Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-02-08
Pecos Valley Members, Although in
Minority, Are Leaving Their Impress
Upon the Legislation Of the State

Governor Mcdonald or any other
state official any notes in the First
State bank of Las Cruces?' Mr.. Hot
REPLIED that the governor certainly
had no notes in this bank, but that
the travelling auditor had several
small notes in the bank for $40 each
falling due at different periods, un-
derstood to cover stock Subscriptions
e. the Rio Grande Republic when that
paper turned democratic and was fly
ing the flag of distress; that T. j.
Guilfoils name, then or before that
connected with the travelling auditors
and hank examiners department. APP
peared ON a note for $500.
Mr.. Mabry then said: Il will vote
for the resolution, although It is both
cut Of place and out of time. II is
true that conditions created by the
failure of the bank are bad and unfor-
tunate, and it is especially unfortu-
nate that democrats should be mixed
up with them. There have been worse
bank failures before this. and there
have been no legislative Investigations
made" lie then denounced what he
called the effort to discredit Gov
crnor Mcdonald and gave the infor-
nation that the governor has been
busy preparing the information for
the legislature In response to the resp
luton that had been sent him. and
declared that IL was unseemly, there
fore, TO pass this hill before the in
formation had reached the Legislature.
lie sall further that the governor Is
going even beyond what is demanded
of him and Is including his private
letter files in addition to the public
documents in his possession
Auditor Over-zcalOns.
AT the proper time ! would vote
for an appropriation Of not only
sl,50O, but of $4,000 il that much
is necessary to get at the bottom of
this AFFAIR" he said. The speaker then
lalnehed into a defense of the travel
ing auditor, calling attention TO the
over 2ealousness of that official In
making mere technical charges
against the democratic officials Of
Eddy county when the latter were OBJ
serving the spirit of the law; but as
to Curry county he fully justified the
lauditor's officiousness.
1T would have been better for
Curry county to have paid its officials
lSb, 900 year" he declared, ''and
then sent them out to herd goats and
hired a girl TO attend to their official
duties. However, 1t was not necessary
for the travelling auditor to make
Archaeological Investigations among
the county records; but he did save
the county thousands of dollars by
exposing the graft. There We're dem
ocratic efforts to call off Governor
Mcdonald and postpone the investi-
cation until after the election and
examine the republican counties in
! the meanwhile; but the travelling au-
ditor, at the direction of the COVER
nor, went ahead fearlessly with his
duty and two democratic county Of
fcials were removed from office.
hold no brief for the governor or for
1.-THE travelling auditor; but the COVER
nor should be given ample time to
produce the data needed for the in
vestigation, and it is a monstrous
wrong to make party or political cap
ftal out of the unfortunate conditions
at Las Cruces"
Pecos valley members of the house
have been even more prolific in in
Producing bills, than their brethren
in the senate. A total of forty-three
measures out Of 1873, stand to their
credit How many bill viii pass is
quite a different proposition.
Slscen Is Diligent.
One of the most diligent and most
esteemed members is M. p Skeen
also a physician and also a member
who refrains from hprseplay, and Is
not afraid to vote with the majority
when he deems it right. He is the
| father of house bill No Ia, which is
! intended to enable fruit and truck
I raisers to organize cooperative snip
| ping and marketing organizations and
thus free the producers from the eX-
factions of the Inscriptions middle
man He also introduced house bill
les, providing that the full amount OF
/ insurance be paid by fire Insurance
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