The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-26
Uncle SAM PAYS
= HEAVY EXPENSES
xy-nroENo SERVERS TRAVEL IN
STYLE WHEN TRAVELLING
FOR HIM.
OTHERS NOT so WELL
MR.. CARNEGIE AND NH. CoRTEL-
yor NOT EXPENSIVE WHEN
BROUGHT TO WASHINGTON
TO TESTIFY,
Nv VICTOR ELLIOTT,

BIZ VICTOR ELLIOTT,
WASHINGTON, Ian 26.-=AHhnuEh
members Of the house continue 10 Toe
partial To such Injuries as shampoo
and hair tonic, the annual report or
the clerk. a volume of many pages
which tell Just what all the money
passing through hls hands was spent
for. shows thai rncer m the expenses
Of the house during The past year
arose in connection with inyesJiEa-
tfnns Every t3rue a witness IS sub
noensed TO testify here Il means that
a deputy sergeant st arms must 'haS"
across the country. at government "N-
prnse subpoena the witness, VINO
then comes to Washington at govern
naent expense Of ten cents mite ana
So day while here. has testimony
r,,ust be taken hy highly paid steno-
Rraphers and specially transcribed
Resides the investigating committees
hire special investigators 10 travel
about the country and gather tntoT-
nation.
r. W wooiey. former "ashlng-
ton newspaper man first empioNta as
a special investigator by tho STANLEY
steel trust investigating coumittce
and then by the money trust lnFesu-
gators is the ono individual whose
activities occupy more space IN the
report than any other person
WooIlsy was employed most ~ inc
time by the committee at salary OF
approximately $3.50 a month and eN-
penses The records show innumer-
able frips by Woolley to philadelphia,
New York, Pittsburgh Chicago, st
Louis, Kansas City, aud many other
places. On each one 81 these WOOL
lev made up tented lists of his eN-
panditures, such as cab fare. ta%lcahs
sleeping car berth, meals, tips TO
porters, beggars fare. fees 10 notaries
seIegraphic tolls and expenses Tor
stenograp pliers. There are dozens OF
such items under WooIley name run
ming from 500 for trip from Wash
ington to Philadelphia 10 $500 for "a
more extensive tour.
The records show that Wool}ey
travelled thousands Of miles stopped
at scores Of hotels, hired scores OF
stenographers ate many meals on
Pullman cars at from 81 to 50, while
tto steel trust Investigators were on
tl2e Job.
NhDe the investigation was In prog
rces Andrew Carnegie was in attend
anre as a witness and ne received
fx.f,1 the house s2S 20, Of which one
an was 455 miles New York to
Washington, and return, at 10 a
mile and three days attendance as a
witness at 81 day.
George r. Cortelyou drew down
S3870 on q similar errand,
One OF the most expensive trips I'M
dertaken by "A deputy serving sub
poenas was that made by Thomas
Ffanlon in summoning witnesses for
the so-callcd Indian investigation
Hanlon left Washington. visited Louis
VILE, places in Iowa. Michigan, Min
nesota. and other states and filed an
expense account for s33964- This
Included seats on Pullman cars. fares
in busses. hire Of teams, guides,
'sleighs and also included expenses Of
camping out at some places.
The committee which made this in
vestigation included in its expendi~
lures amounts for expressing type
writers A stenographer had to he
taken along and subsistence for the
stenographer was charged at $3.50
day. The Stenographer WAS on the
Job II and "a days and the item of
subsistence amounted TO s4450
The average expense Of each mem
Der of the committee who went west
to assist in the investigation ~as from
5000 TO $500 apiece.
Most of the witnesses that appeared
before the ommittee couldn't travel
on a railroad. bat they got ten cet~s
n mile in fees just the same as wit
nesses who took Pullman cars Here
are some Of the items; Joe Parto,
Sass. Ah-bow -Re-shig, $2S-65, Fred
BtRwind. S26.75, Joseph BiRhear,
SASS. Gay qua che way nunE,
s2410; James JuER S22 SIS. Nay-tow-
ay-cumi x ~tskuuE, $2l.S5. Jack Rab-
-- &!sr-&2 Thomas swan Shady
SASS and Bay bah-mah- Ie-wahe,
Rev Caroline Bartlett. Of Kalama-
roo, Mich. who was the leading spirit
in an incipicnt Investigation on the
federal meat inspection service, re