Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-11
Both Houses of Legislature
Start Out to Clean Up Call
endars m Closing Week Of
Weadsome Session,
ANTI-PRIZE FIGHT
ACT RECEIVES *. O."
Measure Of Representative
ChdSman to. Taboo Boxing
Contests Promptly Tabled
When Taken Up in House,

When Taken Up in House,
lsinte Capital nnrrsu n Morning seurnal.I
SANTA fe. March i0.-The governor
TODAY vetoed the district attorney bill.
Ills message. which was read IN the
house, but did not reach the senate.
holds that the salaries proposed 70
ho ptld 60 district attorneys are in
consistent when compared with those
allowed the attorney general and the
district Judges. The message reads as
follows
- return herewith without my ap-
prevail House nili l2l. entitled An
Act Relative o. Salaries of District
Attotneys
"Tho salaries of district attorneys
Ia the various judicial districts If the
state are fixed Ia this bin as follows
"Onc county. t255o; one county.
$4,000; one county $A25u. and ia
three counties S4a00 each
"rhc ssh,ry of The attorney general
of the state is fixed in the constitution
40 $4,000 and ho has 70 reside IN SAM
u Ft and devote his entire TIME to
the duties of that office The district
Judges receive a salary of tt.5Oo each
and are expected 90 devote their en-
tire time Ca the office and are ucccs-
sarlly prceluded from practice IN the
courts. as Is also the attorney general
of the state.
beside The salary for district attur-
news their actual travelling expenses
are naict tln state Thes ay T. re-
way prevented from conducting their
civil practice ln the courts. IN fact
being district attorney is an adtant-
age that usually does advance their
eivii practice
wow if the sums allowed the vari-
GUS district attorneys IS 20 he consid-
cred net. Il seems Go me unqucslion-
able that most of them are too high.
II il Is expected that they VIII hire
assistants from this sum to help In
the discharge uf The duties Of the Of
flee, the bin should In my opinion.
separate the salary OF the district at
torney and that Of his assistant or
assistants ! believe that this is the
correct principal and that the taxpay-
ers have n right Ia know whom they
are paving for the work done IN the
district attorneys office.
'It seems TO me that $4,000 net,
with travelling expenses paid. would
be ample compensation for any dis
trlct attorney in the state, with some
provision for the employment Of an
assistant or assistants,
The senate today passed the bills
aholishlne the mounted police and
adopting report favorable to the mp
preparation of $50. 900 for an exhibit
at san pieso The san Diego matter
came up carly in today's session un-
der the order ~ committee reports.
The finance committee presented an
report on House BIZ 1873.
which sought to appropriate S7h,Opu
for the exposition. A minority report
favored the display. but wanted the
amount cut down 60 $40, 600.
The minority report included a
number of amendments to the Bill.
The amended measure provides for a
bonfd of 1--WE TO he appointed by the
governor to manage the display. The
are to receive travelling eX-
pcnses and an allowance OF 81 day
for subsistence whflo absent from
home attending to business or the
board The appropriation is TO become
iyailable January 4 1914, and to bo
covered BY a tax specially levied dur
ng 1919 and 1914 The act authorizes
county appropriations for exhibits b1
any county Ia Nrw Mexico.
senator champion spoke heartily In
favor of this measure. lie said that
.he state was unable 10 make suf-
lcient showing 70 attract any atten-
don al sun Francisco, but that hd
houehl tho $4,000 would DO suf-
lcient with add Go be secured 70 make
very creditbie display az the small-
r. southern exposition. He told Of an
,ffcf from the New Mexico museum
ii services, etc. which would add
bout t300 900 In labor and expert ser-
see to the amount the state could ap-
roprato and said Tint Colfax county
vas going to spend S2S.00O In making
n exhibit whether there was state
lsplaN OF not.
senator Lauehren spoke for the ml-
ority report as did also senator lilu-
He, who inserted that the people OF
ls county We're clnmoring Tor
nance 70 exhibit at one OF the expos
ItOns in 1915.
senator Holt spoke for 1t, saving
hat he had al first favored tie Suu
rancisco fair az the better place for
he state TO make a display hut that
e had since become convinced that
better showing could be made by
lew Mexico with her limited funds at
an Diego.
The vote on the acceptance Of thG
,inorlty report, was as follows; Ayes
-Alidrcdge. Bowman. Cfampt3n.
'oepp, Gallegos, Hartt Illakle, HQM