The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-10
Sccrctary'> Report of ANIMAL TX
pcnSrS Filled With Items
of WHsicfulnpSs
SAMPLES OF EXTRAVAGANCE.
Complete List of Senatorial indnl
"cncrS az the Taxpayers EX
p"ilSc Would Make II Lon"
Story of MisapprnpriaiionS.
The T;.rubl;- Eu--au.

I,th - ana F..Esy IyaHIi Ne.
Washington. Dee. 9If one vents Illus
tra'icIs 81 opuleu"e. luxury. not t" say ae@-
thcticism even to til. point of .ff"minacy
fe should cSamiu" in detail the United
states Senate If the founders of the Re-
puhli" could 50" what INDULGENCE have
'r"pt into the senate AT n" expene-. of tn
taxpayers. they would have canVuiSioE' In
their h"n"r"d graves. A. SchooimasJ"r
Squeers said uf MS promising sou. Wack
ford. who ate the Sc5nt ratioua "f all the
"iher boys. There's richness; there oil
ine@-''
III" report Of IN" secretary of H." SENATE
on annual expenses 'f that body is filed
with items of wISIefuiness. Here are feS
"a tn. ''necesshriss' bought for the room
of the Committee on tiTsnc-. Of which
Economi:r Arich ~ chairman.
Ties, are merely fn: recent 'rcpdir-'':
Painting wall and c"iliEc-. $50; srur,J
"rn1m'ut>, SIS; ncN marble mantel. S25";
mahogany look eases. sii", mahogany
wardrobc $2is: five pairs plush curtains,
So, wilton carpets. s4ssi; one ma hogauy ia
bie. sls5; one mahogany desk. $li5: one
dozen riah"""n! chairs. Sf5f: foCr easy
chair--. S.i"; one sofa. $l31; one mahogany
GtSk. slIj. These are oIly f-H 81 IN"
principal items. In hort II cD-t - ~. .
,:evor-tie and furnish The loom IN which The
senate Committee, "n Finance meets
Nearly sass L. decorate uns room.
Here .sre Il few items. taken al random
from the report, o>tenSih!y for '',nicial
u -.
Four boxes lemons. Si7 pounds sugar, :
more boxes lemons. % eases NEii Rock
cost of sil2I then come cephil@inr. Abbey's
salt. 100 talumel tablets. ~. p"urcs cam
rh"r. br"mo seltzer. 1tp5 quinn" l'iiis. Baby
Elite shoe polish. = gallons witch hazel,
another lo'o quinine pills. yucc., hair tonic,
p"mad- and /. pounds more camphor.
Then The senatorial thirst returned and
Il bill was ordered follows: Three hum
drrd and fCrty-une pounds Granuiated Su
gar. 3aS pounds srdnuiated sugar. ;~S' pounds
granuldted sugar. ~ boxes lemons. 81
pounds sugar. Ili= boxes lemons and ~ cases
Inore Ii, hia making SiS3 additional; then they
try new brdnd-l1 cases Londonderry
i.rhi, / case Poland water. ~ cases more
Londonderry and rnorc Poland; and then
eet lit Of - for returning 9p' empty
Londonderry bottles ana - empty POiand
bottles
IL would make Il long story "f shameless
misappropriation "f the peoples money I"
reprint an the items 0f this character thar
book oi - pases.
Ii is North wniie to note that the investi
cation OF Senator ClarkS election cost tht
Senate. s222isi in fees and ITaveiir. eXpci~ :
fey the witnesses who were >ummone'!
from Montana
The strrographer OF the committee NJ W.
Biumherg received g 11:;..;;..5 for hi- work.
running hut few weeks. This made
total oi almost s25.eyp. senator Clark tiIcN
si4i ~ witness fees and travelling eN-
I,.nsCs. and enormous sums for mileage and
hotel bills were SLOWED
But even these items are respectable in
contrast with the many pages of wasteful
Expenditures incurred 10y the senators them
selves and paid for as official oGt Of tns
public Treasury.