New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-24
r)emoCratiC Administration De-
voting Most of Its Time to
lacking" Up the Pay
of Officials.
FAT STIPEND FOR CARLISLE
Governor Has Bills Presented
Making Highway Commissioner
a $4,000 Job, Giving His
Secretary $4,000 and Or
dering Other Big Jumps.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]


Albany. April 23.-At Governor Sui
GERS request, Senator White. of
schenectady { Inty, introduced to-day
a bill lacking up" salaries and Great
Ing new jobs in the Highway Depart
ment. which recently was reorganized
under another Sulzer bill.
This new measure fixes the salary OF
the Highway Commissioner at $1,000
year. which is 5000 more than the
Governor thought the Commissioner
ought to have when he signed bill
creating that job about a month ago
II gives the secretary a salary of $40
600 a year. a big jump over anything
heretofore paid TO a secretary OF any
department of the state. The reason
for this is said to be that the Governor
intends to work his friend John A.
Hennessy into this place The bill also
provides for a consulting engineer at
$1,000 a year. The Governor gets
only $4,000 a year. and the judges Of
the Court of Appeals get $1,000.
Senator White asked that his bill
le advanced 10 the order of final
passage he was asked 30 explain the
measure and when the Senators heard
lis provisions there were gasps of ad-
miration at the Governors rate of
compensation. There were also shouts
of objection. and so the bill was not
advanced. IT was referred TO the
Finance Committee. which is consider
ing many Of the Governors nomina-
tons. including that of John y. Car
isle who is slated 10 draw the $1,000
as Highway Commissioner.
Too Much for Murtaugh.
Governor Sulzer handed this bill 20
Senator Murtaugh last night and asked
him 10 introduce it. The Senator
looked it over. II contained pro-
vision-not now in the bill-fOr fifty
Inspectors of highways at $1,000 a
year each.
q brought a reputation with re
when I came 10 the Legislature Muir
laugh told the Governor. land l want
10 take il home as good as when !
brought ii here l couldn't do it if l
introduced that bill.
Stung by this rebuke. the Governor
cut out the $4,000 for inspectors.
Senator White introduced another
Sulzer bill which gives 10 the state
Architect a salary of $1,000 year
and fixes his term at five years. II
gives to the secretary a yearly salary
Of $500, the sum the State Architect
now gets 1t provides for an auditor al
$500 a year, and for deputy archi-
tects at $4,000. $500 and $4,000 a
year Also. it provides for five in
spectors at 81, 800 year each.
The Senate passed this evening As
semblym Bushs bill giving an an
nual salary of IS 600 10 Major General
Organ The bill was denounced by
many Senators as a salary grab which
would throw the entire National Guard
into politics Senator Sage said DIT.
Bush told him ne had not pressed the
bill for that reason.
Fine Total for Organ.
q am told that General Organ is
now about forty-four years old" said
Senator Walters. IF that is the fact
the Senate is creating here the best JOB
New York State ever gave anybody. for
ne will serve until the retiring age,
sxty-four. and thus accumulate a nice
little total Of $4,000 from the state
treasury"
This bill looks TO me like job. said
Senator Brown. 1t is introduced
merely 10 create a fat place for
friend Major General Roe served for
years in this place and did the work as
well as anybody ever could, yet ne
didn't take q cent Of salary for it.
This is species Of favoritism which
will debauch the best traditions OF the
guard"
The bill was passed by vote of u