The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-14
LUXURlES FOR LAWMAKERS
THAT WILL STARTLE
THE AVERAGE CITIZEN.
United States Senator's Cost the
Country 81 ,208, 2o3.25 a Year.
What They Spend.


The United States senate, hippantly
referred to by the irreverent as the
"millionaires' club" cost the country
81, 293, 26325 to maintain last year.
The modest pay of the disting uished
body was but $4S3, 707 80, but the "ln-
cidentals" would be credit to war
correspondents account. Such mar
velous capacity for lemons, mineral
water, loaf sugar and kindred luxurles
usually blended with cheering liquids
has seldom been found.
Each senator presumably consumed
about Sl0,000,O00 worth of incident
ais" during the last fiscal year
This subject is painful one to rep
resentatives, for they have no icon
tingent fund"
During one month, June, the sena-
tors got away with forty-six boxes of
lemons. A half box of lemons, say
200 lemons, a month for eac b senator,
averaging about six lemons day. SIX
lemons will make ten glasses of lemon
ade or twelve rickeys.
In one year LOG cases of LltLia water,
costing 1929. %, were used. Sugar to
the extent of 2,5l0 pounds was used to
sweeten the beverage at cost of
$137.54. There was rebate of $l37 for
$500 empty bottles returned to the
water man.
Possibly it was an examination of
senate report that showed that 12O,685
pounds of ice had been used by the
senators IN one winter month that
prompted a song man to write Glow
would you like to be the ice man?"
Washington has malarious climate
and quinine is furnished the senator's
in job lots. Other guards to senate
rial health and remedies for quaking
nerves and that tired feeling that are
frequently mentioned in the seCre~
tory's report are bromO settler, soda
mint and pepsin.
The nation cuts the hair, SLAVES the
beard and blacks the boots of its sen,
ators.
There is one bill of local druggist
against the senate, including tonics,
BARRIERS, supplies and malaria killers
that amounts to more than $500.
Not only do the people provide for
the cleanliness and safeguard the
health of their senhtOrs with drugs
cd sedatves, but when Billiards
rage IN the national capital they
protect them from pneumonia, which
they would be sure to get If they
had to stand on street corners
and wait for belated electric cars, as
government clerks and members Of the
lower house have to do.
There is one item in the secretary's
report of SIS "fOr carriages to bring
senators to the senate during the
storm of February 18th and 14ths
1899"
Senators are not only allowed tidy
sum for stationery and su description to
any periodical they may desire, but
when they telegraph to and from
Washington on official business the
government pays the tolls.
Although special rate is granted
by the telegraph companies to the
much below what private
would have to pay, the rev.
enue derived from this source in
ore year amounts to thousands of doll
lars.
In the report of the secretary of the
senate the catalogue Of messages sent
by and to senators occupies nearly $50
closely printed pages. 1t is specified
W HON every telegram is from and d.
rectei to. One senator sent 300 in one
day. 1t was a busy political day, and
Altoona, Pa. needed attention.
Discovered by a Woman.