New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-25
A BILL TO BE FAvORABLY REPORTED.

NEAhi41 p1Ol,uOb ~ I'M NO'- W -@'
CoNGREss-ARGUMENTs IN FAVOR OF
THE BILL-FEwER CLERKS COULD
DO THE WORK AT HALE THE COST.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TEiBCSE.I
Washington Feb of.-The House Committee on Ac-
counts has unanimously agreed to bill providing That
eoch member Of the House who is not chairman OF a
committee which has clerk shall be entitled To the
services Of clerk during the sessions OF congress-
said clerk to be paid at the rate OF 500 month.
BIS on the same subject have been hvorably reporter
in every House since the senate sci the example by
providing a clerk for each senator, who was not
entitled to one as chairman Of a committee, and nave
uniformly passed by division or on vote by t"ller''
but have been a. uniformly defeated by yea ana nay
vote because a majority unwilling or afraid Z" "a
ON record I'm favor OF such measure II Is now staten
that the members Of the Committee on Accounts as
surcd themselves before they agreed 70 report te p
at this session that majority Of the House "ouln
support it, even on vote by yeas and nays il Is also
said that the Democratic side Of the House VIII oher
little or no opposition to the bill, inasmuch as they can
throw the responsibility for its passage upon the re
pubcans IL the measure should ont to be unpop
ullr.
There are forynine standing committees and eleven
select committees Of the House and, therefore II to
bill should become a law the employment 81 2'o
each session of Congress Striking An average LOT
nrriod Of a dozen vears-six Congresses it Is onnd
that each House Of Representatives j. IN Session
rhe more than eleven months during the Two years vi
its existence. That the average during INC WIZ
wears covered nv the six Congresses from the Nlld o
the XLVIIIth Congress- both inclusive ana II Is 10 uc
expected that this Will increase rather 'ha
diminish with the growth Of population and business
and the probable increase In the membership VI ''o
House. on that basis the cost Oh account "i S'ld'''
Of go clerks would be 1907 900 for each C"hI'S' VI
Sli- 800 per annum. This i ooh'ldcrioo ""'"s
and the question is " i the expenditure necessary
II So Of course the bill ought 10 pa. The m am At
c,oep, In favor of II +, that the burden Of work ire
specvc Of and apart from his legislative duties Wm'h
i impoScd upon a Congressman, Oh account oi III
place BY his constituents as well a. 10y "u'o'N' i "
heavy that II cannot be- carried on with" tns 'p "
a clerk: that this work consists largely "' '"'''
.nood,nce tho distribution If public documents ana
garden ,eeds and The doing of crraud, neither "i
Which he can afford 70 neglect If be has due ics'" ''
his own peace Of mind or political fur'ic' Ihei' '
good deal 10 be- said in support ot that view II -
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legislative duties. which they Ought NOT t D' ''f'''
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natural and TO n large extent legitimate. Oh ''"-e "
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