St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-21


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EXOESoIvE NlLEAGE
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We publish ELSEWHERE . table
showing the amount Of mileage re-
esivsd By sash membsr Of the
House for the late session Of The
Legi.lature. The table will b
read With mingled sorrow and -
tonishmsck when the amounts
charged By some Of these gentle
men for railroad and stssmbost
fares are compared with The aesaAi
cost OF travel 70 Baton Rouge.
The Law provides that each lsgis-
lator shall b paid HE sctnal tsvsl
ing expenses 70 :he ssat Of govern
uent and home again yet " 6nd
that half the members Of the House
did not hesitate 70 demand sxces-
sivs mileage. and 10 take more from
the public treasury than they are
entitled 70.
The amount Of ovsrchasgs in
saoh case u not large. ranging from
Is to $50. or cay $500 altogether :
but it 10 the spirit OF tue thing that
must arouse . feeling ct indigns-
tion-that members Of the Lsg,sia-
turs = whom " have entrusted
the lav-making. shosld oondesesnd
~ sign vouchers declaring tha. it
cost them $50 70 get 70 Baton
Roags. whso il actually cost them
IS. $40 OF psrhaps nothing.
That quite . sssnbsr Of The men,
bsrs have railroad passes 10 adult
ted. We do not prop.'ss. however.
10 inquire isto this matter. The
State hes engaged = pay it, lsgis-
lators the cost Of travel 10 and from
Baton Rouge aud ought to pay
them but . majority were not
satisfied with this. sad City four VI
the ninsty-sight lsgislstors charged
and received considerably more
than the cost Of transportation aud
al Legitimate insidsntal travelling
expenses
4 study Of ths lise will show the
most remarkable variations in the
mileage demanded. Look At the
parish u Orleans for instance.
Why has it cost - many OF the
delegation three times - much to
yet T. Baton Rouge - the others.
and more than twice - much q
the railroad farsf Why again in
certain parishes hes one msaber
put in . mileage bill twice - great
- his b othsG member living only
three miles distant from himf Why
10 the mileage from places on the
river ~ excessive. and Why does
il cost members coming from .
parish 10 tue Immediate nsikhbOr.
hood Of the capital the maximum Of
$50 70 get there aud back.
We recommend . Per usal Of this
table 10 the constituents Of each
legislator. Let them 80 how much
it cost their "ms,uber" 70 get 10
Baton Rouge and return. and how
much il Gusts others. and then they
can find the exact amount Of extra
pocket money the Representative
has received from the Ntats.
The truth u. that . very bad
practice has grown Up. or rather
bsss handed down from Rspubli-
can days. Of charging excessive
mileage. and regarding i = one Of
the pssqaisitss Of member Of the
Legislature. The Law Gays Just
how much . Representative shall
receive. and for hin % demand or
take more than his proper eom.
psasation 10 70 take money Of Tue
people 70 which - he's no claim
whatever. We suppose many Of
the gentlemen who pookstsd this
extra mileage thought the amount
thus taken from the treasury ~
email that Il mattsled little. They
are mistaken : it matters greatly
Louisiana needs . Legislature in
whish W can have the most CON-
plsts aud implicit confidence ; men
above suspicion. men whom " can
fsel sure will not make the mistake
OF . dollar in their accounts.
These. and these only. esD We fully
trust.
We think. like The Times Demo-
Graf and other papers. that the
charges for mileage we're somewhat
excessive. to cay ths least. Lack
Of space forbids NJ from publish
ing the list in full. but ~ give b.
low the amount it cost the Repre-
ssntativss Of st. Tammsny and
Warrington parishes. 10 60 10
Baton Rouge and return:
J. s. Bossiss. OF st. Tammany.
geo.
J. J. Afford. Of Warrington. $50. |
We doa't know. positively. bat
W think that lee than ous-half Of !
The shove amounts would have CIV
srsd the travelling expenses Of thsse !
Two member. and il u about The
'ams throughout The entire list
It 10 now il order for them 70 ex-
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