The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-27
BARNAOLBs TO BE REMOVED.
How General Sewell May DO Harf.
kari with Ease and Grace.
From the State Gazette.

From the State Gazette.
Every sound-thinking Republican in New
Jersey demands a leading feature of the Re-
publican policy at the coming session shall
be the sweeping of the barnacles that cluster
thickly upon the Ship of State, in the shape
of s~inecure officials. The seat, center and in
spiration of the economic orgies of the Demo-
cratic ring that has overloaded the State
government of New Jersey with these bur-
dens, was the Legislature itself. Every ring
session of that body, of recent years, has
been fairly congested with an army of spoils-
men, who have tumbled over each other. and
impeded business, SO numerous were they.
In addition to the regular army, provided
for in the usual way, and that outnum-
beTed at least four to one the force of
five years ago, there was a legion of
what may be termed bushwhackers, in the
pay of the Government, and provided for in
a variety of special enactments. Chapter
TX. of the session avs of 1898 is a sample.
This act provides that the second assistant
engrossing clerk of the Senate and the two
assistant engrossing clerks of the House
shall each receive the sum of 5000; the sec
ond assistant sergeant-at-arms of the
Senate, $500; the assistant private secretary
of the President of the Senate, $500; the
assistant bill clerk of the Senate, $500:
the clerks of certain Senate committees,
FIVE in number, $500 each; each assist
ant ~doorkeeper of the Senate, five or
six in number, $3.50; each assistant ser
geant-at-arms of the House, sswhose
salary is not provided for by law" $500;
each of the two assistant bill clerks of the
House, $500; the assistant private secretary
of the Speaker of the House, $500; the post
master of the House, $500; Hthe officer as
sistant tot the clerk of the Houseof Assembly"
"a valet probably-$400: the clerks of tbir-
teen committees of the House, $500 each.
These clerkshipsare all supernumeraries.
They are as useless and unnecessary as five
wheels to a wagon. They were created for
no other purpose than to make places for
hungry ringster seryitors, and the treasury
is filched to pay these big salaries. Not one
OF the officers was known to the Legislatures
of the past, when the volume of laws an
nuaHy enacted averaged three times as
large as under the system of general legisla-
ton. There is no excuse for it. It is down.
right robbery, and should be abolished.
I h incidental bill of 1893 is another enact
ment that reveals the raid of the ring spoils-
men upon the treasury of the State. Here
are some of the items:-Thomas j. Nolan.
for services as page in the House, $500:
Michael Nathan, postage, expressage and
extra services" as Sergeant-at-Arms of the
Senate, $171.27; Fred Nissan, extra SER
vices and postage, House of Assembly. $3.50:
Thomas r. Martin, services as page in the
MOUSE, S-UU, HERBERT EmmOnS, clerk to an
other Senate committee, $500: Charles d.
Morgan, BENZ. Godshalk and James Vaughn.
more House pages, 5000 each; Furman Nor
cross, services rendered engrossing clerk Of
the House, $3.50; John K. Cody, ssextran
services rendered the engrossing clerk of the
Senate, $50; Andrew ]. Bale, extra ser
vices as bill clerk OF the House, 5000: John
III. DeMott, extra services as clerk to
House Committee, $500; Jere O'Connell and
Michael Hall, $500 each as services as pages:
P. H. Murphy, for services as assistant to
assistant clerk of the House, 5000; J.OMara.
james T. Larkins and Philip Muldoon, $50
each, for alleged s.extra services;n John J.
Hickey, Daniel Mccarthy, Edward Sit
$3.50 fall $3.50 but one. for extra services q
Warren Richards, extra services as clerk
to a Senate committee, 800: John
Glenn, extra services as Senate page, $3.50:
Edmund Taylor, extra services" as clerk to