Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
OF NATIONAL INTEREST.

WASHINGTON, April 12.-The Worlds
Fair Committee held a special meeting to-
day to hear arguments favoring Represent.
ative Durburrow's bill appropriating 81. OOt
to carry. into effect the Worlds Fair act.
John Boyd Thatcher spoke in behalf OF the
Committee on Awards, asking for $7OO,0oO
to pay judges and examiners and to secure
| awards and diplomas.
Vice President O'Dell, of the local directory
spoke of the plans of the exposition. He
said the Commission had decided that the
scope of the exhibition should be such as to
require the expenditure OF more than $40.
| 100000. 1t had determined that the Fair
! should be produced on such scale as to re-
Quire seventeen and half or eighteen mil
| lion dollars, hence the necessity Of the Ex-
| position Company for funds beyond the $l0,-
100000 required by the original act. The
| further appropriation was asked for because
the great Exposition was going to rebound,
not to the benefit of any single locality. but
to the benefit of the entire country.
There was no city SO large. no hamlet so
small that 1t would not receive some advan-
tage. The scope OF the Exposition had been
| enlarged wisely and judfciouslv with due
Difference to the highest aspirations of man.
kind.
There Should Be No curtailment
| Mr.. Fred s. Winston, a member Of the
Chicago Directory Of the Exposition, re-
ferred briefly to the extent to which the
| Fair enterprise had grown and to the fact
that more money (about sS 0,00o) was abb
solutely necessary to carry on the work so
rs to insure the opening of the gates Of the
| Fair. How to get the additional amount re-
Quired was therefore the question confront
| the management. Some persons might sug-
gest curtafling certain features of the enter
| prise, but this would not be done. Chicago
had raised the amount specified in the act
done what lay in their power as they always
| did in matters of this kind. They did not
want and did not expect to make money out
Of Of the enterprise, II Congress in its wisdom n
should not make the appropriations asked
| for by the bill, and share with the citizens
the proportionate receipts OF the Fair, ne
had another proposition to make.
A Second Mortgage for the Money.
1t was in effect that Congress pass bill
ma king an appropria tion of S. 600, 900, with n
provision that would not disbar the man.
| agement from borrowing on bonds the
money necessary above the amount. The
management would make the bonds issued
to secure the extra amount n first mortgage
| on the gate receipts and make the S. 000. 600
appropriated by Congress o second mort
gage on the gate receipts
Replying to Representative McCreary. Mr..
Winston said this proposition had been
agreed upon by the members Of the delega-
tion now before the committee after they
fore the local board, but he (Mr. Winstonl
was satisfied the proposition would be
agreed to. Mr.. Winston suggested an altern.
attve proposition to the effect that Congress
appropriate the money found necessary by
the sub Committee on Appropriations (fn-
vestigating the Worlds Fair expenditures)
to finish the Fair, said appropriation to be a
member of the Chicago directory, however,
said he was opposed to this alternative
proposition, and the matter was for the
time dropped. The committee then ad-
jouIned until tomorrow morning.
Big Money Advanced to Foreign Tourists
The examination of Mr.. Sutherland of
the Treasury department by a sub-com-
mittee of the House appropriation COM
mittee showed that out of the money
appropriated for the Government building
at the Fair, the disbursing clerk of; the
Treasury had received 81, 100 in commissions.
The subcommittee will inquire into this
matter to see whether there be any
authority of law for the payment of COM
missions to a Government disbursng agent
Chief Clerk Stock, of the Treasury Depart
ment, testified with reference to the ex-
penses for foreign exhibits and gave a
statement showing that the larger part Of
the $40 900 appropriated for this purpose had
been expended in sending abroad about
dozen persons who each received advances
to cover expenses.
THE effort to revive the grade of
Lieutenant General, which is being actively
supported by Secretary Elkins. has brought
to light the interesting fact that the rank
has been held by only four officers since the
establishment of the Government. 1t was
first created by law in 1898, and George
Washington, then living in retirement at Mt.
Vernon, was appointed by President Adams
He held it from July g. 1885, until his death,
December IA, 1893, at which time it lapsed.
General Washington never held the full
States, according to. the records of the
Adjutant Generals Office After his death
the rank of Lieutenant General was not re-
vived until the War Of the Rebellion, when,
pointed. He was followed by General Sher-
man, whose commission ran from
July 25, 1866 to March IA, 1862 Sheridan held
it until June l, 1883. when being on his death
bed, he was promoted to the rank of general
which he held until his death, August s,
1888. Shortly before the war General Scott
with that rank placed on the retired list.
Among army officers there is a feeling that
the commanding general of the armies
should be of higher rank than any OF his
subord1nates, and the movement to re-estab-
lish the grade of Lieutenant General will
meet general approval in military circles,
and all will rejoice that the promotion if it
Is provided for will fall upon General
Schofeld, whose devotion to the best inter-
ests of officers and men has endeared him
to them in no common measure.
cousin BEN" FoLSoM's free and easy
application to the administration of Presi-
dent Harrison for promotion from the con-
sulate of Sheffield England, which he now
holds to that of Birmingham. which in the
way OF fees pays little better, recalls some
breezy correspondence which took place q
few years ago. Mr.. Folsom was commits
stoned to the position of Consul to Sheffield
by President Cleveland in October, 1885,
nearly six years ago, more than the average
lifetime of an oficeholder in the United
States. He had not been at his post of duty
three weeks before he astonished good. easy
going James d. Porter, then the Assistant |
Secretary of State, having charge of consular |
matters, by cool suggestion that his salary |
ought to be increased ut least a thousand |
dollars. II find myself" he wrote, ''in the |
center of such a social circle that for the |
honor of the Stars and Stripes must enter |
tain in style befltting my position, and |
cannot do it on my present salary. |
Please see that it Is increased a |
thousand dollars, II possible but |
$500 at the least" Greatly perplexed what |
answer to make to this missive, bearing in |
mind the Consul's relationship to the powers |
at the White House, Mr.. Porter sought coun- |
sci of his chief, Secretary Bayard, and was !
much relieved when that astute statesman |
suggested that Mr.. Folsom be advised to
make his application to Congress. Nothing |
abashed, cousin Ben" addressed an almost |
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House. and |
n don ht m in fullv diaa pnoin tod nv |