The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-08

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE House amend
ed the World'ss fair sundry civil appropria-
ton bill so as to make the salary of the
director general $500, the president
s., 000 the vice president, the executive
committee, clerks SO, 000 clerks, etc., S, 600.
An appropriation for Sl50000 for the ex
penses OF the board of lady managers was
also stricken out before the clause passed.
The conference report ratifying the
agreement with the Sacs, Foxes and Iowas
in Oklahoma was agreed to.
The report of the Raum investigating
committee was ordered printed and recon-
mitted.
The House went into committee Of the
whole (Payson in the chair on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. The pending cues
ton was the decision of the chair on Ma
sons point OF order raised against Can
dler's amendment yesterday. After brief
debate the chair ruled the amendment out
Of order as changing the existing law.
Sayres OF Texas offered an amendment
decreasing from $50, 600 to 10000 the ap-
preparation for salaries for officers, clerks.
stenographers, ETC., OF the Worlds Fair
commission, with provision that not ex-
ceeding $780, 900 should be used in the paw
ment of the salaries of the president. sec
rotary, director general and vice chair-
man OF the executive committee
The Chairman overruled the point of Or
der made by Butterworth.
Wilson, of West Virginia, offered as a
substitute an amendment fixing the salaries
OF the president at S., 5000, those of the vice
president and executive committee at 81, 900.
the secretary s., 900, clerks, stenographers,
etc, s., 600, in all so, 900.
Butterworth opposed both propositions
characterizing them as a STAB at the expo
sltlon and at the national honor They
would denationalize the exposition and
humiliate it in the eyes of the country and
of the world.
Wilson denied there was any feeling
among the committee antagonistic to the
exposition. Its best friends were those
trying to bring down the expenditures.
Butterworth offered an amendment to
the substitute, fixing the salary of the
director general at 81 500.
Washington, of Tennessee, said the
Democrats wanted the exposition to be a
success, but did not want it to stink in the
nostrlls OF all economical men because it's
officials drew extravaganza Salaries.
Lawler, OF Illinois, regarded the amend
ments as repetition of the old fight as to
the location of the Worlds fair Certain
gentlemen had been jealous of Chicago
ever since the site was decided upon. He
denied that the fair was turning into no.
l1tical machine, and wished to say as a
Democrat that Director General Davis was
above that class of business, although he
was Republican. Lawler had little tilt
with Buchanan, of New Jersey, the latter
expressing disbelief that there was any
jealousy, and Lawler assuring him that he
(Buchanan) didn't know what he was talk
ing about.
Butterworth's amendment to the su5sti-
tute was agreed to, 81 to 90, and Wilson's
substitute was amended and adopted
Briggs, of California, offered an amend
ment striking out the word ladies' where
ever it occurs and inserting women"
Butterworth suggested there was a
suspicion that ladies were women and the
amendment was ruled out of order
On motion of Gambler an amendment was
adopted striking out an appropriation of
$15,O 900 for the expenses of one meeting of
the commission in 1892.
On motion Of Frank, of Missouri, an