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The Salary Question in Congress and Precedents
A reader defends congressional back pay, arguing past acts set a precedent and that moral judgments should be evenhanded. The letter cites 1769 to 1873 salary increases, names lawmakers like Sherman Lane Wilson Wade and Morton, and urges balanced critique of vice and virtue across parties while noting the Indianapolis Daily Journal editorial stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Daily Journal
Indianapolis
Indiana
Congress
Sherman
Ohio
Henry
Lane
Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
IF. Wade
Williams
Oregon
Senate
Senator Lane
Sendricks
House
Wilson
Farnsworth
Oflinois
Farquhar
Sechenek
Kerr
Niblack
Julian
Finance Committee
United States
Electidn
Treasury
Schenck
Henry Clay
Morton
Cameron
Logan
Carpenter
Senator Morton
Gen. Schenck
Gen
Ben. Wade
Fain Phay
Republican Party
Henry S. Lane
42D Congress
42D
Washington
48D
89Th Congress
59Th Congress
John Sherman
B. I. Wade
H. 5. Lane
Hendricks