The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-14
ApprsPriastons fer the Bachelor
President.

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salary, 10 found in the following item, I,
which W direct the attention Of our readers
stFor lighting the Presidents house ssd cap
itol, tho public grounds sround them, an,
around the Executive oiicss, and Pennsylva
mia Avenue, and Bridge and High streets, il
Georgetown, $5,0O0.5 Here 10 falsshoo,
met IN one instance, whore he enlarged onl,
ISL ,000.--{ Evening Journal.
BY reference to the Statutes: at Large o
the United States Of the First Session Of tn
Thirty Fifth Congress, We find the following
items saongss the seventy pager Of appro
kpriations FOR the year ending june s0th
1860.
1 On page 298 We have
For compensation Of the President OF tn
| United States, $25, 000.0'
For compensation to the private
seoretsry, steward, and messen-
United sss.ss, 4,SOo.ot
For contingent expenses of the
executive oihce, including sta
tionsry therefor, i 5000
On page 308-
For compensation Of twenty-five
iaborers employed in the pub
f.. lie grounds and Presidents
garden, l5,2OO.O'
For compensation Of two night
watchmen employed at the
Presidents house, l,200.0(
For compensation Of the door
keeper OF the Presidents
/ house, 600.Ot
For compensation Of the assist
ant doorkeeper at the Presi- !.
dents house, 60O.0t
For furnace keeper at. the Presi-
/ dents house, G00.O
On page 322-
For annual repairs to the Prcsi-
dents house and furniture, i'm
provement OF grounds, pur-
chasing trees and plants for
garden and making hot-beds
therein. and contingent expen-
SEES incident thereto, l2,ooo.o'
For fuel, in part, of the Presi-
dents house, $4,000
For lighting Presidents house,
and cspitol, the public grounds
around them aud around the
executive Offices, and Psnnsyl-
vania Avenue, and Bridge and
0gh streets in Georgetown, 43,0O0.0t
For purchase Of books for [thel
| library ct the executive man
sion, to be expended under the
direction Of the President Of
the United States, 250.0(
For taking care Of the grounds
south Of the Presidents house
and keeping them in order, 10000
For the payment Of lsborers en-.
ployed in shoveling snow from
the walks to and around the
capitol, the Presidents house,
and the pavenents along the
| government reservations on
| Pennsylvania Avenue, SO0.0t
For repairs Of water pipes, 500.O(
And on page 323--
For purchasing plants for the con-
servatory Il the Presidents
house, l,oo0.Ot
| Now it will be seen that the aggregate OF
the above sums amount to $l06, 500. Mr.
Harlan having the documents TO show for it.
deducted so much Of the above - was NO,
applicable to the Presidents expenditures
which left the amount, a. stated BY him, q
$4,000. The Presidsnps salary 10 $25 900
and this was intended to cover eli his az.
penses, and pay him for bis time besides
But under the administration Of the present
federal executive, oil the expenses Of th,
President are provided for out Of the people,
pockets, md he gets 825.0 900 per annum owe,
and above simply for his time.
Look at these domestic expenditures OF I
s'Bachelor president" the hot.bed and con.
seyatory, the garden, the fuel, the footmer
and wstchmen, and 6rsmen. and doorkeep
ers, the secretary and library and sta.ioner,
and snow-shoveling items. Look ct them all
Democrats and Republicans, and lsarn hov
. hundred millions are sqAAndsssd By thi
Administration. Look 1t the host Of sala
ried and liverisd laekeys kept in wsitipg o,
tho Democratic President, and rsmsmbs
that these expenses and all this parapaArn.
liza Of monarchical tfappings is insesasis
year BY year. Soon he sAndos Of Ii
White House and she gorgeous display Of GU
President, with his troops Of liysried sflioer
and servants, will rival that OF tho Eppero
| Of France or the Queen Of Great Britain.
For the Gate City.
Clagess-.Thc Unien.And Republic
anlsm.
| MrssRs. EDIroKs: Two years sgo Thoma
". Clssett wrote . long article for the Keo
knk Pest, explaining certaiu speech he h.
delivered in this city. In that srticle he use
the following language:
81 did not eav the Sonth vnuld aecad