Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-27
AK WILL DESCEND
House Resolution Does Away
With Many Jobs.
SAVING WILL BE $92, ,280
Reduction in Size of Capitol Police
Force Proposed, But Senate
Must Approve This.

To demonstrate that the democrats Of
the House Of Representatives intend to
make good their promise to make a big
reduction In the annual expense of run
ming the body Representative Floyd Of
Arkansas, member OF the unofficial
committee on patronage" today intro
duced two resolutions to put the plan
agreed upon by the democratic caucus
into effect This Is the first step In the
economy program OF the majority.
The police force Of the Capitol gets the
hardest Jolt One of the Floyd resolutions
provides for reduction of the force by
one lieutenant at $1.2O a year and thirty
four prirates at $1.ON year each. a
total cut Of thirty-flve jobs and *38 300
annually under this head alone. This
resolution, however, must Re approved by
the Senate before 1t can become effective,
as the police force Of the Capitol Is under
the Joint control Of the two houses Of
Congress.
But the other resolution deals with
House jobs exclusively. and undoubtedly
Will be passed and lsut into effect at an
early date. This resolution effects a re-
duction OF Jobs aggregating So. 80 annu-
the HoNse has created new positions to
cost about $1,000 year, so that the net
saving on House positions will be SS2, 2sO.
and the total. including the police force,
$11e,16O
The Jobs abolished by the resolutions
are as follows:
The Places to Be Abandoned.
Stenographers to committees. assistant
5000; janitor, $40: janitor for rooms Of
official reporters of debate, $500: off1ce Of
the clerk, assistant journal clerk, $3.50;
index clerk, &. 500; assistant index clerk,
81. 100; stenographer to journal clerk, $3.50;
1anitor for index room and police deten-
ton room, $40; tanitor in journal clerk 8
room, $780, printing and bill clerks, Sz,7UO;
notification clerk. 81 800; distributing clerk,
$2.250; document and bill clerk, So 100;
resolution and petition clerk, 81, 600; printing
and document clerk, $4,000; assistant
enrolling clerk, s1,sO0; assistant print
ing and bill clerk, $1,000; document
clerk, $1,9U; superintendent clerks,
document room. $1,000; special employee
IN clerks document room. $3.50; as
sfstant in document room, $3.50; tele-
graph operator, $1,4O0; assistant tele-
graph operator, $1,400; messenger in
disbursing office, s1,1oo; one clerk,
of bathroom, 81, 400; laborer in bath
room, 5000: janitor, S840; janitor in
House library, $500; janitor in file
room, $500; assistant in clerks Office
81 600; assistant stationery clerk $500
Office of sergeant at arms-Clerk in
charge OF pairs. 1900; assistant book
keeper. 81 200.
SPolice force, House office building
Captain, $1,000; lieutenant, $1,000; five
privates $1,O5O EACH
Of1ce of the doorkeeper-Clerk to
doorkeeper. $1,000; assistant doorkeep-
er, 1850; two attendants in old library
space, $1,000 each; chief clerk. 50 600;
clerk, 81 600: assistant foreman. 81 200;
second assistant foreman, $1,000; two
sengers. 81 ,1S0 each; six laborers, $72O
each: skilled laborer, $500; laborers in
lavatory, $40.
All these positions are declared to be
vacant on and after May ], 1911.