Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-29
Consul at Monterey, Mexico,
Who is an Iowan, to be
Given Better Salary
HIS DUTIES ARE VERY ARDuous
In Addition to Better Salary He Will
Be Given Additional Allowance of
$1,000 for Clerk Hire-Aanna is From
the Tenth Iowa District and Conner
Got Him the Raise.

Washington Jan. 29.-Beginning
with the first of next July, it is proba-
BILE that the salary and allowance OF
Consul Phil C. Hanna, of Iowa, will be
materially increased.
The consular appropriation bill has
passed the house and has not yet been
enacted into law. The house bill made
no change in the salary of Mr.. Hanna,
who is United States consul at Monter-
ely, Mexico, but the senate bill carries
an increase in salary for Mr.. Hanna OF
$500 per annum, and an increase for
clerical help of $1,000. Ii the senate bill
passes, and this item shall be agreed to
in conference, Mr.. Hanna's salary will
in the future be $4,000 and his clerk al
lowance $1,S00.
The evidence which Mr.. Hanna
placed in the hands OF Congressman
Conner, which, by the way. was spartic-
ularly strong. went to show that in the
first place the cost of Hv-
ing in Monterey, for some reason,
is higher than any other place in sMexi-
co, and even higher than in the United
States. 1t is explained that much that
is used in the way of clothing and food
supplies must be imported from the
United States, and the duty is so high
that the cost to the consumer is excess
sive.
The records show that the territory
over which Mr.. Hanna has jurisdiction
contains about 10000 Americans; the
business passing in and out of Monter-
ey runs UP into millions of dollars an
nually; there are numerous sub-consul-
ates or stations at which information is
demanded rendering 1t necessary that
Mr.. Hanna should employ much help in
handling the tremendous business
which falls to him. Hitherto ne has
been compelled to do this on an allow
ance of 5000 for clerk hire and obvious
~ has found it necessary to draw upon
his own means to keep UP the work.
The records show that several other
consulates in Mexico and the Central
American republics receive larger sal
aries than at present paid Mr.. Hanna,
Notwithstanding that Monterey does a
volume of business largely in excess of.
these other points, to say nothing of the
immense American population and
American interests over which Mr..
Hanna has jurisdiction.
Congressman Conner perceiving that
no avenue for operation in the house
was open, proceeded to do a little fig
uring in quiet way. He succeeded
in getting the ear of member of the
subcommittee of the senate commit
tee on foreign relations and enlisting
his interest. 1t was arranged that the
increase should be added to the sem
ate bill, if presented as an amendment,
Mr. Conner presented the matter to
Senator Allison. who promptly intro
duced an amendment providing for the
increase, and there was no Opposition
to incorporating this in the BILL That
the bill will pass scarcely admits of q
doubt.
OF course the matter will finally come
up in conference, but Judge Conner
has taken the precaution to drive in a
square plug in that quarter. He pre-
sented the case in such shape to an
influential member of the house COM
mittee on foreign affairs that when that
item comes up in conference 1t is not
tention, In fact the senate item will be
agreed to. Therefore it is quite GER
tain that Mr.. Hanna will get his much
deserved increase July L.
Mr.. Phil Hanna is resident of Luz
verne, in the northern part of the Tenth
district, in Kossuth county Previous
to his appointment to the post at Mon
terey he was in charge of United States
affairs in Porto Rico, but upon the
assuming of ownership of that island
by the United States, in 1883, the nee.
.essity for a consul ceased and after
waiting some months Mr.. Hanna was
given the position he now holds, and
the arduous duties of which he has
discharged with faithfulness and to
the complete satisfaction of the United
States government.
Most of the Iowa congressman have
their postoffice matters in good shane.
the different propositions being nearly
all disposed Of Congressman Haugen
is perhaps an exception. He has had
some hard postoftfce nuts to crack from
the first. and three or four of them are
still on the Calendar" The Cresco of
flee gave some annoyance. but this has
been disposed of, Mr.. Patterson, the in
cumbent for nearly five years, having
been replaced by MI. Burgess.
At Waukon, five applicants have their
wires out and are working hard to land
the prize. among them some of the
newspaper men.
Mr.. j. j. Marsh, a yeteran republican
at DEBORAH. is making strenuous efforts
to dislodge C. N. Goddard, the present
~, ~:
at Charles City there is big fight on
with some of the newspaper men MAX
iEg an effort to pull off the appoint
ment.
WOULD DRIVE OUT clGARETs.
all IN enislature Prohibits Manufac.