Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-04

rost ana MS newspaper have deS-
= Ieended first to sort of dazcd and
wondering admission that business
was not so good as ii appeared ia
y promise then into a series of days of
violent and ranting abuse run wild
the latter dWindiing into a series OF
silly threats, and finally into a half
silence and copying of the utter
anees of other newspapers, without
comment policy to which the ag-
turns.
It should perhaps be said that Col
onel Frost is not the only one of that
little band who expected to wreck
the republican party and ril" back to
power on II vrecking train, who has
recent -tquired cold feet"
There is going to be concerted op-
position to the enaction Of any kind
OF fee or salary bill for county Of
ficiaa which will stop the present
graft in the big counties and change
the system in the less opulent ones
The county officials, some of them.
who gather in these large salaries are
as loath as ever to part with them
and they are coming down to fight
the plan as best they can. The leg
islature as it stands today is i'm favor
! of reducing the county salaries to a
formed. but if the people of New
! Mexico at this reform it will be
well for them to let the members of
the assemly know it, The opposing
county officials will be here. The peO-
pie should be here, too, to respect
fully present their side Of the case
to the assembly They will be given
respectful consideration at the hands
of this assembly Those GOWNS Whicl
have petitions should send them in
and those who have not should send
delegations of their strongest men /
who viii be in position to explain |
the desires of the people with intel |
lIgence.
The passage of the anti-gamblinC |
law through the Arizona legislature |
has served TO stir the members of the /
New Mexico assembly to a desire for
action ON the same evil. Is New Mex
leo TO be distanced in the march to-
ward decency? is question which
ha often been heard here since Fri
day The members believe that an
law should be passed I,
and they hold that the right time is I
right now, before the session is any 4
further advanced It is a plain, clean
cut issue and should require little de-
bate. The members who are in town. 4
, majority of them, would like to go /,
mo the session tomorrow and vote h
IN anti gambling law. There is rea- !
son to believe that some of them viii /
propose to do it, Z
Mr.. Mirabal's campaign of abolish I
lg things Is pretty generally rec0E- I
lized as sincere Mr. Mirabal is q
incere man. His motives are seldom
concealed and his own judgment is y
inf L. fI,..4 I
ire too many territorial offices for
which the taxpayers pay. The tax
layers money he thinks as i'm the
ase Of the bureau of immigration. is C.
sed to perpetuate the expense. and 4
he thinks the safe way to do is TO cut q
all off. He will have strong sup n
Ort to his plan to abolish the bu- t.
eau, and unless a efficient game pro- V
action system can be advised there L
'ill be little opposition to his bill to y
bolish the game warden's office
on the mounted police he Will meet 1
18th the combined opposition of sheep
nd cattle growers who have found
ne police a means of protection
hich they are now loath to do with
ut The result of this campaign for
will be watched with deep
lterest
While little or no actual legsla-
on has been accomplished, there is
great deal of important work under
ay. A new assessment and tax law
being drafted. also several amend
ents to the corporation law. while
)Zens of other measures which will
rove of general interest are being
lrried in pockets awaiting favor
Die occasion for presentation. 1t can
said with some confidence that
e assembly will get down to bust
ass this week, unless-always unless,
e employe pay roll comes up. "A
And the employe pay roll is not an
sy problem. The general knowledge
the size of the house pay roll has
the desire of the mem ~
RS who oppose this graft to abolish
and has likewise caused the men
ho stand for the extra employe
aft to wonder if they had best not
and from under. Therefore there is
TX of making a sudden reduction
the number Of house employees. and
substituting some useful people for
@ useless ones What viii come Of
is agitation remains to be seen Us
rtain it is that any attempt at over
or Illegal appropriation Of
r the payment of employees will be on
gorousiv opnosed I'm both houses be
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