Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-09-02
PETTY GRATING BY
MEN Away UP
Cabinet Members And Fam
Gus Senator's Work Relatives
Into Snap Jobs
NOTORIOUS EEPOTISIn
By onson Gardner.

nN RNNAW NNfAftINH
Washington. D. c., Aug. 3o.--Whor
congress begins investigating tho var
ious phases of graft" which have
been brought 20 light. "a Il ia predict
ed congress Will DO soon after u
meets, the Keep commission II likely
10 have some disclosures 70 make on
the subject Of "hepotism.'
The practice OF carryins sons
daughters. wives and more distant rel
atives on the government payrolls has
been growing Of ate, ana u "a sale
4 that President Roosevelt " opposed 70
Il a. nubytrsive OF the principles OF
the civil service merit system.
The attention OF the Keep commits
elon has hecn called TO the fact that
d Jasper wilson son Of Secretary VII
! aan acts a. his fathers private Hecrc.
+ tary In the department o. agriculture.
4 Recently the young man took a TRIP %
4 Aiasks. con Z apeciai mission" to IN
vcstigato the kiillng Of big game there
. and had an outing NJ government ex'
4 pense while his salary as secretary
continued
The late Col. Jos. II. Brigham, as
4 R.atant secretary of agriculture, the
Il first thing he dld was 20 secure an ap-
polntment for his son. The arrange
ment az first was for the brigham boy
4 10 serve AZ private secretary 70 Gen.
Wilson, and for Jasper Wilson 20
serve as secretary TO brigham. But
8nelther chief seemed pleased With the
services Of his secretary, and, In the
Interest OF harmony they traded. Then
Ia daughter and some other Brighams
were taken intO the department.
= Vice President Fairbanks took occa'
sion on the same day he entered upon
Ithat office 10 appoint his son Fred AZ
his private secretary. The young man
'recoives q salary Of 81 200 a year and
,|up 10 tbs present time haA had NO du-
tea TO perform except 10 travel about
+ Hwlth his father, attending social func-
ions aad helping IN the campaign for
ne 1903 nomination. which the tai
sentien,an from Indiana Is 70 ardently
surssdnr. The sccretarlai work u done
y a ycunE man named King in In
Annapolis. who IL carried on the rolls
~ messenger"
Conalderablo excitement was cans
VI somo time ago in the legislature Of
Wyoming by charge made BY one of
( a. members that United States Sen
lor Warren, though man reputed
q be very wealthy was carrying his
un ON the senate payroll, In the face
the fact that this same aon was a
tndent n Harvard university, and
onld nos possibly be rendering secre-
ariai services.
There IA hardly senator OF any In.
luence who ls not guilty OF this par
lcular sort OF petty graft The late
residont pro temporo OF the senate,
.giliiam p. Frye. OF Maine had his
|Io.. he n.ata2nrg aaWaiaF
lodges son draws salary AZ one Of
he clerks of his committee, and even
enator Knox, who IA believed 20 be
hoe Of the wealthsest men In the sen
e. has aon on the clerical rolls.
enator Ciallinger has for some years
ast had his son az clerk OF his com
lttae. and Senator Foster has a rela-
I've performing similar service. When |
srnator Cockreli left the senate he
box with him 10 the interstate com
ercc commission son who had
sen on the senatorial rolls. Al one
me he had two of his sons Ia this
nnch Of the governmental service.
he official list Of clerks has n sim i
&arity Of names which are familiar 60 /
q country. Senator Burton. Of Kan
d, has had on the rolls as measen- i
III W. 3. Burton. but whether W. 3, /
wife, daughter or son Il not appar- 4
g. Senator Mitchell. of Ofee0n, had 4
assistant clerk Mitchell Handy; 4
Mnator D. FrsEk Alice, who Is caaif-
hn ~ the committee on organization /
the executive department (which
ver haH anything TO dol has for
4,rk OF that enmmltiee ]. n. Alice
and Il IA amusing 10 find as mes
.naor Of that committee Newell nai
,e other senator from Delaware be-
Ball) Senator Tillman, oI North
rolina. and senator Daniel, Of Vir'
ain both have their SONS on the
nrnittee payrolls. r. a. Gamble II
ssenger Ia the committee on trans
Wnntlnn routes ID the senboafd tan
ser dead commltteol, whose chair
n is Senator Gamble of South Da.
a. There IN nephew also OF this
RlatOr on ono OF the payrolls. Ser
lnt az Arms Col. y. ~ Randall has
aon on she pay roll as has Finan.
Clerk Nixon. of the senate. Sen
8r Simmons. OF North Carolina. hns
hughtor helping 10 draw the public
Ihey. and senator Berry has a son
these are a Few examples. These
others. Many relatives whose
hes DO not show the connection ere
|ENlNu occupation Nominal occupation
lHhd good salaries IN places about
Icapitai. And In the executive DO.
tments OF the government the con.
b. Il worse beginning with the
~ the secretary of treasury, re-
Mtf iunkstlng In Hawaii, and ex.
UinR down through heads OF divls.
ANA they al carry from one 10 five
ives. by virtue OF their Influence
IN open defiance Of the spirit OF
merit system and the rules OF the
service.
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