The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-18
Dom Ramon Barros i'm Executive Marsion

sides. he has his house rent free and
lots of perQuisites. Don Ramon Bar.
ros has salary OF less than <$T 900,
and In the ncighborhood of $4,000 for
Expenses. His total official income is
just about $4,000 and, northumberland
a Limousine.
The Moneda, or Chilean White House
Is much larger than our Executive Man
sion. 1t covers almost four acres and
consists OF a three-story building run.
with flowers, and in which. fountains
play. The building is large for atcoun-
try the size of Chile, and as the story
goes, 1t was made SO through a mis-
take. It was built in the old Spanish
times, the plans being made In Madrid
and sent to Santiago. The Spanish
architect had been told by the King
to construct two sets OF drawings. one
for large building In Mexico City,
then also Il part of the Spanish do
minlon, and n smaller building for
Chile. He followed his directions but
i'm forwarding the plans Santiago got
the Mexican drawings and Mexico got
those for Santiago. The result was
this enormous NIoneda. which is to-day
the largest presidential residence on
this hemisphere. "A
returning 10 atne government OF
Chile. the country is one of the hest
managed of all South America. It's
people are noted for their patriotism.
They arc for Chile first, last and all
the time and although they will fight
each> other during the presidential
campaigns. they nre peaceful enough
once the President Is elected The
country is not one of revolutions. II
has had only thirteen Presidents since
1880. and ono of these was elected, but
did not act. Since the beginning OF
the republic In 1910 there have beer
twenty-five Presidents, and the only
revolutionary period was between 1923
ana 1880. when there were ten different
executives. During the first years of
the republic several of the Presidents
had terms of ten years. and 1t was not
until 1871 that the fve-year period,
without reelection. which now pre-
walls, began The President has the
right to veto. but Congress can, by n
two-thirds vote. override his objec.
lions, and make it's bills law. When
presidential measure fails. It Is the
custom of the Cabinet to resign, and
there have been times when Chile has
had new Cabinet on the average about
once a month.
The Congress of Chile differs from
ours as to it's elections. it's times of
meeting, and in several other features.
The members OF both Senate and House
are elected by the males OF tho coun-
try, but no one can vote without he
can read and write. There is diff
ference in the voting age as to whether
n man is married or single. The bachc-
lor has to walt until he is twenty five,
but the married man can vote at the
nge of twcnty-one. Members of the
House of Deputies must be at least
twenty-one at the time of their elec-
ton. and Senators must he thirty-six
or more. All candidates for Congress
must have "a specified income. and Il
member OF the lower house cannot
serve without he has at least $500 per
year. Every Senator must have at
least $4,000 a year, and members or
both houses must serve without sala-
ries. There is supposed to be no iinan-
cial profit in the position. and the place