The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-12
373 JOBS LOST
BY REPUBLICANS
IN WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence Chicago

Special Correspondence Chicago
Daily News.
WASHINGTON, D. c., November 10.
The recent congressional elections
cost the republican party about $780,
OOO annually in patronage in the house
OF representatives alone, not counting
the salaries of the deposel congress-
men, which are $7,ovJ each a wear.
The number of jobs which will fall to
the lot of the Democrats is about 1913.
most of them paying salaries in ex-
cess of $1,000 a year. Probably a
technical table of the total losses of
the Republicans, including the con-
gressmen's salaries, the salaries of
their private secretaries, which are
paid for by congress at the rate of
$1,000 a year, the $4,000 annually
which will be Topped off of Joseph G.
Cannon's salary as speaker and added
to that of the democrat who succeeds
him, together with a host of smaller
items, will increase the net republi
can loss to at least $1,25O,O0O.
Table of the Losses.
A table of the more apparent losses.
showing the number of persons en-
ployed in each Office and the total sal
airy thereof, is as follows:
Number Total
employed. salary.
once of the speaker. 5 S11,64O
Clerk of the house. n 133 400
Superintendent of the
capitol building and
SlounuS ............. Al 46,640
Clerks, messengers and
janitors to committees los 155.85O
Sergeant at arms. ..... IL 25.S4O
Fohce force. ........... IS 1880
Door keeper, including
laborers and pages. 1888 1S1, 900
postmaster .,,,,..,.,.. 30 30,620
The best job in the gift of the house
is clerk, which pays $4,000 a year. Of
the seventy-seven jobs in his office,
twentyone pay more than $4,000 each.
Only twelve jobs in this office pay
less than $1,000 a year.
Under the superintendent of build
ings and grounds there is the office IF
chief engineer at $1,000, and forty
subordinate laborers in this depart
ment draw $500 a year.
Clerks Pay Averages $500.
Clerks to committees in the house
of representatives draw from $1,000
to $4,000 each year, most of them
receiving about $4,000. The clerk of
the committee on appropriations is
James c. Courts, originally a Ten
nessee democrat, who is paid $4,000
a year, and in addition receives an
extra $1,000 in recognition of his emf
nent services lasting over a number Of
years. A number of assistant clerks
receive in excess of $1,000 and extra
clerks are paid Sc day.
In the office of the sergeant at arms
who receives $4,000 a year, there are
eight jobs paying $1,000 or more I'm.
der the doorkeper, who is paid $4,000 |
there are eighty-four jobs paying from
$4,000 each down to $1,000, seventy
five of these being in the hands of the |
majority The minority has nine of
these jobs. Included in the list are
the Offices of assistant doorkeeper, SUI
perintendents of the galleries, large |
of special employees and mes !
sengers, including fourteen on the old |
soldiers roll at $1,000 each, none of
whom probably will be disturbed by |
the democrats; several jobs in the
folding room and document room, and
all of the minority jobs, for which
there is already red-not race.
Postoffice Help Well Paid.
In the postoffce of the house no
employee among the thirty listed there,
except one laborer, is paid at less
rate than 800 a month. The post
master gets $4,000, his assistant ST.
200, thirteen regular messengers at
81 200 each annually and fourteen ad-
ditional messengers who are hired
during the session of congress are
paid at the rate of 800 month.
In many offices in the house of re-
are men who have SER
we'd in their present capacity since the
captured the house in
1894. Most of them will have to seek
other positions.