The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-26

FOR annual Icp0H6 W t00 kkV0l-
deut's house and furniture, Inn
provsment of grounds, purohas-
ine tress and plAnts FOR garden,
and for making hot beds: therein,
and contingent expenses incident
thereto, twslvs thousand dollars. $4,000
For fuel, in part, OF the Presidents
house, one thousand eight hun
dred dollars. 1900
For lighting Presidents house and
capitol, and the public grounds
around them and around the ex-
ecutive Offices and Pennsylvania
Avenue, Bridge and High streets
in Georgetown, forty three thou
sand dollars: OF which $4,000
ont Of 443 900 10 estimated to be @
on account OF lighting the Presi-
dents house. 5000
For purchasing books for (the) Ii
brary at the executive mansion,
to be expended under the diree-
tion Of the President Of the Uni
ted States, two hundred and fifty
dollars. $50
For taking eure of grounds south
of the Presidents house, (south
yard), and keeping them in good
order, one thousand dollars. 1000
On page 308 OF the same, the
following
For compensation OF twenty-five
laborers employed in the public
grounds, and Presidents garden,
thirteen thousand and two hum
dred dollars, Of which 10 esti-
mated for labor on Presidents
garden, 4,8OO
For compensation OF two night
watchmen employed at the Presi-
DENTS house, one Thousand two
hundred dollars. 1900
For compensation Of doorkeeper at
| the Presidents house, six hun
| dred dollars. GOO
For compensation of assistant door
keeper AT Presidents house, six
| hundred dollars. 6OC
| For compensation OF furnace keep
| or At the Presidents house, six
hundred dollars. COG
Total, $58,3O(
| Thus it will be seen that the economics
Democracy give their President more thar
twenty-nine times as much as the extravs.
CANT Republicans give their Governor pc,
annum.
Then Vice President Breckinridgs, who has
nothing in the world to do but preside owe,
the Senate few days, gets salary Of q, 900
four times as much MS our Republican Gov.
ernor. Seven members Of the Cabinet also
receive salary Of $4,000 each. There ar.
scores Of Foreign Ministers whom the De.
nocracy pay salaries ranging from 81 500 to
SIS 200 per annum and hundreds OF Score.
taries and Clerks in their trains are paid sal
aries from $4,000 to $1,000 each. There
are nine Judges of the Supreme Court re-
ceiving salary of $4,000 each. Members
OF Congress receive salaries and mileage av-
eragng some $4,000 per annum; twice that
OF our Governor. There are hundreds OF
Navy officers and officers of the Army who
have no more to do than Major Floyd of our
town, some of them less, -who are
drawing salaries ranging from $4,000 to
5000 per annum. There sre other hun
dreds Of Custom House officers, Surveyors
and Land officers, who draw salaries Of So
600 and upwards, each. There are-we do
not know how many-Judges Of the United
States District Courts drawing salaries Of
from $2500to several thousand dollars each
Judge Love Of our place, with not tithe OF
the business Of our Supreme Judges, gets
x25Oo per annum, and most OF the Clerks,
Marshnls, Attorneys and other officers Of these
United States District Courts get larger
compensation than our Supreme Judges and
State officers. Our Postmaster, and half q
dozen other Postmasters in Iowa, have got .
larger rate of compensation than the Gov
ernor of the State Of Iowa, and there are hun.
dreds more of these Postmas.ers through.
out the country that are getting two, three
and four fold as much.
Wewill close this with few items taken
from the appropriation law Of the last ses-
sion for expenses Of the Senate OF the United
States for the year ending the both Of June,
1860:
Secretary Of the Senate, $4,000
Chief CLERK, $500
Two Clerks, q. -, 100 each, 1876
Eight Clerks, at 81 $50 each, l4,8OO
Doorkeeper, 1000
Assistant Doorkeeper, LOO
There are scores more OF the same char
acter, but that will answer our purpose. The
Senate has been purely and overwhelming "
Democratic for years. The principles Of
Democracy, and especially thas Of economy,
has had "frse COURSE, !" and Dodge and Jones
of Iowa were thsre many years to help it
along. Il wasin this school Of economy, in
deed, that Dodge got his "training,n and he