The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-08
SALARY QUESTION
MAY Be SETTLED
BY AGREEMENT
Majority ane Supporters Of Ex
ecutive Likely to COmpro-
mise on Measure to Compen-
safe Officers.

Santa re, n. A., jan. 7.-That an
agreement lu likely to be reached be-
tween those who are supporting the
eotcfnors point 81 view on the salary
question and the members OF The Re-
publican party who at previous ieaiE-
lative sessions have offered many BILLS
only to have them vetoed, II stated By
those most In touch with the situa-
tlon Ia legislative Affairs SO far.
however. there IL little material here
on which TO base forecasts Of any sort
Members elected have beer very slow
IN coming Ia the capital for the usual
few days Of conference and caucus be-
fore the opening of the session and
nothing more.
However, IN support Of the state
ment eivcn above several leaders oil
the minority party declare they have
letters from Republicans which an
nounce that they viii not stand for
any raw work or rough stun and
that means that there viii be dihncui-
ties IN the way OF unseating enough
members Of the minority 20 give the
majority the 30 votes In the house
that are necessary TO pass anything
over the governors veto. such a'coaS
dltion would naturally lead to an
agreement. for II " inconsiderablc
that the majority, 10 matter how
strong IN its beliefs. would fall TO
make concessions. u necessary. TO
| provide salaries for the county oni-
cerf. who have now served nearly
three years without any regriar COM
pensation. II u true that arraago-
ments have been made IN some coun-
| ties 10 advance certain sums 60 county
ofncinis, but such an Arrangement Is
per force purely a temporary one,
| Then. too, e Il not TO be considered
that the administration OF the state
would permit the county officers
| terms TO expire without fixing some
rate Of compensation for them.
At present. there are three contests
against Democrats who have received
their election certificates as members
1 OF the house. This In one less than
IL necessary 10 give the majority the
necessary 80 votes In the house 10
furnish power for overriding the ex-
ecutive veto. There were o u con-
tests filed. which. II carried thro ,tgh
by the seating OF the ~contestantr In
each Instance. would have placed he
Republicans In entire command But
| Euieterio Leyba withdrew his contest
Of the Progressive. saadoyai, from
Inc county OF that name. and now,
even II the three pending contests are
terminated az the G.. q. =. no doubt
wishes to see them terminated, b
party will stisl lack one vote OF
enough TO do the work.
A far as the speakership II con
ceraed. Il now appears that u will so
TO either S%ecundino Romero. OF san
Miguel. or TO Malaqnlas Martinez OF
Taos. This IL because Il Is beginning
to ne conceded that H. A. Mann. %
Albuquerque, will be the floor leader
In the house and thai would eliminate
Nestor Montoya from the speakership'
for Bernalillo county could not expect
10 be given the two most important Of
fees. Judge Mann has many quaiih-
cations for the place. chief OF which
a. his well known party Loyalty. There
il NO question but that Judge Mann
In the house would stand hitched AZ
wen as Herbert ~. Holt does In the
senate. in this capacity.
Lestsintlon which Is likely Il
claim early attention from the leEis.
lature IA That for revenue, the STATE
now being minus any taxation pro
visions OF active nature, as the resui'
OF the approval Of an amendment ''
the constitution last November whiet
obiiterated the system which nat
been In existence for years.
Then there Is the cvcr-recurrlns
siary measure, already mentioned
and a whole host OF bills that h0N'
the backing OF this or that body @
men and women over the State, IN
Guiding good roads. Juvenile court
and prohibition. The juvenile couf
act Is expected TO be along the line
of The Colorado. Illinois or californii
%gtatutos, which confer a more elosti
hnrisdictIon on district courts In deal
Ing win Juvenile offenders. AZ thing
ara at present a Judge must cline
sentence "A youthful e'uprit anu HuH
mend sentence, which Is not good 10
the offender In all cases or Il mus
withhold sentence, which IL not 500
for the court, unless. of course u
desired 10 subject the boy 10 y IN
huence Of older and supposedly NOR
hardened criminals by sending him 4
Jail or prison.
prohibition will be a i've. Issue q
the coming session, but only 50 tar a
its advocates make Il such. AlthousI
"A prohibition measure passed In On
house Two years ago. and failed p
4 oni. ono vote IN the senate, the per
sonnel Of the present house H. sue
4 mat A. IA hardly thought likely an
measure Of this nature will be an