The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-26

terms of several Territorial officers,
who are appointed by the governor.
will expire this week. On Thursday
the terms of the auditor, the treasur-
er, superintendent of the peItiSentiary
the superintendent OF public instruc-
tiol, the travelling auditor and the
game warden will expire. On Friday
the term of the superintendei& of in
surance will expire and on Saturday
the term of Office of the public prin-
ter will end. 1t is understood that
the Governor has decided upor the ap
pointees which he will send to the
Council aad it is also believed that
ed
1t is provided by law that the pub
| islature, but there is bill now pend
| ing which provides for the abolition
of this Office and it is quite probable
that the bill will be passed so that
+ the public printing will be ltf to the
| lowest bidder. Such action would re-
suit in saving of thousanH of dol
! lars to the territory annually.
1t looks much as though there had
been formed in the house of represen-
tatives society for the promotion
of political aspirations. Certain mem
bers are pulling together for the pas
sage of bills through that boiy which
are not even expected to receive fav-
orable consideration in the council.
Many of these bills are Introduced
by members of the house in order to
make themselves "solid" with their
constituents and do not entertain the
faintest hope that their measures will
get through the council. These mem
| bers will go before their constituents
and say that they succeeded in pass
ing the bills in the house, but that
the council, for some unaccountable
reason failed to act on them.
| Representative Rupees bill provid-
ing for local option is receiving some
attention, though it is not believed
that a local option bill can be passed
at this session of the Legislature.
| There is but one total abstainer in
the entire membership of the legis-
latrlre and that is representative Wal
ters. of San Juan.
| Mr. Bursum's private interests
which, last year, demanded his almost
undivided attention do not seem to be
pressing this year, at any rate, he
finds time to remain in Santa Fe a
good deal and he apears - take great
interest in the members OF the legis-
lature. He has not yet succeeded in
convincing the members of the coun-
Gil that the salvation of New Mexi-
| co depends upon the passage of the
district attorney bill introduced by
his friend Beach. There are some OF
the members of the council who have
suspicious that Mr.. Bursum has a
deep personal interest in this mat
ter and that this is why he finds the
winter climate of Santa Fe so con
| genial. The ex-superintendent of the
penitentiary appears to be deeply
mortified at the failure of the mem
bers of the council to rush ito his res
cue, but his modification on this ac
count is as nothing compared to the
modification which is rapidly prepar
| ing this bill for the legislative grave
yard. A couple of weeks ago the two
or three papers which speak up in
concert when Bursum pulls the
strings were saying that the district
attorney bill would pass the coun
Gil unanimously in few days, but
of late they have been strangely sill
ent on this point
The opposition to the governor very
greatly over estimated its strength al
| the beginning of this legislative ses
sio1. Some of these gentlemen were
going to see that bills were passed
at pleasure over the governors veto
but it may be noted that five weeks
| of the legislative session have pass
ed into history and one joint resolu
ton is all that has been passed over
the governors veto. Even this would
not have been possible except for the
agreement, which was embodied in a
resolution, to account for all of the
money appropriated by the resolution
and the agreement to reduce the nun
ber of employees SO that the contin