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in the grand commission record that is
about to be made up. The main inter-
est is being centered on the little out
of-the-way bodies, many of which have
been peacefully following their own ends
undisturbed for years. Some Of these
have been purely volunteer. and some
have been furnished with a fat salary
fund. Nearly all. however, have received
some attention in the annual appropria-
ton bills.
The National Monetary Commission
and the Joint High Commission assigned
to deal with Canada on water boundary
matters, stand at the head of the list
Of good things for sheltering defeated
members of Congress. The Monetary
Commission may exist until 1914 II IT
sees fit. 1t has unlimited expense money.
Its members. who would otherwise be
in private life, draw salaries of $500
a year. More than half Of its member
ship of eighteen is composed of former
Senators and Representatives. Included
in this number are Senators Teller. AL
drich. Money, Taliaferro, Burrows, Flint,
and Representatives Bonynge and Nc
Lachlan.
The Canadian Boundary Commission
caught two of last seasons disabled
Senator Carter and Representative Taw-
ney.
Another commission-a body to deter
mine the proper boundary line between
Texas and New Mexico, sprung into ex
istence in time to take aboard former
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, who but
recently completed term as Interstate
Commerce Commissioner. Still another
boundary commission-almost forgotten
deals with questions affecting the bound
airy between Mexico and the United
States. Anson Mills and w. w. Folett
are its American members. There is an
other commission in the same neighbor-
hood. William c. Dennis, of Indiana,
draws a lucrative salary as the American
commissioner to effect the settlement OF
the Chamisal tract
Waterways Well Represented.
Waterways, home and foreign, are well
represented by commissions. There is an
International Waterways Commission, a
National Waterways Commission. and
Mississippi River Commission. There are
several army officers and volunteer citi-
ems on these commissions. but a goodly
salary roll exists, nevertheless. The in
commission members repre-
senting the United States are Gen. o. II.
Ernst George Clinton, of Buffalo, and
Prof E. E. Haskell. of Cornell. The ma
tional commission is composed largely
of Senators and Representatives with ex-
pired and uneXpired terms. The Missis-
sippi River Commission consists largely
Of army engineer officers and civilian en-
gineers
Congressman who delved into the sub
ject yesterday were surprised to find that
a California Debris Commission was still
in existence. This body is composed of
three army officers and receives approxi-
mately $1,000 for expenditure in clearing
California rivers of debris from the placer
mines They also scraped new acduaint-
anceship with the Parking Commission
of the District of Columbia, the Commits
sion to Investigate the Title to United
States Lands in the District Of Colum-
bia. the Spanish Treaty Claims Commits
sion. the immigration Commission, the
Peace Commission, and the commissions
to visit various expositions. Several of
these bodies have lapsed in power, but
are still held in memory dear OF account
Of their last few delayed reports and GER
tain small expense accounts which drib-
Bile into the appropriation bills from time
TO time.
Many Are FIOurishfng.
There are plenty of fine and healthy
however, in full bloom at
the present time. The Presidents Pos
tai Commission, designed to look into the
second class postal rate, is the latest.
Justice Hughes is a member. and with
him are President Lowell, of Harvard.
and Lawrence Maxwell, of Cincinnati.
The new Securities Commission also is in
is its chairman. The other members are
Walter L. Fisher. Secretary of the In
terror: Fred s. Strauss, F. n. Judson.
and B. II. Meyer, Interstate Commerce
The Fine Arts Commission is doing
nicely, too. Its members serve for pa
triotism and not pay. They are all ar
lists. architects, and expert landscapists
from the large cities. Congress gives the
Commission in the neighborhood of slO,-
90 annually for it's travelling expenses.
In Congress there is a commission
which is peacefully ambling along on an
of the subject of employers s
liability and workingmen's compensation.
Senator Sutherland is at its head. There
Is still a St John River Commission deal
ing somewhere with Canada on the ques-
ton of boundary rights in that stream.
Commissions with Varied Duties.
There is also North Atlantic Fisheries
a tariff board, an Indian
consisting of one man draw
ing $4,000 a year, and Francis B. Loomis,
the commission to look out for
American interests this year at the ex-
positions at Rome and Turin. Charles
R. Henderson, of Chicago. represents this
government on the International Prison
Commission. David Lubin, of California.
Is the American commissioner at the In
ternational Institute of Agriculture at
Rome.
The Opium Commission is one of the |
latest of the international bodies. Dr.
Hamilton Wright and Bishop Brent, of
Manila. head the delegation from the |
United States.
A brand-new commission Of five MEM |