Show IBE THE THE 1 ff FAIR the extravagance Eitra of f their salaries Sal arlei arles shown dp forn hiir ir oct 21 A local paper publishes tha the abstract abstracts of a letter received by president palmer cf of iho the national worlds fair commission from secretary of treasury windom relating to the expenses ot of the com in maksion sion which was read at to days ays meeting ot the committee the secretary ecret ary first states that of the 1 I 1 appropriated must be used 8 in the construction of a government building for the fiscal year ending june 30 1891 there is aspri abed jointly for the expenses of tho the commission and the uses of a government board of control the government board has estimated that thit it w will ill need leaving tor for the use of the commission the detary then shows that in salaries sal ariee for officers end otner expenses the isacon haa has disposed of of this and that tho the expense of meetings of the executive committee now in session and of the meeting of the commission to be held november 15 will bring the total up to leaving only to run the commission till june 30 1891 the secretary further says ho he has hesitated as to the app approval roval of the resolutions of the commission commie fixing the salaries of its officers among these are the president of 0 tho the commission per annum sec secretary director general vice chairman of the executive committee 10 employees employ eoa in the of flees of tho the secretary and director general pe 1000 afi if I 1 were to give my individual opinion uninfluenced by the acts of 0 your O r commission says the secretary 1 lu I should not hesitate to decide that ha he amount named by your commission for salaries tor its principal officers is greater than that probably contemplated by congress in ead estimating estima matin tinz the a amount mount necessary to carry on t abo 1 a provisions of the act the amount of money already expended and the expenditures in in con eon by your commission prior to january let next contemplates eo large an amount that it presents an additional reason why I 1 should not approve abo wire were I 1 alone responsible forthe for the expenditures yon will observe that your salary list tor for the years 91 92 and 93 will without further increase of employees amount to IG or about on one 3 seventh of tho the entire mm sum of money outside of the cost of government covern ment buildings which is decided as the ii limit m it of expenditures tures growing out of ta the ie exposition I 1 have grave do doubts abts in view of the pacts facts wa as herein stated whether I 1 ou ought abt not to return the resolutions as submitted by your commission tor for revision as to the amount cf of compensation to be paid your officers on the other hand land I 1 dislike to set up my own personal views in 0 opposition paoa Iti onto to those of members member of the commission who b are more familiar with tho the matter at issue than myse myself if I 1 therefore reluctantly approve articles 16 15 and IG 10 of your bylaws by laws and be beg gleave leave to suggest in this connection that creat great caro care be exercised in authorizing further expenditures to I 1 tho he end that your commission I 1 may not create a deficiency cleacy for the ensuing 17 year ear 11 immediately after this tian tion was read commissioner martindale of indiana offered a resolution which was adopted declaring that all the standing commit committees teas be instructed ted not to meet before the next session of the commission com muston dinless directed by the president five vive standing committees had bad asked ad executive committee to meet vat oat nor noco a of them will ba Tt id by the president |