The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-12
Daily Cost of 1903 House Already
Exceeds That of Any Pre-
decessor.
There Are Eleven More Employees
Than Usual, Costing $48 a
Day.

House members were taken unawares
Thursday, when the report of the commit
tee on rules was forced through adding
eleven employees to the list provided for
in the old rules. They did not realize what
the increase meant, and allowed the re-
port to be bluffed through with the state
ment that it was only starting out with
the number Of employees that previous ses-
sions had found it necessary to have after
short time. -.
Several members Of an economical turn
of mind have Investigated the subject, and
have found that the addition, will make
this legislature the most expensive in the
history of the state, though there are no
more members than at the past two ses-
sions. It is more than likely that at Tues
| days session some one will move a recon-
| sideration, and open up the whole SUBJ
ject again. ..,
| One Of the up country members looked
| up the payrolls of past houses, and COM
pared them with the payroll agreed on
Thursday. He found that exclusive of
| members the pay roll Of the 1895 house,
| when Governor Van SAINT was speaker,
amounted to s156 a day. For the house Of
| 1897, when J. D. Jones was speaker, the
daily roll cost $751;. The 1899 house, under
A. N. Dares speakership, cost $15S.50 a
| day, and the 1901 house paid its employees
| the record breaking sum Of $187.50 a day.
The 1908 house, under Speaker Babcock.
/ StdIlS III Will q udlly pay IOll LUZ cl1lpAOySS
| of S225.50. At these former sessions, dur
| ing the closing days two committee clerks
and a couple of stenographers would be
| added near the end of the session, but
| they would only increase the roll $40 day
for short time. while the present house
begins the hundred days with $4S a day
addition to the usual pay roll, which the
/ state has to stand every day.. Sundays
4 and holidays included. For. the ninety
1 legislative days this means att, least a
hundred days. pay, or 81, 500 extra to I'm :
necessary employees. %s# H #%ss-E&.g5
i Nine positions are electives those OF
1 chief clerk, first and second assistants, en-
Trolling clerk, engrossing clerk, postrnaste
and assistant postmaster. sergeant alarms
4 and assistant sergeant at arms, and chap
lain. Their salaries aggregate $53 day
The 1901 session had Sthe following zap.
pointive employees in, the house: Genera
clerk for speaker at S., seven pages al
$3.50, three door keepers at 50, one gallery
door keeper at &c. three cloak room keep
ers and two committee room keepers al
SO. one clerk for judiciary committee a,
81. eight committee clerks at S. reading
clerk at 81, file clerk and assistant file
clerk at So, janitor at 50, two stenograph.
ers at S.. and one extra clerk at S. e@z
The 1903 session has decided on the fol
lowing appointive places: General clerl
at SIS, nine pages at $3.50, four door keep
ers at So, one gallery door keeper at So
: four cloak room keepers and five commit
tee room keepers at IS. one clerk Of thu
judiciary committee and one reading clerl
at 81. eleven committee clerks at S. fl,
clerk and assistant file clerk at SO, janito
a. So. three stenographers at IS, and {
& Speakers messenger at IS. The additiona
employees are two pages, one door keeper
one cloak room keeper three COMMITTEES
: rooEi keepers, two committee clerks, on
stenugrapher; and a speakers messenger
the fist of his rsRe 80 - @a.s7 s.
The committee on rules overlooked al
excellent opportunity when it neglected t,
revive the office OF f1ag7raiser, which use,
. to command SO day for seeing that "oI,
glory was afoat from the capitol dome
and when it failed to follow senate prece
dent In creating fireman This offic
is held In the senate by w. W. Rich.
former member of the house, who is no
certain whether it is his duty to provid
, against CONGREGATIONS brought on by tn
: heat Of debate, or whether at the prope
time each morning he is to turn on tn
! e"hot air. =,
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