The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-05
Economy of
The Democrats.
Their Record In House Expenses
This Year Shows How Hol-
low Are Their Promises.

Trenton. Oct 29.-The Democratic
party processes to be a party of re-
form and claims to have shown
through the investigation of the Hahn
committee and otherwise great ex-
travagance in the administration OF
the affairs of state by the Republican
party. They are asking to be intrust-
ed with the management of state at
fairs in order that the extravaganza |
of which they accuse the Republican !
party may be stopped and the Demo
cratic party empowered to administer |
the affairs of state upon an economic |
basis.
The only evidence that the people
have Of hat the Democratic party
would do were it placed in power is by
an examination of what it has done
where it has been given an opportuni-
ty For the first time since 1893 the
Democratic party obtained control Of
the house assembly this year, effect
ed the organization of that body and
appointed all Of the officers there.
In 1895 the Republican party enact
ed law fixing the number of en-
ployees of the house and senate and
designating their compensation, which
law was afterward amended in 1900
and appears in the pamphlet laws OF
that year on page SO.
1t has been claimed that these laws
have no binding force upon successive
legislatures, and the disposition has
been to add to the employees of each
body other employees in addition to
those named in the act of 1900. The
compensation for these additional en-
ployees has to be provided for In the
incidental bill passed at each session
of the legislature An examination of
the incidental bill for the year 1906,
chapter 210, discloses that the addi-
tional employees of the house during
that year were as follows:
| Assistant to Journal clerk .......... $4,000
| Assistant to supervisor of bills..... 10000
| Clerk to committee on corporations 10000
| Clerk to committee on incidental
expenses 1UO.U
Extra comp alton to one of the
pages for acting as postmaster. 10000
| Stenographer assistant to clerlx).. 10000
Making in all for extra employees
that year the sum of...............$2,000 90
An examination Of the incidental
bill for the current year $500, which
will be found on page 652, ETC., of the
Pamphlet Laws For 1907" discloses
that the Democratic refOrmers appoint
ed not only the same employees as
those appointed the year before, but in
addition thereto the following:
Clerk to the committee on banks
and insurance. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Six doorkeepers (making eighteen
in alb at $350.O0 each. .............. 10000
They also paid to the assistant to
the supervisor of bills $4,000 in
stead of $500.00. an excess OFF,. 10000
To the clerk of the committee on
corporations $4,000 instead of
100000 an excess of................ 10000
To the clerk to the committee on
incidental expenses $4,000 instead
| of 10000, an excess of. ............. 5000
To assistant postmasters in excess
of last year. .......................... 10000
For extra services of clerlks..... 6O.OO
Same as for extra employees for
1906 ........................ 100000
Making the whole amount paid for
the regular session of 1907 for
extra employees the sum of. ..... IS. 1000
or So. 10000 in excess Of the year 1906
An examination of the tables an
nexed to the Hahn committee report