Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-12
FREE RAILROAD
PASSES GALORE
All Sorts of Jobs Win Rides
on Railroads in This
State

TRENTON. April 12-Some in
tcrestiny Items in the list of free
railroad passes, issued to officials to
expedite the transaction of Official
business" was disclosed here today
when the secretary of states records
OF passes We're given the "once
over"
Not the least surprising is that
showing that a pass was issued to
Herman j.. Singer, law partner of
Passaic Senator Smith. Mr.. Singer
Is listed as gallery keeper. senate
and his pass is good until January
9. 1928. The only difference be-
tween a gallery keeper and a plain
"doorkeeper" is that the former
has charge Of the entrances to the
second instead of the first floor Of
the senate chamber.
Besides getting the free railroad
pass, Mr.. Singer is entitled to draw
$3.50 as gallery keeper" While no.
body around the state house could
recall TODAY seeing the partner of
Senator Smith guarding the door in
the gallery during the past session.
still no one would say positively that
the Paterson lawyer had not earned
bis compensations.
Former Assemblyman Bertram Z.
Whitman, of Atlantic City, is an
other holder Of a pass. He held the
job Of clerk to Majority Leader
White, of that county. This job is
not listed in the legislative man.
ual, a semi-oficial publication,
among officers of the senate, and the
pass is probably the only compen-
Bation.
The secretary of states list. among
ether things. shows passes issued
to two deputy state .comptrollers,
though there is only one of these Of
hcers. Owen Kite, the deputy. has
one. and larry B, Salter, whose COR
rect title is assistant to comptroller.
70 also listed under this head.
Col. Salter is entitled 10 q pass
under Chapter 70 of the Laws of
1922, but under his true title. II
that act. which created some twen-
ty new passes, should be attacked
BY the railroads and upset. 1t is sup
posed that Col. Salter would, on
the face of things, still have his
pass as deputy comptroller. under
the old act. Salter originally got a
'pass as secretary" committee on
: appropriations. pending passage of
the act. After that measure was
enacted, he surrendered the commit
tee pass and it was handed to Hor-
ace E. Githins of Camden. chief
assistant to the state treasurer. as
clerk of the committee.
Just how the legislators go about
creating railroad plums' for de-
serving public servants is indicated
by the number issued for attaches
If this 4 appropriation committee,
which is subdivided on paper for the
purpose.
Besides the job of secretary. for
merly hell by Col. Salter. there was
clerk" the pass for this place 60
ing to Jesse Steelman, Of Salem.
Then there was a secretary to the
Joint" committee on appropriations
the place being held by George c.
Skillman, who will find it useful
In committing to Trenton as an
employe o. the department of pub
lie accounts. The actual work as
secretary ef the joint committee on
appropriations, which Is the respon-
sible body, is done by Mr.. Kite. who
is deputy comptroller. !.
What looks like a pretty clumsy
way of avoiding attention to h
number of passes issued for any pur-
pose is the listing of passes for no
less than thirty-three agents. board
Of children's guardians" in various
and numerous sections Of only a few
each. 1t takes about five minutes
20 figure out how many of these
passes have been issued.
Former Assemblyman Arthur H.
Nelson, of Hudson, chief lobbyist for
the recent Housing legislation, gets
free rides as clerk to senate COM
mittee." Hudson. county gets an
. other pass. held by Harry E. Nc
)Grath, as assistant secretary to the
governor"