The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-23

NESS snip Huu OttecleO Tvs CtSuI6e
D through :tie breakers OF the Fsst dozen
I, @or fifteen years. fFi 7f'.'+,''.
- He ia one Of the larges, c0ttOn manu-
Lfacturers. in New England aud several
y times duTinE the recent tariff debate ia
Is the senste evinced his familiarity with
that subject N. Its relutions To the in.
a alusirv which he was interested in, and
gave valuabis assistance to his Rspub-
iican colleagues in tile discussion of the
.se,.n,ei substitute f.sr the Mills bill. =.
The question of increasing %. %
THE COMPENSATION OF CONGREssNES
has been attracting the earnest atten-
ton Of senators, especially of hate, and
there is AN overwhelming sentiment in
favcr ,of making the salary OF congress
men $1,000 a year instead of 5000, as
AT present. Members of the mouse of
representatives, while thoroug hiy in
sympathy, with the senators on this
point, are not yet ready to go to The
full length desired by them, fearing q
repetition Of the outbreak Of censure
visited upon the congress Of 1873 for
its action on the salary question. a
Il cause 1t is argued by theadvCcates
oi the Increased salary. that what the
people were indignant about was the
,.sback pay grab feature, and that il
the increase were made TO date from
A.. the fifty first congress no serious opPo-
.sitiOn wonld be made to it. %, .,4. t.ai
There was a frank expression Of
views by. the senators on this topic in
one of the secret legislative sessions last
week in the discussion that eusued
upon the introduction. Of the resolution
by Senator Teller, authorizing the
secretary of the senate TO pay tn COM
mittee clerks serving ON per diem
. basis during the session of the senate
and the clerks to senators, during the
coming recess, the per diem allowed by
law. s-a. ---. .-a
al Dir. Teller, previous to presenting the
resolution, which was referred 10 tie
committee on contingent expenses.
said that in his experience as chairman
of q committee he had been compelled
at times to employ two men to do the
correspondence devolviDg upon him
and it was heavy burden upon him.
He believed ..0....
SENATOR'S SHOULD HAVE ANIMAL CLERKS,
hs cause their duties did not cease with
,Ee adjournment of the senate.
Senators Dawes, Stewart, Harris and
Gray indOrsed the sentiment expressed
by Mr.. Teller, but Senators morrill,,
Morgan aud Hale said II would be inn
,oss;bie to provide clerk for every
senator this year, inasmuch as the ap-
prcpriatiuns have all been made, aud
ia any event the corporation of the
house would be essential to carrying
out the proposition.
In concluding the debate Mr.. Platt
said: nMr. President, when the pro-
per committee shall consider the mat
ters which have been spoken Of here
this morning, think that Committee
ought to go further. think it ought
to consider the question as to whether
the salary of a senator of the United
States ought not to be raised. I know
j, is charged that the senate of the
United States is composed largely Of
rich men to whom salary is no object.
To some extent, 1t may be true that
there are senators to whom the salary
is very little object, but there are SEN
ators mere who have nothing to live
upon except their salaries, aud who are
paid less for the services which they
renden that they would be paid in any
other walk or occupation Of life for
SlIbtbaI sSlSsNtSy ooA SSiS AAAoS" 'SSS'
In addition TO that, senators have
a great many expenses which their po>
sttion necessarily entails, and the result
is that there are senators who have
no INCOME BEHIND THEIR SALARIES,
are obliged to live in a pinched and
very unpleasant way in the city OF
Washington"
Mr.. Morrili-May ask the senator
from Connecticut il he is not aware
that no man can come here with his
family and rent a decent house and
live wilout spending twice the arnoun,
Of his salary:
<.NIr. Piatt--I have been aware-anJ
L think, perhaps, l may as we'll say IL
as any one, because l think l ash al
poor man as there Is in the senate
/ bave been made most painfully aware
of the inability of senator of the Uni
ted States to live iu the city OF Wash
inston in anything like the style and
with anything like the comforts which
We have at home, and which Othe
people tho live in Washington, aud
perhaps, are eutillee 10 the same socia
position which we are, and we entitled
to the same social position which the.
are. We are put to a d:sadvantaG'
which We fell every day of our lives
and there are senators here who vii