Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-04-03
DAY AFTER At STATE HOUSE
MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES RE.
cFIVE THEIR PAY
o. ders Run Short Extra Engross-
ING Force Graft Excuse
Fer New Men.
FISHERY FORCE HANDS VIC
TINS OF A TRICK

The incidents connected with "the
| day after" the last session of the Leg.
islature which have become so famil-
| .ar TO Annapolitans, were enacted
| this morning There was a general
| hurry of members and employees to
| settle up and get out Of town, though
| a number of the latter are necessarily
detained for day CT two.
! The Committee on Claims room,
| which is the pay Office Of the Legis-
| lature, was besieged by horde. tie
members of which wished 60 get their
| orders and get away Many were
particularly anxious to receive atten-
ion. because the word had gone ont
that the chairman Of the committee
had left town and there were only
limited number of orders signed by
him. This actually proved to be the
case and number of the employees
and others who had orders have not
succeeded in getting them in shape to
be cashed. This has entailed n great
deal of hardship ou men whow ished
to settle mp and leave town and some
have been compelled to stay over until
tomorrow, when the chairman is book
d TO return. There have been some
very loud murmerinRs on the subject
Notw outstanding the fact that there
was absolutely 10 excuse for an extra
engTCssiug force after the session Of
the Legislature as the original bill is
presented TO the Governor this year
instead of "a Te.eDgrossed copy, the
ancient graft of an extra engrossiug
force appointed by the Speaker of the
House and President of the Senate
hasEpreyailed as usual. This list of
extra appointments is kept very secret
and every effort is made to hush il
mp by the appointment OF number
OF newspaper men and nearly every
official through whom 1t passes. he.
sides many of the members. 1t is
said on good authority thar the House
list contains 60 names, each of whom
will get 500 for doing nothing. 5000
of the taxpayers money in all The
Senate- list is also said ID be large
II is one Of the things which appears
inoonceiyable, dishonest aud il is still
more so this year, as not the slightest
excuse exists for any extra appoint
ments
In the House eugrossing room most
Of the regular force is at work and the
statement was made that the work
would be cleared mp by tomorrow.
The only work 20 be done is the en-
guessing of the comparatively few
bills which W6re-amended on the third
reading la the Senate about third
of the regular force is OF work and
they will probably he done by this
afternoon In neither room was there
sign Of The extra fierce that had
been put on at 500 per head.
The Anne Arundel county delePa.
tion has, as on the whole. fared very
we'll with its bills The bills for
bridges over Spa and Tracey's creeks
have beeu signed and the Governor
has before him both the county and
city bonding bills. The bill prov id
ing for the new High School building
and heating plant in Annapolis has
also been signed aud there are some
otherr measures of minor importance
which are row laws Several good
measures PASSED and no bad ones and
this is a good record on the whole.
One of the worst pieces of crook
ed work ever seen here took place in
| the closing hours of the Legislature,
| in connection with the bill to allow
/ the hands on sailing vessels of the
| State Fishery Force 30 cents a day
as ration money. These men get $50
and S35 g month and the slight ad
| ditional sum would have been a
| great help to them. Mr.. Murphy,
of Baltimore city, introduced a bill
| for the purpose aud when the mem
hers Of the House were informed Of
the slight pay these men received,
notwithstanding their responsible
and dangerous duties, it passed
| without difficulty.
1t went to the Finance Committee
| in the Senate aud that committee
voted to report it favorably. From
that time the fate of he bill is a
mystery. Either it was not submitted
by Senator German, chairman of the
| committee, or il was aeld back by
some official of the Senate. The rec
/ ords Of the Senate show that it
never reached the third reading file,
| although it should have done so.
| Careful inquiry last night failed to
find the bill and it could not pass.
The bill had passed QUE house. been
favorably reported in another and
there was little question that it
i would become law. but the poorly
naid men Of the police boats lose
this small additional sum by some