The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-21

Representative Stokes. Of South Care
lima. has introduced a bill in the house
10 reduce the salaries Of all governt, EFT
officials from the president down 10 the
hGmhlcst scruh woman about 50 per cen.
lie has figured ont the problem. ard he
claims that he will ne able 20 decrease
the annual expenditure of the government
about SO 0ef.0 The South Carolina con-
gressman's scat IN the last congress was
contested, and D. has another contest on
his hands N the present congress. lie
claims 20 bs Democrat. but he declared
Diat his first allegiance Is 20 the Farmers
Alliance Of which he was recently preel-
deutL His unique bin Is entitled "an act
20 reduce the expenditure Of the govern
nent and to sQua.ize the burden of al
appreciative money standard" IL pro-
Nides that after March T. lSsS the COM
nensatjon of senators and members ~ the
house. and al offlceIs and employees and
pensioners of the government, tcScept
salaries og the president ard judges of tbs
supreme and inferior co0rtSl shall be re-
adjusted to the changed value of og-
money standard The salaries of the pres
iaent ard the Judges ~ the United States
courts "a he adjusted At the rate current
at the tisue when their Successors SHAH
enter upon the discharge ot The duties Of
office
The bin also provides that the chief of
the bureau of statistics shall. every ten
years. furnish - the proper dishgrsius
offqrer ~ each department ~ the govern
rleat q comparative siatemcn' % The
average Prices iu the FIRST FIVE years in
r,9rvvarEs1n ~ the ias3 i've year IN the
preceding aecenotel period i shall be the
sufy ~ each disburS,ng officer - read
'ust me pay rolls correspond lngly. e. that
,he rav received ey each ofi}ceY nr en-
Move shall hear go bls pay in the previous
eirrnnfzl nersod tha same proportion ttat
the average prices far abe respective
rersoa compared hear % each other All
s1,eh rea8i9~tnevnts wien Euade. shsh re-
main in force until the next dscenutal
rerse,1. REPRESENTATIVE stokes Is an in
ro>ent looking ftsle roan who woglt
hardly l.a suspected of caHcy'ctinw such r
stranttc raanclai scheme haf he Is N
dad earnest anA Re rxre~fs 20 create 3
sensation ard Set hitnsak - ikes3 ah0at ia
tN~ zargse class w{kh "Soekless Jerry
sffsrSes - Kansas.
fs support ~ hsS h!}t pr Stokes SAYS
tN&t Sc emphasizes ~ very practical
hav :Aa erawiug es-l - an spPTeciaFl1@
r, aev anaara THE erfIeiai reports ssoe
.hn- grnrs ~ - 1873 'he average prices
= "a ~srGeYroSttIss lG cannaor use have
setrsases fully 3 i-S per cent During
~ same period the g-tstnre aS-sttc1 cf pub
D., asHrers ma pensioners has stesaily
srer1axs8 aIiner ia salary or per9u sites
F>reu iSsS - 1Sss tAe average annual Ak
,,sgs.r~ 81 tAe k<tver~ su~r, Ner~ s~s3. afs. .
- the average annual expense from iSF
>, ,Sss Inclusive reached fae alarming
~xe4~e< 81 SIS ~ 5sI aa increase n lesS
.Nsn = decade Il tsanarAg}s2es distress
among ifse people - nearly = per sent 4.
- z,u-se kH of tsis was aet n salaries
- pensions Nst the greater part ~as =
,se pes thf1k " sf ssEx ~gA&1 tsiA - Tg A:sss s
- shs people are swE better han ts2s p@o-
rse tasey ~erxr ard ghsTe ought fo ~ SoHae
r,etnos. - maintaining AA cs.4... ay.um BE-