Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-01-10

accept this constitution or will turn |
it down and remain in servitude.
what does that constitution do for {
you? Especially for Santa Fe coun- I
ty? Well, you all know that you
have a debt of more than half the
value of your property. 1t stands as
a mortgage on you. 1t cuts down the
value of every dollars worth Of your
property. 1t weakens your power to
do business, it weakens your financial
standing. Go to any one of these
banks and borrow $1,000 on a piece
of property worth $4,000 and then
wouldn't you like to have some one
come along and lift that mortgage?
Would not that be fine? Well, you
have go per cent of your property
mortgaged and a mortgage that can
never be raised except in this way.
You are asked to do this for your own
welfare. for your own benefit, 1t is
proper bribe offered you. How? |
| Congress has validated the debt of |
million. The enabling act has appro-
priated a million acres of land for
! this debt. That is, for the debt of
Santa Fe and Grant counties. That
| is equal to 100000. Our debt is al
million and Grant county's debt isl
half a million. Whether this land is
sold or not, that debt would be lift
ed from your country. They cam
not call on you to pay that debt
They have to look to this land and
they would soon pay off this debt and
. leave one and half million in the
, treasury of the county, after paying
these debts. That goes directly into
, the school fund
Nov, gentlemen, there is nothing
in the wide world that can help
county so much as education. nothing
that can be of greater value than the
education of your children. 1t is true
that schools have been open to you
&, in the past but under this constitu-
! tion the doors are opened even wider
, That may not help Santa Fe city or
county particularly but there are parts
= Of the territory where it will help and
very materially. Children will go to
: the schools and will be made into
better citizens. Because education
does make better and stronger citi-
g zens.
Opposition.
= "One man I heard today say he
i would oppose the constitution on the
ground that the salaries were toe
. great under it. l said that the con
!, stitution would reduce ones taxes and
: l told him to come to this meeting
:. and find out why.
q Now as | told you the government
a has approved the granting of a mil
q lion of acres of land for the public
institutions, schools, public and nor
NAL, agricultural, mineral institu
10 tions such as your penitentiary. in
70 sane asylum and others. The gov
g ernment has given million acres fo
10 the upbuilding OF these institution
! and no longer will application hay,
10 to be made to your pockets as here
= given nearly NINE MILLION acres O
" land for your public schools. CAT
- plause) If you want to get all thi
LIZ there is but one way to do it an
that is to vote for the constitution
ne January q. (Applause(
Expenses.
Nov, as that gentleman said tt
re day, expenses are very great. Let u
of consider these expenses, these sal;
he ries. What does your governor &c
af- now. He receives So 500 year frol
ee the federal government. Am
of right? Well, perhaps not, I'll as
lat Governor Mills right here what hi
,at salary is. Haughter.) What doe
an the federal government allow yo
he Governor?
we Governor Mills (who was sittir
We nearby. Il am allowed $4,000
on. year"
to Mr. Catron: Yes, $4,000 a ye;
BOD from the government and $4,000
a year more from the Territory. No
tat this constitution will pay your go
The ernor $4,000 a year and nothing MOI
veil In that way you will be paying yo
900 governor, it is true, $1,000 a ,ye
low more. There is the secretary of yo
eds territory. He draws $4,000 ye
se.) and under the constitution he &c
hts $4,000 a year, but he gets fees ne
We amounting to $4,000, but under. sta
ear hood but $4,000. Thus you wou
this have $4,000 to go into the treasul
to The judges of your courts would G
the in all $4,000 but the territory is pf
ned ing them today but $4,000, or $2,O
pro. a piece. Deduct and you get but 81
900 excess for judges. Now dedl
nee that $4,000 from $4,000 and you ha
lred $4,000.
you But this constitution has crea
and board of corporation commission
anne at $4,000 each. That is $4,000 me
joy Add and you have $4,000 that :.
,ple pay out. Other expenses will run
and up to 100000 and over. There is
its legislature that will cost from $
900 to $4,000 which would pay
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