The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
PAYING. SENATORS.
Account Of rae Various Ways 10,
srhfrh Senators Dr0r Their ls0N.

others twice u month. "A few Of
them 60 into the cashiers room of
the secretarys Office and get their
salaries only once u month. One
Senator only draws his pay once a
year.
Among the Senators who most fire.
quently cali for their stipends is
Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana. 1t Is
said that he calls Oh the secretary for
his salary oftener and draws it in
smaller amounts than any other mem
Der of the Senate.
Henry q. Davis, of West Virginia,
is u rich man. and uses lis salary f0
spending money. Whenever he needs
little pOcket-money he sends his
clerk into the cashiers Office and
draws $50, 800, $500 and some times
$500 ut Il time. He boards at the
Arlington hotel, and lives within his
salary.
Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, il
is said, prefers hard money, but is
not regular in calling for his pay.
He does not carry any money with
him, and runs Il bill ut the Senate
restaurant, which, have heard
often amounts to from $500 TO $500.
When he needs any money he goes
into the cashier and tells him to send
up to his house $50 i'm ten cent pieces,
= 100 in quarters, 5000 in half.dollars
and 800 or so in silver dollars. ]
have heard it suggested that Don,
perhaps, used his salary in this way
as a substitute for pokcr-chips.
Old David Davis is perhaps the
most regular in drawing his salary.
On the first day of every month he
goes to the cash room and calls for
his money. One day ! happened Ia
be in there when the Illinois heavy
weight came in for his pay. While
the clerk was getting ready old Davis
remarked:
IL expect give you young men Il
good deal of trouble, calling for my
money 50 often, hey -eh -
"Oh, not at ALL" answered the
clerk. IF all the Senators were as
regular as yourself we would not
have any trouble at ALL"
"Ah!" said the Senator; care
there any who draw more frequently
than l do, eh-hey--eh?"
"Oh, yes, sir. Some of them draw
a little every day, others once a week,
and a great many a dozen times Il
month";"
"YOu don't say So" said Mr..
Davis. Are there any who draw
less frequently than l dog
Yes, sir. There is one Senator
.s,h. npIv lroxrS An.a vaar "
"Ah! Eth, hey! Humph !"grunt-
ed the old Senator. He could draw
it out and get interest OH it, couldn't
he-hey, ell p and then rolling up
his monthly salary, which the clerk
had handed him, he walked off, NUT
tering to himself, "Once u year, ell
ought to draw it out and get interest
on they, eh!
Roscoe COnkling drew his salary
once IA month. When he resigned he
sent one of his clerks up to the CAPT.
tOl and drew all that was due him, in
Guiding the day on which his resigna.
tion was read. lie, however, was
not in his seat on that day, nor was
he at the capitol at all afterward
during the remainder of the extra
session.
Plat, of New York, has balance
of SIS placed to his credit, which, if
he does not check out before the LIST
of July, will be sent to him by the
Secretary of the Senate.
One Senator from the South, who
owns property, it is said, frequently
sells his salary before it is due at Il
discount. l am told that once or
twice. after having given an order on
the secretary for his pay, by the way,
he has gone and drawn it out him.
self, allowing his order to 60 to pro
test and be dishOnOred.
Sherman draws his money when
ever he needs it, sometimes twice u
month, and Oftener it runs on two
months.
PendletOn draws up close every
month when the Senate is in session.
Burnside sends draft on the sec.
retary's office to his banker at PrOvi-
dence once a month, and the bank
draws on the Secretary of the Senate
regularly every month, whether the
Senate is in session or not.
Anthony is the only senator that
draws once year, and his banker at.
tends to it for him.
Fair, of Nevada, went off without
drawing cent. but his salary from
the 4th of March to the LIST of July
will be sent to him, if he does not
draw it out in the meantime. Fair is
said to he worth $40, 900, 900.
Ben Harrison drew OH his salary
three or four times. In fact, up to
the adjournment of the last session
that was all the business he did in
Washington other than vote no with
the Republicans during the dead.
lock.
Call, of Florida, is said to he the
most imprOvident Senator in the
bunch. 1t is said that he really does
not know how to manage his own
financial affairs.
Senator Joe Brown, who looks like
an early day Scotch Presbyterian,
uses his salary for living expenses in
Washington. He draws his money
whenever his hotel presents its bill.
Then he goes to the Senate eastman
and complains about how much it
costs to live in Washington. His
living expenses, it is thought, how
ever, do not exceed his salary. Last
winter he boarded at the Riggs
House, but he has bought or pro-
poses to buy, house in which he
will live, and, it is said, will enter
tain on I'm elaborate scale. Mr..
Brown IS said to be worth one or two
millions.
There are several Senators who
have no other income than their
salaries. They cannot draw more
money than is actually due them. but
are entitled to their salary whether
they come near Washington during
the session or stay away. If they do
not call for their money it is sent tn
them on the LIST of July Of each year.
The majority Of Senators are railroad
directors. presidents of railroad com
panies, presidents of banks, bank di.
rectOrs. etc. PendletOn and Sherman
both have large railroad interests, rs
also has Henry C. Davis, of West
Virginia, who has large mining inter.
ests, besides u large commercial bust.
ness in Baltimore. Plumb and In
gals, of Kansas, are Goth interested
in railroad enterprises in the south.
west. With but few exceptions all
of them are interested in some way
with some cOrpOrti0n or other. The |
salary paid Senator is. therefore,
to them minor consideration. There
is one of them that would not be will.
ing to serve as United States Senator
without the salary, and question
whether there Is one of them that
would serve if the salary was the con-
sideratiOn ut state.
The Pistol Habit.
Springfield Republican.
A young man just ut life's thresh-
old has slain his brother, under cir
cumstances perhaps of prOvOcatiOn.
h,t which xvOu1d not DerhaOS have