Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-28
But Three Weeks More of the
Present Session With All of
the Important Work Yet to
Be Accomplished.
APPROPRIATION BILL Is
BEGINNING TO GROW
Little Heard of the District At
torney Bill This Week Al
though Petitions Against It
Continue to Come in,

The Morning Journal Bureau.
Santa Fe. n. NJ. Feb. -.
Three weeks from today the thirty
seventh legislative assembly will wind
mp its work and its play sud go home
to hear what the people think about
1t. There are three more sundays
and it is probable that an adjourn
ment will be taken on Friday of this
week. S usual. so that there are but
Il few more days for actual work. The
members generally seem to realize
that time is growing short, for there
| Is sudden tendency to so to work
even though bills are not going
through as is usually the case at this
advanced period in the session. Leg
islation is moving, however. and there
is more and more evidence that ef-
forts to block legislation will If per-
sisted in prove failures, just as at
tempts to force vicious legislation
through has failed. Committees are
working and working hard, and the
apparent indifference of the early
days of the session as to whether
there was any legislation or not is
rapidly disappearing
The appropriation bill is beginning
to become the chief topic of discus
sion. as is usually the case at this
stage of the game. Delegations are
hurrying in to interview the council
finance committee, which, as usual is
drafting the bill. and the committee
Is beginning to wear the worried look
50 common to finance COMMITTEES
members after the appropriations bin
begins to simmer. All of the insti-
tutlons want increased appropriations
and most of them need increases.
:
There are SO many institutions. 1t is
never fully realized until the appro-
priation Dill commences to look ike
a copy or the compiled laws ana the
territorial tax rate shows an alarming
tendency to swell to the bursting
point. The task OF Increasing appro-
priauons all around ana lowering the
tax rate at the same time, IS not an
essay one, and the worried look on the
faces of the committeeman is eXcuS-
able. In spite of the threats which
have been made or punishment
through the appropriation bill for
certain members who have dared }
stand for what they believe to be
right and for the best interests OF the
territory, there is every reason TO eX'
pect that all institutions dependent
upon the territory for their support,
and having Just claims VIII De treated
with all justice y very large ma
Jorlty OF members OF the assembly
do not ana nave not couhtehahced
these threats, the purpose OF Whlch
has throughout been too apparent TO
cause very serious thought. indeed
there Is reason TO believe that some
of the men who ala countenance these
threats now regret haNlng dohe so.
very niue mas Deeh hearu ol tIlt
district attorney Dlll thls Week. ana
that measure to all outward appear
ances has been forgotten In the hands
or the judiciary coIhlnlttee' bul AZ
though the members OF the assembly
appear to be paying lttle attention TO
the blll or It's iate' the people eNi-
dently nave NOT iorgoteh IT, feutionS
continue to come IN against lhe pill'
IN such numbers as TO snow cohclu
slVely that the people 90 not want H.
Councilman Murray, OF SILVER CltN'
has received petitlons rom SliNef CltS'
| Deming, Lordspurg' Cehtfal, Sanla
Rita, in fact' tfom all parts ol ms
district obJectlhs 10 the measure u.
| It's present form. Ihe ellort Whlch
| has been made to convince the peo-
| pie of New Mexico that they want thls
| legislation has failed completely. such
talk as Is heard on the district attor-
ney bill these days Is all along the
! line of an amended Dill. one suSges-
! ton is that the Dill be made eitectlVe
two years from date TO make tnis
change, however would be TO take
away all the attractlveness OF me
measure so far as It's ehlet packers
are concerned, VINO want the plll 10 go
into effect now so that the appoint
ment of the district attorneys VINO are
to serve for the next two years may
be taken away from the governor anu
placed in the hands of the rev men
who make up what Is leit OF the ma