Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-12-06
AFTER THE CASH,
SENATOR'S nrrunNISa THE MONEY.
Uoxc, Gordon and Emery Return tho Entire
Amoupt-Most OF Their feilows Tou
Their Psy-The House


At Harrisburg yesterday tho state seua
tors received their warrants, aud 81 OF
them paid the treasury visit. Senator
Coke contributed 10 the state his al, 500. 40,
Senator Emery his 81, ,0j6. 40 and Gordon
his 81, ,S73 40. Tho latter remarked to
fellow senator, who had taken all his pay
except for tho eleven days recess, that ho
(Gordou) was not entitled to . cent, be-
cause the mandates of the constitution as
to apportionment had not been carried out
by the Legislature. Senator Arnholt, one
of tho great resigned, took tho full
amount of his warrant, although no said
in q speech recently that he would not DO
SO presumptuous as to claim pay for the
eleven days recess, His colleague in
the grand dramatic act, Cppcrman, fol.
lowed his example in helping himself to
full pay. Senator McNcil, Of Allegheny,
although he has scarcely attended twenty
sessions during the six months Of the sos.
sion of the Legislature, also took full pay.
Senator Aull, another great absentee from
| Allegheny county, worked up his ltberaiity
30 as to deduct the amount due Tor the
recess. He proposes to make cOmputa
tiOn OF the days he was absent and to
distribute the money he has received for
these absent days in his district for cam.
paign purposes. Senators Sill, Rep, OF
Erie Mcknight, Rep, OF Jefferson Nc
Cracken, Rep, of Lawrence, and Senator'S
| Potter, Dem, of Greene, and Ross,
Dem., of York, took full pay without
apparent violence to their conscicnces.
Senator Lee, Rep, Of NcnaDgo. tooS
| 1910 less than his warrant called for
He charged nothing for the recess and
after Sept. 10, and nothing for mileage OF
stationary. Senator Kennedy, Dem, OF
Philadelphia, turned into the treasury SjlC
on account of the recess and abSenteeism
Senator King, Dem, SChuylkill, presented
the state with $3.50 for similar reasons
Senator LongeneckCr. Rep, of Bedford
deducted 1910 from his warrant for the
recess and days absent in attendance tC
private business. Senator BIddis, Dem Q,
ofPike, made reduction OF $3.50 on ac-
count of the recess and three days absent
Senator Vandegrift, Dem, of Bucks, sl6(
on account ofrecosS and mileage. Senator
Watres, Rep, Of Lackawaana, charged the
state Sl25 less than his Warrant demanded
, on account of tho recess and service in the
national guard.
The following named senators each took
$il0 less than the amount of their war
rants, because of the recess: Au!l, Rep
Allegheny; Cooper Rep, Delaware
Davis, Rep, Bradford Grady, Rep
Philadelphia; Harlan, Rep, Chester
Hart, Dem, Lycoming Hughes, Rep
Philadelphia Humes, Dem, Crawford
Keefor, Rep, SchuylkilI (; LaniZ, Rep
Lebanon MaciariaCc, Rep, Philadelphia
Mylin, Rep, Lancaster Sherer, Dem
Beiks; Smith, Rep, Philadelphia Steh
man, Rep, Lancaster; Wagner, Dem,
Cumberland, aud Reyburn, R0p., Phila
! nf nta
800 Gor the recess. Tho senators drew
in the aggregate about 100000. Tn
amount cove ID into the treasury 10y then
is $40, 1880. To this sum over IS, 90
will be added by senator's who have no
presented their warrants.
The House Members.
Ia the House Al. Crawford pcesuade,
Speaker Fauuce TO give him his warrau
fOT 81, that he might have tho dcligh
OF speedily huTling confusion upon all VIII
had dared to insiGu4tc that ho would kec
his money. lie az once turned the wal
rant into tho treasury and rushed bac
to tho House, waving the receipt IN hi
hands.
There" he shouted - Earth, VIII
had been quoting CrawiOTd's statemer
from the Record, made before the fever {
reform had seized him, that he would tax
every cent he could get. There, do yo
see that ? Ny district will send me bac
and yours won't" Furth lep.i.l hotl
and for a time the discussion between th
two angry Democrats was moro vigorou
than polite.
: This morning the rest OF the member
got their warrants and los: 10 time gtttin
them cashed
That was the last acs OF tho drama en-
: by noon to day both Houae5 wore read
to adjourn.