Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-29
DEMOCRATS HIT UPON NOVEL
METHOD OF PEDpLiNo OUT
JOBS TO HUNGRY.
PAPER SLIPS INDICATE
WHAT EACH HAS COMING
Two Little Jobs Frequently Traded
For Ono Big ons-Tammany Came
Near Getting Corner on Outstanding
certiiioatss-Horse Trading Methods
in Dealing Out Patronage.
Especial correspondence

! washing ton, April 29.-"I say, old
man, have you got a $500 certificate
/, you don't need?"
Sure thing! I'll turn it over to you
on condition that at the next session
you give me 5000 certificate"
! you're on. This will just tide me
over in fine shape"
| Sounds just like high finance. doesn''
it? Well.ft isn't. Its just new way
Of handling the patronage of the house
of representatives Men who were for
merly in the banking business, real es-
! tate, or horse trading and who are no"
members Of the house are beginning 70
| feel at home. Already an effort Is being
made to corner the certificate market
| and as might be expected, the finaa-
ciers engaged in cornering the mar
ket are the New Workers. Here Is the
story Of the patronage certificates.
Patronage Certificates.
When the democratic committee on
organization got together to distribute
the patronage of the house 1t was dis
covered that it would be impossible to
place good job at the disposal OF each
member There are patronage Jobs at
the capitol ranging all the way from
81, 900 down to $500 and $500 Each
member on the democratic side is en-
titled to about $1,500 worth of patron
age. Obviously it was impossible to
give each member a job calling Tor
exactly that amount Of salary. For in
stance each member has on his desk
list Of the jobs at the disposal OF the
committee on organization. The caucus
limitation prevents one member from
taking the $4,000 job or anything above
$500. There is a limit to the number
of good jobs to be passed out and there
fore many of them pay less than $1,000.
AS a result of this condition the COM
mittee on organization hit upon the
scheme of giving what has come to be
known on the inside as drawback
certicCc-
.Eor-e -, 81. -
For instance = y -rrs.e~., - -n5er
decides that he would rather place q
constituent in $1,000 job than to in
suit two Of his constituents by offering
them $500 jobs he is given the right 20
name the man for the $1,000 job. in ad-
dition to which ne is given certifi-
cate showing that he is still entitled to
$500 worth Of patronage. Obviously
$500 worth Of patronage is worthless,
or rather would be worthless OF the
shrewd New Workers hadn't shown
their fellow members how to deal in
congressional patronage certificates.
Tammany Makes Demands.
Word came down from Tammany
hall not very long ago that some faith
full inhabitants Of the wigwam must be
taken care Of. The Jobs, Of course,
must be good ones. Now $1,000 is not
an attractive proposition to men whom
Boss Murphy intends to reward, or to
| men who are expected to spend bit
Of money now and then IN prom oting
the cause. Hence there was a council
at which some bright mind evolved the
scheme Of pooling the certificates hand
ed out by the committee on organiza-
ton. BY the time dozen Of the Tam
! manyites had pooled they had enough
to 90 to the front and demand one of
the best jobs in the house. The COM
mittee on organization had nothing to
do but promise the Job and in a few
days, it is said Boss Murphy will call
in one of his faithful followers and
permit him to go to Washington as a
special mark Of favor.
Pie Corner Broken.
This scheme Of actually making use
unlocked for by the organization, was
too good to keep. Soon after the Tam
manyites completed their pool and
were in fair way to corner all the
good Jobs ON the market, other mem
bers in the house learned to have more
respect for their certificates. Soon
there was brisk trade in certificates.
The representatives from the far west
were the first victims. They had a lot
Of certificates which were perfectly
useless to them, inasmuch as it would
cost their constituents more to come to
Washington than the Job would pay.
The eastern members approached these
innocent representatives, pointed out
that a little bit Of $500 certificate was
useless and forthwith captured It, The
eastern member then continued his
journey about the house, picking up a
certificate here and there until he had
accumulated enough to entitle him to
a fine job 1t was quite some time be-
for the real value Of the certificates
got abroad. Now that their value is
generally know. members are driving
hard bargains and some Of them are