Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-08
WARES MAY GET
MORE STATE JOBS
Senate and House Commit.
tees OH Patronage Will
Meet Next Week
HOPE IN PLAN
Announcements Likely Soon
After Legislature Resumes
Sessions January 20

The Senate steering committee and
the House slate committee. the two
bodies which will dole out the patron
age of the Legislature. are scheduled
to meet at the Republican State head
quarters next week.
No late has been fixed. but the meet
ing will probably be either Tuesday or
OF Uniontown, chairman OF the Senate
committee, and Representative william
McCaig. of Pittsburgh, chairman Of the
House committee, will issue the ca. for
the meeting.
Two years ago the House slate com
mittee did not meet. A coterie of lead
ers from all parts of the state met
with Representative James l.. Wood
ward. the then chairman. and parcelled
out the jobs. y
Ware Men Got Little
Ware men got but little of the legisla-
tive patronage, and not one of the men
who voted for Edwin r. Cox. the Ware
Brumbaugh candidate for Speaker. was
recognized by appointment as chairman
OF a committee.
With Senator Ware as the Philadel-
phia representative on the Senate steer
ing committee and five of the six mem
bers Of the House slate committee from
the city the Ware forces have hopes of
"A fair share of recognition this time.
Legislative employees in the House
number 100. These include eight tran
| scribing clerks. ten stenographers. a
sergeant-at-arms and seventeen assist
ants. four official reporters. five expert
typewriters. a superintendent and eight
pastors and folders. four j%anitors and
nineteen pages.
In the Senate there are ninety-three
employees who are appointed similarly
to those in the House. In addition GER
tain committees In both branches have
secretaries to take care of their work.
The highest paid employees are the
chief clerks, who draw down salaries of
$4,000 a pear. There are two such clerks
in the House and two in the n Va
rious salaries are attached to the other
jobs.
Paid For Entire session
Per diem employees get paid for the
entire session. receiving pay for every
day from the date of the opening until
the close.
The general harmony program which
marked the opening of the Legislature
also is expected to helm them in get
ting "A division of the spoils. 1t is likely
that the Philadelphia delegation will hold
a meeting prior to the gathering of the
PATRONAGE committees and decide upon
lust what they will ask for.
While the harmony program is ex-
pected TO help the Ware forces here, il
will operate against the upstate units
of the organization. When there Is har.
mony the number of people to be cared
for is always greater.
Two years ago, when the faction:
were at each others throats, the pa
tronage of the House was distributed
among a little more than 100 members
In his session there ere 1874 Republican
members of tht House all united in theii
support of the Administration.
To appease the entire group in the
distribution of patronage is going to
take some diplomacy on the part OF
those who hand out the loaves ant
fishes.
The announcement of the legislative
Mace holders will likely be made shortly
after the Legislature resumes its ses
sions Monday night. January. 20. Both
branches adjourned until that time out
of respect to the memory of Colonel
Roosevelt,