Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1873 — Names of the Congressmen who hare Returned their Back Pay. [ARTICLE]

Names of the Congressmen who hare Returned their Back Pay.

The following is an accurate list of the Senators and Representatives who have returned their “back pay” to the Treasurer of the United States, as shown by the Treasurer’s books: New York—R. Er Fenton, W. A. Wheeler, W. R. Roberts, S. S. Cox, Eli Perry, W. L. Sessions, C. N. Potter, C. L. Merriam; four Republicans and four Democrats. New Jersy—G. A. Halsey, F. T. Frelinghuysen, John Hill; three Republicans. Pennsylvania—John Scott, Washington Townsend; two Republicans. Maine—H. Hamlin, J. A. Peters, Engene Hale, W. P. Frye; four Republicans. Connecticut—W. A. Buckingham, J. R. Hawley, H. H. Starkweather; three Republicans, J Vermont—W. Willard, Republican. Ohio—James A. Garfield, James’ Monroe, W. H. Upson, Char les Foster, A. G. Thurman, John Sherman; five Republicans, one Democrat. Indiana—D. D. Pratt, W. S. Holman, M. C. Kerr, John Colburn; two Republicans and two Democrats. Illinois—C. B. Farwell, John M. Krebs, J. B. Hawley; two Republicans and one Democrat? — Wisconsin—G. W. Hazleton, J. M. Rusk, J. Allen Barber, Alexander Mitchell, Philetus Sawyer; four Republicans and one Democrat. lowa—G. M. McCarty, A. R. Cotten; two Republicans. Missouri —Carl Schurfc, G. A. Finklenburg; two Republicans. Michigan—J. W. Ferry, Z. Chandler, Wilder D.Foster, Henry Waldron; four Repblicans. Massachusetts—Charles Sumner, Henry Wilson; two Republicans, Rhode Island—J. F. Bayard, Democrat. . California—Eugene Oasserly. A recapitulation of the above shows that of the fifty-two Senators and Representatives who returned the “back pay,” forty-one are Republicans and eleven Democrats. An examination of the list also shows that not a single Senator or Representative from any of the following States has returned his share of the “salary grab” to the Treasurer: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, V ‘ rgi n ia, mid West Vi rgi nia. W hile both the Senators from Massachusetts, and one Senator each from Rhode Island, Deleware, and Calir fornia, have returned their pay, nothing has been heard from any of the Representatives from those States, aiul they appear upon the reconi as having pocketed the money.—New York Post. As individuals it would please us exceedingly well to sec the distinguished name of Hon. O. I'. Morton added to the above list. Wonder why he prefers to be classed among thieves? —“— Secretaries of Granges can procure blank applications for membership at this office, for 10 cents a dozen.