The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-30
An ATTRACTIVE SHOW,
Washington's Exhibits Are
Praised BY ALI Visitors
A MiLliONARE'S SURPRISE.
4 MiLlioNAlRE'S
The Commissioners Are ALI Work
ing Hard for Success.
The Climate Of WashingtSn and Chicago
-Ths Attendance on sunday-Gase-
keepers ProHttng by Broken Turs.
otlles.

average number Of visitors at the Washing
ton state building during the month
at over 1, oOo This is inclusive Of the first
day OF the fair when the attendance was
trebled. For the entire month . conserv-
ative estimate Of the number OF visitors is
lJO,C60 1t may be more than this, il GER
tainly II not less. No other state building
can come anywhere near it. These direct
results should make the state very proud.
A statement OF the actual financial
standing OF the Washington State COM
mission will soon be made public. Execu-
tive Commissioner Calhoun has sent ont
notice for all bills TO be presented at once
and vii, call q meeting OF the commission
rs soon as possible. After all the bills are
settled the matter of salaries viii
be considered. This is causing some
feeling among the commissioners who are
here. 1t appears that while the law spe-
cificaliy fixes the executive commissioner
salary a; 500 a month it does not mention
the amount to be paid the other commits
sioners. As it is, they expect to get as
much as DR.. Calhoun. and It is a question
whether the doctor himself thinks SO or
not As matter of fact, the executive
commissioner has all the responsibility
and besides has to represent the state
properly in Ill social functions,
which are an important adjunct
of the great exposition. Consequently
his salary is pretty we'll eaten up at the
end of the month. There is an executive
commissioner club. for instance, which
was organized for the necessary purpose
of resisting the Entertainments and bully
-
States Rights League, so to speak. To
this it is absolutely necessary that the
executive commissioner Of Washington
state should belong. Then there are two
or three other clubs on the grounds
of which he must be member.
All this costs money. In fact
the executive commissioners club is
about to give . dinner to the
German and scandinavian commissioners.
which will cost SO plate. Western
states are more than any others interested
in this class of emigration, especially
Washington, and so the doctor has been
assessed for that. None of these burdens
fall upon the OH er commissioners. there
fore many fail 80 see y.why they
should receive $40 q month for
their services. Undoubtedly all the
commissioners have worked hard.
Percy Rochester ha, been ubiquitous ard
enthusiastic and has done as much as any
one to push the building to completion.
La Toilette has worked himself Ill. Cava-
naugh, while saying he has been ill a
great portion OF the time, has worked
since he returned to the building with q
great deal Of ardor. The laborer is worthy
of his hire. but whether the hire should
be the same as the executive commission
er's is question.
Fred Mungert. an Austrian exhibitor of
graphite. stroiled into the state building
and had long talk with Commissioners
Cayanaugh relative 10 the different cedars
of the state OF Washington. Mr. Num-
CERT is about to visit Puget sound to OBJ
tain ship load of pencil cedar for the
manufacture Of lead pencils. He has
visited all the exhibits, but was
most taken up with that Of
Washington. over which he waxed
enthusiastic aud made manv inquiries.
Sam Allerton. the millionaire pork packer,
who ran for mayor on the Republican
ticket last municipal election, visited the
building and examined with much interest
everything he saw. This is simply mar
velous." he said. II have seen nothing
like 1t elsewhere. Washington is one of
the few states in which l have no inter-
ests. but don't know how long that will
be" Apropos Of this it may be stated that
Mr.. Aller,on has . god mine in Colorado
which Is said to bring him in $5l, 900 a
month, without speaking OF his immense
pork packing interests. which run away
up into millions. Aged Fred Douglass
was visitor last week and walked through
the building uncovered, a venerable con-
trast TO the youth and vigor which is so
pre-eminently characteristic Of the state.
over half Of the 10 turnstiles at the
Worlds fair are out of order and do not
record the number Of visitors who PASS
into the ground As consequence there
is no means of keeping accurate account
of attendance. II also gives the seventy
odd gate-kcepers at the faulty turnstiies
an excellent opportunity to hold out
admission tickets. The bureau of admis-
sion has been on the lookout for this. and
already a number Of ga.emen have been
discharged and several are under arrest.
The turnsiiles are being replaced as rap
idly az possible. On account Of them it
will be impossible 10 tell the exact num-
Der of visitors at the far on SUNDAY un-
I'll all the tickets taken are counted.
IL Is known that over sn,so tickets were
sold az the booths OF the grounds. To
these mus, he added those sold hy the
various transportation companies carry
ing passengers 10 the fair and the large
number OF admissions On passes issued TO
workmen. the employees OF the concession
aries, The officials are confident taa, the
crowd a, the fasr yesterday will be found
when all IS footed up TO have exceeded
20 0oa
If the weather here IS 4 SURPRISE 10 Chi
cagoans themselves. IL may easily be i'm
aginsd how il Affects tie Washington
people. Mrs. Slaughter, Commissioners
Cavanaugh ana LaFolle,te. Miss Mae Bla-
lock and others have ali been complaining
os illness. In fact the Misses Bsaloek have
gone Up 10 Milwaukee 10 recapera:e. The
weather has been trying. warm in the
morning and bitterly cold in streaks. so
that IL Is impossible to tell xha. kind
Of clothes TO wear two dAys
or even two hours in succession.
Looking over the state house register the
other day the following amusing entry
was found
deaf et @aaa ngson, now af .is Howard aven ue,
wisass herse.. ia wasAi Hgtoa again.
The writer had aadsrscorei "wishes