Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-10
Distinct Victory for the Friends
of Economy Who Have Been
at Work Since Legislature.
Opened.
.FEWEST EXTRAS
SINCE SYSTEM BEGAN
Every Condition Sought byI
Governor Complied With,
Whattbe Week Has Brought
Eoffh in Santa Fe,
The Morning Journal Bureau
Santa Fe. y. NJ, Feb g..

Twenty days, or exactly 0ne-third OF !
the legislative session of 1907 is gone
and the actua! Dlshments OF
the session in legislation amount to
the total of one more or less import |
ant law This Is the Miera amendment
to the Jury law which Governor Ha-
german signed burning the week.
This cannot be said to indicate any
danger that the assembly viii crowd
the statute books with new laws. al
though it is feared that the delay in
getting down to actual work VIII tend I
to produce a rush of bills in the
last days of the session which does
not usually prove conducive to good
legislation, as many statutes now on
the books testify The committees are (
working. however, and the members
cannot be said To he wasting time.
Moreover while 1t cannot be
cassed as legislation, the assembly
has settled one question and in the
settlement New Mexico has taken a
distinct step forward. This Is con-
taned in what appears TO be a dch-
mite settlement Of the extra employe
question upon the basis desired and
demanded by the friends of economy
and of business methods, of whom
Governor Hagerman has been the
leader.
There Is some disposition on the
part of those newspapers who are seek
! ing to reflect upon Governor tlager-
mans administration, To crow over
| the fact that the payroll resolution
was passed over the governors veto.
IThese newspapers and the men be-
| hind them would do well to put IN
| their time growing over the fact that
/ this long-standing graft has been
| about wiped out and largely through
| the determined stand taken by Gov
! crnor Hagerman and his supporters
and friends against It, instead OF the
| settlement of the extra emplOye ques-
! tion being a defeat for Governor Ha-
| german Il Is a distinct and unquall-
| fled victory for him and for those men
I who have stood with him for economy
and business methods and perfect
| frankness with the people about their
own affairs.
In his message vetoing the payroll
resolution the governor asked that the
$4,000 legitimate Appropriation for
extra employees and contingent eN-
penses be not exceeded.
He asked that clear and business
like accounting in detail be made a
part of the territorial records Tor the
inspection of those of the people VINO
might desire to see such accounts.
| BOtn oil IntSt tOnNlliulS nave bNNti
absolutely complied with in the agrees
ment reached Saturday night and by
which the payroll resolution was al
lowed to pass over the veto.
one enterprising newspaper coffcs-
pondent has announced with more JOY
than discretion. that Councilman Sui
ger of BernallllO county, has got on
the band wagon" meaning that Mr.
Sulzer has been whipped into line ny
the Bursum machine.
Those who know the conditions un-
der which Mr. Sulzer voted for the
massage of the payroll resolution over
the governors veto. will laugh at this
statement. because It is well known
that before he and the men In the
council who share his views consented
TO allow the passage of the resolution
over the veto, an actual agreement
was entered into in both houses thai
the accounting asked by the governor
should be made and that the appro'
priations for extra employees shoulo
not exceed $4,000. II was on thi'
agreement that the resolution passed
'rhe agreement complied fully WITT
the wishes of the governor and hi'
friends and It constitutes distinc
victory for them and marked con
cession to the public sentiment or th'
territory. Nothing else can be mad'
out of IL.
Governor Hagerman by his own un
aided efforts made II possible to le
gally appropriate money for extra EN-
ployes. It is largely through MS q
forts and the determined stand III
has taken that a business-like ac
counting for the money so appropri
ated has been agreed to- 1t Is only iHi
10 say that large majority OF boil
houses in the legislature desired JUS
such an accounting to the people an
that only the more violent advocate
of machine rule and the promoters o
the extra employe graft have ob1ecte
= Ia II. President SDiess stated In IN
) council that he personally desired Jus
such a system to be nauugurated, an
the council has been strongly lOf sue
( a system from the first. ~.
As an evidence Of the good talth
the agreement. the house late Satul
dav night passed resolution difecuh
tbe sneaker to expend the moneys az
- nropriated for extra emploves ana |
flle his payroll and vouchers with IN
territorial auditor A similar fesolt
tIon was agreed to by the council du'
inc the day In executive session an
y before the governor had sent IN u
n veto to the original resolution.
l. Moreover the house chopped torl
70 names from its list In caucus Satu
/ day evening. while proportional
1f cut has been made IN the coui
,e eli list. The employees thus g
% off were paid M to the twei
ID tieth dav OF the session thus y
A. ing up about half Of the $4,000 avail
X able, while the rest of the money WI
be used In the payment OF those en
as Moves needed 10 carry on the VOL
e. Of the session. \
es Ii Is, when the gross abuse of u
system In the aast Is recalled, We