Bisbee daily review., 1914-11-15
SUPERVISORS TELL HOW ELECTION DEBT
 WILL BE EQUALIzED
Explain Reason for Paying First eight Hour Shift, and There after at Rate of Three Gents for Each Name Canvased.
Editor Bisbee Daily Review.
 Bisbee. Arizona

ANitoi blsnee Dally Review
 Bisbee. Arizona.
 Dear Sir:
 There appeared a news item in your paper in the issue of Nov. 12 under the heading of Election Officers Saw They Did Not Get Square Deal" and the following sub-heading. "Claim County Wnl Not Pay Them at the Rate They Were Supposed to Get. Taxpayers Association Alleged to be | The Cause.' In order that this mat ter may be understood by all taxpav ersi who furnish the money to pay an demands on Cochise county. and be. lieving that all election officers who served at the primary election. as well as the general election. will see the fairness of the system adopted by the Board of Supervisors in paying election officers, we ask you to pub fish this communication.
 All judges, inspectors. and clerks who served at the recent primary election were allowed five dollars, (S5.0O) each for the time the polls were open for voting. Election Mar shals' pay for their services during the same hours, that is from the time the polls open until they close as pre- scribed by statute, Is fixed by law at three dollars, CS3.OO), for the whole time.
 After the polls close, the work to De done in each precinct consists wholly of counting the votes cast for each candidate on an the ballots cast in each precinct making tally sheets, completing the count and sending the returns to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors according to instructions furnished them
 The fact that demands came from 45 election precincts at such vari- anec in amounts for the number of votes cast, made 1t necessary to de- wise some equitable system of audit ing and allowing the demands so that al election officers would be paid, as nearly as possible the same amount for the same quantity of work done.
 1t was fully agreed that the fairest plan that could be used to arrive at an equitable basis for all precincts would be to examine the results of all and select the one that did the work with the greatest dispatch, allow the officers in this precinct five dollars. ($5.0O). for the time the polls were open, the rest of the amount of their demands would be their pay for count ling the ballots This done it was found that Bisbee precinct No had shown the greatest efficiency in as much as they had counted all their ballots at cost of cents per ballot when their demands were paid for the . iuu amount asked by them allowing 3 $500 of each demand for the time the polls were open and the balance of the demand for counting ballots All other precinct election officers in the l other A precincts were paid on the same basis.
 Since the article aDove mentioned t seems to have been written on intor h nation affecting the Lowell Precinc. only we give the figures on that pre-
 cinct on the vote cast for all the can a didates for governor, which was the S highest number of votes cast for any
 onice in that precinct: Young, b' ' Cameron. 8: Barnett 6 Hughes, l24 s- Hunt. 689 Total vote for governor
 S23. at cents per vote would amour
 to s2469 for counting plus 5000 Io
 election day, equals S29.69. Amour
 allowed on each demand for election 1t officers in this precinct was S29.IO'
 Since the law fixes the whob amount of the pay for the Electiol g Marshal. for the whole time he serve 30 at $500, the presumption naturalL
 follows that the pay of all other ou '' cers should be the same amount TO
 tbe same time. Should hours D mi counted as a shift. then the l2 hour . that the polls are open would be .' shift and half at $500 per shiI iL would be $4.50 for the whole tune ln
 polls are required to be Kept ope'
 Nh election officer can possibly D le harmed or underpaid by recelNlh li- s5 OO for his work during the time lh at polls were open instead of S4.oo'
 Referring to that part or the SUI 'A' beadine: "TaNpayers Associauo -h Alleged 70 pc AduaN Nt 'N
 ,a of Supervisors are always willing
 accord to any taxpayer the right ln' or ,e aiven him by law to discuss Wn he tbem any subject affecting any pupl nd Iexpenditure the demand for whicn
 hefore the Board for auditing IT'D nd nrivlepe has always been courteous - evtended 10 J. N Games, as repiese ,d tative of large number of the "a
 navers of Cochise county Any olh ls- tsrnaver will be accorded the san nd conrteous treatment should he or sl ,d snpesr before the Board in couIleo
 and busnesslize manner
 There is never any good reasou !, or a nublic official getting into prihl ! .a Inc purpose of attempting Go JuS,,
 or anoloeize for his official acls'ne.' ac- er is this article entended Tor e''l er- oe these purposes. but rather to enal
 tbe reading public to get true Vt
 s,on of matter that might mlSle
 them by letting the news item relell Ve-ita i'm this article be their only sour nv-iof information .,-