Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
Senator Bacon Discusses Pan
anna Canal Expenses.
Mr.. ALLISON REPLIES
DECLARES THAT THE ABILITY
DEMANDED COMMANDS HIGH PAY
Subject of Federal Control Of Insur-
ance Again Debated in the House
Proposed Adjournment Dec. 81.

| Bacon took the floor In support of his
amendment requiring quarterly estimates
! or the salaries and other expenses of the
| canal commission
| he said that under the present system
| Congress is deprived of the opportunity for
| proper scrutiny of the salaries paid to the
commission employees Although there was
| really stronger reason for such estimates
In the case of the canal employees than in
| the regular departments OF the government.
ne said, such course would go far toward
| preventing the extravaganza now practiced
| III the commission work. He commented on
| lhe iact that Mr.. Shonts salary was more
| than twice as much as that paid to the
chiet justice of the Supreme Court, and
said that it was not the policy of the gov
ernment to emulate the high salaries maid
o! private corporations. Even the auditor
| or the commission gets $4,000 while the
man VINO passes upon his work receives
| only $4,000, and the executive head of the
| department, the Secretary of War only
| SsOOo. In my humble Judgment" he
SAID; the man doesn't live whose personal
services are worth $150,OO0." He said in
| reply to Mr. Spooner that he thought the
| S3ooOO paid to the chief engineer of the
commission too great. Il would not pay
any OF them more than the chief justice is
| pald the Georgia senator declared
| Mr.. Spooner expressed the opinion tha.
| the President ought to be given sufficient
| iattude IN the matter of salary to secure
| ~. ~ poSeioie engineering talent. saying
| such talent was such that It could not be
| procured for small pay.
Declares Salaries Too High.
Mr.. Bacon said that he regarded the sal
aries paid to the high officials as the least
| important feature, because there We're so
| few of them compared with the long list
or subordinates, but the fact that these
posluons bring honor and fame must be
| taken into consideration in estimating their
compensation. To his mind the alarming
| fact is that subordinates are maid ey
horbitant salaries for services that can he
rendered by hundreds and thausauds -
| others. He referred Especially to Mr.
Bishop as the .press agent" and said that
while he was only one there was q small
army in the canal work whose nav uras
out of proportion to the allowances to 9TH
ers Referring again to the navrent ns
$40, 600 to the canal commission anditor he
said: 1T is perfectly monstrous that This
subordinate officer should he naid oo nar
cent more than is paid to the Secretary of
War or the Secretary of the Treasury. the
head of the financial system of TIE .ntIro
government ~
He expressed the oninion that NOT q s,,-
gle senator Would saw that tho saI.rias
Should NOT he reduceG anS he SS.S.na Hsiai ies IS
hear from anv ona ,,bn ,iobt miu ne paused 10
wise o -ei' ''iiN oliei
No one resnonded d,ract1r hut AT, o.,
Ijnuar aypraccad tho - -. ~.
tas3ir,o, bafo,o op,..oi tta. MI. Idlt
nriaiinns s,,nnii.a s,c,ol1 ~ oh appIo
pavment Of bigb seIa,v 81 tt iol olil eile
sio,,s onditor ~ 'A' 'oiiiiiiis
Mr. Racon exnrassaa ~. ,,,,a 49,.
b,ph salaries wara Isree1, ra,,,it, Ia "a
+ba zasaIaatio - et., @ 80 .es poiisiple ~, IoI
soyernmant coT1d ha donnaJis ., 80 .i tie
| private corporations, 'but 1t doesn't be-
cor,e resnonoitI ta 1anple aiiu mus pc
men of the country"
Mr. Allison referred to the salary of ST.
oVV PAID Governor Magoon and said the
~ ti,oia % a;,; oue 20 .ne iact that ne helo
or of the canal ZONE and mintster - D.
ANA.
MT. Magoon appears to be very versatile
% %seneienlan, remarked Mr. Culperson; who
80 W.. mne.htr ne i is lne same eehtienanI n
a,,a..,nn 80 ~, ~ stan a u tt hIie toiohai
~ o.La, - ~ ~ ~ anu 'iio o'ier oii
'ne .eyo.,' o.neri iu.o,,,,. ). ,o, NJ, ,u, 90,
very iheiy; lespo.oeu MI. ALllson;
ietb IL. e .ws'. ~ sae 9piiiioHs on
he added ..het NJ Maono,, t. 81 10 .iue ..e
sa+iIe ,oa, ana - a. aJo ot - :. .ei
| 1rarv acconn1ished n,an% ' NC ~
| ,on<y contro,,ors,, ans,,.7 No +
fo,,,, nS san,r,nr tSe nt,aoI ,,,s ',d ne, U.s.
sirad Nv HoIa s,gaastad 90 y .,,1.;. "a W
nrovision renuiring thai the astimates IN
r. tIo,,sa Iii shaI, 1nr,.ar o,, o,,,i - "a
erias for nersons en,njoyed In tba canaI
work eycentinp Iaborers and sktIied 1abnr-
ers and this was agreed TO nv the Senate
| When Mr. Racon finished Mr. TiIj,nan
obtained the adontion of q resolution re
curing the Interstate commerce commits