Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-10-29

for nraetlosiis two years, IA We viii
shaw later
The same thing IL done as TO pay
ments for the sheriff from the general
county fund, which are really for ave
quarters, but are represented TO be for
only four quarters. or one year.
Then the incredible statement are
made that outside of this city. BJrelas
and Old Town, there are only twenty
eight school teachers In the whole
ty. that a years interest on the coun-
" bonds Is unpaid; and that "the adj
vice OF the best business men in town"
in favor Of accepting an advantageous
bid for r%efunding bonds was disregard
ed.
When we got as fer rs this u con-
fusion and per- lexity were painful.
Was the painstaking Mckee showing
signs of paresis? At this moment. to
our great relief. We recalled the
fact that in the month OF October
In presidential election years.
some democrats become entirely ire
sponsible, and. like certain persons In
sacred history. they know not what
AhI9 W. hwy Dttbiiit ~ MInln tndt
IT Doth work like madness in the
brain" and
'"Trines light as air
Are TO McDodhart confirmation strong
As proof of holy writ"
Wherefore, we have thought 1t well
to take a look at some of the records
aforesaid. whence these statements are
said TO be taken. and see whether we
could easily verify their truth"
Friendship for Mckee would lead us to
suppress the result II possible. but we
can not do It, because our esteemed and
less Kindly morning contemporary
would not follow our example.
First. a. to the sherin's accounts-It
Il were true that that officer gets from
the public treasury over S26. 500 In a
year, not only should he be condemned
for taking too much, but also because
he would leave but little for any other
purpose. But It is not true.
The statement IL made that the sher-
in's fees from the cour fund have in
creased 1875 per cent In three years. and
this IL based upon the allegation that
he VAS paid S4.06O.GS for the year 1897.
and t9,4i3.05 for a like period just
closed. As We have already shown, the
80 4i3.05 on the face Of the circular COW
ers a period ~ a year and n half. the
first payments In October. 1899. clearly
being for half of 1899. while the remain
der covers the whole OF 1909. As n mat.
ter Of fact. however. the 49, AS 05 include
the our fund expenses for practically
nearly the whole of 1899. az well as the
whole Of 1900. being thus really for two
years. The March term of the district
court for 1899 began March rs. on
March i6 the legislature adopted a new
jury law which took effect Immediately
Jurors a been summoned under the
old law, and the grand jury was in ses.
sion for n number OF days before the
new law became known. This causei
considerable expense for summoninp
the Jurors and witnesses and for attend.
ance OF officers, which was practically
lost. as It was lmpracticable to geI
jurors under the new law and continu,
the term. which was therefore allowed
to lapse. a large number of prisoners
were left on the shcriff's hands in Jai
whom he had to keep until fall, which
greatly Increased his expenses cominl
out OF the county general fund. OF tn,
s9,4I3.0j paraded as his fees from tn,
court fund for "A year, Si.503.i0 belonged
tothe year 1899. leaving s4.939.95 as
what he received for the whole OF tn,
year. These figures can be relied on
and this IL a sam le of The ~inaccurac,
Of the whole circular.
As to the sher.r's charges paid from
i IN arnnaral f.pI shn - M. nanAtgln,. ~
lists. OF the s.. 1886 said 10 have beef
paid In a year. $2.iI3.2O are for expenses
OF the third quarter or fso9-that Il
prior to October 1 OF that year, al
though paid a Lttle after the first o
the month. This leaves 1850. 46 as tn,
total paid the sheriff from the genera
fund for a year, instead OF 81. 1903. So. I
should be borne In mind that the failur,
OF the spring term OF court In 1879
greatly increased the sheriff's expens,
chargenble to the general fund In tina
year. II should also be remembered
that these figures show the total ne
ceipts Of the sheriff and take no ac
count of his large expenses for com
pensation Of deputies, pay Of jailors
feeding OF prisoners, travelling expense
and many other miscellaneous items
all of which come out of these moneys
We are Informed that the bills which
he u pay in cash for provisions fur
nlshed at the Jail will run over $40
per quarter,
The circular writer's then proceed L
state-"taken fromthe county records
we assume, although we don't know
how-that the sheriff has claims ot
$1,000 withheld on account of an.
preaching electior." We can say nos.
ltiyely that not one dollar OF claims ma,
been held back on account OF the elsc
uon, and that at the present time Their,
are less than s.. 500 OF unn,id sher,n,.
bills.
Then we have another evidently blind
guess-"taken from the county records
of 81. 900 for fees I'm civil cases trans.
porting prisoners. etc" We don't Know
what tho "e,c A" MAJ No nor 49, on,
one else. They certainly Gamma, he
found I'm any records. county or other
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