New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
copies OF GENERAL INTEREST

topics OF GENERAL lNlEhEoi'
.r,sv IN CoSGREss-HowGATE fLl1hI
ASa,, u-sIIcE-DIs REssING CASE of A'D00
idea of the extent to when '"e pun
..o.. Is neglected by some members VI ~
pO'. Is given by a Washington correspunu,n"
gIe' nccests that an enforcement OF lile Ia"
WHO 80 absentees would be productive oi
rs" .nrriarv benefit to the country. zap
so uouoateis is still at large; a reward oi pow
''nu u, lo offered for his capture. A distressing
VIZ of abduction is reported from WISCONSIN,
oorcpFssNEN ABSENT FROM 'oN"ni''''
'V' my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE ~
10, Anril 16-"I sec that Mayor NO
,n,ony ;s in town. remarked one OF group
~IConOressmen g last evening.
o ~ remarked another, mike Nolan mas d
rood thing of it he is Mayor OF Albany WIN
'e' e., of s4 800 a wear, and Congressman WIFI
so,orv Of So 900 year" ,..or
TpnryE correspondent who is daily ooseiNel
- che proceedings of the House OF kepreSeh'".,
aId No. recall that he had ever been present A0"
NoIar was at his post as legislator ana nV 'noi.
toro supposed that Mr.. Nolan ma" O'',,
oonstantly absent by leave OF the iiou'0'
eon'.','' INJUNCTION Of The Record however
ehors that Mr.. Nolan has actually oe'u
S"V"D .ho House several times this session, ana
e r,.corled on at least four yea and nay
vo,es Yea and nay votes were, however, 'o004u
.o t,llo,v;no dates. and the record shows tnat
- 80 of those occasions did Mr.. Nolan Vo'e :
1onrorv n "a. %, 26, so 81; February d. T. 49,
1c ~ 81. March @. 49, u. On February IN 'no
1,i,b resolutions were voted on and MI Moan
name WAS not recorded although he is an lli'n'
American. t. volon is
In tbe The Congressional Directory Mr.. NoIan Is ?
described as the surviving member OF 'he III VI
-, g. Nolan ale brewers of Albany. and also
+he president and treasurer OF the DeVeI"S oN N
Iorer.beer Brewing Company" Nevertheless OH
,,"fr,orv q when his party friends in the House
~ot;np solidly against the passage OF the Aico
~ IiOnor Commission bill, the record does not
~ that Mr.. Nolan was present. Neither 10
A. oeicial records of the House show that
A. Nolan has been absent day since the session
Io,on Inv leave of the House. He has never taken
emo trouble TO ask, it appears. Probably he mas
,ever taken the trouble TO read the 1OIOwnSs sec-
+ion Of the Revised Statutes OF the United States
xAo-The Secretary OF the Senate and sergeant
alarms of the House respectivey, s or deIeSate the
fhe monthly payments OF each iheupe od 80 Saen ah
amount of his salary for each day that ne as ess
sent from tine senate or SgS as the reason for such
sbsence the sickness Of himself or OF some neOei oi
his family. . A.
This law has been on the statute book since the
,.sr1s56 s good many other members OF The
Ecnse Of REPRESENTATIVES beside Mr. Nolan nave
nrobably forgotten this law, and especlal a5lenllo
e directed to his case only because 1t is nagIaht.
hardly day passes without one or more members
asking and obtaining leave of absence Without as
signing any reason. Nobody has yet heard OF
member who has suffered any % pay U leave
count In the first two weeks OF TINS month leaVe
of absence was granted to twenty-one different
members as follows: