Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-08
WORLDS FAIR MATTERS
THE OFFICIALS WILL CoNTINUETo
DRAW FULL PAY.
The Bluff About Reducing Salaries Comes
to Naught-Money to Be Borrowed of
the Local Directory to Make Up the
Deficiency in Appropriation.

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE National Col
umbian commission reassembled this
morning. The report of the committee
on awards, recommending the appoint
ment of committee of eight to have
charge of the awards of premiums, was
adopted after being amended to make
the number twelve, and referred to the
judiciary committee, to frame rules and
bylaws for its government.
Commissioner Mercer, OF Wyoming,
introduced a resolution setting forth
that the bureau of publicity and promo
ton had sent out the statement that
there would be several theaters on the
worlds fair grounds, to which separate
charges OF admission would be made,
and declaring it to be the sense of the
commission that only one price of ad-
mission should be charged for every
thing on the grounds. Referred to the
committee on judiciary.
A committee of four was appointed to
prepare suitable resolution touching
the death OF Commissioner Bingham, of
( Washington. ft 9s'
A request from the board OF lady man
ayers for permission to extend their ses-
| sion for one or two days was acceded to.
The committee on resolutions touch
ing the death of Commissioner Bingham,
made suitable report, and after adopt
ing it, the commission adjourned until 2
o'clock.
At the afternoon session a resolution
was adopted instructing the members of
the commission to labor with the men,
hers Of congress in their respective states
to vote tor the proposed movement for a
loan of So 900, 900 to the fair.s
The committee on tariffs and trans
portation reported that low rates for
visitors and exhibits would be made by
the railroads of the country, and asked
permission to request from the railroads
passes for the commissioners and lady
managers to and from commission meet
ings, thus saving large items OF expense.
The report was adopted.
| The committee. ON judiciary reported,
| upon the recommendation of the audit
! ing committee, in regard to the pros
pective deficit in the commissions
| appropriation for the current year. The
auditing committee recommended that
the salaries of President Palmer and
Vice Chairman Mckenzie of $4,000 each
be cut off; that $4,000 be taken
from the salary OF the director general,
and that the April meeting of the COM
mission be postponed till July, in order
to avoid the expected deficit. The ju-
! dietary committee reported that the
directory offered to lend the commission
the necessary 500, 900 until such time as
the amount for repayment could be Sc
cured from Congress, thus saving the
| proposed cuts in salaries.
Commissioner Waller, OF Connecticut,
opposed the adoption of the report. He
thought it would be undignified and put
the commission in an embarrassing po-
sition to accept loan from the local
directory. A deficit would not occur in
any case before the close of the fiscal
year, or June 30, 1892, and in the mean
time the commission could apply to
congress for the necessary funds.
Commissioner Massey, of Delaware,
defended the report of the committee.
A number of warm speeches followed.
Commissioner st. Clair, OF West Vir-
ginia, closed for the judiciary commit
tee, in favor of borrowing the directory Is
money. He said the auditing commit
tees proportion cut off the vice-chair-
mans salary, but not the director
generals. That would be taken by the
south as a political move. He hoped
the commission would see the mistake
in such action.
| St. Clair's colleague, who is Repub-
lican, objected to the intimation that
politics had anything to do with the
salary cutting report. Vice-Chairman
Mckenzie drew $4,000 for an Office which
had no duties. The funds threatened to
give out; the only way to avoid de-
fcit was to cut down needless expenses
Judge Tousley, of Minnesota, said il
looked as though the vice chairman
salary was to be continued, because the
commission feared to offend the south
or some political party 1t was dishon
orable of the commission to think O.
borrowing money.
Commissioner Waller appealed to the
speakers to drop politics. He offered {
substitute for all the pending motions
which was adopted, 81 to Z, referring
the whole matter to the board of refer
ence and control.
In effect the latter body is authorized
to borrow $4,000 of the directors il
case congress fails to appropriate
money to meet the commissions defici
ency. All the official salaries contine.
Good values in fine tailoring, and
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