Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-11
MINOR OFFICES IN THE HOUSE.
Scores Of Applicants Besieging the Ap-
pointing Powers.


elscsise efiee. Of ihs House have bern
ailsd. and spesssr Crisp, Clerk Kerr.
Sergeaai alarms Yoi-r, Dsorhesper
Turner, and Postmaster D.li n are duly ia
sfalIed. the usual lively scramble fo, The
subordinate plsess has begun, and all the
uew fune'i 'i1nsrtss are bestesed and impof-
tuned for share Of the political patronsss
at their dl.pssai. Aside from clerks aud
messenger. to committees, who are ap-
pointed bv the respective chairman, there
are $50 flee. i'm %. .disseiy in the gift Of ihe
dsorkeeper, ffty five in that Of the clerk Of
the House, nineteen under the postmsstr
fifteen in the engineers department., eleven
uudsr the Speaker. and seven under the
| ssrgssnt-at arms.
TIE best paying places i, the lot are
those Of chief clerk. TIE highest snbordi-
nate undsf ,hs elerk Of the House. and too
reading el.rss ana = journal Gle K, each Of
uhtm receive s9G70 year.
In sdiiiion 10 ,h.s ths i,u,usl clerk gets
srluisiiss averaging $3.50 year. be
tally clerk receives 5000, as does tbe
| cas- 1ief in the sergeant st-Armss oihoe.
Tne printing and bill clerk aEd the di.ou's-
/ z clerk each &c. $500; ,hs file elers and
the enrolling cierE, s2a50 exch; The
Speakers private secretary snd the clerk
| 10 the Speakers table. each s2l0l 40; the
deputy sergeant at-srms, paying teller. as
| si.tsut disbdrsiuR CLERK. assistant enrolling
cle,k. resolu ion and petition clerk, ness
paper clerk, index CLERK, House librarian,
superintendent Of the clerk's document
room and Of the doorkeepef's document
room, assistant superir tendents, depar,m nj
messenger. assistant stmaster, and super
inrendent Of the folding room, each receive
$1,000
| There are two stenoerAphers TO com
mittees 81 $4,000 each appointed by the
| Speaker, in addition 10 the regular report
ers Of debste, Who get IS 000 but their
places are hard to fill, ~ d IS in the case Of
thu ffcial Iepor. .ers few changes sre ever
made, and these only for cause The
present incumbents are yoans men, who
were appointed BY Speaker Carlisle III d
were not disturbed BY Speaker Reed.
| Heury II Smith fsmilisrly known IS
Harry" Is the present journal clerk
He expects to stay although the place is
mu desired BY Nsihsniei I Clutcbfeld
| Of Kentucky, an unsuccessful eandidsae
for Clerk of the House, vho served s-
clerk to the Speakers table under Spease.
Carlisle In the Forty-linth ard Fifiieth
Congresses ard also Lee Chalmers Of
Tennessee. formerly = special sgsnt of the
Department Of Justice.
| Thomas s Petit Of Kentucky, readiog
| cleFk nUdsr the last Democratic reg me. il
back to claim HI. old pisce. but candidates
| for be ctmeanion place have 1ot yet
shown the mselves in any considerable num-
bers, the peculiar quail fcs'ious Of voice
| and raining rendering 1t difficult to get
satisfactory men 10 occupy these places.
| Msj T. o. TosIss of Missouri. is s,riv
| ing to secure bis oid-tims place as chief
| clerk. an offioe which Charles 3 Martin
now fills Col. II. G. W .liisms Of Nor b
| C.rolins, desires to be restored to his pOst
| of Superintendent Of the doorkespers' doc
umert room, which he was obliged &c give
| up 81 the begit nlng of ihr last Congress
| Frank Hosford, correspondent # the ID
| trot Free Press and 4 p. Speer of the
| Atlanta Journal AID Columpus E. q ,irer
| both want the offi9e Of tally clerk, but Hos
ford ~iii CT it.
SvIgeaut at Arms Yoder will probably
| appoint one Of his close Political friends IS
his Cashier, and Lease r. Iii of OHIO is
likely {, be made his deputy, hsvins flied
thst { fl le sccepssbly in the F.f'ieth Con
sre.s ami having been retained as ".ps cisl
employer" oy the Democratic side through
! out the last congress,
| In the same office Henry L Bsllentine,
| pay log teller bosn in The last Hou-e and
the preceding one, will doubtless be con-
,inued by reason Of Efficient service and
general popularity.
| 1homss A. Coskley. the energetic Tam
many brave vho has been messenger and
50 ubor dins,e do rseeper Ia the House fJr
several years. will p-obsbiY be mate a.
tistant doorkeepet BY M.. Tarner, or he
may secure = desirable plsce in the TO ding
room. either as cup. .rintendent or assistant
superintendent
| DR.. r Fishe, of Richmond, who wss
a candidate for postmaster and served In
the 40 h and sob Congresses as assistant
postmaster, is working hard for place
! u der the clerk Of the House. George A.
I B,con, who vas . familiar figure on tie
/ Il 1or of the House as sssis,snt doo,keeper
in the 49h Congress, would lise to b.
| assistant superintendent Of the document
room. Congessmsn Timothy J. Camp
bell Of Mes York is strongly backing HE
Asher Barnet for Librarian, and will in all
probability sue e. d in isndiIg bis man.
| Charles w. Coombs of Missouri. who
hss long been department messenger and
has vived the vicissitudes Of politics in
tEe mouse on AGCOuut hI DIS tmineut usf-
fulness, vishes to be continued, and With
out question will be Hugh Dunlap of
Tepne.see has applied for the post Of news,
psper clerk, and siards good chance Of
getting it. John Clancy, the Republicans
especial employee" will be retained in
that capacity If the precedents Of former
Congfessee are followed.
Ore $500 sinecure that has been abol-
ished since the Democracy went out of
power 10 the Fiftieth Congress, 10 that of
general indsxsf to the journals Of Con-
gress. filed since 1878 By Gen. Albert
Ofd~ay.
A great deal Of difficulty Vas experienced
in having this work properly done, and the
rate Of progress made vss 90 unsatisfsctory
tbs, 1t vas finally abandoned altogether.
i Itis understood this, John P. Miller, =
we'll known Washington correst 1dent,
will be asked to accept the post Of clerk to
the speaker, . nomir al G. fi e which caryi Q
= $500 sslsry. Es-Speaker Csrisile's
"clsrs" was 0. o. Ssesley Of the Louis
vile Courier Journsi and ex Speaker
Reeds vss Asher c. Kinds of the Portland
Press.
There sre hosts Of applicants for 200 odd
Of her places among which are 8 LOT Of
"isborships" aed those Of 3S page boys =,
81 so day but great pressure and i5fa-
encs are rsq lired TO secure . foothold in
any Of thsm-