Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-14
The Morning Journal Bureau,
Santa Fe, n. NJ. March 13.

Santa Fe, n. NJ, March 13.
The house combination appropIia-
ton bill passed in the house Tuesday
afternoon, came into the council this
morning shortly after the opening
of the session The bin was not
reached in the regular order and no
effort was made to take it ol.t of its
regular order. the bin resting as busi-
ness on the presidents table 1t would
not be surprising if the bill should re-
main in this position through tomor-
row. since there is a large amount of
business ahead of it and since there
does not seem 20 be any immediate
likelihood of an attempt by the friends
Of the hard-ridden measure to get il
before the council while the council
is in its present frame of mind. The
council stands today as it stood last
night, with seven and possibly eight
votes against thesbill in the form in
which it passed the house and before
this vote win be changed so as to af-
feet the situation, several OF the riders
most important to the 'ramerS of the
bill, win have to come off. This at
least. is the opinion Of the men in the
best position to speak on the measure
and men who should know most inti-
mately the probable action on the
measure of the several councilmen.
The machine is now making efforts
little more desperate, If possible, for
the passage of this bill, than 1t made
for the passage of the district at
torncy bin. which is attached to tho
appropriation measure as chief rider.
Every bit of influence and pressure
the remnant of the Bursum following
can command, Is being brought to
bear on those councimen who have
stood out and who continue to stand
out against the district attorney bill,
but thus far this effort is as entirely
without success as was the effort to
force the district attorney bill upon
the council in the early days of the
session.
The cleverness of the appropriation
bill as it is drawn, Is plain, but II
seems to have been a trifle overdOne,
in fact It has been 50 much over
done as to disgust certain members
Of the council who it was most de-
sired to reach. The plain and unde-
MED effort to secure the passage of
the district attorney bill, the printing
bill the immigration agent bill and all
the rest of it, by holding out to cers
tain counclmen large appropriations
for their distric9 or offers of po-
sitions and patronage for themselves
and their friends stands out so clearly
in the bill as to make acceptance on
the measure acceptance OF the bait,
and nothing else. The insinuation thai
they could be reached in this way has
caused resentment from the very men
whom it was most desired to reach,
and so it seems more improbable to-
day than it did last night that the
1, nf ha n
wheels of its legislation with fat ap>
proprations, will prove successful
If the council refuses the bait, as
now seems reasonably certain, there
will he an opportunity to test finally
and fully the sincerity of the Bursum
machine i'm making liberal provision in
the appropriation bill for the educa-
tiona institutions for it Is being
openly threatened today that unless
the council agrees to ALL of the ma
chine riders no appropriation bill will
be allowed to pass the house If the
machine following can be whipped
into line Thus far the following has
been held in line, although of late
with considerable difficulty, and this
difficulty is growing as the session
nears its close and certain measures
which have been promised to certain
members IAN To SEIZURE lilt tOUSIutT"
alton and passage promised.
1t is being said today, for instance,
that the machine has promised its
support in the house to certain county
division bills In return for support for
this hardridden appropriation bill
The county division questions, al
though favorable reports have been
agreed upon in committee, have been
postponed until the end OF this week
and it is now being whispered that
unless the council agrees to the rid
ers, these bills also will be rejected In
spite of promises and bonds, as an ad-
B dltiona punishment-this is to in
crease the pressure from the house on
members of the council. The breaking
of faith on these county questions, II
faith should be broken, as Is now re-
ported to be probable, would. 1t seems
be about the last straw to break the
resolution of certain members of the
house who have already been led a
lively chase by the machine leaders.
Another influence on the loaded ap'
preparation bill which has not beer
looked for by the machine is in the
sentiment of the people. 1t had been
confidently anticipated that when the
people learned of the liberal appro-
priation features of the bill, and it:
liberal bonding provisions, they woult
rise ~ as one man and demand OF
their representatives that the bill bt
passed. The people, however, seem tC
have taken the same view of the NAV
ter as the councilmen and have re-
fused to- rise to the bait Telegrami
and telephone messages have come II