Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-23
ARMY Of THE JOB
HUNTERS THRONG
THE CAPITAL
Santa Fee Full of HeeIerS Ac-
cuStomed to Receiving Lib
eraI Handouts of the Peoples
Money!

The Morning Journal Bureau
Santa Fe, \. NJ. Jan. ~.
The employe question has arisen
again Ia puzzle and annoy the mem
hers of the Legislature. or those Of
The members who are anxious for
AN economical session. 1t is fair to
say that a very considerable number
of the members of both houses are
against any appropriation of money
for extra employees. unless that appr0-
priation shall be legalized by act of
congress. Even then il Is the dispo-
sition to hold down such an appro-
priation to as small an as
possible. ON the other hand, are the
members of the old gang who believe
i'm the use Of the legislature and the
peoples money as a means of reward
ing political hangerS-0n n lieuten-
ants. These men DrODOSc TO use the
legislature again this year in the same
old way. If ii can be done There are
men in both houses who say flatly that
il shall not be done. and there is one
thing very sure, that the effort to do it,
to appropriate a large sum for un-
necessary employees, will line up the
forces in this legislature, definitely and
sharply, If not finally. Santa Re is
fun Of these political heelers who eN-
pect to be taken care Of BY theli
friends who are members or who con
troll the votes of members of the Leg
stature. There is a little crowd from
SOcorro county that would make a
presentable army. 1t is worth while to
note in passing that Mr.. Bursum in
stirring up his friends to help him III
his organization of the Legislature. Is
getting about all there is i'm 1t for Bur
sum. Just where Major Llewellyn and
Mr.. Holt of Las Cruces n the two
or three others who are helping in the
management. get off, 1t is a trifie diff
cult to see. Mr.. Bursum's mar Mar
tin. gets the chief Clerkshtp OF the
council. II Is a nice fat Job n to-
grther with his other tederal job as
clerk of the Fifth judicial district, VIII
keep Martin from starving, at least FOR
present.
Then there is Leandro Baca. one
time sheriff Of Soeorro county, another
Bursum man. who was elected ser
at arms of the house. Thefe
were seVera! of the members VINO
candidates for this position, but
.hey did not get so much as a pleas
ant smile from the caucus, after the
.speakership matter had been settled
Baca was removed from office by Gov
Hagerman for malfeasance, or
which the evidence produced at the
rial showed him to be guilty. Bur
sum was afraid TO run nm Tor re-
Election in SocOrro county last IalI
because even SOcorro count people
yould not have stood it, And it
Gems hat Socorro county people VIII
q rood deal. So BaCa was
up to Santa Fe and provided
With one or the best Jobs in sight
SAGA does not speak English.
And so it goes. Those astute gem
lemen who are helping Mr.. Bursum
the organization Of the leglsla>
IRE are having the pleasure of wit
tossing Nj. Bursum and Mr.. Bursums ,
men placed in the desirable positions
While the astute assistant organizers :
.et the pleasure of watching Inc :
anne. ,
rom Socorro county are likely to be q
ared for first. if the extra empldNe
ppronriation can he forced through Z
n this end work is already being J.
one with members of the house VINO y
be approached because OF certain Z
npOrtunate friends who are sitting up X
iphts to ask for positions. They are t
cling told that they have a right 10 }
ONE %patronag that there must be q !
considerable appropriation anyway v
nd why not make 1t a little bigger
% that everybody can be taken care O.
+. To this end, these same members II
re invited to block any and all leg =
which may come from me y
ouncil or anywhere else, until the =,
ouncil and everybody else agrees Z" =
raid on the treasury. n
The extra emploNe advocates q
-ankly admit that they are glad that r
ne governors attempt to get the ma
onal government to appropriate Sl9.-
90 additional for the expense OF the
,gislatme eqiled-because by the way
Andrews gilt attached 10
ne wrong bill. Andrews got the ap-
ropriation placed on the a~pproprla- o..
on bill. when it should have gone on l.
ne urgent deficiency bill. Thus the :,
ndreWs resolution was necessary n
ad the governors appropriation been n
ushed through. it would have saved 4,
he territory this money, n u YOU'D n
I'VE come from the federal purse. f.,
the Andrews resolution the ter a,
is merely given permission 10 T.,
it's own mOneN-and the 81
needs the money, too. But ~
Ie extra employe gang are glad that ~
is to come from the territorial reas- "a
~, for once the treasury is open ~
believe il will yawn wide open as y,
did last year. when Martin n ~,
nndieton had the distribution OF the m
.nds. ~,
win the old graft be forced through ",
e legislature again this year, IN
There are sturdy men in both houses ~
declare it will not be. The at M
mpt. if it is made. will be interest n,
z. ne
,~r MN nCnDuEn"