The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-09-29

the last twenty years, ls to be tracr
cd to the inordlnate desire to sus-
tain themselves in the social at,
mosphere Of Washington. Itwas
great blundsr to increase the salary
Of President, from $4,000 TO $780,
900 the pay Of Cabinet officers and
members, Of congress. / In 1861
Congress changed the pay OF its
members from 8 dollars a day to
$500, a. a.yeaE,apd SO snraged were
THE peoplellhat with the excepiio n
6 Nr. Clay and a few others the
members voting the increased pay
" ere retired forever. Now the pay
OF members Of Congress is $4,000.
and this increase Of pay isdeleuded
'on the ground ,tllat aSoQgEesslneP /,
cannot live at Washington on less.
The pay should be reducedto tie
$500 per day and men elected who
will live on it, Not the saving OF
the salary only would be the e'nlt
bdta class Of men would then I'll!
the two houses of Congress thai
the people could look to Tor the
necess ~ reforms s. There is no
more need for extrayigaace in s.
slal life than there was fifty wears
ago. But with the tendeno! OF
centraism, and the rapid accnInn.
| IAtioR of millions in the hands Of
4 the few, there are foundcouclusivc
IreaSons why we should retHrn to
the economy, and customs Of the la
theirs. Whea one is found now to
refer to the olden times, and 10 pro
test against the evil Influences Of
to-day, he is laughed at. Ii you
tell them how guarded our fathtr3
were in the exercise OF power, net-
or daring to support measure not
/ in accordance with the constitution
or to carry out some clearly dele
gated power they will say: ''Oh!
tYes, that v soP When yon tell
them az in illustration that IN 1899
when it was proposed 70 erect q
manSolenm over Washington al
cost Of S15 000, Old Nat Macon
said: mo can't yate for il. ENC
no warrant in the constitution to
i appropriate the money of the peo
pie for such a purpose and it would
be a dangerous precedent Now
thousands are spentto keep a gnart
around the grave OF Garfield, to say
nothing of the thousands spent dur
ling his long ilness. Where j. the
constitution nAw. Nov, and then
a voice is raised in protest, and
+ tAen heard no mere, The Registet
says, warningiy: We should no
forge, that tins is a Republic, and
ihat any practices which give to The
official life of our rulers the show
of the resemblance to pomp and
display, is foreign 70 the 'geaiae "
our institutions and dangerous 10
, the permanent peace dfnths aPso
! ple." This ssrg word tfRs TSpl
every vet " ia the lsrdlshoNId b
aroused to The dangers around us
/. IL Looks bad IN popular COVE en-
4 ment, ghsfa ths Ped1ls sla.'s slpPos
i cd 70 be supreme 70 sSpYssld snl y
a Senator or Represe9lIStaaitlye !
Congress, as soon a. he j. elected
!. put on new digniliesl and airs thS
+ he never thollghtof wheni begging {
/ the peopIa to vote for him. w
see this every day, and tits due in
great measure to the ioAdyism =
1 the people, @ho make tlese polil
4 ieal upstarta ie eve Tat II
weight of the governreut rests q
(. heir shoulders When the truth !
! hundreds fBeA Of greatsr ability
with more brains. and more inAu
(. ence eau bs found all over th
State, The people must rise y ,
( andtell seryants that thispol
! icy must edne D ali end Sthavthe,
d mast act asIihaheyi fsgHarmnb
4 and natssbs talking abpptS \ ny peo
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