The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-11
0. N. Marron Bitterly Resents
Charge of Neglect of Office
Made in Executive Veto Mes
sage Yesterday.
NOT A CLERK, HE SAYS.
HAVING HIGHER DUTIES
Points to Fact He Took Deposit
from Defunct Las Cruces
Bank Before Any Of 1t was
Involved in Failure.
(Siatc Capital Bureau
(of Evening Herald.
t5l DE Vargas Hotel.


Santa Pc. y. NJ. March It.-state
Treasurer .. ~ Marron sent 10 Gov
ernor Mcdonald today letter. copies
Of which ne handed to the newspaper
reporters without comment, rcpiyIng
To the criticism Of his management OF
the treasuror's Office contained In the
governors veto message upon House
bill No. aaS' sent to the house yes
terday. The letter follows:
Santa Pc, y. NJ, March 10. 1915.
Hon. william c. Mcdonald
Governor New Mexico.
Santa Fc.
Your Excellency:
Your message containing your veto
of House Bill No. ass appears In this
evenings newspapers and I notice that
you take occasion TO use the following
language In special justification OF
that veto:
Both (auditor and state treas
urerl have their business ana
various cmploymeffts that appar-
entity are necessary for them
selves TO the neglect of their Of
fetal duties. or, AT any rate.
seem 20 Ice responsible for tho
necessity as they see IL for extra
CLERK hire IN their offices Hc
tnuditor1 has not spent IN my
opinion from observation AZ the
outside 10 exceed two hours day
In the capitol during the past
year, and the state treasurer has
been here less.
I would be- false 10 my family and
myself and 20 the office which I hold
and 20 the people who uonnrod me
with that office did I not resent the
false imputations contained in that
message. n u b. your conception of
the duties ~ the state treasurer that
he should do the mere bookkeeping
ana DE the clerk. your conception Of
the duties Of that office is false.
Ny conception ~ the duties of the
state treasurer Is different and that
those duties are higher and greater
than that of being clerk. am not %
clerk and when you say that have
neglected any duty imposed upon me
as state treasurer that statement is
false and you knew was false when
you pcnnod a.
You know that ~ state treasurer
had on deposit with the First State
hank OF Las Cruces $4,000 ~ the
peoples money. True. that deposit
was protected by bond. hut when IL
came to my notice IN December, 1913,
that there was some question of the
soivency ~ this bank In The perform
nucc of my duties as state treasurer
which you say | neglect, did not
temporarize and put on indefinitely
the withdrawal OF that deposit but It
was done then and when this i1stitu-
uon was placed In the hands ~ q re-
cciycr he did not hnd any funds of
the people, which the state treasurer
h ,harged with conserving, In that
institution.
Too when you attempted to force
me to invest the sacred school mon
cys IN an investment that meant tn
loss of thousands and thousands of
dollars 10 the schools and I success
fully resisted hat attempt in the SUI
preme court Of the state, was per
forming what I conceived 90 DE my
duty and Was not neglecting the du-
ties Of my office.
In numerous other instances that
II Ia not necessary for me here To dt-
rect your attention To, known by you,
/ have performed my duties and not
neRlccted them, resulting In saving
10 the taxpayers of the state and whom
YOU cry "holier than thou do not de-
cciyc yourself In tho belief that YOU
are the only honest man in the state.
Yes, II is true that have other
business than that uf state treasurer,
but In the care of my business and
profession ! have not neglected the
duties of my office as state treasurer
ana will not
In conclusion, let me direct your
attention to convcrsution between
Us some days ago wherein ! told YOU
that when you opposed to the legls-
laturc roimbursing me for the money
paid out by me for CLERK hire that !
would not ask it As you will recall
In substance, ! said'
Although believe that
should be reimbursed Tor the SIS
month which paid out ~ my
own pocket for the clerk hire,
yet rather than have a contro-
versy In this matter with the
governor. member Of my own
party, I win not ask o. aud it
you are opposed I will not ark re-
imhursement but will pay the
amount from my Own funds
You '1ld ne you we're NOT opposed