New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
5000 nice PLUMS
IN HUGO ORCHARD
Secretary of State Has
Gift of All 1915
Census Jobs.
AND NE'ER A ONE is
TO GO TO TAMMANY!
Parker and Taft Are Appointed
Deputies-ContrOller Also
Fills Some Offices.

Six thousand jobs; possibly a few
more! How the faithful among the
rank and file Of the Republican organi-
zation will rejoice when they learn that
Francis NJ. Hugo, the new Secretary OF
State, will have that amount Of patron
age to give out
What an oversight IL was for the
Democrats to lose this year! For it is
only every ten years that such plum
orchard is opened for the delectation
Of those who enjoy that brand Of fruit.
Nothing was said about this in the
campaign Perhaps if it had been
known the Democrats would have
worked little harder. Who knows ?
But not to keep in suspense any
longer those who have already staked
out one of these 5000 jobs, the places
are in connection with the enumera-
ton of the population Of the state.
There is law providing that this shall
be done every ten years, half way be
tween the censuses taken by the federal
government.
II is provided that the census shall
be taken in the months of April and
May. So Secretary of State Hugo will
not begin to worry with applications
for places as enumerators quite yet.
According to the law. there shall be
one enumerator for every election dis
trict in the state, except that in this
city there shall be at least one for
every square block. There are 6,710
election districts in che state, and the
additional enumerators for blocks will
bring the total well up to 5000, IL is
figured.
In addition, the Secretary Of State
has to appoint supervisor OF the
census for each county, sixty-two in
all, and each of whom will get $40 a
day.
1t will be necessary to build up a
temporary staff in the Office Of the Sec
rotary of State to tabulate the work.
The size of this staff is left largely
to his discretion.
This patronage will go to Republi-.
cans. 1t IL hardly a violation of conf
dence to say this. But Secretary-elect
Hugo is determined to have only eff
ficient men, and none others will be
considered for appointment. lie real
ICES that it is important TO get men
who will actually do their work faith
fully and not fill out their books in
the store on the corner.
Nothing will be overlooked TO make
this census the best that has ever been
taken in this state. Mr. Hugo has no
doubt that he will be able to find 5000
faithful and efficient men in the ranks
of the Republican organization.
The population of the State OF New
York, according TO the 1910 census,
taken by the federal government, was
e,113,614. The total showed an IN
crease of 25 per cent over the 1900 iig-
ures.
II will be on the basis of this census
Of next year that the reapportionment
of Senate and Assembly districts will
be made. The Senate districts were
laid out by the constitutional conven-
ton of 1894, which provided that the
decennial enumerations should begin
i'm 1905 and that the Legislature should
afte- each enumeration alter the Sen
ate and the Assembly districts so as to
provide for an equal number OF IN
habitants Excluding aliens) IN each
district of each class.
Secretary of State-elect Hugo had
long talk with State Chairman Tanner
at state headquarters yesterday after
noon. They were talking over the
thirty or more regular appointments I
that Mr.. Hugo has to make in his ONCE I
The only ones decided on are Addison I
b. Parker. of Jefferson, who IS TO be
first deputy, and Charles ". Tart, oil
Madison. who is to be second deputy.
From Samuel S. Koenig. president OF
the county committee, who has served
as Secretary of State, Mr.. Hugo got
much valuable information as 10 the /
conduct of the Office. =,
Chairman Tanner had a long talk 4
with Governor-elect Whitman and
Lieutenant Governor-elect Schoeneck 4
going over number OF
problems of the incoming administra-
ton.
The Governor-elect has about COM
pleted his first message to the Legs
lature. II will be brief, as he intends
to follow, it up with special messages
on particular topics.
Five appointments were announced
by Controller-elect Travis yesterday.
They are John H. Elliott, Albany cor
of "The Brooklyn Times"
as corporation tax commissioner, at
s a 900: John J. Scully transfer tax
examiner, at $4,000; Frank Hallenbeck,
transfer tax examiner, at the same sal
ary; Frederick Goodwin, cashier in the
secured debts bureau, at $1,000, and
Peter B. Scanlon, an examiner Of court
trust funds. at $40 day. l.