Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-06

son Campaign, at one time had three
memter of his family on the pay
rolls. Secretary Redfield, appointed
U. Grant Smith, his private secretary.
Smith had one son on the pay roll as
a House page, and his son-inlaw is
special agent of the Departm ut of
Commerce.
In the H use of Representatives :
Speaker Clark S son is the parlimen-
tary clerk at 81 700 per annur. He is
not yet thirty and was given this job
by the Democratic House majority
Def re g had fiji ished lis law SIT dies.
Numerous Demot ratio Senators have
taken good care of their ''poor kin"
with fat jobs on the Government pay
roll. Sena or Overman, of North
Carolina, has his son in $500 posi-
ton and daughter holds $14C0 job.
A brother i'm law of Senator Kern of
Indiana has good place in the Senate
document room. The wife and brother
of Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, are on
the Senate pay roll. Senator Martin,
of Virginia, has brother as assistant
clerk to his committee. Senator
Vardaman, of Mississippi, has his son
clerk to his committee. Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, has his son
a messenger in his committee. The
son-in-law of Senator Lane, of Oregon.
acts as his father-in-law private
secretary. The son of Senator Till
man, of South Carolina, is the clerk
in his fahter's committee. Another
son is on the Alaska Railroad Com
mission. Senator Thompson, of Kan
sas, has his son on the p. yroll. A
cousin of Senator Salisbury, of Del
aware, was given good job on the
Trade Commission. Senator O'Gor-
man, of NewYork, landed the job of
collector of the Port of New York,
, for his son-in-law, Dudley Field Ma
) lone. The nephew of Senator Robin
SOL is a senate doorkeeper.
The most glazing examples of nepo-
tism are found in the House, and more
5 ''poor relations" have been taken
D care of in the House than in the SEN
< ate, smpy because there are more
n Representatives than there are SEN
n ators. Take Illinois for example.
o Tavennsr's sister-inlaw is his stem
< ographer. Stones brother is clerk
q in the House document room. Sa-
3 bath rs nephew is also in the document
O room. Indiana democrats have not
O overlooked appointing members of
% their families to good places. Gray's
20 sister is his secretary, Cullop's step
x son is his secretary, Morrison's son is
q his secretary.
g Representative Pou of North Caro-
% lima, for time had his son on the
q pay roll s the clerk of the committe
IL on claims, drawing $500 per annum.
"a Young Pou at this time was a student
N in the University of North Carolina.
* Representative johnson, of South Car
= DINA, got one of his sons in the POST
re office Department al d another a Hou e
y job. A nephew was made clerk to a
re House committee and the representa-
r, tive's campaign manager was made a
IS Capital policeman. Representa- We
j. Finley, of South Carolinas, has his
y is clerk on the House roll. Repre-
e sentative Aiken, of South Carolina,
2, employs his son as his secretary; his
l. nephew is in the Sargent at arms
= office. Representative Clark, of
Or Florida, has two relatives on his Com
re mite and got door keepers job for
r. his brother. The son of Representa-
i've Padgett is the assistant clerk of
vi his fathers committee. The son of
lg Representative Burnett is clerk of his
fathers committee. The son OF
IN Representative Carlin though stud.
to ent ir Georgetown University, is a
or clerk to the Committee on Roads.
at Representative Lloyd of, Missouri,
o. has brother in the Committee or
r Accounts, and his brother in-law is
an assistant doorkeeper in the House
g At one time Lloyd had five member:
IN of his family on the pay roll. Rep.
er resentative Watkins, has his son al
n clerk to a committee. Representa-
tive Gambler has his son-in- law as hi.
secretary. Representative Alexander
or of Missouri, has his son as his secre
ne tary and so has Representative Hardy
Nv of Texas. The son of Representativ,
Sparkman is clerk to his father!
committee, and the brother of Repre-
ne sentative Fields is his secretary
OF The father of Representative Barkle,
is one of the House doorkeepers
This list might be extended at grea,
length for there are scores of poo
relatives" of Senators and Represen
tatives, drawing good salaries OF
;, government payrolls. On August
the Chicago Daily Tribune publ ,hec
70 partial list of the examples of n,p
=" otism described in this story. n,