Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-03
BURSUM AS LEADER ALLOWED
TO HELP SWELL THE LIST
Names and Supposed Duties of Men Who
Get the Pay--Upon Present Basis Pay
roll for Session Will Exceed $4,000

/ cradle number who do not care Il
continue the graft, and who haV'
stepped aside and refused to nam'
employees. But the others still in tn
majority and still under the guidance
of the Old machine system, have
promptly filled the vacancies.
The original house cacus agreemen
was for orty-eight employees. Tins
agreement has been broken because
I of the demands of the machine. or the
remnant of it, that their hangers-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 perpetuate the sNs-
tenn and the machine is responsible
for the violation of the caucus agree
ment; for there is Mr.. Bursum with
his six employees and the vacancies
not filled by members, filed by the
machine to overdowing. so that it is
now necessary to still further swell
the payroll in order to obtain capa-
BILE worl1men and women to do the
work of the house.
The house payroll, as it now stands
should it so stand through the session
will amount to more than $4,000, as
the tables below viii show.
In the council the original caucus
agteemeht was for tNentse-six en-
ployes This agreement has been
maintained. This is two employees for
each member and two in addition. or
these tWenty-siN employees probably
sixteen are necessary ana capable ana
efficient people who are doing the
work for which they are paid But es-
timatng the average pay or these
twenty-siX employees Of the council
at S4 per day which is low, and it is
SHOWN that the counc- payroll LOT
the sixty days VIII exceed ll,OOo
ana that the paYroli TOR the TWO
houses on the present basis VIII eN-
ceed HZo,VVV Tor the session
How are these extra employees to be
paid 1t remains to be seen.
1t is safe statement to make that
if they knew how a majority of the
members of both houses would reduce
this list to one composed only Of cap
able and necessary employees. But the
members 90 not know now. The eln-
ployes have come down, they have
been placed on the, payroll through
me dominance Oh the hlachlhe' ana
they refuse to go home.
Ihefe Is ohly one way 10 Dfeak up
this graft. and that is to break up the
system Whlch fosters anu 7usiiInS H. /
There is sentiment enough in both
houses to do this very thing today /
So that it may be clear in the minds
OF the people Just who are the extra |
employees or the legislature, IOi Wnal /
they are employed, how much they /
are paid, and how capable they are |
of doing the work to which they are 1
supposedly assigned--and how neces- /
SdrY, theFe lS given below llSt or the /
extra employees of the house, the as
sgnment and rate of pay per day to-
gether with some interesting calcu !
Iations and totals. The names of all !
extra employees of the house are given,
save the six allowed to Mr. Bursum.
These six names have thus far been
kept out of sight and will
not become public until the first pay
roll is passed. when il is likely that {
he extra employe question will come
IN for considerable earnest attention,
IN and out of the assembly Following
Is the house list:
Henry S. Allison. committee
Samuel Reins. committee clerk 400
1recencio PadiUa copvfng
,IarL %
2eniamin Tuian convinp
clerk 400
RoybaI. door
kceDer " 400
Juan I Romaro assistant
doorkeeDer . 400
l1eiandro Ntsies committee
clerk - 400
francisco Sancbsz committee
clerk on
Mrs. d. Dixon. stcnograpbcr 800 Z
David Baca assistant sergeant
at arms 400
rinrfsr, vi t.,+ f