The Caucasian., 1894-06-07
MORE WASTE OF
YOUR MONEY.
THE President THE aAIrnY HOUSE
AND CONGRESSIONAL jim
NETTING.

EHCongr-sstnsn Watson Continues to
Civ. tia. Facts with the Figurss.--.Th.-e
Thins> WIN Rs Revelation tn the reo-
pie.
The annual salary of our Chief
Magistrate is S50,00o.
lie is furnished, free Of charge,
with an elegant residence called the
White House.
The President is very costly
f1#l.
First comes the expense of elcting
llm; but as the funds for this pur-
nnse are furnished by the whisky
ing, the sugar trust, the railroad
indicates and an occasional specu-
ator who buys him an Office and
pays for it in advance (as Van
Allen did did, we need not AT
tempt to go into that part of the sub
ject.
Having declared the result of the
election, = the next thing is TO swear
II the President. Formerly the cost
+ doing so was next TO nothing. For
IN .luce, Thomas jefferson rode OF
horseback to the Capitol, hitched his
ii mare to the fence. walked in and
Dok The oath without its costing
my body a cent. And the beauty Of
t was That he kept the oath after be
ook 1T. But the Democracy of to-
av is ashamed of the simple ways
Of the men and women of the olden
time.
To administer the oath Of office
10 Grover Cleveland Oh March +,
1898, cost you the sum Of S3,27S.-
sc.
The items for the expenditure will
De found on pages l47, l49, and $50
of the report of the Secretary of the
senate for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1898.
The above sum does not embrace
ne cost of the inaugural bali
Dr any other indirect expendi-
lures.
Having sworn the President in, we
duly install him at the White House,
and We proceed to.provide for his com.
fort.
In the Sundry Civil Bill, passed
" the House March 20, 1894, | find
hat you supplied Mr.. Cleveland with
325, 900 for new furniture and re-
airs; $4,000 for fuel for mansion
tnd stables; $4,000 to repair the
1nwer houses; $1,000 for same, ST.
300 for same, and $4,000 to buy d
picture of Benz. Harrison, the Repu-
blIcan President who preceded
the present Republican Presl
dent
Then you supply Mr.. Cleveland
with $4,000 to pay for lamps, mat
ches, lamp-lighters, gas and gas-ft
ters, fuel, etc, and $766.5O for elec.
trio lights.
The sum total of these items is up
wards of $4,000.
Turning to the approx lriations fol
1898, | find that $4,000 was appro
2riated for the same purpose. Thus
Nr. Cleveland has drawn $4,000
out Of the treasury since March, 1898
ior expenses in the White House
lot counting his salary, and the ex
pense Of swearing him in. And th'
misery of it is that he refuses to Oh
>eve the oath of office after it's cost
ing so much to have him tax
it.
But this is not all.
You pay 5000 to keep the ground
around the house in order; you fur
nish him with secretaries. clerks
door keepers, steward, ushers, engin
eer, etc, at the yearly cost of NOR
that $4,000.
Then, >fol fear there may be short
age somewhere, you supply him wit
contingent fund.- amounting III
1889 to $4,000.
In their Campaign Book of 1S8
the Democrats accused the Republi
cans of wasting the peoples none
on these Viii House expenditure
but the regular annual sums no
spent in running the Presidents
establishment is greater than it ha
ever been since the salary of the Pre-
sipent was cut down from $4,000
to $50000.
The Presidents Cabinet is con
posed of the heads of the differer
governmental departments. Thel
are eight of these gentlemen an
they cost us $4,000. a year.
The Vice-President also gets s.
: 900 per annum.
/ Each of these gentlemen will
: more fully treated when | come
the different departments over whic
they preside.
l. THE MALTBY HOUSE.
On the NoI tn side of the Capt.,
: grounds stand large brick buildin
known as the Maltby House.
, used to belong to the Republics
campaign committee. They unloa'
q ed it on you at heavy price, thong
:, you had no real need for it. III
/, building has esghty-odd room
Some of them were turned over
committees who claimed there was /
conveuiences for them in the Capt.
building. By far the greater pa
of the house, however, is occupi,
{ by the Senators themselves. Eat
: Senator, with few exceptions, has
v private Office in this building
! yours, and this private office is fur
ished at your expense. This priva
Office, unless rumor lies, becomes t
place of free and easy enjoyment
e the part of your Senators. Mu,
s ugly tald is current in Washingt
u concerning this Maltby House al
: the manner of people your Senate