The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-07
House Will Not Employ Any
More.
BUSY AT FANCY WORK
Mr.. Baggs Relates an Experience He Had
With Bench Of Fifteen-Representa-
tive Stull and the Angels.
Montana Daily Record:

The committee clerk question &C.
cupied more of the attention of the
house during yesterdays session than
all the business transacted put to-
gether. 1t intruded itself at the be-
ginning of the session when rules for
the regulation of the young women
employed as clerks were promulgat-
ed and adopted and later in the pro-
ceedings, proposition came up which
afforded the members an opportunity
to express their minds on the subject
of hiring an army of women, very few
of whom have anything on the score
of competency to recommend them, to
sit up stairs in the committee rooms
and emproider doilies for their fav-
orite statesmen or loll around the
house keeping the members out of
their seats.
There are not many of the members
who are not partial to the commit
tee clerks, particularly to the good
looking ones, but long suffe ring from
the impositions practiced and from
being told daily to go tell their trou-
bles to the sergeant-at-arms when they
wanted any work uone, had put them
in a mood to speak their minds and
they said some things that were "just
n.rrid."
The discussion came up on a mo-
ton by the engrossing committee to
authorize the appointment of two more
clerks, Miss B. o. Blackstone and
Miss Lillian Ralston.
Baker promptly moved to deny the
request.
1T is very well known fact" said
he, that we have too many clerks al
ready. We have a crowd Of young
women who do nothing all day but
sit up stairs and do fancy work while
the state pays them IS day for it.
l think that if the work is too heavy
for the present clerks some of those
who are doing nothing might as well
get in and help out"
Il feel just as Mr.. Baker does," said
Kilgallan. 81 haven't seen my clerk
for five days. If they can find her
they can have her" He said later
he understood the young woman was
i'll.
Baggs inquired how many commit
tee clerks the house had.
81 can't answer the question:" said
the speaker. II counted till l got
up to twenty-five and there l lost
count The clerk will answer the
question:
We'll, l wanted to say" said M.
Baggs, that l had an experience
with the committee clerks l should like
to relate. l came in here the 9th or
morning with some work l wanted to
get done, some work the speaker had
especially requested me to do for him.
There were about fifteen young women
sitting around here, but l could 1t
get one OF them to do the work.
begged, pleaded and implored, but all
in vain for a long time. Eventually
l founu one who was willing to do the
work and we went up stairs to a type
writer, but had not fairly got starter
on the work when another young wo
man came in and ordered us out. She
said the typewriter had been procuret
for her especial benefit and she hai
given receipt for it and did not pro
pose anyone else should use it.
told her | would give her recei u
from the state of Montana for the usl
OF the machine for few minutes
and finally out of the goodness of hel
heart she permitted us to finish the
work. That was my experience Will
our committee clerks
Il wish to inform the gentlem a.
that he didn't look for tAe right clerk,
put in Stull. 81 can inform the gea
tleman that there are some angels
here" he concluded, getting in wha
the newspaper men jealousy regard
ed as a round for himself with thu
girls.
Il realize We have good many al
gels lowering around u.s." chimed il
Baker, "but l am of the impressi j.,
the most of them have had their wing.
clipped"
Il have had no experience with an
geis with clipped WINGS" Stull re
torted, and the house roared.
The chief clerk informed the men
bers in response 10 Bags Request
that the house had twenty-five clerks
''Well, that's just about fifteen more
than any legislature ever had ir
Montana before" said Kilgallan.
That ended the proposal to emplo.
more clerks. The house voted unan
imously to deny the request of tn;
committee.