Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-16

ought TO be used for public purposes,
. and diverted them to the purpose Of
enabling a few incompctonts 10 live in
idleneaa and luxury ut tho expense OF
THE Industrious taxpayers Of the coun-
~ And as We have said, Mr.. Beayen
was elected on that issue. Placing
confidence Ia his honesty. and his 10y
atty t. the cause Of good government
in this county. the friends Of that
cause put him In nomination, and
caused his election to an office which.
mt the reduced fees provided for in
the new law. would pay him a much
larger sum than his limited abilities
would enable him 10 earn in the en-
ploy Of any private individual or cor
poration. lie q supported, as we
have said, by this newspaper. and by
a large number of the best citizens or
thu county, expressly upon his solemn
and oft'-repeated promise 10 support
md abide by such a reduction IN the
fees Of the office as The new law I'M
dcrtook to make IT the testimony to
this effect of men who supported
him Is not sufficient. we have but to
refer to his letter t. Lopez. which We
printed yesterday morning. and in
which he states over his own sigma
ture, in words too plain 10 be mlsun-
dcrstood or m-iaconstrued, that he re-
garded the fees then paid rs oxtor-
tionate That there may be no doubt
upon this point. VIC reproduce the let
Ter IN fun, which Mr. Bcavon. him
self. brought 10 the office Of the
Morning Journul Immediately after it
was written, and left II Tor pubiica-
ton.
Albuquerque. n. NJ, Feb n. 1907
Hon. celso Lopez. Treasurer and OK
Ofncio Collector, santa Zee County,
Santa Fe. n. NJ
Dear sirt-I am in receipt this I
morning of your favor Of the goth
inst. enclosing copy Of house biz NO. I
81 | have carefully noted tho con {
tents Of your letter and have read q
carefully the provisions Of This pro- J
posed legislation, VIZ house BIZ NO. ,
/ am extremely gratificd to learn
your letter thai there arc s
chances that this bin viii be pnsscd I
the legislature. / can state frankly I
10 you that | am IN hearty sympathy
aud accord with this legislation
frue, 1t viii affect mo personally. In
he way Of reducing my compensation
emoluments as treasurer and col n
cctor Of this county, as wen az re- 81
lucing the compensation OF officials 50
generally throughout tho territory 81
his | am in favor Of the legislature "
n
my opinion Is that the purpose Of g
lie lawmakers Is to lcgislatc IN The p'
l~teresta Of The people, while, at tho q
ame time. being emincntly fair 20 the IN
iiioiala of the territory have felt ~
~ q long time That the omoiumonts >"
'cciycd by the various office holders L"
T the territory are far Ia excess OF n 90
'nsonable compensation for the scry IA
.es performed. ], therefore. win do :
to prevent this legislation as IN
roposed by house bin No. 81, and IN
~. 80 far as lies IN my power. en- 10
,urage the passage Of the same. "a
Feeling that the public arc inter. ~
ited IN this matter ana that they arc nR
20 know what efforts are he
made % thwart legislation along
10 lines proposed in this bill nnd that sh'
'ur communication Is not OF a per- To
mai or confidential nature. I ana inc
using your letter to be published to- inI
'thcr with my reply to same. gre
yours very truly. SUI