The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-18
ALREADY AFTER THE PLJMS.
Scramble Begins for Offices Under
Democrats-Many Employees to
Feel Effect of Changed P0-
Iitical Condition.
News and Courier.

! which Will be COntTOlleQ Dy lne O6lu-
ocrats, has already begun and every
where the campaign for capturing the
pluns that are expected to be parceled
out by the Democrats has assumed an
interesting aspect. Although the
Democratic house will not take pos
session of the situation until Decem-
! Der, 1911, there are many employees
around the capitol who will feel the
! effects of the recent election when the
present session Of congress opens on
March 4, next.
| There are four excellent positions
which will be in the gift Of the Demo
crats-clerk of the house, sergeant
alarms, doorkeeper, and postmaster,
each with an attractive salary attach
! ed. The present clerk, Major McDow-
! ell, has already begun to pack bag and
baggage preparatory to leaving the
! capital next spring, and likewise Ser
! geant-at-Arms Henry Casson, Door
Keeper Lyon, and Postmaster Samuel
A. Langum, are already on the move.
There are four big places around
! the house end of the capitol, although
there are many other incidental posi-
! tions Of one kind and another. There
must be appointed a secretary to the
speakeTA which place is now held
by L. White Busby, chaplain, super
intendent of the document rooms, Ii
brarian, and superintendent of the
folding room.
Minor Appointments.
When a new sergeant-at-arms is
named to succeed Mr.. Casson be will
have very large number of appoint
ments to make in his department. All
the messengers, majority and minor
ity employees, deputies, laborers and
others will come under his jurisdic-
ton.
Dorkeeper Lyon, likewise, will have
many good places to distribute, in
cluding number Of special employees
and messengers.
The big scramble, however, is COM
ing over the smaller places, and al
ready it is apparent that there will be
hundreds Of applicants for the secre-
taryships of the various committees
Of the house, after the big places have
been filled. There are sixty-one COM
mittees, and each must not only have
a clerk, messenger and assistants,
but frequently special employees are
placed on the rolls for one reason or
another. =.
There will also be special officers,
policemen, janitors, messengers, etc.,
to be named for service in the house
office building, where the members of
the house are quartered in Washing
ton.
The only aVowed candidate to show
himself yet for any Of the larger
places is Representative Livingstone,
OF Georgia, who, even before the Dem
ocTats were assured Of control of the
house, began systematic canvass of
the situation with view to pulling in
the desired plum. He is working with
his colleagues in the hope Of secur-
ing their endorsement when the first
caucus is held next fall. It is under
stood, however, that many others are
on their way to Washington for the
purpose of placing their candidacy
before the members of congress and
that they will get in some effective
work when the session begins early
next month.
Embarrassment for Clark?
The result in the East Tuesday,
when so many new Democrats were
elected, will make what is considered
an embarrassing situation for Champ
Clark if he is elected speaker. 1t is
recognized that in distribution
among the Democratic family most
Of the good places would go where
the Democratic votes come from the
South Mr.. Clark will have to take
care of the places that have added so
many to his party. The East and
some sections, of the West will claim
recognition just as much as the South,
and it will be up to him to make the
division of places on fair and equi-
table basis.
The legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill passed by con-
gress at each session makes liberal
provision for the payment of the sal
aries of all employees, from the high
est to the lowest; in fact this is gen.
orally one of the most liberal of all
appropriation bills passed.
Not all of the present employees
will be removed when the Democrats
get hold of the house machinery, some