Show THE commissioners IT appears from a telegram received today to daythan day that president anthur arthur concedes ced esthe the point that the commissioners provided for in the eEdmunds th edmund 9 bill must draw their salaries from the treasury of the united states as was claimed by the democrats in the house who endeavored to have the bill considered as in committee of the whole on the ground that it required expenditure from the national treasury the president also perceives the impossibility of obtaining the hind kind of man desirable for the position m men en of ability and standing on so meagre a stipend as per annum he desires legislation provid i ing for the payment of these officers and thinks that their salaries should shoula not be less than a year this we consider good common sense on the part of the president and we hope that hla bla suggestions in these respects will be acted upon favorably and that he will show snow as much lull iiii judgment dament in the selection of men to nil nii the positions created as he has in relation to their emoluments |