Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-04
FIX
SALARIES Of
OFFICERS
GOVERNOR TO RECEIVE
$4,000 PER ANNUM
Majority Report of Committee
on Executive Department.
Adopted After Debatei Of
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Especial Dispatch TO the Morning JournaIl
Santa Fe. n NJ, Nov 3.-After an
| all day session, the constitutional CON
report of the committee on executive
department and thus another article is
added TO the Fundamental law OF the
proposed state of New Mexico. The
article as finally agreed upon differs
| from that originally reported, in that
it is shorn OF o great amount of pure.
! ~ Legislative matter, and this per-
mitr OF its being condensed into about
one-h half the space which was reduir-
| ed when the article was first drafted
/ Ono notable departure from the com
/ mittee report was the creation Of u
| eanvassing board consisting of the
governor secretary OF state, and chief
! Justice. This board Is intrusted with
the duty OF canvassing the returns Of
all state elections and announcing
the result In the committee report
ihis duty rested with the legislature.
The section as adopted requires the
Legislature, in the result OF tic, 20
decide which candidate shall have
the office.
The principal debate Of the day oc-
CURED over The question Of salaries of
state officers AS finally fixed by the
convention these salaries are to be as
follows:
Governor $4,000 per annum
Secretary Of state, $4,000.
state auditor. $4,000.
State treasurer. $4,000
Attorney General. $4,000
Superintendent Of public instruction
$1,000
Commissioner Of public lands. 49,,
000.
Delegate Richardson presented
minority report in which these salar-
les were placed at tower figure But
the ninority report III viscG sor an-
other officer, a commissioner Of in-
ternal affairs. AT $500 per annum
The convention refused 10 create this
new office and this left the salaries
recommended by the minority report
with total or just $4,000 less than
those recommended in the majority
report
Mr.. Richardson made an able argu
ment in favor Of lower salaries for
state officers. He declared that all
the candidates for governor Of The
new state had been members or tne
committee which framed the report
fixing the salaries, specifically men
tioning Delegate stern. OF Bernahllo, !
as one who had ambitions to preside !
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chief executive
This Mr.. Stern Indignantly denied, |
declaring that he was not candidate !
for governor or any other office un- |
der the state government. As mem
her Of the constitutional convention, |
Mr.. stern said he had enough Of Of
flee holding to satisfy him for some |
time to come.
Judge Richardson continued his
earnest plea for economy in public
affairs. He had gone on record, he
said. in behalf of this course in the
committee ON judiciary, the commit
lee on legislative and now in the COM
nlttee on executive. He estimated
The cost of the salaries Of the state
officers, members OF the legislature
md employees, thus far provided for
II S200,000 per annum. And he be
ieVed that at least fifty thousand Of
his should be cut Off II was Judge
Richardson's belief that state Off
'ers should work for honor as well as
money, and he contended that there
would be no lack OF candidates were
he rate Of compensation fixed at the
igures proposed Ia the minority re-
,ort
Delegate Childers Of Curry also
avored the minority report. re said
he officers could well afford to live !
N the salaries fixed therein, and be-
ieved that they would live better
han most of the taxpayers who foot
q the bills. He cited the case OF .
he governor OF Texas who gets but
1000 per year, and manages TO wax ,
at on it. Plenty of men, said Mr.. :
'hilders, were willing and anxious 10 n
axe the offices regardless of the h
mount of the salaries. In fact. he !
eclared, that never before had he
eheld quite such an extensive COL
sction Of suitable timber as was =
altered in the han whore ne was 4,
Delegate Fall expressed himself de-
yards of the treasury, but pointed i
ut some slight discrepancies in the o.
ttitude of the minority in this mat
n. and their insstence on minority
enorts on creating new offices and !,
cards. lie said there were just
500 difference between the amount
lrricd by the majority report ana !.
lat Of the minority report This d
port, divided among the 337, 600 T.
aople Of New Mexico. he estimated.
ould mean just one sixty seventh of -
cent for each person. Judge Fan -
ointed ont the proposal of the min =,
-ity to create tho office Of secretary =
agriculture. the secretary Of labor. o..
10 civil service commissioner and =,
lrious other offices He said that =
Ie majority. I'm resisting the claims "
the minrity. had saved tile people N
least $4,000 annually. l|
Delegate Alabry fell that Judge Fall "
ld presented the attitude Of tine p
inority in an unfayorablc Hight and