The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-11

been found to show that any of this
money was paid out. Besides the
resolution was silent as to the number
| of employees to be paid or for how long
| a time they were to be paid for.
/ The governor in his veto message
| covered the entire ground. He refer
red to the various acts of congress in
relation to the matter of appropria-
tions for the pay of employees and
| stated that for the first time il many
years the legislature of the territory
had an opportunity of making an ap-
preparation, legally for the pay of ad-
| ditional employees He referred to
that part of his annual report which
treats of this matter and states that
he asked for an appropriation of $15,-
900 in addition to the s24,25O appro-
puiated by the government for the
| expenses of the legislature and that
| he secured the recommendation of
/ the secretary of the Interior and the
| secretary of the treasury for an addi-
| tional appropriation. This, however.
| had not even made but an item had
been inserted in the emergency de-
| iciency bill allowing the legislature
/ Of New Mexico to appropriate not ex-
| 3eeding $4,000 for the pay of addition
j i employees and for contingent expen-
i
ready to approve measure appro
priating such part of $4,000 as the
| legislature might deem necessary for
| the pay of employees but ne insisted
| that the bill should carry some pro
visions for an accounting for the mo-
| ney SO appropriated He said that
| a similar resolution had caused a
great deal of criticism and that the
| money ought to be paid out on pro
per warrants.
The noon hour had arrived on Fri
day when the reading of the message
had been finished in the house and
Holt who has an eye single to the wei
fare of Bursum and Holt moved to Of
fer the resolution and the veto mes
sage to the committee on judiciary
with instructions to report at 2 o.
clock.
1t was well known what the report
of this committee would be. No one
was disappointed when Holt. chair
man of the committee reported il ia
vor of the passage of the bill over
the veto. the vote however, was a
surprise to some and led to the belief
that all of the republicans had sud
denly decided to Chamber into the
celebrated band wagon. The vote was
21 to in favor of passing the bill
over the veto. All of the republicans
voted to pass the bill over the veto
and all the Democrats opposed its
passage. The republicans went on
record as favoring an appropriation
of $5,758 without the slightest pro
vision as to al accounting, while tne
democrats opposed such a method OF
spending the public money.
The republican members having
employees accredited to them who |
were clamoring for money with which |
to pay expenses were between His
Satanic Majesty and the Mighty deep
and they chose rather to spend the
money without an accounting than to
longer face a hungry horde of sweep
ers and busters and translators who |
are unable to speak either language
correctly.
The passage of the resolution in the
council over the veto was more ex-
peditious. The veto message was
read at the afternoon session soon
after 3 o'clock, at the close of tA
reading President Spiess called Mi
era to the chair and spoke to the ques
tion. He gave history of the appro-
priations for the pay of employees for
about sixteen years and attempted to
Justify the action of the legislature by
past precedent. The matter was not
referred to a committee but motion
was made to reconsider the vote by
which the resolution was passed
which carried unanimously and the
resolution was then unanimously pas
Sed over the veto in the council. The
council mad, however, as soon as it
was known that etherongovthlvrmci
was known that the governor would
veto the resolution, passed resolu-
tion providing for an accounting for
the money spent by the council.
In order to fully settle the employe
question both houses of the legislature
held night sessions Friday night and
passed House Joint Resolution No. 5
which provides for an additional sum
of about $4,000 for the pay of the en-
ployes to the close of the third week
and numbers of them were allowed to
go home.
1t is admitted on all sides that the
governors position, in asking that
there be an accounting for money
paid out to employees, is correct and
the council realized the force of his
contention before the message had
been read.
County schemes are coming to the
front rapidly now, there being 40 less
tnan three before the legislature at
the close of the third week. The leg
iSlature concluded to look over Tor
rance county before taking any furth-
er action on the removal of the coun-
ty seat of Torrance county.
hard fight is going to be made for
hn HI iShr of Garfield oOJIntV