The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-11-25
APPETITE SIXTEEN
YEARS WHETTED
Democratic Landslide at Polls
Brings Following Slide Of
Job Chasers.

WASHINGTON, November l4.-With
the battlefield Of the recent elections
still uneleared here and there. the fate
Of nominee being in doubt, the great
horde of Democrats suffering from the
political hunger of sixteen years has
already begun the ce-huuting descent
on the Capital. City. From the North,
East, South and West they ase coming,
but particularly from the South. The
mail Of every Democratic congressman
in town brings a dozen or so requests
for positions. Although Champ Clark
of Missouri arrived here only yesterday,
he has already been besieged,
Patriots Seek Reward.
Democrats, who for sixteen years
have been working day in and day out
for the success of their party, now feel
that the time has come for them to be
rewarded. Each feels that he is entitled
to precedence over all others. They are
meeting in Pennsylvania avenue, and
after the first shock of surprise are fall
ing into each others arms.
1t will have been sixteen years next
March since the Democrats have had a
taste of the tleshpots of public life.
More than 100000 annually is repre-
scented in the patronage prizes which
they have won by the capture of the
house. The last legislative appropria-
tion bill carried an aggregate of 1897,
900, exclusive of the salaries of clerks
to members, to pay the salaries of the
two hundred employees of the house. To
this amount should be added an amount
in excess of $4,000 which went for
extraordinary service and special en-
ployes, thus bringing the total sum up
to more than 100000. All of this
amount, with the exception of few
thousand dollars represented in the pay
of half.dozen minority employees, went
to the Republicans. Now the Demo
Gratis are to have their inning,
With the exception of the six re-
porters for debates, who are experts in
their profession and whose places are
never disturbed by change in the
control of the house, and possibly the
chaplaincy, the Democrats unquestiou-
ably will make clean sweep of the
entire company of Republican employees
and replace them with Democrats. 1t
can not be said that the Democrats are
looking forward to the joy of dis
tributing patronage with any great
pleasure. To make 200 places accom-
MEDIATE $1,000 or 10000 aspirants is
a task worthy of the ingenuity of Solo
mon
Relatives Galore.
The Democrats can find only one
solace in the dilemma that eonfronts
them. They say it is comforting to
know that after all they have more
relatives and friends than they ever
dreamed they had. AS one Democrat
representative put it, 81 used to wan
der along Pennsylvania avenue feel
ing sort of mean and down in the
mouth. l used to hear women cry out
to their children: Hi, Johnny, look
quick, there goes Democrat When
passed the treasury building /
walked sideways and very cautiously.
was afraid it would take offense at
me and slap me in the mouth. When
Republican passed felt like bunch
of matinee girls at the stage door
waiting for the leading man to come
out. Nobody loves a Democrat /
thought and / was very lonesome. I
had not friend or relative in the
world. Now, / have enough relatives
to carry Pennsylvania for the Demo
Gratis. If | took all my relatives over
the Republicans would not have a
chance. Every third man 1 meet is a
relative of mine. Everybody knows
me and bows to me. The waiter at
my hotel for the first time in sixteen
years acted as if he did not wholly.
despise me, in fact, once caught him
smiling Mt me quite pleasantly. And
as | crossed the street this morning,
an automobile actually slowed up to
let me pass. If / were coiored
prizefghter | couldn't be paid greater
honor than has been paid me since
the little affair of last Tuesday,