Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1893 — Pay of the President. [ARTICLE]

Pay of the President.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat, There is a general idea that the President’s salary of $50,000 a year is all that he receives, and that, when compared with the salaries paid the sovereigns of Europe, this sum is not enough. This is a mistake, In addition to his salary, the President receives $36,064 to pay the salaries of his clerks and subordinates. His private secretary has $3,250; his assistant secretary $2,250; the stenographer gets $1,200, the steward SI,BOO, each of the two doorkeepers, $1,200, while other employes are paid in proportion, down to the man who takes care of the fires, who receives $864. In addition, s£,ooo are allowed for incidentals, such as stationery and carpets, $12,500 for repairs and refurnishing, $2,500 for fuel, $4,000 for the green; house, $15,000 for the stable, gas and other incidentals. In all the President and his house cost the country over $125,000. It Isn't definitely known yet how fur the seal negotiations have got.