Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-15
LEAD US NOT into
TEMPTATION IS
THE PRAYER OF
Mr.. SMITH
House Member Who Bolted
Ways and Means Committee
Against Lump Appropris-
ti0ns.
OPPOSES $4,000 FOR
THE CORPORATION BODY

R"N"0tAA a@At&faNa N~ NSentnM kA0Fot0p
Santa F., n. NJ. May l5.--Declar-
ing that he was against lump sum APP
propriatlons because he didn't believe
IN putting temptation IN the way or
any man. Mr. smith. who on Monday
bOlteG the Ways and Means commit
tee, yesterday afternoon opposed sem
ate bill No. 81 which approprtates
sac GOO Tor the salaries and expenses
~ the state corporation commission
Mr.. Smith created conadera BILE
mirth when he saiG that he did not
view with favor such appropriations
because he said experience had shown
that they led 90 temptations which
SOME men could not resist end that
graft was the result lie said he also
believed In ecOnBmy and that he
would not vote for the bin
Mr. ToOmhs charged him with ques-
ti0nlng the honesty OF members Of
that commission but he denied the
Impeachment. saying that he had the
highest opinion OF the three members.
Mr.. Toombs then made plea for
the passage Of the bill. Mr. Llcweiiyn
asked Mr.. smith II he were conduct
ing mercantile establishment at
beming and sent q man to New York
TO buy goods. giving him S5e0 for the
expenses 81 the trip. u he would ask
for an accounting OF the money Oy
the man before he left or after he
got back
II can answer that easily enough"
raid Mr.. Smith. I'm not running
that kind OF business"
Mr. Sanchez moved TO re-cOmmit
the bill 20 any COMMITTEES the speaker
desired for further consideration. say
ing u Was wrong 30 pass the hill with
such a sum involved until L had been
carefully investigated. The motion
10 re-commit prevailed after motion
by Mr. Chaves 20 table the Sanohes
motion had failed, by a vote 81 IS 10
IS. Mr.. Muilens said Il WAS 50 much
the amount AZ the principle Of the
thing and ne favored re-eommitting
the bill.
AIR Tumey then made short
speech in which he told the members
Of the house not 20 fear that any
state officer would resign because he
did NOT have enough money rs run
his Office on. He said he opposed tho
idea of giving any official as much
money 20 spend az that official asked
without plenty of safeguards for thu
public
no then mentioned for the FIRST
time on the floor Of the house, an im-
portant matter that apparently has
escaped the attention of the legisln-
big deficit with even the most eare-
| fui economy and he declared that nc
ala not care what any one might sny,
he was not In favor OF state official
who would not do as much work az
any clerk OF stenographer ia a state
Office.
"rhgts the way I feel about u,
/ he said, "and I don't care who knows
/ IA nor what they say. Taat goes rlght
: here and now
The motion 70 re-eommit was car
/ rled Dy a vote OF 9s ayes and t9 nays
The house then adjourned TO ten
/ O'CLOCK this morning. ON motion Of AIT
/ Hilton who chilled attention 90 the
fact that the calendar had over thirty
measures on IL and that the house
was likely 10 be overloaded with worh
md unable 60 1eep the decks clear
Mr.. Mullens moved 20 edJourn nutil
o'clock and Il required two roll
calls before Mr. Hiltons motion was
/ carried. -,
n want 90 call your attention ac
| the fact that we started this calendar
with n few bills" said Mr linton
! sswe now have seven PAGES ana over
! thirty bills. We must set down q
business and ! insist on my motioh'