Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-03-20 | Page 1 | A Luxurious Commission

I A Luxurious Commission WASHINGTON March 20A resolution for the appointment of the Alaskan Commission Com-mission was laid before the Senate and Manderson moved its reference to the Committee on Territories A debate arose during which Van AVyck attacked the South American Commission in vigorous style He said the first thing they did was to go to San Francisco then to New Mexico and then to the New Orleans Exposition Each member was provided with 7500 for his expenses The Commission consisted of two men and a boy for its chairman remained in Albany The first thing these two men and the boy did was to hire a palhce car at i35 per day for which the total payment was 1447 before they got to New Orleans He asked the Republicans Re-publicans to defeat the measure