New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-22
ASSEMBLY TO OlSI
TAMMANY HEElE,
Two State Departures,
Filled to Brim with Them
To Be Abolished.
N Teleeranh 10 IA. e.. ,


Albany Jan. 2l-Abolish tuo a..
partments' discharge all state .uvr.
whose only work consis, in drs.,,, =
salaries and cut down salaries rA..
oficeholder Is drawing NOR. NOM. -
he should have, merely bec,u,. 40.
political backing. IS part o. ,hs ,o,,.-
retrenchment that the Republle,n
bers Of the Assembly adopted 49,
They propose TO do this by cut,Ir, A..
the appropriations.
The two departments slated
the Department Of Efficiency ana p
omy and the Fire Marshars Deoa-,-..
both filed 10 the brim with rsrn.
ward politicians and heelers f,or !.
parts OF the state. The latter casts.
state $4,000. and the former. ,s,A !.
headed by John II. Delaney. sp.nd, -
600.
The Fire Marshars Department M
established by Governor Dix IN 1911 .:
John +. Ahearn, Tammany dx,-
leader, was appointed Fire Marshal :.
Immediately filed all the Fat FOB, ~
loyal friends OF Charles =. Murphy. a.
ger established the Department o, =.
cheney and Economy. which the R.cs.
cans say is anything but eficl.n, r.,
economical
To cary out their plan, which VII n,
Governor Glynn an opportunity 10 ~,
his sincerity In his economy program,
the Republicans directed the Aw,r,,
Ways and Means COMMITTEES to-day "a
vestigate all state departments and ssr
the exact amount needed TO run each 4, |
partment this year.
This is the first time in the his,or = |
the Legislature that the Ways and uss, |
Committee has done this. In past ia,
It was also dependent on the State c.
troller for its information.
Every position that is found to b I,
sinecure, said Assemblymau MscDs,f
chairman Of the Ways and Means O.
mittee. will be abolished. Wherevrn
find that man is paid more moneys
he is earning. We will provide for tse.
ting down of his salary in the sppDss
ton bill. Our motto shall be: 'Dolls B
dollar for service rendered
All departments will be hit hard ss
none harder than the Controllers VIZ
under William Sohmer. a follower 2
Charles f. Murphy. who wen, in n,
Dix, has been filled with Temmany y
ticians. Sohmers record as Ccnros
has been one long series Of salary ns'
and creations OF new Jobs. rhi: pir
has been followed I'm almost every dsssr.
ment, with the result that the ri1.
appropriation OF 1918 was H,7yM n
increase of more than sll,coo.o oysrri
Harold ]. Human. the majority lests
In an interview with the Tribune or
spondent to-day. said that the only er's
FOR the existence of the Deparime'i
Efficiency and Economy and the y
Marshsls Department was TO maze g.
jobs for Tammany Hall henchmeh
Thousands OF dollars will he cut hr |
the appropriation for the Conss'vin
Commission. another Dix creation y
headed by three slo.co-a-year commirs
ers and numerous high salaried alicfss
and deputies.
Tho law provides that departmsn1s
propriatlons shall originate IN the AsS
bly, Ways and Means Committee va
makes up the annual appropristlo'
The only thing the Senate can 90 y
amend the bill. The Senate, which 30
under Tammany's control. may ooea
the Republican Assembly's pruning W.
ing IN a deadlock Should TINS nv
Governor Glynn will then be csiiea =
70 choose between the Tammsny -
which will find the eliminating o.
many Jobs a bitter pill, and the H1s.
can Assembly, which Is endeaVof"
help along his economy plan.