The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-08-26

y onaTSeQ 0O ptEccut.ln dudtIpH TO ynO-SOvol
T 947 33, including nileaget on % 900
miles, which is another trip around tie
I globe. D He receives similar pay, for sta &
tending gcommittee on frauds on IuternalT'
Revenue, including rent of lparIors,
board at s6 per day, and mileagega HsHl
receives similar pay for attendauOe2uu q
Judiciary committee, including sxtrssl {
and mileage for Ga 9llfmiles, equal to b
three trips around the gIobe1l For the
year ending January ], 1865, ,sthe wholso
number of miles trave!cd5 as charged
was 20S, ,403 isYet; it, must sbecsuppossda
that the ,e,e committees, Refehinb seseioad
at the same time, and that he WAS inl
attendance on Odngress at astated sab-ii
ary, and with assistentsu whose sslafyai
was fxed.Y He charges further, and isd
! paid, for arres:ing and bringing hefpreI-
the Houae over 100 members of Oongfes1 j
for being absent, without leave sthee e1m u
of S517 %. In addition, be charges
for 222 miles travel tiB. behalf Of thsIf
same direlictien of duty of our mem !,
bers of Congress. He further received
for expenses and services, conhected
with the burial ofta member of Con.
gress, Hon. Philip johnson, %, go, 49,
which included rs doz. kid gloves, zoo Il
black Grape sca1fs, i18 whitesilk sashes, It
Is black silk sashes, hacks, travelling
fare, mileage. Go /, for our members Of
Congress- Notwithstanding nall this1s
the sergeant-at armss Of the House, re-
ceives an annual salary of %, ,5O0s ahdR
his assistants, salaries, from 81 400 20 .
81, 900 per year. TO further snow the
House expenses, take0 the relieving
items: ---7s ;FWa.- bur sBeIiGiossI eli z
Horse and carriage hire tSocnrtage; for 3siilD1
The 1sos Same far 1884 sis;S ssfsta spa o. ID
- - :: 10 - baa .isIogaa 1919
Increase over 1864 19Ggauae IL .ez,61esoo
In 1868 there were 12 sssioads 1T soc ri. .isl1 -
in 1854 Il s. ~ 3, ,106i,.ss ssi d, ,668 V0d
|ai ooftf;,rfs r ----- sdi 400 -s~-a--I 3
Excess over 1868 9,2sso1 blre s4s64l 60rd
These loads were boxes; ,&e.; hanleds
from the House, aud their contents not
publicly known. What did they con- 4
tain In 1868 the amount paid Sfoft
private horses and car.iages was ,&6, ,162Gs
"a for 1864 it was s2,465 s25!lo The 8
whole bill for horse hire, cartaRe; Scr, uc
for the year 1858, was SIC, ,563 50. {
The expenses of the post Office, in .ths.u
House, are also matters of wonder. 95,l
284 SO wss paid for hauling documents d,
for members from the House to the post r.
cfice in the city $5 900 for feeding o
horses. $3.50 for four horses and b
carryalls. at $40 per day, for the whole b
year. For salaries of Post Master and
assistants, an additional sum amount-
ing to Ss2 1888 SO, for the post Office ,
of the House. f,., 5...r;efs ,ai. .s.ssz alai
The expenses of committees is equally
r p'ehensible. Mostofthe eommitteeft .
S lch as those on treatment of prisoners t.
war, on elections, on New Orleans riofss5i
&C., were for political, purposes. For "a
boarding and mileage, and service, and z
while members of Congress were receiY@
ing their regular salary, thereby draw, 3a
ing double pay, there was paid during o.
the I'd session of the 40th congress, c.
S69, ,465 90! The item of boarding in g
the above amount was, alone. 2lI ,957sii
The extra mileage of these members of
committees was, alone, S27, ,160 10. IL
The door keepers department is, persi ,
haps, the source of the largest illegal q
expenditures. This is the vortex of q
in c1dental expenses. Of this depart-ti
ment We have no certain account 1T re
is estimated that during the year 1885,
there were in employ, in, this 1depart-ha
ment, one hundred and fifty, men, at a.,
cost of $l50,000 / The folding room
and incidental expenses Of the congress
sional ,Lmmittees are part of this, de.
partment. Clerks to committees that 4
the House do not furnish, are furnished
by the door keepers. department, aud E.
and in this department .yegetate the L.
political friends of members. Almost,
every member Las his friend ON the
roll Of this department, to be paid, and
used as needed. These acquainted =
with this department, from the fact
that the employees in this departmeat &
are retained during vacation Of congrssss .
for all suppose that the expenditure >
are enormous. F.4sun aqsRbOTiai
To the known expenses ofthe R0uDsEi
of Representatives, must be added cthoo
expenses of impeachment trial, Of thg b
reconstruciioa committee, of the assassEs
nation committee, of the various con4 >
gressional committees on the signs Of
the times, of the impeachment msnag-q
ers, of the committee on coDtempts, Of
the committee on negroes, Of, the COM o.
mittee on the cold lunch. rooms, of the
committee on convenience of, commit 4
tee, of the committee on saddle horses,
and packing boxes for members, and z
pen knives, gold pens. and kid Gloves
on false alarms sensations, and miscel- =;
laneous items,-all of which, though
perhaps, not in form, known or appoint.
ed, yet 10 fact exist in protean shapes, ~
to feed the greedy cormorants who fat-
ten on the fears of Congress 5Thesa
expenses of the House of Represents
tives, though not such material as any
one could take pleasure in rehearsingsv
are properly presented for public CON-
sideration, because, as those members
deal with things in their own house.
hold, tLey may be expected 70 deal
with the public These matters are &.
not strange in enormity, considering
other things, but, famiIiarly indicate
the nature of the general disorder
THE EXPENSES OF THE wAR DEPART.
MENT. 49,
The War department, for l5 months
ending March, 1868, expended $780,! .