The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-23


Mr. HUI states that the revision Of I
the constitution is serious business and /
should be considered with plenty Of .
time. What he does not state is that /
103 Of the 329 proposals introduced .
were introduced by request" That .
means that the delegates who intro
duced the proposals handed to them
by every long haired man and short
haired woman" werc not willing to
take the responsibility for introducing
the proposals as their own. Yet these
men introduced 1O3 OF the proposals.
cluttcring up the records running UP
immense printing bills and causing
the committees to spend many hours
rejecting them. why didn't the dele
gates exercise a little care and 5udg-
ment I'm introducing proposals on every
conceivable subject undcr tho sun?
Mr.. HUI makes tho flat assertion
that therc is no small army OF dead
heads on tho pay roll" Let MS look
at the record again. We find that in
the secretary's office there is listed a
file clerk, an assistant file clerk, "a
reading clerk, n journal clerk. min
ute clerk, a financial clerk, an infor-
nation clerk. a library research clerk,
an assistant library research clerk,
two official stenographers. postmas-
ter. a sergeant-at-arms and an assist
ant sereeant-at-arms, n door keeper
and an assistant door keeper and
store keeper and bookkceper.
Have Six Janitors
In addition TO this each committee
Is provided with a secretary or stcnog-
rapher and forty-four Of the members,
other than committee chairmen. have
personal stenographers. There are
/ fifteen pages and messengers and six
janitors in addition TO the regular
force employed by the capitol COM
mission.
The pay roll for the two weeks end
ing July 16. totaled S9.175. Janitors
are paid at the rate Of SIP a month.
So are messengers. StenoCra pliers are
paid at the rate Of $3.50 a month. SO
are committee secretaries. Official
stenographers are paid at the rate Of
1920 a month and we understand that
two more have been added to the pay
roll at this rate Of pay
Does Mr.. Hull honestly believe II
takes a postmaster and an assistant
TO carry over to the convention each
; day the mail for eighty-three men? A
| So a week messenger boy does more Of
that kind of work for the average city
corporation.
| NcpOtism in HuIl's Case
We defy MIR. Hull to show that or
any one Of the 80 days he was pres
cnt out Of the total OF 1O2, that hal
OF the clerical force put in as much
as seven hours each. Yet Mr.. HUI
simply states there Is no small arm,
= Of dead heads"
3 Mr.. Hull is very much worked u,
because we mentioned that many o
the delegates have relatives on th
pay roll. The issue Of nepot,sm ha
$ been thrashed out many times in Mis-
? souri, and as a newspaper man III
Y Hull knows what the voters think o
Z It. He states that his son Is on III
!. pay roll, so we will not discuss ;ha
$ point, other than 20 state that II al
n ways has been our observation tha
n relatives OF public officials seldom d
I much Of the worl, for which they ar
. paid. It usually is customary in Mis-
souri, where nepotism is practioed, fo
s someone else to be employed 70 d
: tho work.
Is When We suggested that delegate
- be paid only for the days on whic
=. they work, he asks. DOCS n Carmc
d dock his help for each day or part {
O a day lie does not work."
/ Does Mr.. Hull believe there Is
& farmer in Missouri that would pay
y hand $40 q day and permit him t
LAY OFF, on "full pay" fifty days O,
n Of each 1Oo days?
n VIII Not Limit Debate
Us lie does not debate the suggestic
re OF the News to have the convontic
- meet at least six hours day and
response TO our suggestion that d
y bate be limited, he dismisses it wi
;, the statement that "the suggestion
puerilc." We repeat that hours
lie speeches, made by LAWYERS, to lay
on yers, are not going 70 change vote
a Why should the taxpayers pay m,
naat Ike Mr.. HUI at the rate Of $50 a d,
by when he is prosent--to SIT and Il
,is ten hours at a time to a lot Of lawye
OF debating a proposition on which eve
IN one of them already has made up /
mt mind?
MI He SAYS the committees are repol
n, ing as soon as they are able 10 ayr
nd on a report II 1t takes a commit