Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-15

y want 1ull 1QIOrfndtlOnI anu Tic Soiii-
parison is most striking.
! Governor-s15O0. Laws 1870. Oh. 1O6 Sec
I /; $500. Laws 1867. Oh. 12l: $1,000. Laws
! 1880, Oh. 30; 5000, Laws 1905. Oh. Sc.
Secretary of State-s7CO Laws of 1920.
| Oh. Jog, Sec. l: 500 and fees. f. S. ISL,
! Oh. 40. Sec. / and 2; $500 lin fulD. Laws
! of 1864, CHI. 256; 5000. Laws of 1872. CHI.
i 80; s1eOo Laws of 1879. Oh. 125, Sec. l; $500
Laws of 1887, Oh. 13l; $500 Laws of 1906,
! Oh. 159
Attorney General-SscO, Laws of $50,
! Oh. log. Sec. /: $1,000. r. S. 1871 Ch 80,
Sec 1; $1,000 and expenses. Laws of 1870,
Oh. 154, Sec. /; $1,000 in full, Laws of 1879.
Oh. 125. Sec. 2; $1,000 and expenses, Laws
of 1906 Oh. 162. Sec. 8.
| Treasurer-ssCo, Laws of 1920, CHI leg.
Sec. 1; $780, Laws of 1876. Oh. 243, Sec.
| 10; $1,000. Laws of 1857. Oh. 10.
| Adjutant General-S7OO, Laws Of 1920,
Oh. lOS, Sec. 1; $780, r. S. 1857. Oh. is,
Sec L. 1860, Laws of 1867. Oh. IS: 1920.
Laws of 1897, Oh. ST. $500. Laws of 1888.
Oh. 40; $500, Laws of 1908, Oh. 1O2.
| Land Agent-sl00O, r. S. 1871, Oh. 80,
Sec. /; $500, Laws of 1864, Oh. 1871 $500,
Laws Of 1879, Oh, IA
Eight hundred dollars and 800 as forest
/ commissioner and expenses. Laws of
1903, Oh. 1sS.
| Justice of S. j. Court-Associate, sl5OO;
chief. $500. Laws of 1920. Oh. 10G Sec /.
Each $3.50; +. s. 1871, Oh. $50, Sec. J..
Each $500; Laws of 1866 CHI. IS. Each
| $500 and expenses not to exceed 800;
| Laws of 1870. Oh. 100. Each 5000 in full
| Laws of 1872, Oh. "a. Each 5000; Laws
of 1903 Oh. II.
Senators and Representatives. per
day and s. for each 10 miles travel;
Laws of 1923, CHI 10
One hundred and fifty dollar 4 session
| and 80 for each 10 miles trartI; Laws Of
1859. Oh. III.
| There was no advocate for the Increase
of the salaries of the justices of the SUI
premc judicial court who was more earn
est than Mr.. Davis, who was a m 'rnbrr
of our committee, and If I am not mis-
taken the senator from Knox had advo-
Gated this increase on the floor Of tina
Senate because of the high opinion he
had always entertained of the supreme
judicial court.
Mr.. STAPLES-Does the senator mean
that approve the increase of the judges
salary.
|
Iposed it.
| Mr.. STAPLES-I certainly did. At that
time was the only member of the party
in the Senate.
Mr.. SEWALL-Yes. you wer" the whole
opinion in the Senate but there was an
other In the other branch
That seems TO be sensitive point with
you-that you have to divide your polit-
ical responsibility at this time.
| Mr.. STAPLES-I am glad to share it
with such honorable gentlemen.
| Mr.. SEWALL-It rather took the edge
off of the Democratic victory for you.
1923, most of the members were paid
for ~ days; 1924. 50 days; 1875. s. days
1876, "a days; 1877. 81 days; 1925 Sc days
1S4. 1O2 days, 1872. 10 days; 1913. 50 days
1874, so days; 1855. 76 days 1885, no days
1857. 101 days; 1858, So days; 1859, 80 days
| I suppose it Is fair for us to judge oui
sister states 1t is fair first to legislat'
for ourselves. but We can sometimes
learn something from our sister state>
of the Union, and we today have moi
only the lowest but the most ridiculously
low pay of any members of any Legisla
| ture in the whole Union. 1t is not thai
our people are a suffering people in tn.
State. they believe in paying their public
servants and paying them well and acting
upon that principle we have raised the
salary of every State Official until We
pay to employees twice and three times
what we get ourselves. 1t seems to me
1t is false modesty. With decent self-re
| spect and courage we do not dare tc
stand up here and vote ourselves wha
would approach an adequate compensa
ton. Listen to what the other states
many of them no larger than ours. ant
most of them. certainly in the South
holding strictly to democratic simplicity
and against anything like public extrav
agance-
Alabama, 81 per diem; Arizona, 81 pei
diem: Arkansas. S. per diem; California
S per diem; Colorado, 81 per diem; Con
necticut, 500 ann: Delaware, s. pei
diem: Florida, IS per diem; Georgia, S
per diem; Hawaii. 800 ann; Idaho, s. pei
diem; Illinois. $1,000 biennially: Indiana
81 per diem; Iowa. $50 session; Kansas
50 per diem; Kentucky. s. per diem
Louisiana, s. per diem; Maine $40 ann.
| Maryland. s. per diem; Massachusetts
$50 ann: Michigan, SO per diem: Mime
sofa. s. per diem; Mississippi, 500 SEES
sion; Missouri, s. per diem; Montana, s.
per diem; Nebraska $ per diem; Neva
da, IS per diem; New Hampshire, SON
ann: New Jersey. 500 ann: New Mex
co, 8 per diem; North Carolina, 81 Del
diem; North Dakota, s. per diem. Ohio
$500 ann; Oklahoma, 81 per diem: Oregon
s. per diem; Pennsylvania, $500 session
Porto Rico. s. per diem; Rhode Island
8 per diem: South Carolina, 81 per diem
South Dakota. S per diem: Tennessee, s
per diem; Texas. s. per diem; Utah, s
per diem, Vermont. 50 per diem: Virginia
81 per diem: Washington. $500 session
West Virginia, 81 per diem; Wisconsin
$500 ann; Wyoming. s. per diem.
All of the states and territories pay
mileage also except Delaware and New
Jersey. but free transportation is accord
cd in the latter by all railroads by law
In Idaho pay ceases after 60 days, ii
Texas II is reduced to 81 per diem lr
Oregon and South Carolina pay cease
after 10 days.
Without the railroad passes we have
it would cost from our own pockets
for just the necessary attendance and
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