The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-07
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Extra Employees Graft

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Extra Employees Graft
cause of the demands of the machine,
or the remnant of it, that their hang
ers-on be cared for By organizing
the house and having a majority of
the votes in the republican caucus,
the machine has been able to perpe-
trate the system and the machine is
responsible for the violation of the
aucus agreement; for there is Mr..
Bursum with his six employees, and the
vacancies not filled by members, filled
by the machine to overlooking, so
that it is now necessary to still fur
Their swell the payroll in order to OBJ
tain capable workmen Inc women to
dc the work of the house.
The house payroll, as it now stands,
should it so stand through the ses-
sion will amount to more han $4,000
as the tables below will show.
In the council the original caucus
agreement was for uwenty-six en-
ployes. This agreement has been
maintained. This is two employees for
each member and two in addition. OF
these twenty-six employees probably
| sixteen are necessary and capable and
! efficient people WHO are doing the
work for which they are paid. But
estimating the average pay of these
t~wenty-six employees of the council at
81 per day which is low, and it is
shown that the council payroll for
the sixty days will exceed $1,000,
and that the payroll for the W. hous
es on the present basis will exceed
s25 900 for the session.
How are these extra employees to
be paid? 1t remains to be seen.
1t is a safe statement to make that
if they knew how a majority of the
members of boil Gus would reduce
this list to one composed only of ca
pable and necessary employees aBut
the members do not know how. The
employees lave come down, they have
been placed on the payroll through
the dominance of the machine, and
they refuse TO go nome.
There is only one way to break up
this graft, and that is to break up the
system which fosters and sustains it.
There is sentiment enough in both
houses to do this very thing. today.
but the resolution is not yet at and
So that it may be clear in the minds
of the people just who are the extra
employees of the legislature. for what
they are employed, how much they
are paid. and how capable they are
of doing the work to which they are
supposedly assigned-and how neces
sary, there is given below a list of
the extra employees of the house, the
assignment, and rate of pay per day,
together with some interesting caicu-
latiols and totals. The names of all
extra employees of the house are given
save the six flowed to Mr.. Bursum.
These six names have thus far beer
carefully kept out of sight and will
not become public until the first pay
roll is passed. when it is likely that
the extra employee question will come
IN Tor considerable earnest
in and out of the assembly. Following
is the house list:
Henry S. Allison, Committee
Clerk. . 9. IS 4-OU
Samuel Reins, committee clerk, 400
Crecencio Padilla, copying clerk 4.00
Benjamin L. Lujan, copying
OOAh'
V~enceslado Roybal, doorkeeper 400
Juan J. Romero, assistant
d~oorkeeper.. 400
Alexandra Mares, committee
clerk,- - - - 49, 4-OU
Francisco Sanchez, committee
clerk. . 400
Mrs. E. Dixon, stenographer..- SOC
David Baca, assistant sergeant
at arms +. : 400
Cipriano Vigil, assistant door
Keeper : 4.0C
Santiago Martinez, ~doorkeeper, 4.Ot
J. D. Martinez, messenger. zoo
Antonio Valdez, messenger. Got