Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-04-02
SENATORIAL sALARtEa.
qhs Manner OF Payment it, who Are On the
Pay Ro1l-- Gov. HIPS Case

The Manner OF Payment who Are On me
Pay Roli--esov. Hili's Case
WASHINGTON, ID. Ct, March ~. The
secretary OF the senate has made up the
roll of senators and senators elect, and
NEXT week will send out salary cheeks
for the present month. Under the law q
senator elect whose credentials have been
placed on file is fnll-fiedged senator to
all fntents and purposes from the date OF
the commencement OF the term to
which he was elected, and CIR
titled to his salary from that
date. When congress Is in session
the senators are allowed to draw money
at their pleasure, provided, however,
that they keep within the amount due
them. During recess, checks are as o
rule sent to the senators every month.
There are very few cases, however, OF
senators who prefer to leave the money
In the secretary's safe until they ask
for 1t. These instances are Few, as Tor
the most part, the senators accept the pay
each month and receipt for it. Ihere
are three senators-elect, one alleged
senator-elect and two yet to be elected
senator's who will not draw any money
from the senate cash box until next De-
cember. One of the aforementioned class
| York. Under the law he Is not sena-
| tor. because he did not see fit to have his
credentials presented to the senate, and
| his name is not, therefore, on the secre-
tary's list. Senator Palmer must go
without his salary for eight months also,
| because he was not elected until after
the senate adjourned. This is the case
! also with Mr.. FELTON,, of California. Mr..
Claggett, of Idaho, who claims to be a
senator reflect, is not on the roll, because
his credentials, not having been signed
by the proper state officials who had pre-
1 viously signed those of Mr.. Dubois, were
regarded as irregular, They were re-
ceiyed by the senate, but were not placed
on file. Mr.. Dubois is, therefore, the
Junior Idaho senator, and will hence
forth, at least until the contest is de-
cided, receive the pay of that Office.
There is vacancy in the senate rep
resentation from Florida and Maryland.
The term of Wilkinson Call, of Florida,
expired on March 4. The Legislature
will elect next month, but whatever the
result of the fight now In progress, there
will but one senator from the state OF
the everglades until next December. The
governor of Maryland has the privilege
of appointing senator to succeed the
late Mr.. Wilson, but will allow the seat
to remain vacant until the legislature
meets. Mr.. Hill, Mr.. Palmer, Mr.. Eel
ton and the successor of Mr.. Call, who
ever he may be, will be recognized a:
senators to the extent OF consideration
being given them to such recommends
tions as they may choose to make touch.
ing the public business in the depart
ments and elsewhere. but SO far as lega
| 1u hn "a off aia q
cerned, they are private citizens Mr.
Hill is the only one of the twenty-si,
senators who were elected or reelected
, before the 4th of March last who did no
have his credentials presented to thu
senate before adjournment.
The credentials Of all the senator!
since the formation of the government
3 are on file In the Office of the secretar.
of the senate. They are so systemati
t cally jacketed and marked that Score
D tary McCook can at q moments motto
place his hand on any of them. To-da,
, he exhibited as interesting relics of oil
: DAYS, the documents certifying to tn
q election of Pierce Butler as the first sen
c alter from South Carolina in 1889, and O
4 Aaron Burr, elected in New York il
Q 1891. Both of these sets OF credeptial
: are written in full on unornamente
: sheets of parchment, and to them ar
s attached huge seals weighing half
l. pound each, and having the appearance
l. in their old age, OF sea biscuit rescue
days senatorial credentials are ofte
filed out on blank forms, and many G
them are works of art, being highl
illuminated and printed in fancy type
Under the existing law original creder
| A.
from the files. In the early days of til
republic the rules were more lax, for /
looking over the files to-day Gen. Nc
Cook found only receipt for the creder
tials of the second South Carolina ser
ator, the original document having bee
q withdrawn.