The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-01

each day are such as they particularly
favor. The prices are lower than those
which the public has to pay. It is a
great thing to be Senator. The dis
tress of the people and the anxiety and
dread that are paralyzing business all
over Toe country are evils that are not
shared by these favored nagnates so
long as they are in Washington and
dependent ON the public crib.
It will surprise many who are aware
Of the princely elegance Of our pam
pered Senators to know that their ele-
gance and luxury is based upon no
larger salary than thatof the members
Of the lower House. Five thousand
q year is what both the Senators and
the members receive One of the
things that makes difference between
the two is that in the House the MEM
bers get little else than their salaries.
The Senators fare better. They have
most luxurious barber shop, one that
is smaller than the famous one of the
Palmer House, Chicago, and yet that
famous one is. a poor, pale thing beside
it. Shaving costs nothing to Senator,
and no Senator ever gets shaved any
where else while he is in Washington,
or is likely to submit himself to any
thing less than-the full possibilities of
the shop, beginning with a shampoo
and ending with the operation of SINCE
ing in the latest London style. The
BARRIERS are paid by the public and rank
as skilled laborers, at sixty dollars a
month";. In connection with, their shop
Eis>a more than modern series of bath
rooms, that are not $exceHed for ele-
gance in any first class hotel. Indeed
1.-THE tubs are said to be cut out of solid
marble, and the fixtures initiate solid
silver. The delicate perfumed water
which some Of the sprays emit were
introduced by Roscoe Conkling. What
wonder that the. Senators come from
the most distant parts Of Washington
to:be shavep and shorn and washed, or
thata recent arrival from" the West
should have tried to introduce his wife
to some of the privileges of this luxuri-
Gus annex! What wonder that some
of the Senators stay in Washington
nearly the whole year round, enjoying
these and other luxuries and necessa-
ries, which cost them nothing! 80.
IN the House of Representatives the
only clerks that the members have
been able to use have been the COM
mittee clerks, and their services were
from time far distant only available to
the Chairman of committees. In the
way OF a burst of what the House con-
sders luxury, that body this year voted
clerk to each member, at pay not to
exceed 500 month. This is scsn-
dal and an outrage, but the mischief Of
it is remedied by a provision that each
clerk must work, and that >each one
may be paid only as be works, upon
sworn vouchers Of the Congressmen.
Over in the gold-plated Senate wing
every patrician of the upper House en-
joys clerk at 81, 200 year, and these
clerks get that money even if they
never come to Washington. Several
of the Senators have had their sons ap-
pointed clerks, aud; in some cases their
wives, their sisters, their daughters,
and whatsoever members of their fam
lilies could be rung in to contribute pub
lie money to The family pot. .ls
One of these salariea sons of Sens
tor is student at Harvard, and never
comes to Washington except upon
holidays. The sister of the wife Of an
other Senator has one Of these plunns.
Senator PETER has had his son ap-:
pointedCa doorkeeper. Ex-senator Rea-
gan, Of Texas. who recently returned
to the simplicity of a private life, car
ried his wife on his private pay roll at
IS day. The Senators aim: to keep:
this payroll secret, but it is well known
that, the bulk OF the names upon it are
those Of close relatives of the Senators.
These great men manage their pay
rolls. in such a way that each Chairman
who has been for a long: while lin the
Senate keeps. anywhere from three to
four personal attendants on the roll,
They are so recorded that it would be
difficult for an outsider to tell who or
what they are. They may be sals-ied
as messengers, as doorkeepers, as labor
ers. The list of Senatorial relatives is
known to be as long as the list of the,
Senators themselves.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, must
realize the truth of what is here re-
ported, for when the Republicans were
in control he. said On the floor of the
Senate that things had got to that
point where there was so many en-
ploye<s that a Senator fell over them
while making his way through the
corridors. At about the same time
Senator Plumb, also speaking on the
Senate floor, and aaimadverting on the
extravaganza of his fellows, said he
could go to Kansas and get men to run
the Senate post office for $500 year,
though the spostofice then cost the
nation the interest on a rich mans
fortune, and yet there were so many
clerks employed in it that they could
scarcely get st the boxes.
The Senators have had their entire
wing Of. the Capitol wired to abet and
enhance their luxurious comfort. The
wires are electric, and enable the Sen
ators to leave their bus. .:ess whenever
they choose, and to spend their time
entertaining their friends in their gol-
den committee room, or tc read novels