The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-04


$66.S0.' IL is remembered by the
members Of the party that Davis was
local newspaper man who came
aboard and had a talk with lIallinger
and wrote up the dope" about Bal
lirger and about the Garter junket in
the way that the statesmen like 10 see
such things written lie seemed TO
he the guest of the party. but whether
he was on not, isn't il funny that the
government pays the expenses OF
local newspaper man in covering ms
assignment?
Voucher No. 80 shows that tom
Carter. when no travels at govern
ment expense, has To nave Pullman
section; one berthvis not enough. III
cost ST. To pay his Pullman fare from
Cheyenne To Butte. Paynter also
travels i'm a section. Newlands used
the drawing room between Cheyenne
and Reno and IL cost the government
S21. Borah put in an account for -
for berth.
The account shows that on Aug
-, the Pennsylvania Railroad Co..
furnished "A private car Tor the mehi'
bers of the select committee going
from Washington, ID. c., 10 CHICAGO
at a cost OF slS2. The members who
were on this part OF the trip were
Carter, Warren, Flint, Chamberlain
and Paynter. On Aug. %, II cost
$3.50 TO transfer this committee from
tht station q, Seattle TO the hotel.
Fees paid 10 porters at Hotel WASH
ington in Seattle at one time were
$50 Next 10 this item appears
fees and porterage on Great North
ern dining car from ST. Paul TO Seat
tie, from Aug II TO 30 inclusive,
$40" some fees,
There are lot of little items like
these: Meals for +. r. Crawford and
S. J Murphy, restaurant. Seattle,
Aug. 30 TO 81, $3.50" Board and
lodging at Seattle, Wash, for Sena-
tors Carter, Warren, Paynter end
employees from Aug 20 TO 81 In
elusive, $l25.30." Fees paid TO W. |
j. Byrne. special baggageman, for !
services, Aug. IL TO Sept /, sl0.'
Fees and porterage, Portland 10
Hermiston. etc, Sl0.25.
Fees and Porterage, $40"
Another board and lodging al
Portland for the same senators,
SIZE.
transportation Tor Senators Car
ter. Warren, Sutherland. Borah.
Clark. Newlands. Paynter, from Cas-
per. Wyo.. TO Pathfinder Dam and
return. by three automobiles, $50.
Transportation for Senators Car
ter. etc. at Goshen Hole and North
Platte project. s120.'
Fees and porterage on the Bur
lington dining car. $40"
nf init |
senger and porter on Pullman car,
S35."
Board and lodging, Pullman
charges. porterage. etc, Cheyenne,
Wyo., TO Helena. Mont. S24.30."
Fees and porterage on Denver 4
Rio Grande diner etc. $l4.'
Services OF w. Cowan as mes
senger and porter on Pullman car
cago. ILL.,. $50
Charles b., Eaton, NECESSARY sx,
penses incurred as offfciaf r9porftr'
10 the-eommittee; meals, hotel, etc,
$500
stephen J. Murphy, for necessary
travelling expenses, meals. porteraee,
transfer baggage, carriage hire, etc,
Sl5"
Thomas H. Carter, for necessary
sums disbursed on account of in
vestgation government projects.
voucher 1902. $602S5 One item III .
the latter is "drawingroom, Pullman,
TO secure the facilitation Of work en
route $500" Part explanation OF
this item is Meals, fees. horse hire,
automobile service porterage. as
sistants hired for automobiles on
route and other incidental expenses
necessarily incurred and paid for ard
IN behalf OF the committee and its
employees. from Aug. 10 TO Nov. -.
1909, inclusive, the same aggregating
1922 per day for which no vouchers
were taken. $553.95.
II is TO be noted that there are no
credit items indicating that the com
mittee was the guest at any place OF
the local commercial clubs. railway
officials or prominent citizens of the
towns. These credits were forgotten
in making up the expense account
Turning over large bunch OF
pages we come to that part OF the
secretary's report which shows teie-
grams sent by senators and paid for
by the government. There are sew
eral thousand of these items. some
OF them quite significant.
Space forbids mention OF $4,000 for
senate mineral water. and such
items as lemons. face powder per
fumes, nail brushes. tooth brushes,
soap. the Delineator and the Ladies'
Home Journal
However, space will be taken to-
morrow to detail just how much and
in what way the vice-president's auto
mobile cost the country in the year
covered by the report.