Arizona republican., 1904-01-22
THE ARIZONA SALARIES
Delegate Wilson Explains Why the
 Amendment Was Lost.

Secretary Stoddard yesterday receiv- ed a letter from Delegate Wilson re- garding legislation affecting the ter ritory. Of the statehood bill he said there was no doubt of it's early pas sage in the house. It may not be in the shape of a single bill, but of an omnibus bill providing for the admis- sion of all the territories as separate states; very much the same as the omnibus bill before the last congress.
 Regarding joint statehood, MT. Will son says there is absolutely no danger. Says he: That will not, cannot and shall not happen"
 On the subject of the defeat by the house Of the amendment to the legis- lative executive and judicial appro- priation bill increasing the salaries of the governor and the secretary to the amounts allowed by the organic act Mir Wilson said that he was surprised at the final result. The item was ac- cepted by the appropriations commit tee without strenuous objection and there was little objection to it in the committee of the whole house. But in the session of the house Mir. Hem enway objected to 1t not because he did not believe it to be right but be- cause he said it was the purpose of the house to keep down the expenses of the government. (. On the final vote most of the repub- lican members voted against the amendment and most of the democratic members voted for it.
 MT. Wilson said he did not antici- pate any serious opposition to it and did not arrive in the chamber until just before MT. Hemenway offered his objection and moved to strike out the amendment.
 Out of the debate on this question covering several pages of the congress sional record. the following are the speeches of Mir. Hemenway and Will son; MT. Hemenway said:
 MT. Hemenway. Very we'll MT. Speaker. the committee in charge of this bill has brought to this house bill that did not increase a single sal ary, believing that the salaries paid by current law were sufficient. In the committee of the whole there have been but four increases, one that of the governor of the Territory of Ari- Zona, one that of the governor of the Territory of New Mexico. and the oth- CT two the secretaries of those two ter
 
 Arizona is s3,OOO. He has a contin- gent fund of $10O0. whish is expended by the governor. He does not have to account to anyone for the expenditure of that thousand dollars I remember that a year or two ago judges of the court in the territory appeared before the committee on appropriations and urged that their salaries should be in ] fr Ead ~r-ha rr-if, Ia salary Of the governor they suggested that the governor had this thousand dollars of contingent fund. which was used by the governor for entertain ing purposes and other purposes and which saves that much of his salary. These claims have been carried at this amount for many years . ne secre- taTy's salary has been $l. .S01 a year. I am tolG that the fees of the se"re- tary run into the thCus 'nis and that this office has bee. ore of tho best offices In the territory I understand it was claiTed in debate here tfe other day that the legislature of the territory had in some way reduced the compensation of this officer: but have not been able to find that his fees have been taken away.
 I sincerely hope, Tn view Of the fact that the committee after laboring for iy weeks was able to D-i-g this h;,I into the house without sirG," B. crease in -aiary, the house will not vote for any such increases. The sal aries received by the governors of these territories are higher than those received by the governors of some of the states of the Union. And the off, cers appointed knew what the salary was when they accepted the appoint ments. They are ample. The duties are not So great that these salaries ought to be raised.
 And l want to say that I was sur prised in the committee of the whole to see the democratic side of the house line up and vote almost una animously to increase these salaries. I sincerely hope that when members on that side understand this question, as I hope they will when We come to a yea-and- nay vote upon it. they will practice what they preach" and stand up for economy by voting against increasing these salaries.
 Why. sir, away back years ago. und- CT the leadership of a democratic chairman of the committee on a1pro- priations, some of these salaries were reduced We have been Keeping them down to those reduced amounts. The committee on appropriations is siIug- gling to keep down salaries and to prevent increases of salaries-to ke CD this bill clean of such increases. If this house will stand by the committee and vote down these four increases that have been put upon the bill. we can say to the country that we have sent this bill from the house to the senate without having increased the salary of single government official in the United States. I hope the house will take such action