Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-06

against dilatory tactics.
Nothing Doing for he Capitol
Sweeper.
That the members Of the onyen
ton are deter mined to limit the EN-.
ployes Of the convention TO the lowest
possible number and to insist upor
value received for every cent. OF
money spent. was indicated when the
republican caucus met this morning
in the council chamber The first
order Of business wal the report OF
the committee on committees
This report WAS received and
adopted almost within debate, but
there raj debate in plenty In the next
order of business. which was the re-
port Of the caucu committee on em-
plcyes. The committee report pro-
vided for twenty permanent employees
at salaries ranging from six dollars
per diem for photographers, to two
per diem for pages. The report also
provided that fifty-three employees be
engaged for a period of not to exceed
twenty days, and then began the big
noise. Member after member arose
n denounced the proposition for
the fifty-three twenty-day men. as a
useless and indefensible extraVa-
gance. one gentleman thought that
- N ~ % WIZ W.
be i-naugurated, it should be done
openly and on the floor Of the con-
yention Another threatened to bolt
the caucus If the scheme "a put
through. After the indignant mes
had r. chance TO cool down, the chair
man of the committee on employees
who had presented the report, i'm.
mediately began TO explain. II APP
peared that the luckless committee,
worried by the insistent demands OF
the delegates. for places for their
constituents, had ~ last yielded. Az
ter picking out what the members
thought would be a sufficient number
Of CLERKS, stenographers and pages,
for the work of the convention, they
made up the twenty-day list, placing
on II the name Of every person rec
commended for q place by the differ
Ont delegates. The committee made
no attempt to defend this list. nor did
it recommend II to the favorable ac-
ton OF the caucus, but the commit
tee men had resolved to put the mat
ter squarely up to the entire republi-
can membership.
The matter was disposed of by the
elimination oil the twenty-day list en-
tirely, The permanent list was criti-
eized as having too many pages ana
enough expert stenographers. No
provision had been made for an as
sistant sergeant-at-arms, nor for u
d%oorkeeper, who are deemed neces-
sary. The report was referred back
to the committee for revision and
when IL next appears viii likely on
the names Of some thirty em-
all of whom win probably he
in their respective lines. II
was brutality stated by several of the
members, that any of the employees
found Incompetent. would be sud
lcnly separated from the payroll.
As the aucus Was about to ad-
Francis u, wood arose to in
luire about the two Indictments
pending In the district court for Der
county, against chief Clerk
George W. Armiio. Mr., Wood thought
some action should be taken by
he convention in this matter and
he caucu seemed to agree with him
several Of The delegates explained
he case at length, all agreeing that
he indictments were the result OF
OF the numerous and bitter polit-
rows common in Santa Fe, ana
hat the assault, upon which one in
iictment Is based. a occurred only
liter the other party to the atfray
lad hurled an inkstand at Armiio's
read. and al this in his own office.
other case WAS the result of q
over the Interpretation OF the
NV requiring til, registration OF
'irths and deaths. in the office of the
robate clerk, which office Mr.. Ar
rio now holds IN Santa Fe county.
amount involved was three hun
red dollars, a warrant for which was
raWn only after the probate clerk
iaI AAFrtYltAI -4t.ana aal .A.ttWnI
he opinion OF the district attorney as
D It's legality The warrant was sub
litted To the county commissioners,
pprovod by the board, and ordered
ala. It's legality still being ques-
MI. Armilo, according to the
elcgatos who explained the case, did
ct draw the money until the last !
'%gislatutc had removed the alleged
effect In the law under which the Z
Npcnao was incurred. Mr.. Armiio {
as sent for and made "a statement
the caucus, proclaiming his limos
of w~rongdoing and placing his {
asignation as chief clerk ina the .
onds of the caucus. This the caucus
TO accept. II was the re- }
uest of the chicf clerk. that "a com
littee at five be appointed To investi )
ate This the cauCu also declined /.
, accept, IL being the opinion of all b,
ono or two 90 the members that ,
lcre was nothing in the charges D
.orthN of Investigation. a resolution
as adopted. expressing confidence .
b the ability and integrity ut Mr.
Prior Co the mdlctmcnt. Mi Armiju \
boon netting as Interpreter in the
court and the indictments
sulalificd him from further service
this capacity notwithstanding
lls. at tht March term ut the federal
'urt Mr. Armijo was appointed in
tpr,ter end the appointment was
ruught to the attention oi the dee
trtucut ul justice last May whom %
ght V's made against the reap
ointment cot Associate Justice J 4;
,iutmcut ot Associate Justice J.. L.
40 WA. suid. after "a thorough +
I~N,stigatiou ui the matter. declared I
the only mistake that Was made.
boo NOT iudicting thc other party
tho |suunhhlc instead nf Armilo
ull events MI Nrmiin was rc-
as interpreter ot the tultcd
.ttvs court. and served Boo that ca
GETTY at tho term just closed {
'Thc statement of the action an the
irt of the attorney general of the 1
nucd states apparently had the .
.eatrst weight with tile caucus l'
aching the decision that the atfair p
I'd NOT warrant ON iuNcstigation. The y
.se reached Hcrnalitlo county Il WAS F.
,plHined. because nt the ludispusi- q
.n OF Judge Nozzle to preside 90 the .,
iel ol o. former officer of his oWn y