The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-06
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A Correspondent Tells Ifsw II - N he Css'
or Impecsnieus CSngresssses.

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| ftom ne Kansus on T1mes
| WASHINGTON. Nov. 26--i,einG Congressman
is all night as an exercise. put rs business
Is open to criticism. Il doesn't pay. NAN
| nave found this to be tfue-at the close OF th
session. There are 181 new members In IN
coming Congress- They are Euiltless OF an!
real. experimental knowledge Of what beinl
Congressman means Can these untried Eenul
| live on $1,000 yenrl That is the Question
| which will meet them at the depot. 60 Will
them to their hotel face them shesessftSs sos
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gressional hair and iurrow ~ tho .Sgn ~.
ys p tSs salaries sss the o nss. sed se
stipend have nothing to fear. ~,
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gauge gun II also to be ProminSennt I'M 10 IN N
prominent Is not always condition OF JOY. ~
the. cnse OF our Congressman It results to his
real disastgr y makes him spend money , and nd
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greater the drafts upon his poeketbepok:
5000. viii not lind o dover. strewn path. 80
well Is this shortage between Income md out
y chat make ssn soa
ssn When e Vas PsssissPt. hsss certain ses -;
pull. them throush. Jaekscn deeiinsd posi-.
lively to sign any. subscription or charity paper
aa the Mesd ~
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speakins 81 thcse Who 60 to .. other B, things for
asSse sh hsf % named Ms Reed and
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Of them did all the magazine work 4 ne o S2uld:
credited with having paid a third OF his ex-
neIksess Of last sessioH With his pen Ms
style az a. writer made HE articles very
FSsn na .S t shs x tsie s Ms ,nsssss
was financially decidedly. a loser by being
81 his side aaa the sickness 81 his wife. he hsd
little time and perhaps less taste for work Of q
purse. IL Is told that When a coiIeasse Of Nc:
to sn mo-
money. 'aekiniey SonseSted to take t only On
sh!fs %Sesns rssSs
70 save oar iare But t can Square msssl With
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mater. dia Sed Bon Butef When lie w Was A IN
Congress. Edmund, is credited with making
e. hs I Since G Ss os Else e.
lions. also find. the Supreme Court and its
gract 4Se,. pleasant way of reea,orc-
oven I big law business added 70
ButterYorthp q Ohio. although he. too: had 9
TAXED vi oh GSnf1ssb
three u ts n snd ha sn so
So9S Mas s for SoG re-
business ore both gone: and am over sac, 600
Al ucUI kot u cent- eitueT. l. Sba!
have to commence life oyer again and It will
s wsn %u shy f %ol SIX in don't
They tell hero OF one old fellow who came to
Congress and saved money. Before he came
his expenses had never been more than 500
year He determined not to let them exceed
81 900 In Washington. For four years no car
ried it out on thousand-dOlla plan. At the
end of his second term he walked in on the
and wanted New. York on
change for 217.5O0 which was what was loft
to him OF his salary and mileage. Men Of this
be added. too. that he was the belle Of no balls
and in nowise u social success while he re-
manned hero.
There are. Of course. some shining examples
OF men who do not have to worry oyer their
means. lockwood. an old.time friend OF
Grover Cleveland. who will represent the
Buffalo district this session. has a fve-
room suite. at. Vice-President Morton's
hotel. the Shoreham. The rent Of these
FIVE rooms is $1,000 .. year, and $4,000
added will not cover what the table will cost
a [,ese Legation End rented house. + is said
The Minssry that Blair did not get. His House
rent Is $4,000 q year. 1t Is not such an over
powering house. either: and would bring
about S2.4QO O, year in some Western city. He
said he took house at S5. 900 because 1t was
30 convenient He could turn his salary over
20 the landlord without breaking it, Taylor OF
Ohio has Just finished figuring up his expenses
IN advance. beginning with $1,000. worth OF
house rent. He says that It is going to cost
him $4,000 this year.
Yet there are never any lack of candidates.