Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-25
SENATE ECONOMY.
No Big Salaries for Worlds
Fair Officials.
HEAVY CUT IN THE APPROPRIATION,

Trade Dollars To BE Recoined-The House
Passes the Direct Tax BiII-Mrs. Lath-
rop's Speech to the woman's National
Council-King AlcohoI's Power, as the
w. G. T. U. Oratress Sees It-Death
of Senator Wilson, of Maryland-Of-
fetal Notes from the Capital.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 25.-The senate
had before it yesterday the items of the
sundry civil bill appropriating for the
Worlds fair The senate committees
amendment striking out the Sc, 900 for
the Latin-American department was
agreed to. The amendment was also
adopted reducing the salaries for the pres
ident OF the commission, president of the
board of lady managers, clerks, stenog-
raphers, typewriters, Office rent printing,
stationery, and every expenditure of
money for sand commission, including the
board of lady managers to a sum not ex-
ceeding $4,000, for the balance of the cur
rent fiscal year, and fixing the amount for
the total expense per year at $40, 900. Far
well offered an amendment increasing this
amount to 1920, 900 per year for all official
but the amendment was lost
Some Information from Allison.
During the debate Mcpherson referred
to the large salaries which the officers of
the exposition had voted 70 themselves
and inquired whether the committee on
appropriations had taken any position on
the subject. Allison replied that under
the act organizing the exposition S200,GJ
had been appropriated for the use OF the
commission, and that the commissioners
had gone on in the expenditure of that
money for the current fiscal year. The
committee had reported an amendment
for limited appropriation during the
next fiscal year, and in order to make the
plan proposed for those officers next year
apply TO the remainder OF the present ifs
cal year, 1t was necessary to agree to that
amendment. 1t was intended that the
machinery of the exposition at Chicago
should speedily adjust itself to the pro-
posed conditions.
Those Commission Salaries.
Mcpherson asked what those conditions
were. 1t had been charged that the Off
GERS bad voted themselves large salaries.
and that they had thus exhausted the an
very great fear expressed in some quar-
tiers that if that thing were allowed to go
on and TO continue during the prepara-
lions for the exposition there would be
very little left of the appropriation OF ST.
oOo,UOO TO be devoted to any purpose other
than the payment of salaries Allison
said that 1t was not intended to continue
the present plan and arrangement. 1t
was expected that, whatever the official
staff or management might be in Chicago.
the great body of their compensation
would be paid out of the fund raised for
the exposition by voluntary contributions,
or by the gate receipts.
More silver To BE Coined.
Plumb offered an amendment to the
bill, which was agreed to. adding thereto
proviso requiring the secretary of
the treasury to coin into standard silver
dollars the trade dollar bullion and the
trade dollars now in the treasury. the ex-
pense thereof to be charged to the silver
profit fund. The paragraph authorizing
the use of unexpended balances for the
prevention of epidemics gave rise to long
discussion. Chandler moved to place
further sums at the disposal of the presi-
dent for the same purpose-the whole
amount OF the expenditure for the year
not TO exceed $3.50, 600 In an impasSioned
speech German denounced Chambers
proposition an atrocious one, as giving
the president an unlimited use of money,
and as more dangerous TO the people than
an epidemic of cholera yellow fever, or
small pox would De, but Chsniler mo-
ton was agreed to.
The Direct Tax Bill Again.
The house put in its time yesterday
principally on the direct tax bill. The
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viding that no money shall be paid to any
state until it shall have, through resolu-
ton Of its legislature, accepted the sum
appropriated full satisfaction for all
claims against the United States on &C.
count OF the collection of the tax. There
was Democratic opposition to considera-
ton OF the bill because as alleged. the
time allowed for debate was too short
Mch nIey replied to this that no measure
had ever received a more thorough discus
sion than this bill Oates, Cummings.
Spinola, Springer and other Democrats
made constitutional arguments against
the bill.
Matter of Justice.
Grosvenor favored the measure. The
question presented was whether the gov
eminent would do justice in one way or
the other-either by compelling the de-
O44''u5 o'0teo ~ pay tHtIr quota or TO
refund 20 the states which had paid the
tax the amount levied and collected from
them. There were also claims by the op-
ponents that the Republicans were going
to bankrupt the government so that when
the Democrats came into power they could
not reduce taxes, but would have to in
crease them. Those advocating the bill
pooh-pooed this, and said the treasury was
well .able to pay the money When the
vote was finally taken the bill passed by
LIZ years TO l0l nays.
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION