The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-04-28

There is no reason why a thrifty /
man, even one accustomed 10 the nice
ties of life. should not save near two |
thousand dollars during each term in /
the House. 1t is hardly possible for Il I
Senator To save however. since he has I
TO spend great deal of money 10 keep /
up with his greater social duties in the
MllionaireS' Club.
The truth of the matter is that many t
representatives and 4 few Senators do |
manage 10 save Il little The richer +
the man in the Washington official set, I
the more il required of him. over Il /
third of the men who sat in the Sen.
ate during the last Congress- econn- /
mi2ed by living nj hotels or IN apart |
ment houses One=half of the Repre- |
SentatiNes cut down expenses In the |
same manner. They thus avoided the |
unnecessary cost of maintaining a
house. rented or leased, between SEES
sionS 70 the millionaire member of
Congress the annual official salary is
merely ornamental 1t Is the heavy
swell thing for the legislator of this
brand To turn over his five thousand
year 10 his private secretary, who gen
orally has his employers private inter
Csts To attend to in addition \ mum
Der have done this already, and il is
said that Hanna not only gives his soc.
rotary his whole annual salary, but Il
thousand in addition. li1ice Is said to
have given his whole Senatorial salary
to his secretary. while his social pilot
probably receives even morc-Somc
say 10000. hui good things like Cal
vim seldom blow into the Senate. cN-
ccpt from Ohio.
During the past week new members
of both houses have been pounccd
upon by SwarmS of young men elamor-
ing for private secretnryships and
clcrkships. Under the old order of
things Senator's secretaries who re
ceived six dollars Il day during session
would now hc topping over with mirth
and happiness because of the extra
session
But now, those who have become
ripe in the business are making WHY
faces and tearing their hair The sal
AIRY of the Senatorial secretary was
changed to 81 200 year, 10 be re
celyed in monthly payments regard
less Of sessions or adjournments II
was figured that under the new rule
each secretary would receive about rs
much per Congress rs he did before
but extra sessions We're mol included
in this reckoning.
e
pointed his son as his private sccre-
tary. and 50 did the Speaker of the
Fifty third Congress. Senators who
are charmen Of committees are n lib-
erty 10 appoint whom they please rs
clerks 10 their committees The clerk
to the Senate Committee on Appropri
atoms receives $4,000 year, and has
an assistant clerk, who gets 50 200
The clerk 10 the Committee on III
nance gets $500 II year. The present
incumbent is the son of the chairman
of the Committee ON Finance.
In the last Senate altogether eight
| chairmcn appointed their sons ms
/ tnrfr commitioe olorks. Gsei =. no
reason why Senators sons should not
make good clerks, but It frequently
happens that clerks 10 these commit
tees are mere 6gureheads, functiona
res bluebooked rs assistant clerks or
messengers doing all of the actual
| work
| There was one ease, n few years
| back where the son Of n Senator was
nominally clerk TO one of the most i'm
/ MT mi ur In
| while in reality he was attending col
! legc in Il distant city,
The Senators ON the Republican
! Side viii be able to dispense great
deal Of pastry If their body finds that
| il can be rcorganizcd, and there viii
be no civil service obstacle in the pas
sage leading TO the counter. Stats
ties show that there are about four
employees in the Senate TO every Scna-
tor.
Tho Scnalc's extravaganza com
pared with that of the House, has
long been proverbial. The House
costs the government only about
twice as much as the Senate, al
though It's membership is four times
rs great rs mat I'll inc inter. ne
men who watch the doors to the Sen
ate galleries get $1,4I0 n year, and
those who lift Senators from floor TO
floor in the elevators get $1,2OO Men
who fold Senate documents get 81 900
year. The Senate fircmcn get 81 ,001
and the Senate loclismith and uphol.
stcrer 81 40.
On the House side salaries are
much smaller. and there are fewer
sineeures. House messengers do not
receive more than 81 300 year.
Clerks 10 COMMITTEES get $1,000, $1,000
or 1000. Conductors of elevators on
the House side get 81, 100
one member of the last Congress
used his wife as his private secre.
tary Representatives Of wealth.
however, generally give the full ST.
200 year TO young men regularly
employed as secretaries
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