In addition to the amounts already
mentioned, I find that nearly five
thousands dollars worth of it was
furnished to committees etc, between
the dates of July 1, 3,8.91, and June
30, 1S9$. The Clerk's office con
sumed $1,268 in pens, ink, paper,
rubber bands, memorandum books,
etc. The Door-Jteeper, whose office
does not have anv literary suggestion
about it, used $563 in stationery; the
Reporters of Debates used $325; even
the engineer was free to write letters
at your expense, and so was the chap-
LIU IUL1
lain, anu so wen? the jHlicr The
itema are daly ch.nrged up against
you.
ODe feature of thi-i paj-r and ink
bill which you will admire ts tb.t
th? rrjiorters of the newspapers are
f uriUBbrtl envelops, paji-r, ink, vm,
Ieneils, blotters, uoiesors, enters,
memorandum books and n-n bolder
at your expense. S- ie 1 . of
the KejKirt of the Cris-n Coiisrnss
1892. fc
In the Speaker's Pootn was ud
$130 of stationery beridt-s the $rv5
which the law allows the Steaker aa
a .Muiiber of Congress.
Then come the commit tees; and
each of the fif'y odd committees usrd
st;it i m ery to the tune of from twelve
to ei-htv dollar in addition to the
M25 of stationery whieh the law a'
!o.vs to each ineinber of those Com
mittees. Now let us recapitulate (lie ex pn--es
uf running the House under .Mr.
t'n-p from Dec-. 8, l'Jl to June 3o
1V.-2.
Salaries of Members -Kx'ra
for Mr. Speaker -
1.6S",0 'O
3,000
4(10,000
2'.5,023
3,269
39,971
3,430
11,03 4
7,050
22,957
4.9S5
Milt age of Members
(ib-rut) ....
Sal;i'i' s of officers and
employees ...
Police '
Commutation for Sta
tionery ....
Fuel
Furniture -.Materials
for folding -Miscellaneous
items -Stationery
foi Com
mittees ....
