The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-14
Assembly Finds It's Army
of Employees Has Not
Been Properly Assigned
FIVE-DOLLAR CLERK
FOR BILL FILERS
Sergeants at Arms None
Too Strong to Do Duty
as Swift Messengers
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO Cal. Jan. ia ter
rihle fate confronts the army OF at
taches Of the lower house Of the Legis-
Iature-tHey may have to work. II the
plan on which several of the older
members OF the Assembly are now Sc
Ecretly working bears fruit receivers OF
patronage will have to do something
for the salary they receive.
The scheme TO do away with the
usual order of things depends for sdop-
ton on the now barely noticeable SEN
timent that the legislators owe the peo-
pie some sort Of an apology for run
ming the bill for attaches OF both houses
up to the enormous amount of siSSooo-
Not enough work. can be found 70 keep
the BIS attaches of the Assembly en-
pIoved six or eight hoars a day. but It
will be possible to keep nearly every
one busy at least two hours. The test
of sentiment will come early In the
week. when the House will he asked to
adopt a resolution authorizing the ser
eeant at arms to assign attaches to
places regardless of their Official titles.
1t is the belief Of a few OF the older
members that such action is necessary.
There is a great surplus of assistant
engrossing and enrolling clerks at IS
day and a shortage of bill fIers at 81
day Under the proposed plan these
So clerks can ME bills without suffer
ing any diminution Of pay. dozen
messengers are needed. but this Job
paws only 50 a day, and the list OF at
taches contains. JUST two messengers.
However. there are thirty-seven ser
eeantz at arms, not a few Of them
strong enough foe messenger work. and
they may be called. upon 10 supply the
need In the reach for Jobs with good
salaries gatekeepers were<overlooked.
and some Of the ornamental attaches
must do this work This will neeessi-.
4 tate more switching around II the
plan is sanctioned by the House many
able-bodied patriots who have counted
on drawing salary for merely looking
wise will be going around town after
working hours vehemently declaring
that republics are ungrateful-
/ Strong opposition is expected. partic-
uIarly from new members of the House.
This year there are no "greenhorns
Candidates came here we'll posted on
the methods of reaching deep into the
patronage trough. and lost no time
looking up the record OF attaches Of
the last session and the salary per diem
When the patronage committee asked
for the lists of friends" 70 be placed
/ they handed in their little cards with
names. positions and salaries set down
in bookkeeper fashion Every new
member had figured out all the possi-
biIities Of $1s a day patronage. and
some of them even borrowed q. little In
order to get a job for one more con-
stituent. The older members were as
founded at the wonderful display OF
knowledge. In prior years veterans.
even second termers. had to devote
much of the first week TO showing the
newcomers the ropes. but this time they
found their advice wholly unnecessary
1t didn't matter whether the colts"
came from north. south or San Fran
cisco, they all knew the way to pas
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