Evening journal., 1910-11-15
MANY JUICY PLUMS
In NATIONAL HOUSE
These viii be Picked by Vic
tOrlouS Democrats as
Spells Of War
HOUSE CLERK WILL
HAND MANY PLACES

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Of all the
results OF the election on Tuesday,
none will interest that class OF DEM
ocrats who have a hunger for office so
much as the fact that the Democratic
minority in the next House will con-
troll patronage which pays. In the ag-
gregate, about 100000 a year.
This patronage embraces the APP
pointment Of about 500 employees OF
the national House. not one OF whom
is under the civil service. For 20
years the Republican members divided
the jobs among their supporters at
home.
These 500 jobs range in pay from
5000 year to $4,000 a year. Most OF
them are worth between $1,000 and
$4,000. The two best places are those
of Clerk of the House and Sergeant
at Arms. They 20 $4,000 a year
each. The doorkeeper's place pays
$4,000 and Is next best on the list.
These big jobs and few more OF the
SO, 900 and $500 class ar filled by
party caucus.
There are more good jobs under the
Clerk of the House than In any other
branch. The journal clerk draws
$4,000: the chief clerk. $4,000; the
reading clerk. $4,000; the second read
ing clerk, $4,000: the tally clerk,
$4,000: parliamentary clerk, $4,000;
printing clerk. $4,000; disbursing
clerk. s2,5OO: file clerk, S2,750, and
enrolling clerk, $4,000. In addition,
there are more than 90 minor clerks
under the Clerk of the House drawing
anywhere from 1920 a year to S2,2bo.
There is another set Of employees un-
y der the Sergeant az Arms. The deputy
makes S2.5OO a year. the cashier,
| $4,000. and nine or ten more make
/ from SIP a Year up to $4,000
The House postmastership is a COM
1 Portable berth II pays $4,000 an
nually, and there Is an assistant who
gets $4,000. Also. there are twelve
messengers. who distribute the mail
who pull down 81 200 a year each.
The largest number OF employees in
any one branch works under the door
keeper. They are no fewer than ~
of these. and all except few old sol
! die-s viii have TO go. The assistant
\ doorkeeper gets $4,000 a year, while
the assistants and others In that de-
partment get paid from $3.50 year up
to S2,250.
ut culta llA'iiuNAAN VI N''
document room draws $500 a year
and his assistant 81 800. There are
between eight and ten assistants. wh6
are paid 81 200 to S1,s00 for their ser
vices to their country.
In all. there are something like "
Jobs i'm the House folding-room. Thes
employees fold and send out IN
speeches OF the individual Congress
men. The superintendent OF the foid
ing corps gets S2.500 year, and tn
, others get from 5000 TO $4,000.
At present there are ten cloakrool
attendants, who get about $1,000
year each, aud there are twice tn
many pages, who are on the rolls
SIS a month during sessions. Thl
q do not get paid all the year as do q
] other House employees.
This list OF House employees does NJ
, include the very highly paid commi
, tee secreta -yships to be hand'
: around the future Democratic major
= ty. The clerk Of the Committee q
4 Ways and Means, for instance, get
d 5000 a year and has two assistants
one at $4,000 and one at $1,000.
There are two-score more committe
secretaryships and twice two-scor
committee clerkships and messenger
ships They all pay good salaries, am
all are TO be filled by the victoriou
majority.