Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-05-07
Signs Not Lacking That This
Week May See House Com
bination Execute Movement
AGAINST Organization,
MANY OFFlCE-SEEKERS
STILL ON ANXIOUS SEAT
Alleged Order from Washing,
ton, Vacating All Federal
Jobs, Causes Them to Be-
siege Capitol.

,s.oo,,, Disnatcb to the Morning Journal
santa Fe, n. NJ, May Cit was
o,,iei Monday in Santa Fe today. MoSt
of the members who went nome lor
,he week-end had not returned, there
we're few committee meetings, ana
peneral air of tranquility pervaded ths
capitol Such Legislators as remalneu
over spent most of the time catchiis
nm with their correspondence, ana the
stenographers were about the only
ones who did not experience the rest
mi feeling that comes from three
days' recess of the legislature.
What the week will bring forth II
is impossible to say. TO guess day
ahead is dangerous in Santa Fe, and
the man who will undertake to guess
a week ahead has far more nerve tnan
Judgment. There is still talk that
something big will be pulled off in
the house this week. Everybody is
mysterious about 1t, and nobody seems
to know just what turn 1t Will take.
There was the same sort of talk, sur
rounded by the same sort of mystery
last week, and nothing out of the or
binary happened. Signs are not lack
ing, however, that the house combina-
ton is planning something in the way
of a flank movement on the dear old
republican organization. The move
ment may be executed most any old
time, but at the present stage of the
game it would be foolish to undertake
to predict what il will be or when 1t
will be executed.
The republican executive commit
tee is again scattered, only n few OF
its members being in Santa Fe today.
Solomon Luna has gone to his ranch
in Socorro county, Charles SpringerI
Ias gone home for the Weekend, anu
Secretary Herbert W. Clark has not
been in town for several days. 1t is
likely that they will be back again In
the next few days and that something
will then be heard about more fede-
raj appointments.
On the Anxious Bench.
Any one who likes to see a COM
mingung of the humorous and the pa
thetic can get plenty of action in Santa
Fe by observing the faces and the de-
meanor of the various officeholders
whose positions have been jeopardized
BY the recent alleged order from
Washington and who have come on
the run to this city to talk it over with
the members of the executive commit
teo
When they first blow into town they
wear n look of supreme confidence.
They have it absolutely from the IN
side that nothing can dislodge them
from office. They point with pride TO
the splendid records that they have
made since their appointment. Not
only that, but they have friends
higher up" who will be certain to
look after them. No sir, there is alb
solutely no chance to put one over on
them-and by the way what Will
you have?
This goes on for several days, ac-
20 h.a of nnflmlSm OF
the offIceholders in question. The first
sign of waning confidence is when
they meet a friend in the hotel lobby
and ask, Say, what have you hearu
from upstairs?'' As nobody hears any
thing from upstairs until a1ter 1t Is
all over, there are few Satisfactory
answers to this question. Gradually
the look of buoyant cheerfulness gives
way to one of worry and anxiety. 1he
query as to what you will have con-
tnues, but il hasn't the kick to IL
that it had when they first struck
town.
Some have landed, and with
sigh of infinite relief have pacheu
their grips and gone back to work.
while the going was good. others nave
failed to land. Men who have helu
office for the better part OF their lNes
and who have forgotten how to 90
anything else but hold office, men
who have been free spenders all then
lives, come easy go-easy characters
who took no thought of the morrow,
have found themselves suddenly ana
unceremoniously "ditched.'
It's funny to see their worried look
as they ask you what you have hearu
from upstairs, but 1t is pathetic to oD-
serve the expression that comes TO
their faces when they learn the worst
Baca's salary Bill.
Speaker Baca, who introduced the
house bill fixing the salaries OF couli-
~ officers, has announced that nc i
above all things for the square ueal'
He has written a circular letter u
every county officer in the state, ask
ing their opinion as to the provisions
Of his bill and inviting suggestions as
10 how II may be improved. He states I
that il makes no difference to MN
whether an officeholder is democEdt
or a republican--that there is no pom
Tics in the matter whatever, ana tha'
The only object he has in view 10 Sc,
cure the passage of a law which VIII
b. Just and fair to both the county OIL
ncers and the people who pay their
salarie2
It is safe to say that Mr.. Baca will
nave many replies to his circular let
ter.
Two Important Bills.
senator Pankey has prepared Two
hills which will be introduced later IN
NE session which are of great inh
portance to the general public. anu
specially to that part of the pubic
mat comes In contact with railroads
ana telephone companies.
one of the bills provides that upon
-tilication Of a shipper for cars IN
-nich 10 ship freight. the railroad
,lnpany shall furnish such cars in
number and at the place designat- |
% IN the application. within five days !