Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-21
A Local Man for District At
tofney Would Suit GaIIup's
Senator Much Better Than
Present One,
SPEAKERS COMBINATION
IS HOLDING TOGETHER
Rumot Has 1t That Taos Boss
is Doing Effective Mission
ary Work in interest of Leg
iSIatiye Contestants,

oI WIN ~ l''AN' W. " 40
iSIative Contestants,
Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journal.
Santa Re, \. NJ, April 2o.-Techni
cally speaking, the bin introduced by
Senator Page Friday afternoon, pro-
viding for the appointment of dis
trict attorney for Mckinley county,
does not oust District Attorney Vigil
from his office so far as that county
is concerned. 1t merely provides Tor
! the election OF another district attor-
ney without saying anything about
! the duties Of the incumbent of the
office. Whether the new mnn is 10
be an assistant To the present district
attorney or Is to be superior to him
in Mckinley county, and what his
compensation is to he. are matters
upon which the bin is silent.
Those who are familiar with condi-
tions In Mckinley county say that
there Is no excuse whatever to have
two district attorneys in that county.
as the district court only holds two
terms a year and the criminal docket
is never SO heavy that one man can
not take care OF 1t In the matter OF
handling prosecutions. What the oh
iect of the introduction of the bill ~
1t is hard to conjecture, The bill Is
short one and Is as follows.
section !. That an additional dis
trict attorney shall be elected by the
qualified voters OF Mckinley county az
the next general election 10 be held
November, 1912, ansf ofss tour year
thereafter. said district attorney shall
be a resident of Mckinley county, and
the county of Mckinley Is hereby des-
ignated az the county for which said
additional district attorney shall
serve.
Section 2 That the governor Of
New Mexico * hereby directed TO APP
point an additional district attorney,
who shall be a resident of Mckinney,
to act as district attorney for the
county of Mckinley until his success
sor Is elected and qualified in accord
ance with Section | hereof"
There il "A third section OF the bill
which provides the emergency
clause" putting the act into effect Inn
medlately after its passage,
Senator Page, when seen today. said
that the object OF his bin was merely
an application of the principle of local
government. Any county IN the
state, he said, should have. " II de-
sires. one. of it's own citizens 10 fill the
office of district attorney In that
county.
Ever since the Andrews Baca dem
ocratic combination gained control Of
the house there has been talk by
those who opposed II that its days
were numbcred that 1t was composed
of essentially dlscordant elements. and
that dislntegration was sure to take
place at an early date. This talk, cf
course. came from sources friendly 10
the republican Organization, and there
were some who gave the combination
less than week tu last
The combination H. now two weeks
old. is still alive and kicking, aud out
wardly seems to be In fairly robust
health. And yet the talk goes on that
beneath the surface forces are at
work which viii inevitably work 10
its destruction In short time.
4 day or Two ago Hon. Malaquias
MARTINEZ. uf Taos county, dropped
into town and began To do some ac-
tive work In behalf of the contestants
for the seats of the three democratic
Messrs Casados. Lopez and
Martinez who have been ON the
anxious bench ever since the session
opened Mr Martinez Is AN old re-
publican wheel horse and man uf
great influence with the spanish
and ne has been doing
.omc active missionary work among
hem. II H. even rumored that he
las won over to tho support Of the
one or more Of the four
men who were recently cNonrrated OF
he charges of bribery and who wero
to br heart ana soul for
ip-akrr I;sca in everyihlns that he
night desire.
II Mr.. Martinez H. able TO make
efficient inr"ads upon the strengtn
n the combination To- turn the seal"
n favor 81 the contestants. then there
A.. undoubtedly trouble ahead for the
If the three democrats
re- unseated. their fellow democrats
n th.s house are certain To- go on the
.ar path. and ~ has been pointed out
lors than once in the Journal. the
emocrats are the chief source Of thu
peakcr's strength. u Is beginning ."
,ok as IL the part "A wisdom tor the
would be to jsm through
resolution desidinl IN. contests In
iVor Of the present holders 81 fhc
sts IN the next few daas if trouble
averted. for the lnnver AIR. Mar
nez stays on the ioh m. more doubt
u becomes the PROSPECT tor the
lrce democrats
There are also signs that Mr.. An
rews HIS been compelled 10 back up
n part 81 the program which he a.