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Editorial
January 29, 1873
The Wheeling Daily Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
The editorial strongly condemns the state legislature for accepting pay during a 20-day recess, noting unanimous press opposition, unearned expenditure of $10,000, and bipartisan fault, urging members to recognize the outrage to public sentiment.
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We believe that the entire press of the State (if there be any exception we do not remember it now,) has spoken in condemnation of the course of the Legislature in taking pay for the twenty days of the legislative recess. There is but one voice in relation to it. The custom elsewhere does not excuse it and no argument yet put forth by the members who have drawn the disputed per diem will satisfy public opinion.
The money was not earned; no service was rendered in return for it; the State has nothing to show for the ten thousand dollars thus expended; and the members who have taken the money should be made to feel that their conduct is inexcusable and that they have outraged public sentiment in this regard. It is a matter out of which no party capital can be made. The Republican members have been as derelict as the Democrats, but the good sense of the majority should have kept the Legislature from falling into such a glaring mistake.
The money was not earned; no service was rendered in return for it; the State has nothing to show for the ten thousand dollars thus expended; and the members who have taken the money should be made to feel that their conduct is inexcusable and that they have outraged public sentiment in this regard. It is a matter out of which no party capital can be made. The Republican members have been as derelict as the Democrats, but the good sense of the majority should have kept the Legislature from falling into such a glaring mistake.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Legislative Pay
Recess Compensation
Public Condemnation
State Legislature
Bipartisan Fault
Unearned Money
Political Outrage
What entities or persons were involved?
State Legislature
Republican Members
Democrats
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Condemnation Of Legislature Taking Pay During Recess
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical
Key Figures
State Legislature
Republican Members
Democrats
Key Arguments
Entire State Press Condemns The Legislature's Action
Custom Elsewhere Does Not Excuse Taking Pay For Recess
No Arguments Satisfy Public Opinion
Money Was Not Earned And No Service Rendered
State Wasted Ten Thousand Dollars With Nothing To Show
Members' Conduct Is Inexcusable And Outrages Public Sentiment
No Party Capital Can Be Made From This
Both Republicans And Democrats Are At Fault
Majority Should Have Prevented This Mistake