The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-03

about them Senators OF Opposite
views arrange general pairs with one
another. SO that their absence does
not affect the vote OF the senate. hut
OH specific questions pairs are OFTEN
switched and rearranged on the
spot, and In the excitement OF close
vote, much depends on the ability OF
the messengers TO arrange the pairs
so that every vote on their reapec-
tive sides OF the chamber may Do
made to count.
The pages OF the senate are WIDE
awake set OF youngsters. There Is
provision which permits them to
be employed only until they are six
teen. But In the years they are
there, they acquire such sang froid
in the presence of greatness that
nothing in afterlife Is too awesome
TO disconcert them. They usually 20
out into the world and make sue
cess OF themselves. The late Sena.
tor German started in life as SEN
ate page. The records are full OF
instances where these boys have pro-
flied by the political training or their
youth and have risen 10 positions or
dignity In the legislative halls OF the
country.
The reporters OF the proceedings
and debates of the Senate are em-
ployed on "a different basis than those
OF the house. Theodore +. Shuey
and Edward V. Murphy have the con-
tract for doing this work in the SEN
ate and are paid 100000 year. Out
OF this they must employ their own
assistants, although the senate buys
such equipment as graphophones and
wax cylinders. The work they have
TO do is not quite so exacting az
that OF the house sIenographers,
since the propensity OF everybody to
talk at the same time is held In
check by that invisible. but none the
less effective, thing called senator
ial dignity.
There are about seventy commit
tees in the senate. Each of these
has It's clerk and its messenger,
while many of them have two or
three additional employees. When q
senator is unable TO get all the help
| he wants placed on the regular sal
AIRY roll. he will sometimes succeed
| in having the person whose appoint.
ment he desires placed on the labor
ers roll, and paid out of the con-
tingent fund OF the senate.
| Whenever senate employe dies
! his estate Is paid an amount equal
TO half-year's salary, which Is sup
posed TO provide for all burial ex-
penses. In the house. the widow or
other member OF the family Is given
$3.50 and half years salary. There
Is no class OF employees In the. whole
country who are better provided for
than those who compose the machin-
cry or the senate and house. WIZ.
the most liberal pay, extended vaca-
tons, and convenient hours, they
need only the assurance of perman-
ency 10 make their happiness COM
plete. In the senate many have this.
In the house only few have It.
| Ii costs the senate nearly two mil
/, lion dollars Year TO maintain itself.
The salaries and mileage OF senator's
represent an outlay of about $500, 900.
! The salary OF the employees amount
/ TO S565,000, and the extra months
pay they get adds $4,000 TO this.
The contingent fund. out OF which
+ the other expenses OF the body are
paid. approximates $3S0.000 year.
There ar esome $40 employees on the
rolls for payment out OF the S555, 900.
In addition to these there are num-
Der or employees who are paid out Of
the contingent fund. The senate also
bears its proportion OF the expense OF
maintaining the capitol police force,
its share being $4,000 a year.
Tomorrow-Meetins Of Congress.