The San Francisco call., 1909-01-04
JOB HOLDERS EAGER
FOR LARGER SALARIES
Especial DISPATCH 10 The Call

lSpecIdl Dispatch TO ne Idlll
Call Headquarters, Chambcr of Com
merce Building, SACRAMENTO, Jan. g.
With hungry horde OF job holders
In all the state administrative offices
and state institutions descending upon
Sacramento with demands for increased
salaries, Governor Gillett will be amply
justified in taking a much deeper in
terest in the craftsmanship of the as
sembly committee on ways and means
than it has been customary for gov
ernors to take, and that is going some
From Humboldt in the north to the
last job in the south the men who are
on the states payroll are organizing to
demand from a higher salaried legisla-
ture an increase of emoluments pro-
portionate to the increase given legis-
lators and state officers,
When the people of California rati-
fed the constitutional amendments
which provided for increased compen-
sation for elective state officers and
members of the legislature they opened
the door on trouble for the governor.
In every state institution and Office and
on every state job. as, for instance, the
San Francisco water front, the faith
full servants of the public. who are
drawing from 80 per cent to 75 per cent
more than they could get for the same
class of service rendered to private cor
porations, are holding meetings and re-
solving that they want more money.
They are organizing to descend upon
the legislature and put their demands
in the shape of bills which they expect
the legislature to pass and the gov
enor to sign. Giilett declines to dis
cuss the matter but he undoubtedly
realizes as we'll as any one familiar with
the California system that the job of re-
pulsing this army will be UP to him,
8 In l,s.a- .1lSo fr.,1,- .
the ways and means committee with
sufficient courage to bear a part of the
battle that the unhappy duty of veto
ing a lot of increased salary bills will
also be up to him.
The average legislator can not be ex-
pected to turn a deaf ear to the prayer
of his friend who gets $1,000 year for
$1,000 worth of services more or less
indifferently rendered. Far be it from
him to give a stone for bread If
the average legislator gets a chance
to vote for bills increasing salaries. he
will embrace the opportunity and dodge
into the crowd One of the governors
most important jobs will be to insure
tile state against that opportunity and
incidentally protect himself from a
splendid opportunity to offend a very
large number of the boys who deliver
the goods
4 HOHldS A1 ulN cS the ScCicldTN OF the
superior court of San Francisco, wants
the legislature TO increase his salary
from $3.50 TO $3.50 per month. James
Coffroth is here to help Mulvey with
the bill. Coffroth held the same clerk
ship before he left the public service
and he joins Muivey in asserting that
the salary should be increased inasmuch
as nearly all other office holders have
been given advances. As the city and
county of San Francisco must pay the
entire salary of the secretary of the SUI
perior court 1t is not thought legisla-
tors outside of San Francisco will ep-
pose the bill, which will be fathered in
the senate by Marc Anthony and in the
assembly by Albert p Wheeian. The
San Francisco delegation favors giving
Mulvey the desired increase.