The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-08-21
.RETRfNCHMfNT" UPWARD.

int Jaw BY the Ast Territorial LEGISLATURE IS no encouraging to the
ssrroonssilss inclined rsp pr ssMs " $ II the peop ple'~ mne sp pscnsns ne 90 sn
guessed in the long delay Say~ which @A as a. on @aI he ' sppeapan o@e Of n a ss
Sa sso our ahsg @s ea' eo sn@nsn' h il r. w sseele cr ~oa, ID ,ss 3 IT, and Per sr
"snsn n@s ove "a sna,sas 70 that asn h %'a ayp aasnss shs sH Sss h rs@ 1,s@s
s re A to a~ns sbu s economies snte ' m Territorial Perr TOT n's enpenats Il esv is ss y ID ss ss
seesio1s DE s' ss ap pp aps nao'i ni v ~iaseut the e Ia J, to ,o veto nn M section q or
1 Has' rs 1sesssA is in S~ "sms h an n ahs ns spsic His lis s asnet in 'Se for saoa in
aen, P ppf0p pr "ms bill hd Ge aoneo ITS passage ass in jus he same w a that presL
present time in the National Congress
e ef of i 30 nd taken ant as a whole sv will 9 . down into Territorial history as
a $50, NeT 1e Mskeo Is sase S%s "a nssn sni 5Ss %f 1s ap mmmmhss1 Of the
e noT p 9a n T 81 ~ fr t pae sS aihee stn aPp ropr ama ~ hat Lssisla'me
the Goth fiscal yea with the exception of certain deficiencies n other
,a AS ia far as as ". are able to gather from a examination . he nance
the total amount appropriated or h sst i@s ysar reached aas thu 'nnns
sum rum on omsn soS % an increase Of sas2..o8d5 over the 1907 appropriation,
economy" """"' A'
If there we're n unusual Q, unlocked Tor cenrenees sucn as al u
ia a "a Pest ias or a famine which made it cessa Tor the Territory
suh a su swelling in or budget might be excnsabl. Bt of UGH a
nDnnHo a1s s1 s gni0S s oeHn,g To- ao sas st ahs h smiv Of tn ci"ar'on River
uo The m increase is 81 greatly atayo due to pure u 4r1m exravas'ne' TO a
siSnny r tat rests IS upo mAi% nen al an Sut to a S' generany % w daers spread uh @D respHn
sht it is perfectly eSo"saOe to touch he public tin for all that it is
We shall hays occasion in the future to ami specifically IN e
salary n contingent expense item o. N measure.
United States. nc crease If ron pI $1,000 tS 500 25%i @y he PAID ADDITION hn of s se
creased tn c eoTsTno c ss n' Expense ss sy Fun @'' payable p poa'a 'hs on on
dI " AE bO'thos lh SoVub W %0Obb- his makes WndI DdCDGaIN
COW amounts to h Governors available salary $500 annually. when we
take in consideration the $500 paid him as a member IF the L. S. Land
Commission. He is moreove provided with an Executive Mansion
ana whhe me expense to him OF living in sue a mansion is considerable
thu cost to the Territory of its installation IN maintenance is ako great.
proportion of the increased expenses of MAINTAINING the Capitol Build.
ings n Grounds is due to the Governors residence W find in increase
o. $500 in the Employees Account of s2O30 in tn Fuel nd Light" Ac
count c. $500 in h Repairs and Improvement" Account N $4,000 in the
insurance Account much Of it traceable apparently to III cot of main
tanning TIT Governors Mansion.
1t does no appear wha a he actual EOS of building n furnish
extension % the Capitol a Governors Mansion M authorized h is
IN of $4,000 of bonds to IA or them. The last Legislature appropriate
ed in N way OF another we $4,000 to finish payment on the land upon
which the Mansion is buit o. tn Mansion itself md o. Che Capitol
extension.
We 10 not pretend to absolute accuracy IF figures in this matter. as
the appropriations are very confusing 20 do We desire to intimate that
travagance at the present state of or development. Neither he o his
predecessor, as far as We remember, were a all keel abou the Mansion"
ferent basis. 1t undoubtedly furnished al argmmen fr the increas of
Territorial Salaries generally, an we find on examination a total increase
in the annual salary ccoun exclusive of the Adjutant Generals office of
sl6530. The Attorney Generals salary Is lcreased ron $4,000 to $500,
and he is given an assistant at $1,000. The Territorial Engineers salary
is advanced ron $4,000 to $4,000, and lie is given a icy clerk at $1,000
The Commissioner of Public Land secures a advance to $4,000 from
the Peniterdarys salary is creased from $4,000 o 50 400. and thu of his
from $1,000 to H. 500 The salary Of the clerk IF the Suprsne
creased from So TO $4,000, his assistant to $4,000. m a lew cerk is
given him at sl5OO. The stenographers and clerks in any Oft the omc-
IS have advances Of from 5000 to $500 per annum.
l. is YER probable that N of these officials deserve a raise In salary.
but the practical question is whether the Territory an afford such raises.
The Increase n the Contingent Expense Fund" of the various officers
is nshderabl We find, after esearch tina s11Ss544O vas appro-
following officials N their STATS, namely: Governor, Secretary, Amor
ney-General Auditor. Treasurer. Travelling Auditor. Territorial Engineer.
Librarian. Bureau of immigration. U. s Land Commissioner Board OF
Equalization. Conservation Commission Commission and Mounted Police
against sS30462 % in 1907.
We will not weary h e patience of oWr readers with ny further figure
at present. but will from time % ttne re Slme consideration o the
budget Of 1909" In the meantime re desire to assure the taxpayers of
the community, irrespective of politics. that an analysis of the bills they
have 70 nav at Santa r e is well worth their careful SidSrat