Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-17
CANDIDATES FO R
JOBS ARE ON
THE GROUND
NOT ENOUGH POSITIONS
TO MAKE THE ROUNDS
Long List Of Able Young Men
Who Are DESTROYS Of Serving.
Their Country for Sixty Days
at a Modest Compensation,
Especial correspondence Morning Journal

Especial Correspondence Morning journal ]
Santa Re n. NJ, Jan, f6.-The city
OF the Holy Faith Is harboring just
now a considerable number Of young
men who have ambitions to serve
their territory for about sixty days al
= modest compensation. In fact. there
are so many OF these young men here
or on the road that there are not at
the present moment enough jobs 10 go
round. This h.. perhaps, unfortunate,
but II Is "A condition 10 be faced and
some Of the candidates are going to
have to face Il and then go home. For
the time honored system Of jobs for
everybody with IS political friend or
patron ~ not likely 20 obtain during
the session Of the assembly which
opens on Monday Governor HAger-
mans recommendation FOR an aidi-
tional appropriation Of SIS 600 for
legislative expenses has been acted
upon favOrably by the departments at
Washington and Is now before coll-
gress. IL Is hoped hat it will be ale
lowed In time FOR the convenience OF
the Legislature, else some of the NOM
beers may have TO write their own
bills and make out their own cont
mittee reports. a condition which
would be painful 10 say the least.
There is one thing certain. The fa-
Norie system of apprupriating the en-
tire territorial treasury to pay un1im-
tied salaries To unlimited employees of
the legislature. VIII not be in force
this session. The members themselves
are against II and only a few of the
old time legislative manipulators de-
sire 10 see IL come back An effort
is being made to figure ont all the
Jobs possible. The very best that can
be done is TO sum up "A clerk n a
half for each member OF the assem-
bly,. II used To be four employees 10
each member, not including capitol
sweer-ers. ore ana a half, however,
is about the proportion and even that
will shrink II the governors effort to
secure the additional appropriation Is
mot successful, And SO, IN spite OF
the sadness of those men who have
been accustomed to pay their politi-
cal debt with legislative jobs, in
spite OF the opportunities, of those
Noung gentlemen ana gentlemen not
so Young. who have been accustomed
to getting paid with said jobs, IL IL
likely tina there viii be nothing do
ing FOR quite Is lot of the bunch.
Frank Staplin, editor and owner of
the Pennington Enterprise. a weekly
newspaper. is in town. Stapliu ass
pires to be chief clerk of the house
and has Il pretty fair chance 10 ace
uuire the Job. He has been pretty
closely connected with the Bepubli.
can organization ana has been a
member of the territorial committee
for some time. He WAS also quite
closely connected with the little poli-
teal machine owned and managed by
lone Granville PcndlCtou OF san Juan
tcouniy, prior to the extinction of that
lastute statesman during "a recent elec'
ltion in san Jua county. Staplin has
served In the house ~ rs familiar
with the workings of the machinery
His friends say that he has enough
backing to land the job and nerve
lcnough to tend 10 the work, which D.
saving "a good deal for his nerve. fot
the chief clerkship of the house Is i
lob TO be approached with Tear and
Trembling and a certain amount of
prayer.
the chief clerkship Of the council, "a
'posltlon not SO arduous and with AN
equal salary attached. j. y. Bracket
aof ColfaN ounty Is said 10 have the
4 backing OF several of The members
from northern New Mexico for thl'
4 position. He has had experience Ia
Legislative work ana = a skilltul ste
f~nouraphcr. With the lrEislature run
ming on AN economical basis the
Iclerkships viii be hy mo means snaps
land according to the program OF
7 economy every emploNe VIII not only
.lhaVc Go be able % DO something be-
side smoke cigarettes and pull strings.
but ne viii have 20 do real work
do 10 an the time. This Will be an eN-
ltremcly interesting spectacle, rhe
candidates for positions VII begin Ia
learn ln the next two days where they
stand. Tor enough members VIII hAve
arrived hN that time to Indicate Ia
some extent what b. the disposition 81
the maturity,
santa Fe is all spruced mp FOR the
assembly. Stores have been ~cieHiie,
ont aud frightened up. Hotels and
boarding houses are -raurrangtng tho
furniture. Dispensers ~ refresh
ments. LIQUID and otherwise. are poll
i-hinr un he spoons. There are. lu
fact. an the signs of the times IN evil
dence. There is more and more 10 be