Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-16
NEW MOTTO FOR THE DEMOCRACY
Special Privileges for the Bunch ,
More Jobs for Democrats.
From a Staff Correspondent.)

"oEe JObs lot DemOcTatHs
CFrom a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Ian. 15.-(SpeciaI.)-The grand
old flag of democracy, which has felt the
touch Of the immortal jefferson AND Jack
son and Cleveland, and which has been
trailed in the dust by the living Bryan, has
blazoned upon its folds in big letters a new
motto:
Special privileges to the bunch; more
jobs for Democrats
Not content with the introduction Of a.
bill. which when enacted into law will leave
without limit the number of employees the
state senate may place on the pay roll,
bills have been introduced which will pro-
vide Jobs more lasting to the faithful few
who led the people into the election of an
economical and business-like democratic
legislature"
Unblushing, this economical, business
like democratic legislature has selected
for clerks Of committees persons to whom
work on a typewriter or Of a clerical ma
ture is absolutely unknown.
Only one qualification has been looked
after in the selection of most of the help
and that qualification is the ability of the
employee to muster up votes for the demo-
cratic legislators.
A member of the senate this morning was
turned down by two expert" photographers
to whom he applied to take a dictation.
One was too nervous to do the work and
the other expert" was out of practice. A
third agreed to do the job, though mot up
on the typewriter yet.
Clerks to be employed in the enrolling
and engrossing rooms have been sworn in
and are now drawing salary. though it will
be days before they have any work to do.
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employed clerks to do this work just as
they were needed, and none were sworn in
and placed on the pay roll until they ac-
tually went to work.
Some of the Omaha employees have never
been seen around the state house without
their o%vercoats on, Notwithstanding the
extra fircmen employed to burn coal keep
the temperature of the building up to 80
or 100 constantly.
The fact that members Of the legislature
have to NOW a path through the unem-
ployed employees to get into the senate and
house has had the effect of at least annoy
Ing some of the democratic members of the
last legislature, who recall what a business
like legislature looks like. They have cen
sured the committee on employees for not
discriminating In the assignment Of work,
but the criticism is usually In a whisper
and very soft.
But the half is yet to be told. If this
business-like, democratic economical legis-
lature has its way about 1t there will not
be a republican on the payroll of the state
unless ne has been elected to office by
the people. For instance, one bill not only
puts the clerk of the supreme court on a
salary, but leaves II to the governor to Sc
lect most of his help; the Wilson banking
bill places the selection of the employees In
the hands of the democratic governor;
Arthur Mullen wants another democratic
deputy oil inspector; then there is in con-
temptation bills giving the governor au-
thority to appoint state treasurer exam
liners, the state accountant and any other
appointments that may be thought of.
And in addition, Senator Tanner intends
to punish republican newspapers by chang
ing the law so that the governor instead
of the secretary of state shall designate In
what papers constitutional amendments
shall be published. The fact that the secre-
tary Of state ia the custodian Of all legisla-