Daily Republican., 1880-03-29
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According TO the minutes published
that committee commenced their labors
by o. ganizing at three o'clock on Tues
day afternoon, selected 3. I. Cooper
Clerk, and z. L. Butler Sergeant-at-
Arms. Thy continued their labors
through the, following Wednesday, and
adjourned about noon on Thursday.
The minutes Of the work Of the COM
mites cover seven pages very fat mat
ter of tie Journal but for this labor
the clerk, Mr.. Cooper, was allowed 500
BY the liberal minded committee. z.
Batter was allowed s. day for the
whole and parts Of two days on which
the committee was in session, making
SIS in all for Butler. But this is moi
all. The journal he'd 70 lie printed and
somebody had to take the prepared re-
ports of the Auditor and State Treas
arsr from the State House to the "Del-
awarean" Office, about half d square
distant, ard leave them there to get
printed. Who could do that work bet
ter than Mr.. Cooper the clerk, who
kept the seven pages Of fat minutes :
Nobody, OF course. This Ia called
experimenting the printing of tho
Journal of the Committee and the
State Auditors Report, and for it the
committee allow Mr.. Cooper the
additional sum Of $40. We are finding
no fault with Dir. Cooper. He would
be foolish for not taking all the com
mittes offered, but We hays no doubt
that he will concur with us when we
say that he had "soft snap" Of it.
Now a word Tor the committee. 1t will
be seen that the gentlemen who CON-
posed IL were as thoughtful Of then
selves as they were Of their efficient
aud gentlemanly clerk. Mr.. Houston,
who lives near Lev.s, charged for TO
uiles and five days services and was
paid $500; Mr.. Cooch charged for 80
miles and was paid $3.50. from which
we would infer tina. the charge was II
cents a mile travelled, as MIR. C0och
travelled fonr miles farther, sccJIdirg
to the report, than Mr.. Houston, and
was paid 60 cents more than he was.
lie is credited with I've days. Mr.. Den
ney is credited with five days and trav-
elled ten miles, but strange to say he
vas only paid $500. Mr.. Ware, from
our city, is credited for i've days, and
was paid for 80 miles, the amount be-
ing $50 90. According to railroad
measurement, the distance to Dover
trom Wilmington is only As miles. Mr..
Sharp, who lives al Camden, charges
for three miles, which is correct, and ia
credited with Eve days attendance, the
same as all the other members Of the
committee, but he is only paid $3.50.
The hard thing to understand is, why
Messrs. Sharp and Denney, who are
credited with as many days attendance,
are, paid SO much less than Eessrs.
Houston, Cooch and Ware. Another
fanny thing about it is, that DIR. Coeeh
though living fifteen miles nearer Do
yer than Mr.. Ware should charge fcr
twelve miles more travel. It may be
said that because Mr.. Cooeh took tht
cars at Newark and came on 10 Della
ware junction made the difference II
the mileage. This may be true, but il
must he borne in mind that Senator
Cooch lives In Pencader HundTei with.
IN as close distance Of either Rodney o.
IEiykwood station on the Delaware rail
road, az to Newark on the P. W. 3
B. Railroad. How to reconcile thes'
things is something mere puzz!ing thar
the 10, "A, Is blocks and in order tina
our readers may try their hands in tn
solution of this mileage and fee trouble
we copy the following abstract from tn
Journal alluded to;
| - y Houston days 60 miles e3g a