Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-23
PATRONAGE FOR DEMOCRATS
Il Amounts to Over Miiiior
Dollars q Year
II Extra Session Is Called. Distrtbu,
ton of Piums VIII Begtn In
March, Instead OF Next De-
cember.

A Washington correspondent OF the
Brooklyn Eagle says: Tho Democratic
party Will come into tho possession O.
patronage to the value Of s7A, 225 u ar.
nually. whenever tho sizty-second Con
gress convenes. whether next Decemher.
In regular session. or previous to tina.
time at tho call OF President Taft in or.
ira session
That IS ono OF the reasons there "a
SUCH vehement protest against the idea
or the President calling an extra session
next month. II an extra session Is no.
called the republican place-holders will
continue their connection with the pay
roll until next DecemOe--a full three
quarters OF year
The patronage that the democrats vil,
inherit when they move VI TO the pie
| counter I'm reality amounts to over q
| million dollars year. as the salaries
OF tho private secretaries Of :he mem
bers may be added TO the S744.235 ALREADY
mentioned, and there arc 227 OF these
secretaries
In addition 70 tho secretaries .here ara
| 57s employees Of the House THIS patron
| age Is distributed by the speaker, tho
sergeant alarms, tho clerk, the door
Keeper, the postmaster and the chairman
or the several com mitteee Champ Clark
| who viii succsed Speaker Cannon, will
nave the appointment OF eighteen en-
ployes. whose salaries aggregate SsSs4o.
| The clerk Of the House-and IL Is prac-
t;caliJ settled that former Congressman
South rrimble, OF Kentucky. will Lane
that iOo--w'll have seventy-Ave appoint.
| ees. WHO will draw total OF s3S3, 800 ia
| salaries each year
| The patronage OF the sergesnt-at-arrn1
amounts to 1885 annually. divided
| among siXty-four employees. Former Con.
! gresham Ryan. OF Buffalo. is generally
| picked as tho winner OF this prize, al.
| though Stokes Jackson, chairman OF tho
Indiana democratic state committee. Is
making a hard fight for the place
Joe Slnnott. Of Virginia. who will he
the doorkeeper OF the next House viii
nave the appointment of I'll employees
not including special minority messen =
gers and messengers on the soldiers
roll Their salaries viii aggregate 9ns e.
9O5 e annually.
The postmaster Of the House will have
thirty employees under him. with ANNA
salaries amounting 10 t2s7 while the
slice OF patronage that Will 20 to the
superintendent Of 'he Capitol building
and grounds Will amount TO 34s64o a.
vided among forty one employees
| There are thirty nine committee clarka
twenty -three assistant clerks, twenty
three session clerks. three official com
mittee stenographers and forty seven
ianitors and messengers to committees
Their salaries will amount TO 1925
Bes des his secretary. whose salary Is
$500 the speaker has the appointment
Of pariiam en- arian at 81. SO; a mess~n-
ger at sl.iiO. six official reporters II
the proceedings of the House at $500
each an assistant reporter at $500 an
assistant s:enographe- TO committee n,
$1,000, and several jobs ot minor import
anCe
The clerk OF the House has the ap-
pointrnert Of n chief clerk Al "a. 5G1. q
journal clerk o. 1900 two readinE
clerks AZ 5000 each, and q number az
other employees whose salaries rsnes
from S2I-y0 70 $500.
The sergeant AT arms names aRs3st-
ant at $3.50 = cashier AZ 81 400, nnsr-
cia clerk AZ t2,700, The clerk and the
sergeant at-arms both draw salaries N
$500 themselves. The doorkeepers sal.
airy is 5000, and the best job under him
is that OF assistant at $500 The pos,
: master draws 1900 Il year.
The chairman Of the more importau
committees of thee Honse will have ~,
distribution Of from ShoO to 800 r.
annual patronage