Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-03-01

Governor Mcdonald has vetoed the
county salaries bill officially known
as senate bill No. 104.
The wild news swept from one
county to another yesterday evening
by telegraph and telephone and caus-
ed general slump in the feelings OF
many of the foremost county officials
This feeling of detection was add
ed to by the information that while
the senate had promptly passed the
measure over the governors veto by
a vote OF 19 to S, the Old Guard Lead
ers had failed to muster sufficient
vote in the house and the house had
suddenly adjourned without taking
any action on the bill. The Old Guard
leaders assert that they will have the
votes to crowd the bill through on
Monday. Opponents of the bill assert
that the house will not pass 1t over
the governors veto. Governor Nc
Donald says nothing except to state
that his veto message Is self explana-
tory.
There were three versions in full
force and effect Saturday morning.
the last day left to the governor for
action on the bill The first and most
generally circulated one was that the
governor would let the bill become q
law by limitation; another was that
he would sign the bill but this report
was not given general credence. The
third was that he would veto the bill.
But 1t was the general report among
county officials that the governor had
given up and that he was going to let
the bill become law and take no ac-
tion on 1t.
The governor did not discuss the
salary bill but in some manner where
by information has habit OF leak
ing"at the state capitol. members of
the Republican majority apparently
apprehended that veto message
might be in store for them because
when the senate met Friday afternoon,
recess was taken and the Republ1-
can members Immediately went into
caucus. They re-entered the senate
chamber about in time to hear the
veto message which had Just been
sent up from the executive 0fice.
AS soon as the message had been
read, Mr.. Holt, Republican floor lead
er, arose and moved that the bill be
passed, the objections Of the governor
to the contrary Notwithstanding,
which is the usual motion to pass ov-
er the veto.
Then began debate which lasted
nearly two hours at the end of which
the bill passed the senate by a vote
of 19 to S, sufficient to put it into
effect without the approval of the gov
ernOr.
The vote stood:
Ayes: Abeytia. Bowman, Burns,
Clark, Champion, Doepp. Gallegos,
Hartt, Hinkle, Holt, Ilfeld, Laughren,
Miera, Navarro, Page, Pankey, Ro-
nero, Sulzer and Walton.
Nays: Alldredge, Barth, Evans, Nc
Coy, Mabry.
Democrats voting with s@the Old
Guard Republicans were: Doepp, Him..
kle, Walton.
Mr.. Hinkle defended the bill by as
serting that he believed it was the
best bill obtainable and that he did
not believe that any better measure
could be secured. Hhe said that the
members had worked for five months
on this bill and that he believed it's de-
feat would mean higher salaries
bill.
Senator Barth spoke at length
against the bill, characterizing it as
an injustice to the taxpayers, a polit
ical measure which had been largely
influenced by the Office holders and
that it's provisions as to
treasurers, assessors and sheriffs were
too high and that not sufficient pay
was given for county school superin-
tendents.
Mr.. Holt replied to Mr.. Barth de-
Tending the measure, denying that it
was political in nature and asserting
that 1t was the combined work of both
and Democrats, that the
influence OF county officials had not
figured in it's making and that 1t was |
q good bill. He asserted that as COM
pared with the bill by Senator Mccoy j
which he characterized as the bill ad- |
yocated by the governor, this bill was |
but $2,1OO higher and that the sum |
was not sufficient to warrant further
waste of time. He urged the passage I
of the bill as an equitable measure.
which rendered adequate pay to coun- /
ty officials and at the same time did
not work an undue hardship on the
Mr.. Mabry opposed the bill and up !
held the veto of the governor while +
Mr.. Doepp asserted that the bill ought
to be passed over the governors veto /
and that it was as good bill as could
be secured. He denied that its sala-
ries were exorbitant.