The New York herald., 1922-11-11
Smith HAS 100000
| TO HAND OUT IN JOBS
Indirect Patronage on I'm
provements Will Run
Into Millions.
VOLUNTEERS GET BUSY
Applications In for Posi-
tions Ranging Down to
Building Cleaners.
DEMOCRATS FAMISHED
DEMOCRATS FAMISHED
Haven't Had Complete Con.
troll of Party Pap Since
Sulzer's Day.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany. Nov. 10.1
Deserving Democrats are picking
their jobs in the State service. .Evi-
dence of their enthusiasm to Keep the
State going appeared in the mail of
Secretary of State Lyons to-day. The
writer's wanted the list of positions
Gov Smith will have 10 fill. Those
with lesser ambitions appeared at the
Capitol in person. they want to be in
when the jobs of highway patrolmen,
lock tenders and State building clean
ers are passed out.
Gov. Smith will have to fill impor-
tant positions with salaries aggre-
eating nearly 100000 year. He also
will control hundreds of minor jobs,
and should he succeed in carrying out
some of his prediction pledges mill
lions of dollars in State patronage will
be at his disposal.
Expiring Terms.
Here are some of the present State
officials whose terms expire In the
two years that Mr.. Smith will be
Governor:
State Tax Commissioner, $4,000
Rosalie Loew Whitney of New York.
of the State Industrial Board. &.eoo.
Charles l.. Cadle of Rochester Super
intendent of Public Works, $4,000.
George V. Mclaughlin Of Brooklyr1,
Superintendent of Banks. $4,000.
Lewis L. Pitcher of Brooklyn, State
Architect. s1o,oo.t
Charles L. Blakeslie OF Binghamton.
Public Service Commissioners. $4,000.
Vacancy now existing on Commission
OF Mental Detectives. s6,ooQ
Charles i. Rattigan. Superintendent
Of Prisons. $500.
Two of the five fair commissioners.
5000 each.
Adjt.-Gen. J. Leslie Kincaid. $500.
Joseph Levinson of New York and
Helen NJ. Hosmer of Buffalo, motion
picture commissioners. $3.50 each.
George X. Morris of Amsterdam,
William Muldoon OF Harmon and
Frank Dwyer Of Geneva, State Athlete
Commissioners. They get no salaries
but have the appointment of four
deputies at $1,000 each.
The terms OF office of Adjutant-
General and Superintendent OF Public
Works are simultaneous with that oi
the Governor. From a patronage point
of view the latter Is one Of the largest
departments in the State Government. I.
Its appropriation last year was G.S55.-
coo. the biggest part of which xocs to
the maintenance OF the canals. with
hundreds of lock tender jobs.
Iucrntiye Poxftfoua
AS chairman OF the Board of Esti-
mate and Control. Gov. Smith will con-
troll the appointment of a successor to
Mark Graves. director OF that board.
at $500 a year.
The Democrats will control the ap-
pontment Of two members of the Legis-
iltive Bill Drafting Commission. at $4,000
each. and a deputy at $4,000. the Senate
secretary Of the Legislative Budget Com
mittee at $4,000 and the Superintendent
Of the Public Buildings at $1,000. The
last named department is rich In politi-
cal plums having an annual approprfs-
ton OF nearly half a million. which goes
for the pay of State building electricians,
mechanics and cleaners.
The term Of Dr. Herman NJ. Biggs AZ
State Health Commissioner also expires,
but, being a Democrat. he will probably
be reappointed. His salary is $4,000.
Two new members OF the Public Health
Council will have TO be appointed, at
$1,000 each. as well as a new chairman
OF the Bronx Parkway Commission, a'
$4,000.
The Democrats undoubtedly viii make
a hard fight to regain control OF the
State Highway Department. whose ap-
preparation Is the largest OF all state de-
partments. This year II was more thar
SIS. 100000. Herbert $. Sisson. Highway
Commissioner. has announced that he
will not resign. and. as his terms does not
expire until 1926. the Democrats would
have to bring charges to remove him.
Gov Smith. II is understood. would like
to appoint Col. Frederick NJ. Greene. who
voluntarily resigned as Highway Com
missioner when Gov. Miller was elected