Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-03-20

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WSs61ihSU1 n6sssr 70 Ciacinnssi osaesss,
Su.dfv asallenea In the Senate whsee
.e4;oa r. ecoUpoy seems to be 10 Keep up
,iraroua waech upon the droppines st
a. sniroe. vhils the great lakes q the bung
hois 3 nnnodcsd, have Of late exhibited IN
~onAsd yirtus On The subject Of . resolution
-h;ch ~ House paasrd q the last session,
MINI temporary increase in the pay Of
=. IN ssuulpyees, out Of its own contingent
c,rd A - tjSe peoprietv Of that resolution
: -. not one word 70 say. but 1t IL worth
vhile 70 Gee what manner o. men these ~
n. Senate are, who think themselves pure
scou.h 20 enter upon the very nnP,on.aolss
h,,s;ncss Of throwing stones ~ tne HOUSE .,
p.rr.sentstiyes. The Senate OF the .h'tea
S Ssp !. in ali matters Of provision Tor ITS
80 49,. ~c,r,ort and convenience, proyerbiaiy
~. ,sost extrayagant legislative body IN the
.c,,d For is fifty two members 1t spends
~ GOO IN stationary. The 1872 members
s,ftSe House only ask for their whole nun
81 0i9 .OOOi The tifty.two members oil Tue
S.rst. ,manare 10 Consume in session more
- - I'll the 1o2 members Of the House
Thsv nav their Secretary $3.50 . year more
eh.n ne House gives its clerks; and the
~l.,L NJ their committees { IA per week
more. They order just four tunes as many
Of the expensive Congressional ceoces as
does the House; and, to be ur,ei' their ON
~ ernenditurcs arc in similar ratio.
That they are unduly extravaganza do not
.av. but il is interesting to observe that
thew are the parties to charge the House Of
REPRESENTATIVES with cxtyavagance.
n Senator Sherman has been conspicu.
ous - a. leader in this virtuous rigicity Of
the Senate. A praying wretch, for whom
can;tsl pun;shment would be too mild fate,
Hhouphi he would look into one or two items
Of the virtuous Senator'S little private ac-
count with the Government. His first dis
coverv was the interesting fact that, comput
ing his mileage from Mansfild, Ohio, by the
shortest route, the Senator has to spend
land draw therefore from the treasury 1920
20 for travelling to Washington Mr.. Will
liam johnson member Of the House, lives IN
the same torn, but manages to get here FOR
$40! The Senator who is ore Of most hon
est men in public life, has been too busy
watching the rascalty " the House in it's
expenditure Of its own contingent fund, to
discovers this trining leak out Of the treas
ury into bis own pocket.
But that In mere bagtello. Mr.. Senator
Sherman may be really excused for trihing
IN accidental overcharge; but what shall we
say Of his friend. Mr.. Senator "JIm Lane,
OF Kansas. That in~orruptble worthy lives
according to the Official Directory in the
town Of Lawrence. He comes from there TO
Washington by the iAearest Travelled route,
and he swears that ii costs HIN two thous
and one hundred aAd sixty dollars. Il hap
pened that the representative from Kansas
lives in the same town but by some super
ior skill Of his, he manages to get here at
cost TO the Government of only twelve hun
bred and scvcntytrce dollars and sixty
cents.
There is another incorruptiblc Senator
from the pleasant State Of Kansas, known
unto men MS Mr. Pomcroy lie is recorded
% living in Atchison. forty or fifty miles
nearer Washington than Mr.. "Jim" Lane.
but it costs him precisely the same 81 460
10 get here, while Mr. Wilder, the reprcsen
tative living back nj Lawrence can travel the
evtra fifty miles and get here for nearly half
the money; or to put it accurately, for
4l,273 co.
But from tho Kansas senator's nobody
would expect anything else, Iowa ought to
send men Of different stamp, and it must
be that the curious facts about their mileage
need only 10 be called Va thew economical at
tention 10 bc corrected. MT. Senator crimes
lives n Burlington, on the Mississippi river,
Mr. Senator Harlan lives at Mt. Pleasant.
just one county west from Burlington; and
Mr. Representative Wilson from the eXtray
awant House, lives at Fairfield. just one coun-
~ west from Mt Pleasant. Now It curious
lv hapnens that Mr. Senator Grimes charges
the Government 81, rs ST for travelling here
from Burlington, and Mr. Senator Harlan
Al coo 10 from Mt Pleasant; while Mr..
Representative Wilson is able to get here
from Fairfield, just beyond both the econom
ica, Senators, for 1882 40.
Il has been seen that Mr.. Representative
Wilder could get to Washington from Kan
sas for q ,293 co. and that Mr.. Represen-
tAtivc Wilson could get here from Iowa for
S92 40; but it costs that paragon Of Sena-
torial modesty and ,irtuc. Mr.. Doolittle. of
Wisconsin. 81. l60 TO get here from Racine,
on the lower coast lake Michigan. almost
down to Chicago, will undertake 30 get
there, without the use of any Of the dead
head tickets which the Senator has in his
pocket, and stopping every night to sleep in
. first class hotel. for the odd sixty dollars
and 40 leave him the round twenty one hs,-
drcd for stealings
These are all the items Of the Senatorial
milagc account have been able TO procure.
! called 1t the proper quarter for moe, but
was pleasantly told that they were constrin
ed to regard the accounts of the Senators
with the Government, left in the hands OF
officers Of the Senate, as pirate happen.
however, to know way in which they can
Be shown to be not private; and may have
occasion yet to return to draw from them
fresh illustrations Of Senatorial virtue and
economy.
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