Show Members of Congress Hot After Mileage Co 6 t I 1 t tJ peRTH6 v I SensoN I UTA THE extra session Just closed is regarded re-garded in the eyes of tho law as the first session of tho Sixtyfirst congress con-gress so unless a court ruling Is made which reverses tho treasury department depart-ment the lawmakers will got no mileage mile-age when they como together next December De-cember Tho senators and congressmen congress-men however have not given up hope of securing their mileage for tho Dlngloy law session for they carried tho case to Uio court of claims Gen Orosvonor until recently n representative repre-sentative from Ohio and ono of the lenders of the Cannon machine in the house Is the attorney In charge of tho case for tho mileage claimants Tho mere fact that most of the senators sena-tors and congressmen did not return to their homes between adjournment on March 4 and tho beginning of the extra session on March 15 does not lessen their desire to got the mileage mile-age It Is so much velvet if they can get it and tho majority of tho gentlemen who go to Washington to serve their country have the reputation reputa-tion of getting all they can The statesmen get 16 cents a mllo over the longest possible route to their homes Some of the Now York members get more than 100 for a trip As an evidence of tho receptive disposition dis-position on tho part of the members of congress It might bo mentioned that the representatives voted themselves them-selves each 126 eatra stationery allowance al-lowance soon after tho beginning of the extra session A great many of them do not spend more than 15 or 20 a year on their stationery There are 391 members four delegates and three commissioners who may draw this comfortable little additional 125 allowance making 308 all told The sum of this item therefore Is 21450 Every employe of tho cap Itol working force was granted an extra months pay and as the salaries run all the way from 0000 n year experts to 60 a month for messengers messen-gers and 250 a day for pages tho sum total Is a tidy ono Tho extra pay of the senate pages amounts to 4800 for the extra session These youngsters of whom there are 10 are given 250 a day reckoning 30 days a month Tho urgent deficiency bill carries a number of tho Items duo to the extra session Among them Is ono for miscellaneous Items exclusive of labor la-bor 25000 Who gets It Is not divulged di-vulged In tho bill Another lino in tho bill reads To reimburse the official offi-cial reporters of the proceedings and debates of tho senate for expenses Incurred during tho first session of the Sixtyfirst congress for clerk hire and other clerical services 3240 The official reporters of debates get 5000 a year apiece and extra compensation for additional copies of their tran scrlptlons |