The Washington critic., 1889-04-02
ARE SENATORS POORLY PAID?

sidered in executive session, the character
OF the officials who are to administer the
Government, and the engagements It Is
proposed we shall make with foreign pow
ers, are carefully withheld from the public
meagre outline Of the proceedings usually
reaches the press, but this is all. But when
the-senators in secret session discuss the
insufilciency of their salaries, and the feast
bility Of strike, they carry verbatim copies
Of their speeches to the Associated Press.
Thus we are able to estimate the relative
degree Of Importance assigned by the SEN
ators TO various subjects.
IL is not of any Importance to the public
to know whether the persons selected for
appointment by the President are reputable
citizens or rascals II is none Of the public's
business what kind of alliances are entered
into with foreign powers But II is Of the
highest importance that the public should
understand the difficulty o Senator expert
ences In living on 5000 year.
Are the Senators and Representatives
insuficiently paid That, of course, de-
pends on many things. Let us look at it
relatively. How many Government OIL
cials Of the higher grades, who must be
men OF some experience and force and sue
cese In their private business, and who
must give up their private business In or
der to work for the Government the year
round, get rs large salaries as the Members
of Congress, whose duties keep them in
Washington rather less than six months
out OF every twelve, and most OF whom
practice law or carry on Their mcrchanT
dislng while Members OF Congress
Wen, there are precious lew places In the
pubic service that pay So,ooo year. Inc
plaintiff, Platt, was interrupted In his
speech by Mr.. morrill,, who asked II every
body didn't Know tnat IL was Impossible Tor
Senator TO come here and take house and
support hie family on less than$l0,Oo0a ycar'
EVERYBODY does not Know anything Oh the
| Kind. Washington is not so expensive a
place 10 iVe IN US New orR or some Oh tne
| other large cities. fiehty Oh people VINO
DO not get so'ooo year. ana VINO nave 10
! nVe INSIDE thelr incomes, 40 keep mouse
ana supper. iamines' aithougn tms may
seem incredlple 10 senator Morrin.
VI course, they DO not i've as handsomely
as ne does but tnat Is tne very question:
ist tne duty OF the country 10 enable all
the gentlemen IN congress 10 i've IKE NIL
honaires without making any draft upon
their private resources II IL De- why tne
taiaries must oe raiseu' Dut why SHOULD
tne syinpatniee Oh inc puoiic DC enlisted IN
pehaif Oh senators ana Representatives
when Congress has no bowels OF compass
sion Tor any one eiseY supposing tine audi
tors, Tor whom Congress does not appropri-
ate the salary the law promises them, ana
the chief clerks, TO go no farther down, re-
ci'ed senator riacts speecn 10 h'tn' OF ex-
planned 10 senator Morriii tnat everybody
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