Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-04

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| oftice OF commissioner OF Internal
affairs. the creation of which ne had
advocated would have grouped to-
/ gcther agriculture horticulture. ln-
hor state roads and animal industry.
| Tho Importance of having an office
OF this kind, said Mr. Richardson.
| Justified The expense. RE did not
favor economy at the expense of The
people, But what he objected to was
| what he called extravaganza FOR The
benefit Of the officeholdcrs
Delegate Compton, democrat ct
Roosevelt, who IS rapidly attaining
equation as ono of The most level
headed members oi the convention
favored the best ana most liberal SAL
aries the state could afford. He was
willing that these should be increased
whenever wealth and population war
rantod IT, He urged that political
talk be eliminated from the debate.
and pleaded with the members to set
together in an endeayor to frame tho
hest constitution ever written tor any
state He did not want to 30 on rec.
ord as a watch dog OF the treasury
bnt he did think that the salaries as
fixed IN the minority report we're an
that were warranted az tho present
time
Delegate Dougherty said that the
great problem which confronted the
new state was the matter Of finding
the necessary cash to meet the oXpens-
cs OF government lie pointed out that
New Mexico viii soon lose the revenue
tl4
aud warned the convention against
the danger Of saddling q burden upon
the people which they might rnd
themselves unable TO bear He VAS
sorry that politics had been injected
into the deliberations Of the conven~
tion and he admitted that there was
but Il small difference between the
salary list submitted by the majority
and that advocated by the minorilS
of the committee Even the minority
report said Mr. Dougherty, should
be carefully scrutini2ed with a view
to cutting down some of the salaries
therein recommended.
Delegate Bursum, who had charge
OF the report in behalf Of the major !
ity made @ somewhat extended de- !
fense of its provisions with regard TO !
the salaries of the officials. He was |
confident that the people were will |
ing that their officers should have !
adequate compensation for their ser |
vices lie aid not believe that the sal |
aries should he placed below a livins |
rate so that only wealthy men could /
aspire to public office Mr. Bursum !
the salaries recommended |
by the committee with those received /
by the men occupying similar posi- !
tons under the territorial govern |
mcnt and called attention TO the fact /
that the cost Of living has increased !
almost three fold since the territorial |
salaries we're fixed hy law, In every |
case, he said, the salaries of the state |
officers win be the same or less than |
those now received by territorial Of |
ficers in corrcapondins positions.
According 70 MT i3ursnn. the gov
ernor OF New Mexico now receives I
over $1,000 per aunum !
from the United States and the ter
ritory Of New Mexico. Under the
state government the chief executive
viii have to be content with $4,000
per annum. The secretary Of the ter
rtory now receives some $4,000 per
lnnum more than will ho paid the
secretary of state. The salaries OF
he state auditor, the state treasurer.
he state superintendent Of schools
ind the state land commissioner, win
le the same as that OF those officers
lnder the territorial government.
-nder the state government the at
orney general will receive 81 600 less
fhaT7 huu |
provided that the fees of all officers
must go into the state treasury, so
hat officers must depend on their s
alaries alone Mr. Bursum In his {
ong experience in New Mexico poll
leg. had never henrd OF any torri- {
orial official becoming wealthy, and 8
was his opinion that these men
oceived barely enough 60 live on. Mr. !
sursum concluded with the remark
hat the people of New Mexico must
ither pay their officials decent liy- y
lg salaries or elect only rich mon or q
rafters TO office. q
The convention was called 10 order
lortly after 10 O'Clock this morning 81
nd was in session until p. M. De
oite objection by Mr Tittman, the n
'ading of the journal was dispensed q
it'll. A petition for statewide pro- i
ibition was presented by Mr.. Saxon IL
. Quay Mr. Stern from the commit
e on county and municipal corpora r
ons. presented a report of that COM
ittcc, which was ordered printed a
solution by Delegate Sena. prOvid- v
g for tho engrossing or the cousti
tion. was adopted This eugrossing
li be done on parchment paper. in
cad of parchment as first pro-
,sed. and the cost win probably not
coed $500 on motion of Delegate
ern the convention resolved Itself g.
TO committee of the whole for the 4
lrpose of considering the report OF
q committee on executive depart
ent, ana Delegate Miera was chosen
preside over the deliberations Of
q committee. II Is found that the
mmittee on executive had neglected ,,
provide for n commissioner OF pub
lands, This umtygf0n was rem
led and the salary Of the office Was -.
accd Al $4,000 per annum This Of \"
'e viii have charge OF the admins ~
alton OF the vast wealth ~ lands
antod New Mexico under the en-
ling act, as wei as of the lands now
Ia by the territory under earlier y,
ants 60 the territorial government. ,' ~.
The officers provided under the '
elton OF the constitution agreed a.
on today, are an 60 be elected for -