Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-09
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Baker Reelected President of
the Exposition.
A BIG CUT IN OFFICIAL SALARIES.

Thirty Thousand Dollars Year Saved
Ben Butterworth Goes Back to His Law
Practice - Other Oncial Changes = A
Breeze Created by Burnham-Dockery's
Committee Gets Through-His Opinion
al the Enterprise-The National Com
mission-Work of the Women.
CHICAGO, April AT the third annual
election of the Worlds fair directory
yesterday afternoon officers were chosen
as follows: President, William T. Baker
(re-elected); first vice president, Harlow n.
Higinbotham; second vice president, no
choice. Mr. Gage will probably be chosen
if he will accept it, as it seems likely he
may soon be able to do. Secretary, How
ard o. Edmonds; treasurer, A. F. See
berger (re-elected); auditor, w. X. Acker-
man; attorney, w. X Carlisle.
Cut the Oficials' Salaries.
Without waiting to take breath the new
directory served notice of an all-round
and heavy reduction of Worlds fair sala-
ries by viciously slashing those Of its own
officers. The offices of solicitor general
and assistant secretary Mere not provided
for an all, aud the presidents salary was
reduced from 1000 a year to So, 900, the
secretary's from $4,000 to 5000, the vice
presidents from $, 900 each to nothing at
all, and the treasurer's and auditors from
1900 to $1,000 The salary of the attor-
ney was fixed at s., 800. EX-Solicitor But
terworth left today for Washington to re-
sumo his law practice. He expect to visit
Chicago frequently, had may establish an
Office here.
Principal Changes in the Roster.
The principal changes in the official
roster are in the vice-presidency, where
Mr.. Higinbotham succeeds Mr.. Bryan,
and III the retirement of Solicitor General
Butterworth, whose former duties are
assumed by Mr.. Carlisle and Mr. Ed
munds. Mr. Carlisle has been one of the
legal advisers of the exposition for nearly
year. He is son of Senator Carlisle, of
Kentucky. Mr.. Edmunds, the new secre-
tary, was Maj. Butterworth's private sec
Rotary in Washington and has been in his
Office here in clerical capacity. 1t is
understood that President Baker will not
accept his salary.
Dockery's Committee Gets Through.
Congressman Dockery's COMMITTEES fin
ished its investigation of the Worlds fair
yesterday and the members left for Wash
ington last evening. Yesterdays session
furnished the only sensation Of the iuyeS-
tigation. Director General Davis had tes-
titled that the estimates for expenditures
in the construction department could be
cut down -, 100000. Chief of Construction
Burnham broke in here and said that the
director general did not know what he
was talking about. This raised the ire OF
Dockery; also Davis, naturally
Burnham Makes IA Retraction.
Docsery called on Burnham to retract
informing him that he had no right TO
put in" Burnham said he would retract
the remark rejecting on Davis, but still
insisted that Davis was not right in his
estimates. When asked his opinion of the
fair after the investigation was completed
Dockery replied: while we have been
making this inquiry into the exposition
the conviction has been growing upon me
that 1t is the greatest work of enterprise
the world has ever known. 1t is vast; but
the men at the head seem to understand
the requirements of the situation"