The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-27

just peIore eltbtion, now
w-o are running
for office do love the poor "a
boring man!
For a year the bunch of po-
litical wirepullers in the coun-
ell has been bolstering up the
pay OF the political henchmen
in the city hall. All the big
and little fellows wiz - :.
pull were attended to, but no
one ever thought about the fell
low who was doing actual
work.
Twice within a year the
council clique who ran the
salary business took up the
case of Jesse Poynes, who has
a soft snap as city storekeeper
and boosted him from $50 to
$50 and then from $50 to 800
within year, but the poor fell
low who was wallowing in the
mud down in the ditch digging
trenches and laying sewers,
who had to spend a good part
of his pay for waterproof boots
and paraphernalia, no one ever
thought about him and his
meager $2.25 a day, with no
pay when work stopped for a
day or an hour.
The teamster who gets Up
before daylight, cleans his
horses and then puts in 10
hours driving in the rain with
no protection from the ele-
ments, he was entirely over
looked, for the councilmen
were busy caring for the poll
ticians.
But now election is ap-
preaching. And laboring men
have votes.
So last night the politicians
in the council pulled together
and rushed through an ordi-
nance to fix up these poor fell
lows.
The ordinance was not quite
in shape when it came to oe
read. Under ordinary circum-
stances 1t would have gone
back a week to be rewritten.
But not now. Some zeal m. It
be shown for the poor man.
Not moment OF delay, no s.r
rec!
Johnny Bell to the rescue.
Couldn't this be fixed at once.
Isn't there "A typewriter handy
that can change the ordinance
now while we wait? Those
laboring men should be cared
for at once. So quoth Johnny,
who has devoted the whole
year TO voting salary boosts for
the politicians and never once
thought about the poor labor
er until now.
And all the other boys nod
ded a vigorous amen.
The thing should be done
Immediately. No honest toiler
should have to wait a moment
for salary boost. OF course
not.
Things were getting in shape
for some fine political pyro-
technics and every candidate
IN the bunch was priming him
self for a grandstand speech
when Judge Stiles rushed into
.he breach and said he could
perate a typewriter enough to
make what changes were need
I'd. so he took the document
and went at it. i
In few minutes he was
back and then IL went through
with hurrah. just Haw.
horne voted against il. Joe IS
not candidate
The janitors and elevator
man at the city hall got a boost
Of IS month. laborers got a
'aise from $2.25 to $3.50 and
.eamsters from $3.50 to 2.75
I day. Rudy Myhan, counter
clerk at the water office, was
boosted from $S5 to 500 and |
Two other clerks from $50 70
$50.
Linemen were boosted from
1885 to 81, but the foremen
over them stay the same and
20 the foremen will sometimes
get less than the linemen under
hem for extra work nights
md Sundays.
But the councilmen got in a /
ick for some of the laborers
ind their neglect for a year /
hey expect will be overlooked l
because OF this before election 1
BOOST.
Mayor Linck threatens 70 |
block the whole game, how
sver. He refused to sign the
this morning and
'ays he wants to look into It
first. 81 find some
men were raised while others
ioing the same work were
lot," said the mayor this morn