Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-17


very moderate reckoning " q congress,
mans expenditures iu Washington Wouid
he as follows 1890.
Rent Of furnished house. ...... $1,000
Entertaining. ....s.. .....s.,.s -IiAv
housekeeping and servants..... lg1.WNl
tquipages. ....ts. s..s...ss.s. VHiI
Two daughters. ..,......'..s.t 800
one sou. -s.... ....-s.sssss. "gl
Summer outing ..,.......-...s. tit,s,gg
Other expenses, ........s..s... iV'ViV
Total. .... ..............Sso,O00
The total might easily run up 70 SloOs
O0o. I'D The legislative halls g congress.
MAN Who lives an such scale may slt
cheek-by-towl with a colleague VINO
spends 81 q week for his meals AMI
snail bed room I'm a tlird.rnte boarding
house Ihe contrast rs very striking
one reason why there are 50 many mil.
liuuafes .n the senate i3 that when q
man attained great wealth there Is moth,
ing better for him 90 adopt as the hual
ambition Of his life than q senatorship
which may be considered the most agree.
able aud dignifed position 10 which any
body can attain Washington, too. Us a
very delightful place TO live Ia.
ADVANTAGES or BEING a con-
GREssM4AN.
Certain advantages q Congressman on
joys which ordinary people do not share.
Tor example, Jet Il be supposed Tint n
Senator feels fudgued az the close Of an
afternoon session. lie desceuds to the
basement Of the capitol aud has q warm
bath drawn for him In q superb tub 0t
white marble III he prefers he can
rolke it Turkish bath, for which al
the aupurteuuncDs nre nt hand. There
arc negro attendants skilled iu mussnEc
who viii liump and slap him 90 DIG
hearts content For all this he Is not
o.. IT,. ID a.rH.aH Ca
iuvOrite corn has annoyed MN during
the day lie summons the official cniro-
pUdist o slloupd expert in government
employ. who operates free OF charge. 1T
hp expects tO spend the evening OUT he
may want % shave and haircut which
are rcudiy obtained nt the hands Of
drft-hBgprcl BARRIERS likewise Ia the SER
vice Of Uncle Sau Tho hair tOnic APP
piled 10 bis locks. the "bulllanune' for
Isis musiache and the cologne bestowed
upon his c0untouaurc through an ntD-
miZcr are uil purchased out OF the con-
tingcut fund of the Senate. Finally, q
guituitoua "shiuc" is put on his boots by
d ,tipendiary shocblnck.
PRIVILEGES THAT HAVE BEEN
TAKEN AWAY.
Several useful privileges which con-
| grps-mcn formerly had they no longer
| enjoy They abused the right OF frank
! free transportation for oil sorts Of pnck-
necs aud bundles, that % has been re-
/ trictud. A. present they ARE only at
! lowed 90 frank public documents aud ut.
] fetal letters Each Ssrntur on llepwsen-
/ utiyc has un annual allowance OF Sl-d
! worth of stationery. This ~ drawn upon
/ hy rcqulsiuol for anything that rs
| wanted from the biz siutioucrs' shops NJ
/ either end Of the capitol lntil recently
these shops kept such things 100 stock as
! ponkuivos, opera glasses clocks, Ncv
/ The consequence being that many lcgl5-
! lnt1rs bought thpir Christmas presents
/ ut cost prices ont of their allowances.
| This was put stop 20 finally Railway
| passes are no longer so readily obtained
| us before tine Interstate commerce law
| came into force. but 10 Is believed that
most Congressman gee them Just the
| same,
Among other things which the coutin-
/ gent fund pays for are castor oil, OF
l which nuy Senator car get dose for
nothing, quiuinc pills, pound lHy wash
I aud cOurtplastcr. These are but lew
| of hundreds of mch queer things which
ure enumerated IN the accounts oi tht
secretary of the senate together win
ginger ale by thc ease aud lemons 10y
the box. us being required nt government
| expense for the comfort OF That august
! body. The Representatives M the othel
end of the Capitol have their barber shol
also, hut they pay for their shaycs an'
I huircut- For some reason which hul
never been satisfactorily explained,
Senator Is supposed TO have need of many
more luXuries than are granted To,
member of the House. tie is allowed
clurk az 5000 "a year, while only latel!
for the first time ms IL been decided ina
| % Representative may hc granted clerk
SD long as the salary of such an asslHtan
docs not exceed 500 month
Congressman are allowed 10 cents fo
every mile travelled in going one rouu
trim from homo tD Washington and huc
during each congress \ member trol
California would draw 5000 ON this Ot
count In the early days OF the nutuuu
I legislature senators and representative
! | were paid nc the rate of ~ for ever
day of actual service. The roll call thu
served ms q salary list, There b"ing y
railways th,n, instead of no cents u mile
/ ore days pay was drawn for each tWcI
| IS miles travelled. Twenty miles was COZ
siderrd a fair days Journey On how,
| back ar by stage, Neurly every con
T, gressmnn has n book Of franks for tel,
grams, supplied by the Western l.mio
company Such n book cOutNlns 100 di
/, tlehQblp stamps, and the holder, whe
he wants 90 send q message slmpl
4 tears one out aud sticks Il upon the tel,
, graph blank. These blanks are being NJ
n "a 10 considerable extent for Telegram
i which have relation 60 appointments +,
/, offices The pOssessor rs not suppose
!. TO employ them for business purpose
q hut only ON private matters
!. Representatives Ia congress used 20 l
1. allowed to draw ON their salaries INA a,
@ vance FROM the SergCunt-Ut-nrms OF 81
house. When the famous Silcott dcla
" optiou occurred q number Of member
y were found 10 have gotten money ahcu
" on their salaries, The sergoant-at-uru
+. lil lurnn busiupeg ia lpuliuu uout