Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-24
ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY
Senate Has Few More Employees, but
the Work is Running Smoothly
All Along the Line.
GRACE TELLS ABOUT THE PLANS
CFrom a staff corrcspondent.)

LINCOLN. Jan. Especial. THAT ef-
ficiency is being sacrificed in the interests
OF economy In one branch OF the legis-
lature IL shown by tho first two weeks
record. as shown by the books in tho
house. and compared with a similar period
In the senate.
The senate In the first two weeks had
on the pay roll forty-three employees.
although but fifteen were at work the
first week. on the other hand. the house
has had on its pay roll for the some
period, seventeen employees.
Books OF tho senate show that the
forty-threo employees have cost the state
for the two weeks ending January II. Ssi3.
what House spent.
The house employees, numbering seven
teen. cost tho state 1851 for the same
period with an allowance for overtime OF
tis5.53. making n total cost Of S646.53
The bookkeeper estimates that S35 TO SO
win cover the senate overtime Taking
the higher amount for II the first two
weeks work OF the senate cost for forty
three employees, tS93. In the house seven
ten employees cost the state for the same
time, tGiG. difference in cost Of $247
Asto Efficiency.
This gives the economy side OF the
ledger the better side Of the argument,
but It's efficiency side follows:
! Today there has been printed and de-
lvercd TO the house bill room bills num-
bered up to "a OF the 196 introduced
in the house. OF these %, there are sew
eral missing, the files showing 20 which
have not ben delivered among them
those as early as Nos. 3. 8. 10, 1s 10. 20
and o. This shows that but "A OF tho
bills. or about one-half. have not APP
pearcd.
In the senate there are 70 bills in the
bill room without break in the number
out OF the l06 introduced. apparently
showing greater efficiency in the senate
end OF the legislature than in the house
| what Grace Thinks.
In the words OF Senator Grace, chair
man OF tho committee on employees IN the
senate, II believe that economy ceases
TO be economy when efficiency suffers
I live In farming community. but
believe the farmers are not so interested
in how cheap the legislature can be rur
as TO what the Legislature does alons
effective legislation. They want to SO,
things accomplished and are willing Il
pay for IT, / shall not be afraid TO e
back TO my people with the record W.
have made so far. We have cut dowI
the list OF employees from seventy-one I,
a little over forty. That is. enough as
starter. believe in dividing up tn,
women we may have TO spend among
number rather than giving IL all to jus
a few.
shouts at Economy.
Those fellows over in the house VIII
havebeen shouting economy and criticlz
ing us, have been unable to get thei
work done, but they were not abov
coming over here and using our stenog
! raphers until i discovered the fact an
} told them we hired our Help and neede
them, and II they wanted someone owe
: there to do their work. to go and hir
; them as the senate did"
During the second two weeks the en-
d pioyes Of the house have been increase
10 twenty-six. two Of them being stenoe
raphers for the use OF 100 members. Owe
In the senate there are eleven stenos
raphers, counting the engrosSing rooI
employees. and they appear to have plent
TO do most of the time.