The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-17

once rejected a case where the re- tainer was S$30,000 with an offer of a fee of S50,000 contingent upon winning 1t The case would have required only few weeks work and the offer came
 to him just before he resigned, but
 the Senator from Wisconsin rejected
 1t. He was acting upon the principle upheld by Morgan, Hoar. Platt and the others.
 Senator Bailey of Texas Is the most conspicuous dissenter from this rule. He declares that any senator has the right to engage in his private practice pro vided he does not let 1t interfere with his public duties.
 The Southern Senators. Several prominent Southern Demo crats adhere to the view that $5,000 a, year is enough for any man to live on anywhere. but Senator Daniel of Vir- Sinia was not one of them. He said: There is scarcely Senator here who does not know the fact that men accustomed to the plain responsibilities of life--I do not speak of those who belong to fashion and seek it's associa- tion. but the men of the great middle class who are accustomed to the re- finements of life--cannot keep their families in Washington and support themselves out of the present salary. The incidentais of their association are those of constant expenditure, and this salary would not enable them to go into the social whfrl with the diplomat and the gentleman of money if 1t were
 multiplied by three or four. It Is not for society in the usual sense in which the word Is used, that salaries should
 be raised, but for those who seek effi- ciency in their places and would not be lacking in the hospitable nature that their people have at home and which should not be denied their rep resentatfves. We want men heYe Tn Congress who serve the people only, and who serve them efiiciently; and Tn return they should receive fair com pensation. We do not want Senators and Representatives who are supported by "the interests."
 "rhere is no man who is intellectual ly. morally and in education and abii- Iity worthy of his place here," contin-
 ued Senator Daniel. 'twho could not, in my Judgment, support himself more comfortably with a less salary at home, or realize more If he bestowed upon
 his private business the talents he gives to the public service. At least such is the rule. But there are some
 men eminently qualified for duty who have not the money sensa They may be scholars, profoundly versed: they may possess great knowledge of law | and of men and things, but they may not know common necessities nor pos-i ! sess the faculty that takes in the me- chanics of money. Daniel Webster was of their kind. and both Clay and Calhoun were of kindred spirit. Such
 men may make great Senators and Representatives. and have done so. It | is to the interest of the masses of the people that those poor in fortune but sound in character and of patriotic and able mold should come to Congress- They cannot do it without sacrifice as matters now stand"
 Senator Moneys view.
 MT Money agreed with the Senator from Virginia
 sThis is my thirty-second winter in washington" he said. land have known almost all the men fin both houses of Congress during that time. I do not know any, of my personal ao- quaintances who served any length of time in either house who went out of 1t with as much money as he had when he came in. My friend from Ar kansas (Mr. Berry, has been here twenty-two years. venture to say that he goes away with not one-tenth the property he had when he came here and under such circumstances he goes away at his time of life to battle with the world for living"
 Mir. DuBois, & Democrat from Idaho, was in favor of the salary increase and vigorously opposed Senators en- gazing in private business.
 'sEhere is not a time during the year." he said, .'when a Senator ought not to think of the public business There are, am sorry to say, not ai great many men left who belong to the class of Senator Hoar, who go Into public life early and who devote their undivided attention to public questions and not to the amassing of fortune. I think our Legislation ought to be in the line of getting that class of men into the public service when young and keeping them there. But every Senator here knows that you cannot properly live on the present salary. A young man now properly hesitates If he is engaged in a business which is bringing him several thousand dollars year, to accept this high position, Knowing that his business will be dis sipated, and that at the end of his ser vice he will be left without anything, either business or money. I do not want 1t to come to pass that no one can aspire to 6 seat here, or enter up- on a public career which will be per- manent unless he has money. The tendency is too strongly in that di- rection."
 Then there's the other side expressed by Senator Nelson, who said:
 we are not here as mere hired men by the government. This is post of honor. Our value here and our effi 1cieney are never measured by the amount of our salary. It seems to me degrading to the high status of Sem ator to put us on such a basis that we are here simply working to get q sal- ary."
 Senator Berry argued along the same line. He said;
 ''There is no reason on earth, SO far as can see, why any man here who Is unable to live on the salary, and who can make more money at home, should remain here. If he does not desire to stay, he can resign ats any moment, at any hour.
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