New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-09

wAsarNerox, Wsdnss3ay. Nov. 7
VOL. Ak. NO. Ia.


.ioa in l'iJ upon the longes..biished fract.c. q
tae 6JyeI4mel. ~ computing .hs compensation
due g. Members q Congress, including bath Their
pr dom snd mileage. takes god care, IA quoting
Tue section Of tho law Of lsIs % omit entirely tie
Psoe..0 which | have already set oUt in a pre-
81. Us letter. Without stopping. however, to ia-
q4i,s into the motives Of such omission, d-slg~,
as in'.nate3 IN my letter O! yesterday - take up
the examination OF what has been the practice
under toe several acts Of Congress enumerated in
nat letter by the 5eus,e THE United States 10
the payment Of rs ID emit eFs ~ all EI10 Sessions
Of Il q, b. " from 1917. down t. ,1e eHt'aordosry
Zee, s.Ja made by IL. DALLAS IL i,i- Such pfactic-
Jr ouK uniutsr ugt1G series q years, deem tls
oest and u.O.. cDacl4sige argument that can b.
1-sd sgainst tue sopaisty aud iatltudinsrisn con-
81 uc,ioa given l. the law since l-i3 ~ the ID
go,ates II q measure tea. viii iod no tarov with
any class Of citizens beyond the pale Of those
whose pJckots az more Immediately interested
Ia TIE question.
Toe fist Extra Session tnat 4 had any record
of Is the orc that convened imme iataly after The
adjournment Of the XIVth Congress In 1917
Taat Extra Session continued bat three days ard
the iuu aud only comp snss.ion pad t. the mem.
bers composing that Extra Session was tcer'y-
f1r d1HqY. 20 each Senator, 5nd which va put
10 the til - ith the Fi-tt Session OF The XVII
Congress a. this Extra Session Of the snate, It
Is an iudist liable fact that no mileage was either
claimed or pslf.
Tho next SCI edule that am sbled 20 dis.
cover is that OF the Extra Session Of tie Senate
from the an u the oh Of March l-2j The ses-
.lOn lated SIX days ana IS the scneoue SHOWS,
tpc total amount PAID iOr the per diem and mile
age OF Senators fOr the entire Extra Session " as
sG3l1 ~. At the eXtr2 session there were seven
Jew Senators who appeared aud qualified to VII
Nefsrs , rrien Of Ga. Chase Of VI. Harrison %!
OHIO, Hendricks OF lad. Kane Of H. Rowan o.
~. and Marks Of Penn. To these seven new
oenstors mileage was allowed 10 the amount, in
the aggregate, Of Z ,lsJ o. making the t0tsl ex-
penses Of tits Extra Session O! the Senate eXclu-
slvo OF mileage psld 70 the above named soyen
new Senators but So
TIE third schedule that refer 10 IS Tor the ox
penses If the extra session Of the Senate that con
vened on the 4th of March, 1879, and terminated
on tae l7th OF March. The period OF this Ex'rz
Session Of the Senate was a days, more tnaa
double tie length OF time that the Extra : salon
Of ls5j was ID existence, nud yet tlo aggregate
amount # Per dem aud mileage paid 20 : 'oatOrs
10 attend ance was but IS, -lj GO, bat SOS mJre
than thu Exirs session Of l925 This arises foni
tne fact that bal four newly elected members, q
Wit: Mess-s. Berrien. Clayton, freliDghuysen
aud Mclean, were psid mileage, which in the ss
greeate Was - 0GS 90.
The fourth Extra Sestion that can lind the
hedule Of expenses OF, commenced on the ith.
aud terminated on the 10th Of March, 1887, beng
period Of soven days and the aggregate amount
81 per diem and mileage paid 10 majors Ia at
tendance was g. 9O3 30. At this Extra Session
i've new members appeared and took their seas
aad 90 whom alone mileage was pAlt, w; Mes'rs
Alien. Perry : NTH, Oliver Ii. smith, Wilkins,
aud Young OF Illinois. No claim Whatever Was
.etu b, INV Of the Old Senators that they were
entitled TO milage Tor attending tLls Extra session.
