The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-08
OVER HIS LIMIT.
The Quiet Way Evans
Works the Treasury.
HE is MUCH PAST HIS MARK.
Overtime Bills ParaIyze the
Auditor.
HE WAS HOLDING THEM BACK.
The Clerks and How They Doubled
Their Salaries - What Will
He Do Next?

Auditor Broderick is threatened with
brain fever. 1t has been working on him
for some time. He says he cannot sleep
well at nights and is afraid to go to his
Office in the morning. being possessed of
constant dread of what new and more
gigantic bills may be sprung upon him by
Registrar Evans.
On the first Of the month Evans sent up
list of warrants for clerk hire in his
Office that Melted $3715.
Mr.. Broderick inquired if that was all,
and Evans replied that 1t was. The bills
were all approved by the Election Com
mission and Broderick signed the war
rants. Immediately thereafter he began
to meet clerks here and there In the hall
ways and corridors as be came and went
about the hall, who mentioned to him in-
cidentaly that they had worked some
overtime and had not received pay for it.
This began to wear on his nerves little,
and he went to see Evans and told him 10
send up schedule of all the overtime
all the claims that he had. II don't want
you to spring a lot of bills on me next
mon b for last months work." he said.
So Evans sent up another lat of claims
for overtime, aud when the astonlshed
Auditor footed it up he found the clerk
amounted to just S6217 IL instead of 1918,
as originally turned in.
These bills had never been approved by
the Commissioners in regular form, and
Broderick protested. Evans answered the
protest by showing the signatures of
majority of the board in every case.
He secured these by taking them one
at time TO individual members of the
board and getting them to sign in that
way. They had never been before the
board regularly" said Frederick in speak
ing OF the matter yesterday. The fact is
he was afraid to present the whole amount
at once, as he knew 1t exceeded the limit
within which be had agreed to keep his
expenses for clerk hire, and sought to
escape notice by sending them up piece
meal. He says that this is all. but am
not sure of it.
"When this question of additional clerk
hire on overtime came up Evans made SOL
emn promise to Commission er Block tbs he
would keep his expenses in this line within
$4,000. On those terms alone would Bio OK
agree to allowing rs cents an hour for
overtime. The bills have already reached
total of 1864 20. He has still got raft
Of them employed. and the Lord only
knows what they will foot no for this
month. These bills of over $1,000 are for
November. mind you, while The election
took place on the 9th and the returns we're
all in the vault by the 9th. He alone
knows how this army of clerks was en-
pIoyed to run up these bills.
"More than that" continued the Auditor:
she has still tailed 10 make out the war,
rants for the election clerks-the men who
worked, many of them, three Gays for the
SO pay that they get. lie also refuses TO
make out warrants for the messengers en-
ployed by the commission 10 accompany
him on his trips to and from his vault |
after the returns-just as though they
~ dol INT fNrh
rest of u.s."
Following is the list OF clerks as returned |
by Evans, their regular pay and the over
time charges: