Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-03-01
SALARIES BILL IS
VETOED AND HOUSE
STOPS ITS PASSAGE
SENATE SENDS MEASURE BACK THE OBJECTIONS OF the GOVERNOR 0f
new MEXICO NOTWITHSTANDING But EFFORT TO HURRY IT
THROUGH LOWER BRANCH RESULTS IN SUDDEN CHANGE OF HEART
BY OLD GUARD
BuRSuM AND SPIESS CONSPICUOUS
ON FLOOR WHILE MAJOR ''0RATES'

When the veto message was reac
| in the house, MIR. Chaves moved thai
| the measure be taken up for consid
Grafton. There was an almost unani
nous vote to take up the measure
! the Democrats voting for it's consid
Grafton for the purpose of getting the
measure before the house, as was ex
planned by Mr.. Smith
! BUT LLEWELLYN MOVED
| TO ADJOURN THE HOUSE
Apparently confident that they ha6
votes sufficient to pass the bill, the
stand pat element at once began man
euvering towards that end. Major
| Llewellyn opened the bill by short
| speech in which he asserted his great
friendship for the governor and his
steadfast resolve never to vote for
| anything that would separate the gov
ernor from any of the functions of his
| high office. He said he had known the
| governor for 80 years and that he liv
| ed in Lincoln county when the gov
| ernor first came to New Mexico. But
! he urged the passage of the bill as
serting that the house could not af
| ford to waste any more time on the
salary bill. He said that by comparl
son with the old fee system it saved
so much money that the people would
welcome it. He quoted fuently from
Mr.. Holt's speech in the senate a
short time before.
In the meantime Mr.. Bursum, Mr.
Spiess, Mr.. Holt and others We're con-
spicuous about the house.
BLANCHARD THROWS
DOWN GAUNTLET.
w. E. Blanchard. house member
from Lincoln county, delivered what
| ,Xss probably the ultiniatum OF tha
| Old Guard Republican regime in the
| house following the speech of Mr.. Lie
wellyn He asserted that it was this
bill or higher one--that the house
members could take their choice and
that if they did not vote to pass this
BILL they wouli not pass ans other
bill This bill or nothing, was a con
else summary of Blanchard's re-
marks.
Mr.. Chrisman, erstwhile good gov
ernment member from San Juan
county probably advanced the most
nrjque of all the arguments used in
favor of this bill. He asserted that
he favored the county salaries in the
measure because the county officers
would expend the money in their
home counties, they would not take
it to Japan or China as did the orien-
tails employed in California but would
put 1t into circulation among the mer-
chants and people generally.
These remarks were heartily ap-
plauded by some of the house mem
bers. But at this point something ap-
peared to have happened to the move
ment to pass the bill over the veto of
the governor. Mr.. Llewellyn sudden
ly moved to adjourn the house. The
motion to adjourn would have car
ried the house in recess until 10
o'clock today. Mr.. Chaves, more
thoughtful of the situation than Mr..
Llewellyn however, moved tor adjourn
until p. m. Monday and this motion
was declared to have carried on a
viva voce vote.
The veto message OF the governor
is as follows:
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Feb. 20, 1913.
To the Honorable President and
Members Of the Senate:
Gentlemen
l return herewith without approval
Senate Bill No. 104, entitled can Act
Relative to Salaries of County Of
ficers." :.
This action is taken with much re-
gret, some satisfaction and a full real.
ization Of, the responsibility which it
involves. The regret is not only on
account of the temporary disappoint-
ment to county officers, but also be-
cause of my desire to avoid such a
disagreement with the legislative
branch of our state government. The
satisfaction is from the fact that the
issue is now clear cut, distinct and
definite With the exception Of the
changes in the salaries of the officers
of Sandoval county, this is practically
the same bill as was passed last juno,
ard which then felt it my duty to
disapprove after the most careful con-
sideration. My responsibility, as
understand it, is to all the people of
New Mexico rather than to few who
are especially Interested in this legis-
lation. The issue, as it appears to me,
is, shall all of -the county officers
serve the people for proper and rea-
sonable compensation, or shall the
taxpayers be compelled to contribute
in some cases, to those whom
they have selected as their servants
During the constitutional conven-
ton and afterwards in the campaign
fer the adoption of the constitution, 4.
was generally claimed that the salary
system for county officers would be a