Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-08
10 THE EnIToR OF THE REPORTER.
Washington City, Juiu ID. Ig3-


our letter of the 3Oth ult was handed 10 ,,s
| with a request that would obtain the desired in
| formation respecting the mileage accounts of the
kentucky representatives. In obedience tn This
request made application to the officers Oft he
House OF Representatives and was there ,rf,rm-
gu t""t the Speaker of the house had at the close
VI the session deposited the books containing the
aceomnts OF the members, with the Register OF
the Treasury. i called on the Register and
| requested him TO Permit me to examine the nc
counts, or to furnish me with n sla,emest of each
members lfrom Kentucky account of per diem
ana mileage, separately, for the last session and
session before the last.
Inc treasurer Informed me that there was u
standing order prohibiting him from furnish no
any document i'll his department to any person
'hat was not party directly interested in the doc
umcnt. informed him that it had been ulled ged
against Chittenden Lyon, of Kentucky, that he
mad charged and received from the government,
oh account OF mileage, more thar he had a right
to do-that he had 1t in his power to furnish me
with the ficts, d if an erroneous Charge against
MI Lyon had been promulgated, the error
should be corrected. The Treasurer then re-
ferred me to MIR. A. Dickens, the acting Secreta
ry oil the Treasury. My application TO him had
no effect. He informed me that he could not
FURNISH me with any information on the subject
| asked him if his department paid any regard to
PTeceoent II So by reference TO the files OF the
United States Telegraph, he would find that a
request OF the same nature from Duff Green a,
the time he was tine official Organ of the sgreat
est and best, was granted. His reply was, that
Hfeen never received the information through
him. told him l presumed not, as he was
not at that time acting Secretary of the Teas
ury, and could not what could Justify the
suppression of documents that were calculated 10
prove fraud on the government by Inember
of Congress
80 you see it Is impossible to get any iufor-
nation from that quarter. But in order that the
voters of my native State may have an opportu-
nifty of Judging how much part of their repre-
sentatives regard the public veal or how low |
they stoop TO chise the government under the |
cloak of retrenchment, / submit to you for their
benefit, the Following statement of facts. You |
will see In the published account of receipts and
expenditures, that the following gentlemen re-
ceived the amount annexed to their names for |
their services and mileage, from the LIST De.
cember 1928, to the Sd March, 1929. By an
examination, you will find that there are but |
SO days, admitting that no of them absen
ted himself from the House one day during the |
session, which amounts lat s 8 per day) to s 744
deduct that from the full amount that each of |
them received, and you will find the amount
charged and received for mileage. BY referring
to the table of Post Offices, you will find the |
distance from the residence of each member TO |
Washington City, and by calculating each mile |
at 40 cents, which the law allows, and no more
you will find the annexed statement perfectly
accurate.
Yours truly,