Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12
STENOGRAPHY AT WASHINGTON.
Shorthand Writing and Writers at
the National Capital.
How the Business Has Grown-Public Men and
Their Amanuenscs.

! one Ol the leading professions OF wash
lngton, writes correspondent of W,
CiCrCidHM LCnlcr. In the DAYS o.
Andrew Jackson hardly Il public maj
possessed the luxury Of Il private sccrc
tary, to say nothing of shorthand
amanucnSiS. Now there is scarcely 4
man in public life of any promincnc,
who has not photographic secretary
accompanying him on all occasions
Senators Seward and Sumner wcr,
among the first TO bring shorthand t.
their aid in their work. This wa,
early in the iftics. Since that time
the practice has grown like Jonah,
gOurd, and now all Of the leading law.
ycrs and business men, together witt
nearly every head of department ol
bureau, dictates his letters, speeches
and arguments. Shorthand writer's in
Washington are divided into tive
classes those who do local or outside
work and those connected with the
government The local reporters ar,
employed in the courts in taking tcSti.
mOny in trials, those employed by the
newspapers, and those who act as
amanucnscS. The court reporters are
paid from - To - cents Il folio, and in
cases where there is great deal OF
tcStIllohN' Nuch H. the Ntar-ro'te trlaI'
i"r instance they make Il great deal OF
money. | am not sure, but my re-
mcmbrincc is that the Star-roulr trials
paid their rruOrtCrS over so. GOO for
.h' jon; Inc leading laW reporters
""'u "''Tr'H "t'c. anu we business
Se''.'s W oc Us i'"i'li''a'c ana pr"Il'l-
''cEt T ~ llll' ol lhr law ItSrIl'
,.,.l rgM newspapers mere keep short
manu- I.rh. 'no""il nearly every CORE
np'i'u'n, ,,', ]" IN id' 'i'S mas Il SlhaltrrIh%
W '''' 'i" ne "SSoclNted press EN-
plols HuN'r"I Pn"h"graphcrS' an" til'Nr
cover inc most important speeches.
lI''I!u'n'rN ana private secretaries OF
ro'',,i,T'il men, FlwlcrN' ana so lorth'
m 'i1 'a'u ny Ene year ana lhrl make
m ii,' " E,. ""a .a'', ir IIooI 10 y, 2-'"ou 'nl"-
S u"S S,,,,.,, :, N'i''u l"Nn'tuu' Tue
in,,or, =, ,'a,, ',,, ,omu'n.' "'r'",'S nus
hnn, ,, -" sn,. ,,,r ,to'va'. ,t "'" nv MI'''N
,m,an,,,, ",,' W", ,"' ,"v 'rGS,, M'h oi 'nrN'
"mI "m'I"",,S'' ,",,, ~ W nuS'ln"Ioh are lau'r''
'aIa,i' ""% ,o'''' ,,; ~ 'u'il hl'No very pr'''l
,Ia', ,,,I, 'h'>N 'lrHaSu,c' thr ElSl1r oi
w., , ',"'',', ,,' ',I W nv rltn'NI .. r'I''r'
,L T"' "',,v ' Il I''orl',anH I, writer mere, aiu
,"" ,o,. - i"n H'i. lo'n' l'ahIng F''W" Il
ynrl. y t.. ,"' 'I,'"S ptS n'l 'I"H' I;,. III N'"
~ " nMn M, N'> @ 'l',cr' H.. VI O'Ica' makes
..'o'' " 'Il' anu MISS J'ii'll' hail'h-
'"u' VI '''''''''''' '7'''"o'
me cream, however of shorthand
Wrl'ihg III Washington Is obtained
from the government. The president,
alI oi tllr cabinet officers, the heads Of
bureaus cach oi the ScvrntN-SiN Scna-
Tors, ana the chairman of committees
IN the house OF representatives have
clerks or private secretaries who re-
criNc salaries OF from Sl,jOO To 5000
year ANA the Strnographlc work for
me toHyreSN'oH", Rcrord costs Il cool
S'o'ooo every session The president )
Slenographcr has an annual salary Of
SlSoo' secretary Folgcr'S $1,000,
secretary Lincoln S2,OOO. and Sccrc-
tarN Hr"Sham Sl,SOO. The short
mana man OF the bureau of engraving
ANA printing gets ~, 600 annually, the
one OF the clNlI-Ncrvlcc commission
SIhoO, ana the one employed by the
commissioner ol Internal revenue
Sl,SOO, Private secretaries of senator's
ana committee clrr Ks are paid So Il
day, ana some OF them are employed
the year round
II costs S2ij,OOO TO print The con.
grrsSioHm Rccom, and this does not in
cludc the $4,000 paid for the official
reporting of congress. TWENTY-FIVE
thousand dollars is allowed for the re-
porting of the debates of each house.
In the senate the contract is riyen one
man, Mr.. Dennis Murphy, who EN-
ployS certain number of assistants to
help him, and in the house five official
stcnographcrS are employed at a salary
of - 900 year each.
The rcportcrs of fine h,usc sit ot ,
lone. low fable brlnw thr snrotnr's
desk facing thc members Thry nsn
fnolscon uaucr. and writr with Lnth
nrn ond Mcneil Thrv t,lr t,,rr. in
rcnnrtinr tLr nrornrjirr I'm" w. ,,,nm m
will write for m honr soy onJ tb"m
~n off to = littlr rnnm in tIn L"sc,nn,i
If thr ronitol wLrr" thn m,ttrr Is tn
hr written out in lonUb,nJ nrJ onn,L,