The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-02
The CONFEDERATE HOUSE.
How it Retrenohed by Adding Thirty
four Employees to the House
Pay Rolls.
Reduction Confined to Ex.
ecutlve Departments.
tPittsburg Comm erclal. ]


The Democratic House Of Representatives at
It's last session, cut down the working force Of
the executive departments so much that the
necessary work cannot be properly done. The
papers and speakers of that party have also as
serted over and over again that the clerical
force of the Honse and the former number of
employees were in addition greatly reduced, and
large saving accomplished thereby. But the
facts, as complied from the official records of
the House, show that this statement is utterly
false. A comparison of these records shows
that the Republican House of 1S14-5 had only
eighty-one officers, clerks, messengers, and en-
ployes, while the Z" reform" Democratic House
of 1866 had one hundred and fifteen. Under
the Speakership, the comparison is as follows,
the new Offices in italics
Republican. 1876. g Reform, ~ 1875.
Speakers Secretary. speaker Secretary.
Total-8. Special Messenger for
Speaker.
Tota-4.
This addition of special messenger to the
Speaker was a totally needless extravaganza.
In the Clerks office, the following is the COM
Republican. ISIS. Reform, " 1875.
The Clerk. The clerk.
Chief Clerks. Chicf clerk.
Journal Clerks. Journal Clerk.
File Clerk. File Clerk.
Disbrsing Clerk. Disbursing Clerk.
Tally Clerk. Tally Clerk.
Printing Clerk. Printing Clerk.
Reading Clerks Reading Clerks.
EngrosSing Clerks. EngroSSing Clerks.
Petitior. Clerk. Petition Clerk.
Eeusp1,er clerk. Newspaper Clerk
2Statio.ierv Clnrks. , stationery Clerks.
Index lcrhs. I Index Clerks.
Messenger. Totai-2O.
The turning out Of office of the assistant
journal clerk by the Retormers' was blum
der. In case the journal clerk is ever sick even
one day, the official jonrnal must stop, unless
provided for. In the Sergeant -at-arms Office
the comparison is as follows:
Republican, 1875. Reform. 1876
sergeant-at-arns. sereeant-at-arms.
Messenger rqring Taller.
Totals. Messenger.
Total-4.
There was no possible need of paying teller
The Office is simply Bourbon extravaganza
In the office of the Doorkeeper this is the COM
parison
Republican, 1875. Reform, 1875.
surt Folding Room. supt Folding Room.
csupt's Doc. Room. Supt's Doc. Room
File Clerk. File Clerk.
Clerk to Doorkeeper. ciers to Doorkeeper.
Is Messengers. Clerks Folding Room.
Totals. 25 Messengers.
There was no reason whatever for any in
crease of clerks and messengers. Enough for
mocratic "reforn,' House In the office of
Postmaster of the House, the comparison is:
Republican, 1875. - Reform, - 1875.
2postmasters 2postmasters.
Total 10. Total. 16
Here, also, the increase of messengers was
useless extravaganza. In the clerks to commit
tees there was large increase made by these
Democratic "retrenchers." We give the COM
parson
Republicans. 1875. ''Reform, - 1876,
Clerks to committees. -. Clerks to committees as
Below is complete summary and compari-
son
Republican, 1875. Reform, 1876.
Speakers office. Speaker Office. .......
Clerk office. % Clerks Office ...... 20
serSeant-at-arms ...... Sergeant-at-arms ...,
DoorkeePer. 23 DoOrkeeper. .......... 33
Postmaster 10 Postmaster ......... 10
committees ...........27 Committees .......... IS
Total. ................ s9I Total.............l15
In the face OF these facts what right has any
Democrat to talk about retrenchment and re-
form in the Forty fourth Congress- If Demo-
cratic Congress and President should be elected
this fall the people will find themselves saddled
with the expense of new offices created by the
hundred for the benefit of voracious Confeie-