Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-05
PEACE AT A HIGH PRICE.
1t Will Cost More than $250,000 20

Negotiate Treaty.
1t cost less than $150,0o0 to destroy the
fleets of Cervea and Montejo. 1t will
cost more than $3.50, 600 to make treaty
of peace. The peace commissioners, secre.
taries and attaches at Paris will not lack
pocket money. They will have everything
TO adequately maintain their official posi-
tion, and even the messengers are TO be
given liberal allowances for their personal
expenses. Funds to the amount of $3.50
600, it is understood, have been deposited
to the credit of Judge Day in one of the
Paris banks.
Despite the fact that 70 some extent at
least the peace commissioners will he the
guests Of the French Government, it is eX-
pected that ii will cost the United States
quarter of million of dollars to nego-
tiate the treaty of peace with Spain. The
French Government has placed the eele-
brated Salon DIES Ambassadors AT the dis
posal of the commission ms Il place in
which TO hold their meetings. This cour-
tesy has reliered the commission of one
item of expense, Despite this however,
it is said that the expenses of the commits
sioners and their staff will amount to
something over $1,000 a day
From reliable source it is learned that
daily allowance has been made to the
various members of the commission as fol-
lows:
10 each Of the commissioners, $3.50
day; 10 Secretary Moore, $T5; to Assist
ant Secretary Macarthur, 500; TO Dishurs-
ing Officer Rrannigan and Chief Trans
lator Rod dgiguez, S25; to each of the nine
Interpreters, attaches, stenographers, etc.,
SO, and to the two messengers, $S per
day, making a total Of S1,025 per day, or
for the ninety days that they are expected
TO be away, a grand total Of Stl2,25O. This
is for the personal expenses alone of the
various members, and does not include
any salaries.
Because most of the members of the
commission are already in the Govern
ment service, they will get no additional
salaries Tor their work with the peace COM
mission. Thus Commissioners Davis,
Frye and Gray, who are drawing salaries
as United States Senators, will not re-
ceivc any additional eompt nsation beyond
the payment Of their daily expenses. The
same is true of all the minor attaches,
each of whom Is employed in one of the
departments in Washington, and whose
regular salaries are continued during their
absence on this mission. The only men at
tached to the commission who will re-
ceive salaries for their services are Judge
Day, the president Of the commission:
Whitclaw Reid and Mr.. Moore, who re-
signed his place as assistant Secretary Of
State to accompany the commission as its
secretary and counselor. 1t is expected
that Commissioners Day and Reid will
be given a fee of $4,000 each for their
work on the commission. and that Secre-
tary Moore, upon whom much of the work
of preparing the documents In the AmCri-
can case has devolved, will receive n fee of
$4,000.
The American Government is paying the
expense of the ladies who are members
of the party, and it is calculated that the
item of transportation alone for the thirty
five persons in the party by sea and rail
will amount to At least $4,000, The spe-
cial expenses of the commission in Paris
for entertainments, etc, will probably be
not less than $4,000 or $4,000.