pay of eighteen
members Of the Senate. They refused
therefore to submit to an amendment
which cut down the salary of so many
Senators. The Senate %conferees were
unanimous in favor of fixing the SAL
airy at $500 and cutting off all allow
ances except actual individual travel
ing expenses of a member from his
home to Washington and back again
once a session, and cutting off theil
allowances of every kind. That prop.
osition was agreed to by a majority
of the conferees on the part of the
House. l was opposed to the in
crease in conference as l have beer
b opposed to it in the discussion and il
my votes here +; but my associate con
ferees were in favor of the Senate
amendment, and 1 was compelled tt
/ choose between signing the repor
| and running the risk of bringing OF
. an extra session of Congress. 1 hav,
signed the report, and 1 present it a
it is, and ask the House to act on it il
accordance with their best judge
ment.
Now, then, after Mr.. CARTEL,
t spoke the above piece, after all hi
lodging, trimming, equivocation
double dealing and trickery, h
t voted for the Salary Grab and de
Tended it, declaring that the Sin
t crease was proper and ought to b
made!" (See Cong. Globe, rag
n 21O1.) Thus adding hypocrisy to hi
I crime of Salary Grab! Didn't h
9 do so, Bro. Morris? Don't the vot
i show it? And will you please pub
q fish that now, and the debate be
j, tween Garfield, Hubbard and Dave
e on the question? The scare crow o
an extra session he talked about, a
we showed before, was all bosh.-
There was no more danger of on
8 than there is now. He knew tina
perfectly well when he invente'
that sham to impose on the public
e But admit that it had involved al
extra session, would it not have beel
more honorable than the disgracefu
/ act of plumber passed? Too thin
q Bro. Morris. If Mr.. Garfield did no
aid in fastening the grab steal on tn
Q people, how does it come that all tn
Republican editors in the country
!, yourself Embellishments hi
), name with it and so urmercifull
abused him for it? Did you lie O.
e him and the record then, OF are yo'
u doing it now? Certainly the Ne,
York Tribune, Times, Cincinnati
Commercial and other leading RI
= publican journals, were not mistake
in his support and vote on that mea
e sure, and the Congressional Glob
proves it, and the honest, intelligen
a and thinking voters know it and wi.
o vote accordingly, and all the sense
less howl about esrebel claims an
a "solid South" will not scare then
e Mark that.