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Daily State Sentinel
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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Senate debates raising Assistant Attorney General Coffey's salary amid discrepancies in Assistant Secretaries' pay; Fessenden suggests $3,000 insufficient for stylish living, implying dishonesty; Johnson queries honesty; notes scandals among officials and female clerks. (Washington correspondence.)
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[Washington Correspondence of N. Y. Commercial.]
While the Senate was discussing a motion to raise the salary of Assistant Attorney General Coffey from $3,000 to $4,000, Mr. Fessenden alluded to the discrepancy of the salaries now paid to Assistant Secretaries, and said that those who only received $3,000 would be satisfied with that if others received no more, although if a man wants to keep a couple of horses and a carriage, and live in style, he cannot live on $3,000 honestly, and some, he understood, did keep their carriages and horses. "Honestly!" inquired Reverdy Johnson, with a doubtful look. And Mr. Fessenden replied, significantly: "I do not know."
There are queer stories about some of our officials, and some of our female clerks are sadly sullied by scandal.
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Senate discussion on raising Assistant Attorney General Coffey's salary from $3,000 to $4,000 highlights discrepancies in Assistant Secretaries' pay; Fessenden notes $3,000 insufficient for stylish living, implying some officials live dishonestly with carriages and horses; Johnson questions honesty; closing remark on scandals involving officials and female clerks.