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Show TO RAISE SALARIES. Senator Johnson introduced a bill Tuesday to Increase the salailes of tho Justices of the Supreme court from 5.t.ono per j ear to 85,000 per jcar. lie also intiodueeda bill to appio-pilate appio-pilate $50,000 for the stato exhibit at the St. Louis fair in 1!)04. It might bo dlserable to pay high salaries in order to encouiage better men to serve the state as Judges but It icems as us tho stato has gotten along very well so far with $3,000 men on tho bench and-'we think wo might contenue to keep houso with them for some time to come without any vciy seilous consequences. As to tho exhibit. We believe It is a good idea toadveitiso tho stato at all the expositions ex-positions held, but if we have to pay $."0,000 for each exhibit we are afraid our revenues will have to be Increased In-creased very matereally. $50,000 is what the Worlds Fair exhibit cost us, and it st likes us that $10,000 would be a heavy enough invcitmcnt to make at St. Louis. |