The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-25
SCHEMES MULTIPLYING
AT TERRITORIAL CAPITAL.

Special to the Daily Record.
Santa Fe, N. M, Jan. 25.-The cloud
of employees which covered the Wis
ion at the beginning of the session
of the legislature is breaking away.
At a caucus held on Wednesday even
ing, which was continued far into the
night, it was resolved that more than
sixty of the employees should be
dropped. The scene in the capitol the
next morning beggars description.
Dozens of the amigos of the members
gathered in order to ascertain how it
happened, and the members were
kept busy explaining how it all came
about. 1t was perfectly apparent that
there would be 40 end of talk about
the expenditure of sum necessary
to pay such an army of employees,
and it was decided to cut the number
to about one-half what had been in
tended.
Schemes are multiplying at the
capitol, and it is clear enough now
that what had been suspected a week
ago is only too true. 1t is the inten-
tion of Bursum and his faction to
make it as unpleasant for the Gov
ernor as possible. A bill was intro
duced in the Council on Wednesday
to take from the Governor the power
to appoint county officers to fill va
cancies. This power was given to the
governor during the Otero administra-
tiol and, at the time the law was
passed some of the wiser ones fear
ed that the time would come when
it would plague the faction which
passed it.
1t is planned to take the appoint
ment of superintendent Of the peni-
tentiary from the governor and to
have the superintendent selected by
q lnoiC lat
of the very gauzy ones which are to
be pushed by the friends of Mr.. Bur-
sum, in order to get the control of
the peniteltiary into their hands so
that there may not be further disclO-
sures as to the management of the
institution under the Bursum admin
istration.
Since the message of Governor Ha-
german mas been publishell there are
heard concentrations of it on every
hand. 1t is agreed by all concerned
that it is the strongest document of
the kind which mas ever been sent to
legislature in New Mexico. Even the
followers of Bursum are obliged to
admit that the document is unassail-
able. They fear to assail it because
they are fearful of the result at the
polls two years hence. The example
of Peldleton, who was left at home
III San Juan county, is not one WnlCn
many of the statesmen now assem-
bled in Santa Fe are willing to emu
late. They are perfectly well aware
that the people are with the Cover
nor and tnat it will be dangerous to
antagoniZe his policies to any great
extent. 1t is on this account that a
halt was called in the matter of en-
ployees, aid it is not at all improba-
bic that there will be found more sup
porters of the Governor in The houss
within the next few days than Bur
sum and mis- crowd are willing to
admit.
The fact that Bursum mas been
here since Friday of last week work
ing day and night is rather signifi-
can't Observing people do not need
to be told that it is not a labor of
love with him. He is vitally interest
ed and, like the boy who was dig
ging out the woodchuck because ne
had to have meat for dinner, Bursum
needs majority of the legislators
for reasons which are perfectly well
understood. LOOMIS