Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-08-13

How They are Drawn by the Men who
do not Earn Them.

Washington Correspondent Cincinnati Enquirer.
United States senators draw their sal
aries just as regularly and with as much
g~rcediness as any other "hired HAND
in Washington. Some of them draw
every day during the session ofcongress,
some once u week, and others twire "
month. A few Of them go into the
cashiers room Of the secretary's office
and get their salaries only nee a month.
One senator only draws his pay once a
year.
Among the senators who most fire.
qlently call for their stipends is Senator
Voorhees,, Of Indiana. 1t is said tina!
he calls on the secretary for his salary
ofener and draws for smaller amounts
than does any other member of the EN-
ate.
Henry G. Davis, Of West Virginia is Il
rich man, and uses his salary for spend
ing money. Whenever he needs a lit e
spending money, he sends his clerk into
the cashiers office and draws $50, 500,
$500 aid sometimes $500 ut d time. He
boards at the Arlington, and lives with
in his salary.
Don Cameron. of Pennsylvania, it is
said. prefers hard money, but is not reg
ular in calling for his pay. He does not
carry any money with him, and runs a
bill ut the senate restaurant, which !
have often heard mounts TO from $500
to $500. When he needs any money he
goes to the cashier and tells him to send
up to his house $500 in ten cent pieces,
500 in quarters, $500 in half dollars and
800 or so in silver dollars. l have
heard suggested that Don, perhaps, used
his salary in this way AS a substitute for
poker chips.
Old David Davis is perhaps the most
regular in drawing his salary. On the
first day of every month he goes to tie
cash room and calls for his money. One
day / happened to be in there when the
Illinois heavy weight came in for hi
pay. When the clerk was getting i,
Davis said:
Il expect l give you, young man, a
good deal of trouble calling for my mon
ey SO often, hey-eh"
"Oh. not at all" answered the clerk
"Ifa Ill the senators were as regular II.
yourself, we would not have any trouble
ut all.
'Ahw said the senator. care there
any who draw more frequently than l
90 ch-hey. ell
oh, yes, sir. Some Of them draw :.
litt.c every lsy, others once Il week, and
q great many a dozen time a month"
You don't s;ry 10 2" said Mr.. Davi
Are The any who draw less frequent
ly than dow
Yes, cir. There il one senator who
only draws once Il year"
"Ah. Lh, hey" gruntcd the old sem
ator. Gle could draw out and get in
tere' Oh it, couldn't he-hev. ell ?" ard
then rolling up his monthly salary,
which the clerk handed him. he walked
away muttering to himself, "Onre a
year, CHI! ought to draw il out and get
interest on it, oh, hey z"
Roscoe Conklirg drew his salary once
a month. When he resigned he sent
N of his clerks up to the capitol and
drew all that vas due him, including the
day on which his resignation was read.
He, however. was not in his seat on that
day,-nor was he at the capitol at all
afterward during the extra session.
One senator from the south. who owns
property. il is said. frequently sells his
salary before it is due at a discount. !
IN told that once or twi e. after having
given an order on the secretary for his
pay. by the way. he has gone and dawn
it out himself, allowing his order to GO
to protest and be disnored.
Anthony is the only senator that
draws once a year and his banker at
tends to it for him.
Fair, Of Nevada, vent off without
drawing a cent, but his salary from the
4th of March tn the LIST of July will be
sent to him, il he does not draw il out
in the meantime. Fair is said to be
~g.orth 81 MOtMN.
Sherman draws his money whenever
he needs it, sometimes once a nj nth,
but oftencr it ms or two months.
Burnside sends q draft on the serreta-
rvs office To his banker in Providence,
once a month and The b'nker draws on
the secretary regularly once month.
whether the senate is in sessiHn or not.
Senator Toe Brown. who looks like IN
earlv-dnv Scotch PRESBYTERIAN. uses his
salary for living expenses in Washino
ton. He draws his salary whenever his
hotel presents its bill Then he goes TO
the senate cash man and COMPLAINS
about how much 1t costs to live in
Washington. His living exn~nses. il is
thought however. do not exceed his
salary. Last winter he boarded at the
Riggs house, Int he has boucht. or pro-
poses to Inv. a house in which be will
live. .and IL is said will entertain on an