The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-27

NJ county salary legislation ls
an honest unselnsh enort to
settle Il. unhampcred hy the county
cnfce lobby and BY political and cam
paisn siush fund considerations. IS
pretty certain to succeed. lnfiuen-
tlai men in the senate majority feel
that having strugsied through two
whole sessions with the question the
bill proposed b. the finance commits
tee in that body, and which is sub
s%tantialiy h same measure vetoed
BY the governor two years ago. e
their Anal conclusion. They assert
that they viii 60 no higher than It's
provisions: which are certainly hieh
enough: although in some instances
they seem 10 be none TOO high.
Some OF the legislation which has
been proposed by the Democratic
slide we believe TO be TOO low. and q
81 not lmprobable that this latter has
been proposed with a view to eventp-
al finding o. a reasonable middle
ground. Tho $500 MAXIMUM plat
form Of Mr. Palmer 81 san Juan Is
unrcascnably low The people do not
want to take chances with inefh-
cheney. The adjustment % the sher-
IFS salary. proposed In the senate
finance committee bill. il not salts
factory II = too high in some in
siances ami too low in others. There
Is far too much lceway in the mat
ter or hiring Of deputies. The salary
Of the county school superintendent
IS not sufficient In this bill The
county achooi superintendent should
have not tess than sss0a in the hrst
class counties. and IN no county
should the salary be less than $3.50.
A rrst cIass man or Woman. Ont VIVA
can pass she educational and traiRins
qualifications which certainly sould
form part Of this measure. and which
do not. cannot be- "a for less than
ti50 per month. d requires only AN
instant Of thought 10 know that the
poore- more backward counties need
the hish class superintendent far
more than IA the counties which are
over h roush places In educational
development.
The Hewott hiI tonnes nearer
mecting the requirements of Ike state
as 10 the ro9nty auperintendents. A.
- nthnr n0.or me OF the salaries
ars f' h rhe Palmer proposal of
n' classification and require
u,0 mat each legislative delegation
ns its own county salarics ls strong
Ia many Ways. II fixes responsible
A ity; and Be- does more IN tina 10 ef-
y iectualiy prevents shining r%esponsl-
T. biity 90 anyone. II nigh, work out
we'll
= one thins is certain; o. settlement
r. must Dee had. The senate huance
% committee sees the situation clearly
. when u Indicates that q VIII so no
% higher than the maxlmums iu lts bul
n The people will not stand auythinl
2 above those figures and. 100 hu. been
r said 100 "a majority OF the %saiaric.
p they want lower msNimum
q There IL one phase OF the salary ies.
% i]riation which H seems au slider
D houla bc able 60 agree upon ln th,
senate bin the old system or so cent?
q per day 20 the sheriff Cor each pfis
u uer fed h. retained 90 is % bad sys
!. tenn. Whatever the situation may b'
% lu thc various counties tLis system
h. is a constant temptation to proionI
j. jail sentences 60 pas commission
y In the form Of fees or side money
H 10 deputies % special officers an.
i others. 10 nn ~ the iaiis ana kce.
them fun; and even if there shoui'
Il be no development - this kind 70
graft. the system Is expensive; un
r. duly expensive upon tho counties
In the Hewitt lHl provision
" made for letting a prisun fcedius con
le tract in each county, 10 IA loves
bidder who Is reliable ana RESPONSE
Pie. This Is the busincsslke way q
BE- handle ihis matter 81 handled
VIII save every county la the stat
large sums 81 money, right from IN
start The only objection raised q
Il b. that th" holder OF the contrac
y might himself Ffan 10y giving th
RI prisoners scant food This IAN be- oh
) Waited BY the simple expedient q
having the county health ofhcel
usually "a professional man Of his
e grade. make regular Inspection Of IN
'e prison commissary.
A. nearly 40 we nave been able
IL sound popular sentiment in this stat
tine people want 10 pay q faiI aaiar.
a liulo bonus thereon, 10 the.
i%elcounty officers. They do not wal