Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-08
COMMITTEE on EMPLOYEES
srIIROMS TI IT'S BANDS

This morning the republican eau
Gus met i'm the senate chamber ut the
capitol for the purpose of hearing the
report Of the committee on employees.
The committee presented its recon-
mcndation for Il list OF employees con-
siderably shorter than that contain
ed in ite first report. This, however,
had not been pared sufficiently to
meet the ideas of a MA jority of the deli
gates, ana after Il lively little discus
sion. participated in by almost every
member present the report of the
committee WAS rejected, and the eau
Gus proceeded to select such employees
rs were deemed absolutely necessary
TO the carrying on OF the work of tho
convention and the various commit
tees thereof, The fAnd at the dis
posal ot the convention for employees Is
small, and il the work should require
the fun sixty days provided by the
enabling act. less than $4,000 will be
available for that purpose.
one hundred thousand dollars was
appropriated by congress to pay the
expenses of the two elections and the
necessary cost OF the convention.
Thirty thousand dollars have nj
ready been spent in the election OF
The delegates and it is figured that the
expense tor the election on the adop-
ton Of the constitution will cost APP
proNimately the same AZ 81 per day,
the salary of the delegates viii amount
70 S2+,l20 and their mileage another
$500. Printing and binding and the
expenses for extra employees in the Of
flee of Secretary Jaffa viii amount
10 approximately $4,000. The total
being S95.120, thus leaving less than
$4,000 tor tho salaries OF employees.
The report OF the committee pro-
Nded for payroll OF Si4,4GO and
called TOT the employment of fifty
SIX persons After the caucus had got
through with ii. provision had been
made Tor the employment Of forty
iWo persons. ~ q cost OF Sll.2SO.
provided the convention lasts the fun
sixty days The hope is expressed on
ali side. however. that the work viii
require considerably less than sixty
days
During the debate on the employees
question. several oi the delegates Of
Tered to donate their salaries toward
The payment Of the salaries of the
necessary employees and IN several in
stances delegates Offered tn donate
sums in addition to their salaries.
lt Was stated on the floor of tho
caucus that several persons. led b5
lhe hope or promise OF positions in
the convention, had come to Santa Fe
ana that many of these could i'll af-
ioid the expense involved in the trip
10 The capital. Delegates from the
ulllcrcnt counties promptly met this
nllleulty hy pledging themselves to
lthe care OF any of their constituents
th1l had been lured from home by
'he hope of employment at the hands
% The convention. Altogether the
aelesates showed a disposition 20 be
eAuemely liberal with their own
money Hnd extremely economical With !
'Dr money OF the Emitted States.
Tie report on employees as finally
-a'picd hy the caucus. provides for
'niei clerk gt S6 per day. "a ser
-,-Al-At-arms at s., four convention :
Slehcri aphers az Sc. n reading clerk {
az 81, nine committee gtenographers I
at -, four convention clerks who I
ilst Doe conversant with both the 4
Iiisith and spanish languages at SO, I
'nt assistant sergeant-at-afms at 50, {
nt enrolling clerk az 81. six pages al I
-..o", one messenger at So. eight COM .
'i'iee clerks who must understand ]
lh SPANISH and English. at s.. /
.-i'e dorrkeepers a. 50. and one post !
master nt 81