The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-04
DEMOCRATS FIND OUT HOW
TO GET MILK IN COCOANUT

There is covert threat that the Ques.
lion Of nepotism In the various de
purtments In Washington Is e. be sky
lined Busyhodies are always trying
to stir up trouble against 'hc Demo
cratic party. Is not the Democratic
purty-in It's platform bitterly and
unullerably opposed to neputism? At
the very moment that Democracy is
relaxing In the comforts Of office, II
nIpOtic list has been compiled tO
plague and mortIfy its yirtuous de.
Tenders and to drive the ranking
hurbs into the breasts Of disappont
ed office seekers who happened not to
be- liufulk
A son Of Secretary McAdoo is em.
plOyed In the bureau Of corporations,
and another In the Interstate com.
merCe commission Secretary Bryan
has son In the department Of justice
Secretary Daniels has brother In
Minnesota IN the employ Of the depart.
ment Of Justice.
Speaker Clarks son. Bennett CLARK.
is parliamentary clerk IN the house
Mt salary of $4,000 a year 1t may
be- remembered that for two years the
conscience Of Speaker Clark would
not permit his using an automobile
which congress had placed NJ his dis.
lOsnl without cost ~ the speaker.
Senator Hoke Smith OF Georgia has
u son, Ralph Smith, who holds II not
difficult job Of iudexer' job
which he probably would not have Sc
cured had his father not held Il strnt-
egic position In the senate Coming "A
little farther north we find that
Harry j. Oycrmnu, brother Of Sena.
tor OvermHu uf North Carolina, IL
listed ~ "filr clerk" aud receives
u salary NJ $500 Last fall Senator
Oyermnn extended his influence and
Increased the revenue, of his lmmedi.
ate family by securing for his daugh.
ter Kathryn ONrumnu the position Of
/ messenger to the committee uf
which he is chairman namely, the
committee uu rules Az has been point
|rd uul m the public prints before, mes
I,rugcr, of committees have duties
(which are not generally considered Au
fall within wuman's sphere In cases
'uf this sort, however, IL Is often the
practice for the incumbeuts TO refrain
from amy labor beyond that Of draw.
Ing the semi monthly pay check.
In the document room of the senate
.a hrutherln.law Of Senator Kern Oi
Indiana sometimes called floor leader
M the senate, possesses modest job
The brother lnlaw's name IL Cooper
Senator Gore of Oklahoma, a staunch
Democrat aud alleged radical, has d
wife and brother OH the senate pay
roll His wife, Caroline y. Gore. 1,
messenger to the committee ON agricul
ture aud forestry Of which German /,
chairman; while Dixie Gore, broth
sr is clerk Of the committee. Jobs Of
this kind pay from 1000 10 $500 4
year.
Senator Martin Of Virginia, chair
man OF the committee ON approprla
tions. employs his brother, Leslie II
Martin ~ assistant clerk to that com
mittec. Senator NOrdaman Of Anssis
slppl, chairman " the committee OI
cOnservntIon Of national resources, ha,
given employment to his son, James X
vardaman Jr., who draws n salary NJ
assistant clerk Smith g. Thornton
son Of Senator Thornton Of Louisiana
! is clerk Of the senate committee oI
fisheries, " which his father Is chair
man 4 not too oursory examination
Of the rolls dlscloses that g. II. Cham
berlain, Jr is down ~ n messenger 4
the senate committee on military nj
fairs The chairman OF this commit
tee Is G u Chamberlain. Sro Of Ores
on Aaron r. Shlvely Il assistan
clerk Of the senate committee on per
sions The chairman of this commit
tee h benjamin + Shlvely senate
from Indiana One more example O
this same kind of relationship
found IN the case " William 7
Thompson messenger 10 the senat
committee on expenditures IN the d,
purtment Of justice The chalrma
of this committee ls Senator Willial
II Thompson Of Kansas.
Representative johnson nf Sout
Carolina has provided for hls famil
fairly well. one Of his sons has IL