The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-01
CONGRESSIONAL Luxury.

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bers OF congress as follows
1T viii d. entirely excusable In
any patriot o aspire 10 the congress
sional office. especially II be has a
laundering for luxury The last con
gress gave memters raise In salary
from t5oeo per annnm 10 $500.
pretty good pay considering The fact
that congress is IN actual session not
more than ten or twelve months Of
the term of two years for which they
are elected They will still have the
nice juicy mileage allowance of 20
cents q mile going to aud from the
capital for each session, the station
cry allowance OF sf25 year. and
the free seeds graft which materially
reduces their campaign expenses for
reelection, besides printed matter
to loyal constituents under the con
gressional frank.
I'm addition to all this. the $50
members OF the house when they as
semble in congress in December will
ind the new office building ready
for them a palace that cost the tax
payers of the country more than 49,
600, 900. exclusive of the site, which
cost nearly million more. Each
member will have a luxurious office
with elegant mahogany furniture
and the richest carpets to be found
In The world. The government VIII
maintain a telephone in each room,
which will put the member in com
munication with all points In Wash
ington.
I'VE are informed, also, that it Is
proposed to put in each room die
tograph or some similar instrument
which will enable the member, If he
be indisposed, or busy with office
work. to put a receiver to his ear
and hear what is going on in the
house, one block away. This instru-
ment will connect with a disc on the
speakers desk, which will pick up
every sound in the hall and carry it
to each OF the 1856 members rooms
in the office building.
In the basement of the building
there will be a restaurant exclusively
for the members, also a big swim
ming pool and bath rooms. The space
available will not permit the build
ing commission to provide each
with a private bath room,
but there will be accommodation
that will enable every member to
keep clean And there will be a bar
Der shop and most of the accessories
of a first class office building, or
even modern hotel.
''At cost of about $150,0O0 a
tunnel is being constructed which
will connect the office building with.
the capitol building. Through this
which will be as invit-
ing as the corridor in either build
ing. the members may pass back and
forth between the two buildings
having to brave the weather.
"A year hence a similar building
will be ready for the senate, and
since there are not so many senators
Just ninety-two. counting Oklaho-
ma's-the luxury will be even more
pronounced, for each senator will
have suite or rooms with private
bath, and other luxuries which the
representatives can not have for lack
of room.
Under these new conditions, our
ongressmen, once the strong, rug
ged men of the republic, will become
the most precious and tenderly nur-
tured people of the country. The peo-
pie who are footing the bin must re-
member, however that they are our
great men and we can not afford to
! take chances of imposing hardships
/ upon them like the stern old states
! meu Of other days were accustomed
/ to.
Anyway. the job is one to be GOV
eted under these new conditions and
We suspect there will be many tC
Covet."
I And yet, with all these provisions
paid for by the people, the Post will
one or TWO other Texas papers, con
tends that our senators and con
. srrssmeu are Justified iu practiriu.
. fueuce Tor rue trusts Boz order q
/ Keep the "mgal barrel lull