Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-22

| abIv easy of amendment more so
| than the constitution of any other
| state except that of Oklahoma which
is the only state thai has written In
| its constitution this initiative and ref
erendum. Now let us consider an
other objection.
eve have too expensive a jul
| diciary?' and the power is given 70
the legislature IL increase h num-
| Der OF Judges. Why this objection
Is $4,000 too much to pay a judge
| when we get s~tatehood2 They are
getting practically $4,000 a year now.
DO you want TO cut that salary OF
$4,000 down to $4,000? What liz the
| judiciary but the anchor which shah
ever maintain the ship of state in its
| proper place, the safeguard Of the
| liberties of a free peopieY
what is required Of the judiciary?
| why to be a good judge and pro-
| found lawyer one must almost be-
! come a hermit and live incarcerated
IN a students cell. Do you believe
| thai a man should give up practically
ali worldly pleasure and spend his
ufe-time as a recluse, a hermit in
| study for $4,000 to s2,500 only per
year? You know as well as | do that
a mar with q family, say OF only 1--WE
| children, ~Oaughter) cannot now i've
| in this territory on less thar S2,bVo
| a year. and that in a very humble
wav Then reduce the salary of your
| Judges and what kind of men are you
going to get on the bench2 You
will either get one class of rich men
who are willing to do the work for
! the honor and who need not the sat
| AIRY or you are going to get some
| moor men without any practice who
need the money.
LAWYERS Are Poor.
III is true. my friends. that h
| lawyers is a profession that Is essen.
TALLY that Of poor men. When l
| find a lawyer with q dollar In his
| clothes | consider him a mar above
| the average (laughter) for know
| that lawyers, as q class. are always
| broke. who then would take the
iob of Judge on the bench for small
| pav? AS I said, the poor young law
| yer. such a lawyer would be the
| Young man who has just graduated
| from the law school, the young man
! who would take anything to get three
| square meals a day. (Cheers and
laughter.)
"There is no profession hat is
| more trying physically and mentally
| than the legal profession. Now let
| me ask you to whom would you give
| your ease involving thousands OF dol
| lars, to the young man who has just
come ont Of Ann Arbor, Michigan,
| ar 70 Thomas B.. Catron? OF course
| YOU would take the old practitioner,
| nut on the other hand II a sneak
| thief should break into our chicken
| coon and steal q few of your laying
| hens. you would doubtless take the
| Young lawyer and pay him So to go
| into court to prosecute the chicken
| thieves. You cannot get away from
| the fact that q good awyer has 10
be paid In a that ne can put
| away something for a rainy day. 1t
is his duty to do so.
CAS- regards increasing the num-
Der OF judges, there is nothing hard
to understand about that. In ten
wears from now we expect $50, 900
| people in this territory and II would
! be a nice state of affairs, would u
| not if we needed new judges then
| and found that the constitution
! would not permit our having more.
Takes SIS n Day.
"Another objection raised was the
| e~xtravagant number Of legislators.
Well, there are twenty-six ountie
In the territory today, and ! think
you win agree with. me that every
one should have a representative In
| the lower house and one in the up
per house. If only one had been
| given to each county you would have
| twenty-six In each house, wouldn't
| you? But | think you will agree with
me that each county should be reps
| resented by the population 1t mas, IN
a representative form of government
Now, is SIS a day too much 20 pay
these men? / dare say there IS not
a business man in New Mexico who
would take the office for 70 a day,
and / will go further. / will say
that / do not believe q member OF
the legislature could come here and
live on SIS q day. 1t is the history OF
every capital city from Washington
out, hat the unwritten law OF thht
capital city is that not a member OF
the legislature shall leave the capitai
with a dollar in his pocket. Pro-
longed laughter and cheers.) AND l
want to add that Santa Fe is no ex-
ception to this rule and your legis-
lators know 1t.
How About Friioles for Lunch?
Now. another objection raised is
thai the compensation of our state
officers Is higher than that or the
territorial Officers now existing. MY
friends, If there is n thing THESE
United states are noted for 1T Is the
niggardly manner in which 1t pays
it's public servants. We contribute
to the gayety of nations for this very
reason. Take our governor tMr.
Mills was sitting within a dozen
yards of the speaker. he is the rep
r~esentative of the state, the highest
in our land. 1t behooves him to live
according to the dignity of the office.
He must entertain not only visitors
from his own, but from foreign lands.
He must welcome foreign representa-
tives, some of high station, ministers.
diplomats. | dare say he can not
keep up his dignity of office on even
$4,000 a year. Dc you want him 10
entertain the distinguished represen-
tatives of foreign lands or of other
states with n dish of frfjolesH a
burst of laughter and applause min
gled with cheers compelled the
speaker to stop a few seconds before
~proceedings.) I'd like the recall to
exist for such. (Laughter.) Is 81
mn Ton much IN nav YOUR attorney |