The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-07
N ARIES OF CONGRESSMEN.
r UEyBERs MANAGE TO LIVE
Upon THEM.

NEARLY All of the Democrats
connress Are POor-SOme Law
;.b entertainers.
u,.birgton Jan. 1-(speciaD.-That
and over-worked question, Can
s,,s-f man accept a public office, ma
-,,or stale. and live within the salary
~ fixed by law is again travelling over
.r,uit. 1t reached Washington few
- ago. and I undertook to discuss it
-l,5 some of our national legislators and
.-..,rive and judicial officers.
N Of them admit, conhdentially, that
10 araut compensation allowed them by
-, insufficient to enable them 10 keep
-. the dignity of the offices they hold, yet
sysry one Of them remembering the fate
:. ,bosa members of Congress who fol-
l,gs5 the leadership of the late Benjamin
r ButIer. ana accepted The back pay
e.ary grab" during Grants lasr admin
i.trat.oo SHE'D when an attempt was
made 10 quote them on this subject.
senator Plat was one of the first vic
sims selected to undergo an interviewing
o,srs,ion His Familiarity with New York
affairs and mis- thorough knowledge of
me lights and shadows of Washington
life enables him to comment Interestingly
and nre.lieently on the subject, if he
would bur he would not. THAT is one
of ths subjects I must decline to discuss.
vas member of the House of Repre-
srrstive when the notorious salary grab
vas passed. and 1 recall now the men who
took The back pay were punished by their
indignant and outraged constituents. Nay,
nav do not care TO join in a crusade
for general Increase In salaries for pub
lie officials at this time. II is not pop
u1r move in this era of retrenchmenls
and reform in the public service"
Gne of the Exceptions.
Mr.. Justice Brown, of the Supreme Court
Of the United States, whose salary is &c.,
90 Der aunum, with a number of small
perquis.tes, including a private secretary,
Individual messenger and unlimited sta
tonery for himself and family, is one of
the notable exceptions in Washington Of
fetal life. He says the judge of the Su-
weme Court of the United States can
/. I've comfortably within their legalized
salary. Judge Brown is one of the wealth.
4 lest members of the court and he lives in
Wlnceiy style in one of the handsomest
residences in the ultra fashionable section
Of the capital city. He says one or more
Of the members of the court pick up a
little odd pin money by lecturing at some
Of the local law colleges, but aside from
that they are not permitted by law to
practice their legal profession. Judge
Brown spends ten times his annual salary,
and his famous dinners and his wife's al
ways popular social functions would have
to be abandoned or materially curtailed
TO bring his annual expenses inside of the
S000 limit
WoUidn't Have the Nerve.
A Well-known Western member of the
House Of Representatives confessed to me
that he would not have the nerve 10 stand
up in public and advocate an increase in
The salary of a national legislator, but he
added that it sometimes happens that a
4 representative is obliged to spend nearly
years salary for campaign expenses.
legitimate expenses, such as hiring halls,
4 payins the travelling expenses of spell
binders refreshments for campaign
workers including a doubtful brand of
cigars which even the anti-tobacco cham
pon. David Bennett Hill, constantly keeps
on hand at Nolfert's Roost, on the banks
Of the picturesque Hudson All the same.
ue public records are not burdened with
fVhenee showing frequent designations
nom the public service because of the in
aoequacy of the salaries attached to the
various positions, either elective or ap-
p0nlye
experience shows that Northern and
some OF he Western men, who come TO
washington to assist in the administra-
u0n OF the national government. FREQUENT
nave to draw upon their private in
comes 10 keep up with the social and Of
aaa! procession, and the paltry $1,000 or
"NN they draw from the United States
treasury annually, is but an item in what
costs some of the public men to pass a
SOFA season in Washington
Lavish Entertainer.
The late Calvin s. Brice was one of the
st IaVlSh entertainers who figured in
v-,II HE in Washington. It is estimated
r. a. ne spent upwards of 100000 a year
agn himself his family and his large
aee OF social acquaintances One of his
@ltr associates in the Senate. in refer
lug 70 me recent death of MIR. Rrice. re-
a'@ This incident Of him. 1t apnears that
M uce and his family were rounding
expenditures at the close of a
ff-,,'udrly brilliant but expensive season.
was discovered that the outlay for the
@ amounted to $226, 900. It is said
wa 'lr Brice said to his
My dear, if you are will
r" re'rench think we can do so. Now.
n ptoSe tnat YOU run our household ex-
Dror. 5.I,s within $4,000 a year, and I will
rsmr ft to put away 100000 a year for a
nal, udy. Either the suggestion Was
na ,,' III a spirit of jest or Mrs. Brice was
sei5i 'aIea TO retire from the field of her
Dol aooa a'lHp hs, for the proposition was
Don't Depend on salary.
ure, me- e resident Hobart depended en-
SD, upon his official salary, which is bur
lavish year he could not entertain as
The s,,, ana as delightfully."- as he does
J. ef Of 0b,s "i!sht be said of Senator Forak-
snat,r senator Mcmillan of Michigan
Mlrn5, Idrepanks of Indiana. Senator
Of r NY OF New York. Senator Csor,o =,
vanIa s, .I.' senator Quay of Pennsyl-
Senator yi1lor Lodge of Massachusetts
ator U-. n'h'hs OF West Virginia. and SEN
Holsa s'Ure OF Rhode Island. In the
lumbar representatives there are , a
Ofcial ~. w men who live way beyond their
much di.-, ~ but they do not make az
her As by I'll the social world as such
Sprdera representative Hit, of TIinois
d New VI sachusetts /and Newlands
h -'a"d. Senator Hanna - anus