The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-01
Congress, his actual expenses from his place of
residence to Washington City, at the commence
ment of each session of Congress, and return
to be certified in a bill of items, to be fled as
xor1


voucher.
This bill was accompanied by long
and plausible argument from the COM
1pittee, showing wherein the justice of the
bill consisted. It was supreme moment.
It was time when stealing was easy. To
double the salaries of Congressman and
make the measure retroactive was as
easy as rolling off log. Garfield was
not behind his fellows In the avidity with
which he rushed to the contamination of
this deliberate and inexcusable pillage.
On the 10Th of February Mr. Garfield,
the nominee for President of the Chicago
Convention, called up this bill and moved
that the House resolve itself into Com
mittee of the Whole ON the State of the
Union for consideration of the Senate
amendments thereto. This was agreed
to by vote of Sc to 49.
In course of the debate which followed,
many amendments being offered, and
either adopted or rejected, Mr.. Butler
offered the following amendment:
'sAnd there is hereby appropriated a
sum sufficient to make the annual salaries
of such of the clerks In the office of the
House of Representative as receive 81
600 and upward, and not increased In this
act, So, 900 each, and of such as receive
So, ,160, the snm of 50, 800 each, and of
such as receive 81, 800, the sum of So. 100
each, and of the clerks of several COM
mittees," etc.
Mr.. Garfield, the model reformer and
economist, who is now Republican can
didate for President, nominated at the
Chicago Convention, moved to amend
Mr.. Buffers amendment by striking out
81, 800 and inserting $1,700, so as to
raise the salaries of such clerks as re-
ceiye 81, 700 to 50, ,160.
Mr.. Butler SO modified his amend
ment
The bill was further discussed on the
9th of February, 1873, Mr.. Garfield IN
teresting himself oficiously In non-con-
currence with certain Senate amend
ments by which the. magnitude OF the
steal had been reduced
Pending further discussion, Mr.. Gar
field stated with reference to the various
amendments which had been referred to
the Committee on Appropriations touch
ing the employees of the House, the COM
mittee had instructed him to report, as
the result of its investigation thereof, a
substitute, as follows:
i
the department of door-keeper and post
Office of the House, and elsewhere about
the House, be increased in the same
ratio and for the same period as those IN
| the clerks desk, whose salaries are raised
by this act" Which was agreed to.
The bill being reported to the House,
Mr.. Garfield called the previous question
ON the amendments reported by the Com
| mittee of the whole, and if that call was
sustained, he asked that gentlemen who
| wish separate votes on amendments may
| indicate the same. =
Mr.. Butler moved that the rules be
suspended, and that the bill, with the
amendments adopted in Committee o.
| the Whole, be passed.
Suspension onrefused-yeas. 66; nays, 81
Proceeding then to the consideration
| of Senate amendments, the following, q.
an addition, was rejected, to wit: Pro
| viding after other salaries that Senators
Representatives, and Delegates shall re
ceive compensation at the rate OF 81, ,50t
each. The vote on the rejection OF thu
amendment was SO to 121. The Hous'
soon afterward adjourned.
On the 1st of March, the Legislative
Appropriation bill being again before tn,
House, Mr.. Farnsworth moved to La.
upon the table the motion of Mr.. Butle
to reconsider the vote by which tn
House refused to agree to the amend
ment made in Committee of the Who'll
to the first Senate amendment Tn
motion was -rejeeted-66 to los, Mn
Garfield voting In the affirmative.
In the course of subsequent proceed
ings Mr.. Sargent moved to strike ou
that clause of the bill fixing the compen
! sation of Congressman at 81, 800 pc
annum, and insert sc, 500, which amend
| ment was agree to by vote Of 100to 81
Mr.. Garfield voting In the negative.
On this same LIST day of March, 1875
a message from the House was receive
in the Senate announcing that the Hous
had agreed to some and disagreed toothe
amendments of the Senate to the Legii
latiye, Executive and Judicial Appropr
alton bill, and asking conference.
1 The Senate thereupon proceeded to th
consideration of the bill, as it cam
from the House.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to amend b
striking out of the salary clause all afte
the increase of the salary Of the Pres
dent. Disagreed too to 38.
Mr.. Edmunds subsequently moved
strike out all that related to Senator
Representatives and delegates. Dis,
greed to-24 to 36.
On the 3rd of March the Committee 9
Conference having in the meantime COZ
, cluded its labors, Mr.. Garfield rose to.
privileged question and presented the T
port of the committee on the disagreeiI
votes of the two Houses on the amen
ments to the bill. The conference repo
, was adoptod-102 to 95-Mr. Carrie
voting with the oiher stealers in Il
affirmative. Among the negative vot
, on this momenteus occasion were Sa
! Cox, Crebs, of Illinois Farnsworth,
Illinois; Wells, of Missouri Willard.
Vermont, who died only the other da,
e Hawley, of Connecticut; Slocum, of Ne
Q York, and Niblack, of Indiana. Up,
: he other side, voting in favor of VIII
!. has been universally condemned as
: most outrageous measure, were such MI
d as Darrall, of Louisiana Rainey of Sou
!. Carolina, Ben. Butler and q handsor
sprinkling of avaricious Democrats. ~
4 Senate vote on the report of the COME
:. ence committee was So to 81. T.
L Democrats who voted against the stt
were Inurman, 0asseI1J, haInooi,
e Maryland, Kelly, of Oregon, and Sau
a bury, of Delaware. The whole busins
L was disreputable from the start 1t "
Is bad in its inception, bad all the W
e through, Probably none of the Dem
Gratis who were seduced into supp
le of the measure have ever since ceased
u regret their action. Most Of them ha
u u done works meet for repentance but
,e have never heard that James A. Carrie
10 who was one of the originators and alwa
oe one of the most active promoters of
u grab, got down on his knees to beg +
70 giveness for the sin. He proved hims
N a corruptionist in the matter and glor
,e in his shame.
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ae The Model Officer He Was.
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