Evening star., 1933-01-29
$4,000 for Mineral Water,

While there is difficulty in determin-
ing whether the Senators or the Repre-
sentativeS found need for the greatest
number of aspirin tablets, headache
pills and sedatives. it appears members
OF the Senate may have had the edge
in shaking parched throats They
spent scme $1,000 for mineral water,
with ice, while. the House clerk report
shows an expenditure of S1,238 for ice
for water coolers.
AS to some details of the House re-
port. there was $3.50 for 2,4O0 head
ache tablets, $1308 for carton of
fizzy sedative.
There was, too, S70.13 for water cool
ers-ice water is supposed to be piped
into each members offce-and Slr
28o.47 for 446,400 pounds of ice to keep
the water coolers cool. The paper cups
they drank the water from cost S349.
The towel bill was $3,18793 and the
soap purchases amounted to S524.54.
So everybody could keep tabs on what
was going on back home" Trimble re-
ported $S95.92 had been spent for news
papers, which are kept in the Speakers
lobby-paperS from all over the calm
try, nearly 100 of them
There were 76 hair brushes that cost
S44.01-and about a third Of the 435
House members have shiny pates. For
the more fortunate members. mavbe
IA combs costing $18 were purchased
The members needed some clothes
brushes, too. SO S23.52 was spent for
them.
$l2,944 for Typewriters.
Since numerous letters had to be
written, S12,944. went for new typa-
writers and for repairing old ones.
Postage. of course, amounted to Moth
ing, since members can send their let
ters free
But kilograms have to be paid for.
The House last year spent S8O,O91 to
speed members messages over the
wires. The telephone bill was s31,446.
So everybody could tell exactly what
time it was. 1859 was spent to keen keen
some clocks running-including the two
In the House chamber-and S34 bought
"a cuspidors. $225 got II ice picks.
SIT went for 18 long-handled bath
brushes. SIS for 48 nail brushes. $3.50
for matches, SIT for ash trays, 1922
to repair vibrator in the House
Turkish bath.
And, too, the House parliamentarian
whose monthly salary is S375. got an
additional $1,000 for preparing a spe-
cial digest of House rules. The 1000
allowed for the Speakr's car. however,
was not spent since Garner said he
preferred taxicabS in the interest of
economy.
The monthly pay roll in Garner's
Office amounted to about S1,735. That
included the salaries of the CHAPLAIN,
the parliamentarian end a floor mes
senger
On the big pay roll for clerk hire
there We're sc members who had in
their office drawing money persons
with the same sirname as their own
Total to Last June so.
All of these expenditures were made
between July /, 1881, and June so,
1882. Whether members have changed
their ways since last election can't be
definitely determined until next Winter
when Trimble submits his report for
the current year.
Many members are being bothered
sent the text of a law to a foreign
possession. has been told he will have
to provide the $4,000 payment.
The report, of course. covered partly
Republican and partly Democratic
regime. The Democrats didn't take
control until December, 1881 And
What they did when they took over was
reflected by the pay roll
New clerks were hired for many
committees, and all the officers of the
House were changed. The Republican
doorkeeper to illustrate, slipped from
his s666.66 a month job to s235 as a
special employe of the minority.
Same Name on Pay Roll.
On the pay roll last June, the fol-
lowing members were shown to have
persons with the same names as their
own working in their Offices:
Abernethy, Allen, Arentz, Bankhead,
Blanton, Boland, Brand of Georgia.
Brunm, Burtnsss, Busby, Carter of
California, Cartwright, Cavicchia,
Chindblom, Chiperfeld, Christgau,
Clague, Clark of North Carolina, Col
lier, Cotton, Connery. Cooke, Crosser,
Crowther, Curry. DsRouen, Dickinson,
Dominick, Englebright, Fernandez, Fie-
singer. Foss, Freeman, Fuller, Fulmer,
Garner, Green, Greenwood, Gregory,
Griffin. Hall of North Dakota, Hartley,
Hill of Washington, Holiday, Howard.
johnson of Oklahoma, Kemp, Kunz,
Kvale, Larrabee. Larsen, Loofbourow,
Mas, Magrady, Manlove, Mansfield, May,
Montet, Nelson of Maine,l Nelson Of