The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-29
AS TO THEIR SALARY.
,x,r.x,r1so FACTS REaAxDlS'
r.. PR OF COxGRsssxsH
No. othsr Countries Regulate se-"o''''
whose Iscemss Are Pr'"o''S :.
Amou~s-sn the Early Days.

III. House of Representatives. III Ito
e,perness TO find way OF AeeP'"e
,r eight without adopting the
auorum-countng rule OF tne "ee1 80
gross has had under consiue'"
ora, propositions in different ior'''
a.. ,,,o,nhers who absent themselves u
-. % vote on rolI-call. AT short III
,orra,s reformers who are new 10 Hou'e
-. ,r,,oauce propositions to withho'u
Tho salaries OF members VINO 90 ho'
fond the meetings Of the House. bu' '"e
.,s.r ,,embers contend that II a me were
,m,osed on recalcitrant members IL 'ou'u
,o, 'ba collected TO get at the "'"
| solarv n would be necessary 10 20
-. a. o,e NJ the first laws Of Con-
oross The first members OF congress "''
M, have annual salaries. They were pau
| I,lke the members OF certain Lesisia.uies
| recording to the number OF DAYS ,ney
- carsd to serve. Their per diem was
" 80 a. thew had worked every day
- IN. year except Sundays on Legislative
| h,e,,ass they would have drawn nuch
| loss than the present members Oh INC
lower house draw for working an aver
ays If six months In a year Members
~ Congress are now paid at the rate vi
az N a day. or ALLOWING six months OF
actual work In a year. when is sooo
average) S27 a day for the time they give
IA Legislative business. In addition 20 the
run,her of DAVIS spent at washington.
each early Congressman had an a'io"
ance OF one days pay for each twenty
miles Travelled going to WASHINGTON Or
returning TO his home. In the beginning
of the century il took something Ike BIN
weeks for a man To travel from r'rovi-
dence II. l., TO the capital. Nowadays
he can make the trip In less tnan Il udy'
Mileage is now figured at ten GEMS
mile by the shortest route. inc senator
who travels In his special car wlthou,
expense from the Pacific coast to WASH
,ncton receives 5000 for the expenses OF
his trip. inst as does the senator VINO
huvs a railroad ticket. In either case
there is a considerable profit. Mileage Is
one of the indirect contributions Oh 'he
Government to the Congressman IN
come There are others-for example the
stationery allowance Of Sl25 year, "hich
NAV be drawn in cash If the congress
man wishes, and the allowance Tor 'pllu-
ING" under which the member frequently
has nr;vate work done for him or his
family. But with all of these allow
ances the senator or member or tne
House is seldom able to live within MS
| congressional income.
PAY OF REPRESENTATIVES, HIGH.
We nav the members of our lower
house more than similar statesmen are
| paid In any other country In the world
| But we pay our senators less than the
senators of the Canadian Parliament re
| ceive; and our Cabinet officers draw
| beggarly salaries in comparison with the
| advisers of foreign rulers. AS to our
| President, although he usually saves
| about 80 per cent. or his salary ne
| could not support the eXtravagances OF
| the rulers of other great nations on ten
| times the amount.
| France Austria, Holland. and Portugal
| follow the American plan Of paying thelr
| legislators annual salaries. In France
| these salaries are equivalent to ABOUT
! 81 .7sO a year; in Austria about the same
| in Holland. members Of the lower house
| receive 1880 a year; in Portugal, poth
| peers and deputies receive sSoo a year
| In Belgium a singular system prevails
| Members of the Chamber Of representa-
| tiycs who live in Brus sells receive no pay;
| those who live elsewhere receive Soi
| month Virtually, therefore. there Is no
| salary attached to the position OF repre-
| sentative The sSi month is paid TO
| out town members In lieu OF subsis-
| tence. as an army officer would say.
Great Britain and Italy pay their le6is-
lators nothing: but the Italian legislators
! are entitled TO free transportation and
| they receive other concessions in the
| matter OF taxation and patronage.
| In Switzerland and Denmark the per
diem pay Of the early United States Con-
| gress prevails. 1r Switzerland, members
| of the national council receive $3.50 a
| day, and members of the State Council,
| $50 to $3.50 a day.
Perhaps the most thoroughly overDaid
national legislature or II can be called
500 is the Legislature of Canada. 1t has
| ffty-six more legislators than England.
| There are 2l5 members OF the Chamber OF
| Deputies, who draw $1,000 each for each
session of the Parliament; and there
| are eighty members OF the Senate who re-
| ceive $4,000 per year each. The speakers
| Of the two houses receive $500 per year
| each. That is Just the amount paid 10
the President of the Senate Of the United
States, and the Speaker of our House Of
| Representatives.
| CANADIAN LEGISLATIVE SALARIES.
The amazing discrepancies in the salar-
les OF Canadian legislative officials are
| to be found in other governments. The
| United States pays its senators and repre-
| sentatives alike 500 a year each; ana
| to the presiding officers of the two houses
| II pays $500 a year each. canada pays
81, 900 to one class OF legislators; sl0cO 10
another, and $500 each 10 the presiding
| officers. England pays nothing TO the
members OF the House of Lords or the
| House OF Commons. but the speaker OF
| the Commons has a salary equivalent 10
| S25 600 and house; while the Lord Cham
cellor draws a salary Of $O,VO-equal TO
that of President Clevelond-of which
$4,000 is his salary as Speaker OF the
House OF Lords, and $4,000 Is his sal
AIRY as a judge; and the retiring pension
OF the Lord Chancellor Is 5000 a year.
Other English salaries are equally
amazing compared with those which are
paid to similar officials under this Gov
eminent There is the chief justice OF
the Supreme Court. for example. In
England he has $4,000 a year. Chief JUS
tice Fuller of our Supreme Court has
salary of s10.5oO year. The judges of
the higher court Of justice In England
receive $4,000 each; the associate justices
OF our Supreme Court receive $4,000 each.
The Acknowledgement Of England has
$4,000 a year. and his fees sometimes
amount TO s25.00O year more. The first
lord OF the Treasury receives 5000 a
| year: the first lord of the Admiralty. SEQ
| 200 "a wear Aforementioned Olney Soc