The fifth Extra y esSiOn to which VIII siuIe,
WAS that of 1911, which commenced on the ith
AID adjourned GA the 18th Of the same month, me-
hing the Session to last twelve days. The total
amount Of per dIelu aud mileage paid tive Seua-
tors In attendance at this Extra Session sss
SlOJs7 % OF those Ia ATTENDANCE, nine we're
newly elected MEMBER who appeared qualified,
ant 10 whom eiOne mileage was paid; they were
Mcssrs. Woodbury., Archer. Barrow, Betnen, Nc
R1berts MIl-r, Mogehead, Simmons AID Wood
bridge. None OF the old Senators, IS late us l-fl,
act up any claim whatever TO mileage Tor sttend
ing the Extra Session. This brings me down 10
the memorable epoch OF the complete triumph OF
tho advocates Of constructive mlleage-the LXlra
Sess ION Of the Senate ia si5. This Extra session
convened on the ilh aud terminate onthc 2NIh OF
March lsl5, having been in session seventeen
S. far as The perdiem and mileage was concerned
was s3l,J4l 60!-being S24,1lO mere than the
Extrs Session Of 1893, which lasted q days. Al
10 Polk aud Dallas commercementoi the Admin
lstraGiou there were p old Senators holding over
ahO claimed and received their mileage, 10 Wit
Messs Ashley and SEWER OF Arb, Barrow aud
Johnson OF LIS, Bsgly AID Lewis OF Ala, Atoms
ON ol No. Breese and Senlple OF H., H,nnegan OF
lad Woodbridge of Mich, M0rehead OF Ky, Jar
uacin Of Tenn, Coluitt snd Berrien Of Geo, Ev-
ans Of Maine, L yham and Phelps OF VT, Simmons
OF X. l., Niles Of Conn, Dayton and Miller OF n.
Cameron snd Sturgeon Of Penn, aud Peace al
Ind. There " ere also : additional Senators " 10
claimed milesxs that were newly elected or re-
elected members and who appeared and quail
fed to Wit: Messrs. Webster Greene of X. l.,
Dickinson, J. NJ. Clayton, Johnson OF Ind spelght,
Corwin aud Csss There were also Ia other Sen
ators who peremptorlly refused 10 receive their
mileage though urged upon them from different
quarters they were Messrs. Allen of Ohio, Arch
er of Va, T. Clayton OF Del, Crttendea ct Ky,
Dix .. y. V, Haywood OF y. C., Huger and Nc
Dusie of 5 c., Huntington OF Conn, Woodbury.,
Fairfield Anterior. Benton and Mangum Messs.
Benton and MaDgum, however, as well tsthe re
presentatve at law Of Mr. Fairfield, rept nted sub
seQuenty OF resisting temptation and In lss9, at
It's Extra Session Of the Senate, received not only
constructive mileage for that, but also tor the hX-
ira Session OF S45, which at the time they refused
IL Is due 70 Nj CJlqut Vi Geo. to say that the
schedule exhibits the fact that the money was sent
- HIM ard wss TO BE subsequently recelpted Tor
Thus waa done by Mr. Colqult on the l9.n Of Au
sus,N si5-not by giving the usual receip; whe-s
no doubt existed OF the right OF q Senator 10 MS
mileage but in the following very eQuvocai ian
gusSe:
Reed OF Asbnry Dickens sS3a. being the smoaut OF
mileage which, By he JaGRSt q IA Tice Presidest
At Ssaats esised BY reason Of As wSsnS o. at
Eg,cu'trs Session aft,rf ne 4h Of NIrch last.
Istsnedl w. T CoLoUlr
This was receiving the money virtually under
protest aud with the expression OF the opiniou
chat Mr. Colquit only took It because By me JaGg'
mem Of The V.ce President he was entitled 10 II
Excluding, then, Messrs Benton Msngum aud
the legsl representatives OF Mr.. Fairfield, there
-cmsin still / members OF the Senate Who were
In attendance at the Extra Session OF -iS whouP
to hls day have refused 70 accept the constructive
mileage aud among those IL are some OF the
ablsst artists and soandest statesmen on both siGes
in politics tha, W e have in the Union.
The last Extra Session u the senate was mat
Of 1870. commencing on the 5th Of March suo
terminating on the 23a, making the period Of -
ExtrS Session 10 days II Was 6at two DAYS
longer than the celebrated Extra Session o. ISIS
YET the aggregate sam OF the per diem aio
mileage paid 10 Senators was 50 Sos 40, az ex
cess In smoaat over the previous extra session o
s23,s27. Those who received the constructive