The San Francisco call., 1909-01-04
PLAN FOR DIVISION
OF ATTACHES MONEY
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Call Headquarters. Chamber OF oom-
meree Huildinr, SACRAMENTO. Jan. ..
The Republican organization III tne
senate has a cute little scheme' WHICH,
if worked out, will relieve the oeI,iu, :,
cratic minority and Senator :. W. be,i '.,
of los Angeles, foreibly aligned with
the minority. from responsioiIls t toI
the distribution OF the $500 day Tor
attaches allowed by the amended con-
stitution.
How to let down the democrats with
a minimum share of the paltry 5000
day has been weighty question with
organization men ever since the people
by a substantial vote put par pc
tween their treasury and q repeutlen
of the attache grab of the session OF
1907.
SCHEMES TO BEAT MINORITY
MANY organization mathematicians
wore out good lead pencils hguring the
despised democrats down to ma axl-
mum of SIS or $40 a day for the ehure
minority. which was permitted 10
share pro rata with the majority Two
years ago in the steal and in the PUB
lie condemnation.
evolved. but now comes some unnamed
wizard of legislative economics with a
plan which makes all the others look
cheap. After giving Warren Porter a
$50 a day slice of patronage pie 10 go
with his $4,000 a year job 1t let's the
democrats and Bell down without
cent which would also mean without
clerical assistance. for not even demo
Gratis will serve the state without some
form of compensation other than the
sense of duty more or less satisfac-
torily performed.
ORGANIZATION MEN OPPOSED
The new scheme provides first for a
$50 slice out of the total of 5000 day
to be turned over to the lieutenant gov
ernor. The remaining $3.50 is to be di-
vided equally among the 80 republican
senator's, which would give each of
them three So day appointments.
The scheme will not be ratified with
out opposition and some of that opposi-
tion will come from organization men,
who, although quite willing to cut the
democrats down to an allowance which
will provide for minority sergeant at
arms and stenograph pher or two, and
who might be induced to stand for let
ting the democrats down with only a
smile, decline to be reconciled to the
idea that Porter should have $50 day.
SPEAKERS PLAN SIMILAR
The assembly program differs from
the senate scheme only in degree. 1t
is not the intention of Speaker Stanton
and his right hand man, Jake Transue,
to give the democrats anything in the
way of patronage, and the fact that
there are 50 republicans to divide up
that portion OF 5000 day which may
be left after the genuine employees of
the assembly are compensated tends to
insure the adoption of the Stanton plan.
Some of the minority think that since
the democrats show total strength of
30 they should have out of the grab
bag at least one minority caucus SER
geant at arms and a stenographer
They are to be permitted to use the ex-
cess baggage on the majority steneg-
rapher train If there is any such excess
and also IL they can at any time dis
cover a republican stenographer or SER
geant at arms who will confess that he
is not driven to death with work
The democrats in the senate are
obsessed with the idea that each of
them should be allowed a stenograpler
or clerk No such scandalous waste of
public funds will be permitted by the
members OF the majority, who--if they
are despoiled of $50 a day for the lieu
tenant governors patronage pot-wiH
have but SIS day each to divide up
among the faithful in their respective
districts.